Charleston Tops North Carolina A&T

Thursday, February 6

Charleston, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

18-6,8-3CAA

North Carolina A&T

4-20,0-11CAA

N.C. A&T

Col. of Charleston

2/6/2025 9:08:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team held on to defeat North Carolina A&T 66-63 Thursday night at TD Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lazar Djokovic started the game with a slam dunk off the feed from Derrin Boyd to kick start a 7-0 Cougar run going 5-5 from the field.
After the hot start, the Cougars struggled from the field going 1-7 with a two-minute scoring drought. A&T took their first lead of the contest 17-16 with 11 minutes to play in the half. Djordje Curcic took it back for Charleston less than a minute later with a make from deep.
The Cougars caused four turnovers in the final six minutes of the half and held the Aggies scoreless for the final two minutes of play to take a 31-29 lead into the locker room. Justas Stonkus led Charleston with seven points in the frame.
The teams traded points to start the second half before a 6-0 Cougar run highlighted by a Curcic three gave Charleston their largest lead of the game at 46-37 with 14 minutes to play.
Charleston came out of the under 16 media timeout going 5-5 from the field.
The Aggies did not go away and came within four at 60-56 with four minutes to play. Charleston did not score a field goal in the final four minutes to play as the Aggie cut to lead to one. Two clutch CJ Fulton free throws helped seal the victory.

KEY COUGARS

Ante Brzovic had a game-high 24 points and nine rebounds.
Stonkus contributed 12 points followed by Boyd with nine.
Elijah Jones grabbed eight rebounds while Fulton dished out nine assists.

UP NEXT

The Cougars, now 18-6 and 8-3 in CAA play, will return to TD Arena on Saturday, February 8 when the Elon Phoenix travel to TD Arena. Action is set for 6:00 p.m.