Brzovic Records 1500th Career Point in Comeback Victory

Tuesday, December 10

Philadelphia, PA

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

7-2,0-0CAA

Saint Joseph's

6-4,0-0Atlantic 10

Col. of Charleston

Saint Joseph's

Brzovic Records 1500th Career Point in Comeback Victory

12/10/2024 10:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Ante Brzovic scored his 1500^th career point as the College of Charleston men's basketball team earned a comeback 78-75 win over Saint Joseph's on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Charleston defense caused three St. Joe's turnovers in opening 90 seconds of play before getting on the board with a Derrin Boyd driving layup off the pass from Ante Brzovic. Down 13-5 at the media first time out, the Cougars rattled off a 9-3 run to make it 16-14 with twelve minutes to play.
Charleston took their first lead of the contest at 17-16 on a Brzovic triple. The Cougars' went 3-4 from behind the arc during the run with makes from Brzovic, Deywilk Tavarez, and Djordje Curcic.
Lazar Djokovic ended a 6-0 Hawk run with an emphatic dunk before St. Joe's took their largest lead of the game at 43-34. Despite several SJU runs, Charleston never backed down. Two-made free throws from AJ Smith made it a 43-36 game at the break. Brzovic led CofC with nine points in the frame.
SJU regained a nine-point advantage in the early minutes of the second half before three straight Charleston triples from Tavarez, Boyd and CJ Fulton cut the deficit to three at 53-50.
The Hawks took their largest lead of the game at 63-52 with 11 minutes to play. Charleston had an answer again, with Justas Stonkus, Smith and Brzovic leading the charge on a 15-2 run to tie the game. CofC took their first lead since 11:06 in the first half at 67-65 and never looked back.
Smith went 5-6 from the field in the final five minutes to help seal the 78-75 comeback victory.

Here come the Cougs! We're all tied up on Hawk Hill with under seven to play. pic.twitter.com/QqLrY37Hri
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) December 11, 2024

KEY COUGARS

Smith led Charleston with 18 points off the bench, his most in a Cougar uniform. 12 of his 18 came in the second half.
Brzovic's 1500^th point came on a three in the opening minutes of the second half. He had 17 points, his eighth double-digit scoring outing of the season.
Fulton dished out nine assists, tying his career high, to go with a season high four steals.
Tavarez and Boyd each grabbed a team best five rebounds.

AJ SMITH ?????? pic.twitter.com/3JC7PiYjeT
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) December 11, 2024

GAMES NOTES

Charleston was a perfect 13-13 from the free throw line.
The Cougars had 19 assists on 28 made field goals.
Seven different Cougars recorded a steal.
This is Charleston's first win of the season after being down at the half.
This is the second consecutive win over the Hawks for Charleston to end the home-and-home series undefeated.

UP NEXT

Charleston, now 7-2, returns to action at home on December 16 when in-state rival Wofford comes to TD Arena. Action is set for 7:00 p.m.
Fans can purchase $25 lower bowl tickets as a part of Charleston's "Home for the Holidays" promotion here.