Second Half Surge Leads Cougars to Victory

Thursday, January 9

Hempstead, NY

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

13-3,3-0CAA

Hofstra

9-7,1-2CAA

Col. of Charleston

Hofstra

1/9/2025 10:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – CJ Fulton dished out a career-high 12 assists while Ante Brzovic recorded his 14^th career double-double to help the Cougars top Hofstra 67-61 on Thursday night in Long Island, the fifth straight win for the program.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After trading points to start the game, Charleston fell cold going 1-11 from the field before Brzovic broke a three-minute scoring drought off the find from Fulton. The Cougars went 3-3 from the field following the Brzovic bucket to give Hofstra a 28-24 lead with two minutes to play in the half.
Hofstra sank a corner three with three seconds remaining in the frame to go up 31-24 before Deywilk Tavarez sank a half court shot to cut the deficit to four at the end of the half. Brzovic led Charleston with nine points in the half.
Fulton started the half with a bang on a make from behind the arc. A Brzovic jumper in the paint and Tavarez triple gave Charleston their first lead since 18:34 in the first half at 35-31.
A 7-0 run highlighted by a Lazar Djokovic and-1 coupled with a four-minute Hofstra drought pushed the Charleston advantage to 53-44, their largest lead of the game. Hofstra came within three points but were never able to catch the Cougars on their way to victory.

2H 7:36 | CofC 49, HOF 44

Ante has his sixth double-double of the season?? pic.twitter.com/sLvNRrAq0s
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 10, 2025

KEY COUGARS

Fulton's career-high 12 assists are the second most in a single game in Charleston history. The senior added seven rebounds, eight points, and had zero turnovers.
Brzovic had a game-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for his 14^th overall and sixth double-double of the season.
Derrin Boyd contributed ten points while Djokovic grabbed seven rebounds.

That's a ????????????-???????? 11 assists for @cj_fulton5 ???? pic.twitter.com/KrKUXzVzA0
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 10, 2025

GAME NOTES

Charleston narrowly outshot Hofstra from the field 40% to 38%. The Cougars shot 48% in the second half compared to 35% from the Pride.
The Cougars' six turnovers are the lowest committed this season. Charleston earned 14 points off Hofstra's 12 turnovers.
Charleston gained the lead 23 seconds into the second half and never looked back

UP NEXT

The Cougars, now 13-3 and undefeated in CAA play, will remain on the road and face Monmouth on Saturday in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Action is set for 1:00 p.m.