NEWARK, Del. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team cruised to their 21^st win of the season, a 90-71 victory at Delaware. The Cougars remain in sole possession of first place in the CAA.

Charleston used a 7-0 run with buckets from Jordan Crawford, Kobe Rodgers and Ben Burnham to open a 17-14 lead halfway through the opening frame.

The teams played point-for-point, backed by hustle plays from Bryce Butler and Frankie Policelli on 50/50 balls and Burnham crashing on the defensive glass.

A Khalil London three-pointer pushed Charleston to a 38-32 edge, the Cougars largest lead of the game with just under two minutes to play, before another triple from Reyne Smith at the buzzer gave Charleston a 43-36 edge entering the locker room.

Ante Brzovic led the Cougars with 11 points in the half, going 5-for-6 from the field while Smith was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field with only one bucket from behind the arc. Charleston shot 55% from the field compared to the Blue Hens 42% in the half.

Policelli opened the second half with a triple to set up a hot-shooting half for Charleston. A Butler three gave the Cougars their largest lead of the game at 55-41 and the Cougars never looked back.  

KEY COUGARS

• Rodgers had a game-high 20 points going 8-for-12 from the field, his third 20-point performance of the season.
• James Scott posted 13 points wtih four blocks followed by Brzovic and Burnham with 11 to round out the Charleston double-figure scorers.
• CJ Fulton dished out six assists while Brzovic and Smith added four each

GAME NOTES

• The Cougars shot 51% on the game, their fourth game over 50% from the field this season.
• Charleston tied their season-high 11 steals.
• 11 out of 12 Cougars that saw minutes scored.

UP NEXT

• Charleston, now 21-7 and 12-3 in conference play, will travel to Maryland to take on the Towson Tigers Saturday afternoon. Action is set for 12:00 p.m. at TU Arena.