Cougars Drop Diamond Head Classic Opener

Sunday, December 22

Honolulu, HI

3:00 PM

College of Charleston

8-3,0-0CAA

Oregon State

9-2,0-0WCC

Oregon St.

Col. of Charleston

12/22/2024 6:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

HONOLULU, HI – The College of Charleston men's basketball team fell to the Oregon State Beavers 74-65 in the opening round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic on Sunday in Hawaii.

HOW IT HAPPENED

AJ Smith scored the first basket of the game on a driving lay-up before the teams traded points through the opening four minutes, with neither maintaining the lead for more than a minute.
Oregon State used a 12-1 run to take their largest lead at 22-12 with 10 minutes to play. Despite going 2-13 from the field during the frame, a Lazar Djokovic post lay-in, two Jaxon Prunty free throws, and aggressive defense in the final minutes of the first half helped pull the Cougars back within nine at 36-25 entering the locker room. Djokovic led the Cougars with eight in the half.
Charleston held Oregon State to 3-10 from the field to open the second half before a two minutes scoring drought on both ends of the court. Charleston worked their way back, coming with seven points at 48-41 on a Deywilk Tavarez drive with 11 minutes to play.
Oregon State regained a 12 point edge at 55-43 before an 8-0 Cougar run capped by a CJ Fulton three made it a four point game at 55-51 with six minutes to play.
After cutting the lead, the Cougars went 4-11 from the field to close the game.

KEY COUGARS

Djokovic and Derrin Boyd led the Cougars with 13 points each. Djokovic grabbed eight rebounds followed by Boyd with five.
Tavarez was the third Cougar in double figures with ten points.
Fulton dished out a game-high four assists.

GAME NOTES

Charleston's bench outscored Oregon State's 19-14. The Beavers shot 47% from the field compared to the Cougars' 36%.
The Cougars went 17-25 from the charity stripe and 6-24 from three point range.
Charleston recorded at least eight steals for the seventh time this season.

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