Men's Basketball Falls at Liberty in Field of 68 Tip-Off Opener

Friday, November 7

Lynchburg, Va.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

1-1,0-0CAA

Liberty

2-0,0-0CUSA

Team	1	2	F
Col. of Charleston	34	41	75
Liberty	39	51	90

Men's Basketball Falls at Liberty in Field of 68 Tip-Off Opener

11/7/2025 9:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team suffered their first loss of the season with a 90-75 setback at Liberty on the opening night of the third annual Field of 68 Tip-Off.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Liberty jumped out to a 12-4 lead before a 7-0 Cougar run featuring back-to-back Chol Machot buckets and a Martin Kalu triple brought the Cougars within one at 12-11.
Charleston took their first lead of the game at 20-19 on a Jlynn Counter three with ten minutes remaining in the half.
The Cougars went cold for a two-minute stretch before another Kalu triple ended the drought. Down by as much as nine, a Jaxon Prunty three and driving lay-up as time expired sent Charleston into the locker room down five 39-34. Kalu and Counter led the Cougars in the half with ten points each.
Liberty took their largest lead out of the game out of the locker room on a pair of makes from behind the arc. The Cougars could never cut the deficit past ten for the remainder of the contest falling 90-75.

KEY COUGARS

Kalu led Charleston with a career-high 22 points, going 7-11 from the field, along with a career-high seven rebounds.
Machot contributed a season-high 18 points adding nine rebounds, one shy of recording a second straight double-double
Prunty added ten points, going 4-7 from the field, followed by Jlynn Counter with eight points and six assists.

GAME NOTES

Charleston outrebounded Liberty 33-31 and had 29 bench points compared to the Flames' eight.
Charleston shot 49% from the field compared to Liberty's 54%.
The Cougars move to 3-2 all-time against the Flames and 2-3 in the Field of 68 Tip-Off.

UP NEXT

Charleston, now 1-1 on the season, will have a quick turnaround before playing Florida Atlantic at Liberty Arena tomorrow, November 8. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m.
The last time the programs met, the Cougars escaped with a 119-116 double overtime win over the Owls at TD Arena.
The contest will air on The Field of 68 YouTube channel. As always, Cougar fans can listen live with the Voice of the Cougars Everett German on the Varsity App.

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