Cougars Boston Bound

Thursday, February 15

Boston, Mass.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

Northeastern

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2/14/2024 10:59:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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BOSTON, Mass. – The College of Charleston men's basketball travels to Northeastern on Thursday, February 15 for their only contest vs. the Huskies this season. Action is set for 7:00 p.m. in Boston.

Charleston has won three straight contests, including an 80-70 win over Drexel on Saturday in Charleston. The victory moved the Cougars over the Dragons in the league standings and into a tie for first place with less than a month to play in the regular season.
The Cougars won both meetings between the programs a season ago, 87- 61 win in Boston. Returners led CofC in both meeting with Ben Burnham contributing a team an -high 15 points in Boston and Ante Brzovic dropping 23 in Charleston, followed by Burnham with 16.
Frankie Policelli had a week on both sides of the ball, recording a season-high 16 rebounds vs. N.C. A&T and followed it up with a season-high 22 points vs. Drexel.
Charleston currently ranks seventh in the nation in bench points per game (32.92), 14th in total rebounds per game (40.56), third in three-point attempts per game (31.4) and 13th in made three-pointers per game (10.2). Individually, CJ Fulton leads the country in assist/turnover ratio with 103 assists to just 23 turnovers. He has gone back-to-back contests without a turnover and has not committed more than one since January 13 vs. Monmouth.
Reyne Smith is currently tied for second all-time in career three-pointers made at Charleston with 253. One more against the Huskies would move him past Tony White Jr. into sole possession for second place.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

Northeastern is coming off back-to-back league wins over Campbell and Monmouth after losing four straight.
Chris Doherty leads the Huskies with 13.4 points per game followed by Harold Woods with 10.4. Doherty also paces the Huskies on the boards with 6.9 rebounds per game.
In the win over Monmouth, Northeastern's starters combined for all but 10 points on the day, led by Doherty/s 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting along with seven rebounds. He was joined in double digits by Rashad King (16 points, five rebounds, seven assists), Luka Sakota ( 15 points, three assists), and Woods (10 points, nine rebounds).

HOW TO WATCH

The game will air live on FloHoops with Kevin Gehl and Danny Young on the call. As always, fans can listen to the Voice of the Cougars Everett German on the Varsity App.
Fans in Charleston can join other Cougar faithful by attending the official watch party at Kickin' Chicken (349 W. Coleman Blvd.).