Balanced Attack Leads Cougars to Victory

Saturday, January 4

Charleston, S.C.

2:00 PM

College of Charleston

12-3,2-0CAA

Towson

6-9,1-1CAA

Towson

Col. of Charleston

1/4/2025 4:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team moved to 2-0 in CAA play with a 77-69 win over Towson on Saturday afternoon at TD Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Charleston scored six early fastbreak points to force a Towson timeout 90 seconds into the contest. The Cougars pushed the lead to 13-6 after a Derrin Boyd trey before falling cold, going 0-4 from the field during a two-minute stretch to allow the Tigers to come within two at 13-11. Boyd broke the drought on a reverse layup off the find from Deywilk Tavarez.
A Tavarez triple created distance to make it 22-16 with 8:50 remaining in the first half before another triple, this time from AJ Smith, gave the Cougars their largest lead of the game at 27-18.
Charleston ended the first half going 3-3 from the field before another two-minute scoring drought to take a 39-30 lead entering the locker room. Tavarez had 13 first half points to pace a 59% team shooting effort from the field.
Towson started the second half with a corner three before a pair of Brzovic free throws and a AJ Smith triple pushed the lead to 13 at 46-33.
The Tigers cut to lead to six on a fastbreak layup before defensive charges from Tavarez and Djordje Curcic along with strong post work from Boyd and Brzovic gave Charleston a ten-point cushion with 12 minutes to play.
The Cougars entered the double bonus with nine minutes to play in the game, going 24-26 from the charity stripe to help seal the 77-69 win.

KEY COUGARS

Brzovic recorded his 13^th career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. The senior added five assists.
Smith and Tavarez each had 20 points, a Cougar high for Smith. Tavarez and Boyd grabbed seven rebounds a piece, both season bests.
CJ Fulton dished out five assists as he nears 500 for his career.

GAME NOTES

Charleston shot 46% from the field compared to Towson's 42%
The Cougars were 24-26 from the free throw line, led by Brzovic going 8-8 and Smtih going 6-6. The Tigers only took nine shots from the line, making three.
The Cougars' nine turnovers tie their lowest mark this season vs. Charlotte.
Charleston led the contest from start to finish. The Cougars have now defeated Towson in six of the last seven meetings.

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