Cougars Complete Comeback Over Seawolves

Thursday, January 30

Charleston, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

17-5,7-2CAA

Stony Brook

5-17,1-8CAA

Stony Brook

Col. of Charleston

1/30/2025 9:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team erased a 16-0 deficit to pick up their seventh CAA win of the season in a 81-74 triumph over Stony Brook.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Charleston fell behind 16-0 before scoring their first points from the charity stripe six minutes into the game. An 8-0 Cougar run sparked by a series of Derrin Boyd threes made it 21-14 with seven minutes to play before an AJ Smith old fashioned three-point play brought Charleston within single digits at 28-21.
The Cougars ended the half going 9-11 from the field to enter the locker room down four 36-32. Smith and Boyd led the Cougars with eight points in the frame.
Smith started the second half with a floater from ten feet out to set the tone for his 17-point second half. The Cougars took their first lead of the game on a Boyd triple to go up 39-36 with sixteen minutes to play.
It was all Charleston from there, leading by as much as 13 in the final minutes of play to secure the comeback win.

LAZAR HAMMER ???? pic.twitter.com/vlAJurle29
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 31, 2025

KEY COUGARS

Smith had a season-high 25 points, going 10-17 from the field. Boyd matched Smith's efforts with 25 points of his own.
Ante Brzovic contributed 17 points and five rebounds.
CJ Fulton recorded his first career double-double with 11 assists and a career-high 11 rebounds.
Lazar Djokovic added eight rebounds.

What @John_Fanta said ?? pic.twitter.com/bUSC8STq3Y
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 31, 2025

GAME NOTES

Charleston shot 53% from the field, their best mark so far in CAA play.
The Cougars scored 42 points in the paint compared to Stony Brook's 22.
Boyd reached his 1,000^th career point in Division I play on a triple in the second half.

1K in D1 pic.twitter.com/FjyeO6kCBh
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 31, 2025

UP NEXT

Charleston, now 17-5 and 7-2 in league play, will travel to William & Mary Monday night to take on the Tribe. Action is set for 8:00 p.m. in Williamsburg.
The contest will air on CBS Sports Network, the second of three straight for the Cougars on national television.