Balanced Attack Leads Cougars to Season Sweep of Huskies

Thursday, February 20

Boston, MA

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

21-7,11-4CAA

Northeastern

15-13,7-8CAA

Col. of Charleston

Northeastern

Balanced Attack Leads Cougars to Season Sweep of Huskies

2/20/2025 9:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team earned the season series sweep over Northeastern 73-63 behind four double figure scorers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Ante Brzovic scored the Cougars first seven points in an early back-and-forth affair. Lazar Djokovic provided a catalyst on both ends of the court, recording two blocks and slam dunk to give Charleston a 16-14 lead with 11 minutes to play.
Charleston went on a 15-2 run to take a 24-14 lead before falling cold, going 1-7 from the field allowing the Huskies to come within three at 26-23.
The Cougars ended the half going 6-8 from the field, capped by Brzovic triple as time expired to take a 39-33 advantage into the break. Charleston shot 53% from the field in the half and caused eight Husky turnovers.
Charleston had an answer to every Northeastern attack out of the break, taking their largest lead of the night at 51-40 after a 7-0 run on another Brzovic drive to the basket.
Northeastern came within five at 60-55 with eight minutes to play but could not catch the Cougars, who finished the game going 5-7 from the field to seal the victory.

2H 17:50 | CofC 44, NU 38

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— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) February 21, 2025

KEY COUGARS

Brzovic recorded his 13^th 20+ point performance this season.
Deywilk Tavarez had 13 points and 11 rebounds for his first double double of the season.
Derrin Boyd and Djokovic rounded out the double figure scorers with 12 and ten respectively.
CJ Fulton dished out six assists to go with seven points and three rebounds.

2H 5:20 | CofC 64, NU 55

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— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) February 21, 2025

GAME NOTES

The Cougars shot 52% from the field compared to the Huskies 39%
Charleston won the rebounding battle 37-35 and caused 12 Northeastern turnovers.
With the win, Chris Mack notched his 299^th career victory.

UP NEXT

Charleston, now 21-7 and 11-4 in league play, will travel to Philadelphia on Saturday, February 22 to take on Drexel for the first and only meeting this season between the programs. Action is set for 12:00 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.