Thursday, December 14
Charleston, S.C.
7:00 PM
College of Charleston
6-4,0-0CAA
86
vs
71
The Citadel
6-5,0-0SoCon
1
2
F
The Citadel
32
39
71
Col. of Charleston
44
42
86
Bench Production Leads Cougars to Crosstown Rivalry Win
12/14/2023 10:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston won their 12th consecutive game against crosstown rival The Citadel on Thursday night in TD Arena 86-71.
After a back-and-forth start, the Cougars found their rhythm going 4-for-5 from the field highlighted by an alley-oop from CJ Fulton to James Scott.
The Cougars maintained their style of play, going on an 11-0 run while the Bulldogs struggled from the field going over four minutes without a field goal. An Ante Brzovic three with just under eight minutes ignited the sold-out TD Arena crowd.
The Cougars entered the locker room up 44-32 following two identical sequences of James Scott blocks leading to Reyne Smith threes. Scott totaled three blocks in under a minute.
Scott set a new career-high of eight points out of the locker room with yet another dunk of a pass from Fulton. He would finish with 14 on the night, 12 of which came from dunks.
Frankie Policelli scored his 1,000th career point on a three-pointer with eight minutes to play. Policelli found his rhythm, scoring back-to-back buckets after his 1,000 tally to help the Cougars break away to take an 18-point lead at 72-56 and never look back.
KEY COUGARS
After a back-and-forth start, the Cougars found their rhythm going 4-for-5 from the field highlighted by an alley-oop from CJ Fulton to James Scott.
The Cougars maintained their style of play, going on an 11-0 run while the Bulldogs struggled from the field going over four minutes without a field goal. An Ante Brzovic three with just under eight minutes ignited the sold-out TD Arena crowd.
The Cougars entered the locker room up 44-32 following two identical sequences of James Scott blocks leading to Reyne Smith threes. Scott totaled three blocks in under a minute.
Scott set a new career-high of eight points out of the locker room with yet another dunk of a pass from Fulton. He would finish with 14 on the night, 12 of which came from dunks.
Frankie Policelli scored his 1,000th career point on a three-pointer with eight minutes to play. Policelli found his rhythm, scoring back-to-back buckets after his 1,000 tally to help the Cougars break away to take an 18-point lead at 72-56 and never look back.
KEY COUGARS
- Policelli led the Cougars with 15 points while grabbing six rebounds, four of which came on the offensive end of the glass.
- Scott added 14 points and was perfect from the field. Ben Burnham (13), Smith (11) and Brzovic joined Scott and Policelli in double-digits.
- Brzovic was one rebound away from a double-double.
- Fulton posted a season-high eight assists while only totaling one turnover.
- The Cougars sank 13 threes, their fourth contest this season surpassing ten.
- The Bulldogs only shot 67% from the charity stripe while the Cougars shot 82%.
- The Charleston bench outscored The Citadel 41-2.
- Charleston, now 6-4, continues their December home stand when they welcome Coastal Carolina to TD Arena on Monday, December 18.
- The Cougars and Chanticleers previously met on November 19 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational. Charleston won 80-72.
Team Stats
Cit
CC
FG%
.458
.464
3FG%
.417
.419
FT%
.667
.818
RB
35
36
TO
13
8
STL
4
6
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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