Cougars Fall at Monmouth

Saturday, January 11

West Long Branch, NJ

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

13-4,3-1CAA

Monmouth

4-13,2-2CAA

Col. of Charleston

Monmouth

1/11/2025 3:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team fell 84-70 at Monmouth on Saturday afternoon. The loss snaps a five-game winning streak for the Cougars.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both teams started the game with points in the paint before falling cold for nearly three minutes on both sides. Charleston went on a 7-0 run after the drought thanks to more paint work from Ante Brzovic and a Deywilk Tavarez trey.
Monmouth went on a 9-0 run of their own to take a 19-14 lead with eight minutes in the first half. A flurry of triples from Tavarez, CJ Fulton, and Derrin Boyd tied the contest back up at 27-27 with four minutes to play.
Charleston held Monmouth scoreless from the field for the final two and a half minutes of play before Boyd hit a three at the buzzer to send the Cougars into the locker room up 38-35.
The Hawks started the second half on a 9-0 run to go up 44-38 before taking their largest lead of the game 51-43 with 14 minutes remaining.
Down by as much as 19, Charleston cut the lead to ten at 76-66 with two minutes to play but could not complete the comeback.

KEY COUGARS

Tavarez led Charleston with 20 points and nine rebounds.
Boyd (14), Brzovic (11), and Lazar Djokovic (10) rounded out the double figure scorers. Djokovic added seven rebounds.

GAME NOTES

Monmouth outshot Charleston from the field 51% to 34%
This is the second consecutive and third time this season the Cougars have ended the first half on a buzzer beater three.

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