Dukes Top Cougars in Game of Runs

Friday, November 10

Annapolis, Md.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

1-1,0-0CAA

Duquesne

2-0,0-0Atlantic 10

Col. of Charleston

Duquesne

11/10/2023 9:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team fell to Duquesne 90-72 on Friday night at the United States Naval Academy in the tenth annual Veterans Classic.

The Cougars struggled offensively through the opening minutes of the contest, going nearly five minutes without a bucket.

A Reyne Smith triple with ten minutes remaining in the half kick started the offense to lead into Khalil London's first points in a Charleston uniform on a driving layup off a pass from CJ Fulton.

Aggressive play on both sides of the ball saw the Cougars enter the bonus with three minutes left in the frame. Duquesne went 1-for-10 from the field while Charleston slowly found their offensive rhythm to erase a 17-point deficit to take the lead with just over a minute until the break.

Charleston earned seven points from the charity stripe for a 9-0 run to take a 37-33 edge entering the locker room.

Duquesne started the second half on a 13-2 run to regain the lead. Ben Burnham ended the stretch with two in the paint before a triple from Khalil London and old fashioned three-point play from Ante Brzovic tied the contest.

From there, Duquesne controlled the pace of the contest outscoring Charleston 31-13 in the final eight minutes of the contest to secure the win.

KEY COUGARS

Kobe Rodgers paced Charleston with 14 points followed by Brzovic with and Burnham and Smith with ten
Brzovic recorded his first double-double of the season adding ten rebounds to his line.
Fulton dished out four assists.

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