Cougars Hold On For Seventh Straight Win

Saturday, January 10

Charleston, S.C.

5:00 PM

College of Charleston

11-6,4-0CAA

Hampton

8-10,2-3CAA

Hampton

Col. of Charleston

Christian Reeves gets the shot up between two defenders

1/10/2026 8:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team held off Hampton to earn the program's seventh straight win with a 74-70 victory over the Pirates Saturday night at TD Arena. With the win, Charleston remains undefeated in league play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Connor Hickman and Colby Duggan started the Cougars off out of the gate with back-to-back makes from deep.
Charleston followed it up by going 5-7 from the field while holding Hampton scoreless for over two minutes to take a 17-9 lead with 11 minutes to play.

Cougs first on the board ?? pic.twitter.com/LdQj4vjLcD
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 10, 2026

Hampton cut the Cougar to lead with eight minutes to play, holding Charleston scoreless for nearly three minutes while the teams combined for 1-12 from the field. The Cougars held on to the momentum, entering the locker room up 28-26. Jlynn Counter and Duggan led the Cougars with eight point each at the break while Chol Machot totaled five blocks in the first twenty minutes of play.
Duggan opened the second half with eight points in three minutes before giving the Cougars their largest lead of the day at 45-33 with another triple.
Hampton never went away, cutting the deficit to one point on two separate occasions and came back to tie the game 59-59 with four minutes to play.
A Christian Reeves tip-in dunk and-1 opportunity helped shift the energy in TD Arena before a series of clutch free throws from Hickman, Machot, Duggan, and Counter. Charleston never relinquished the lead down the stretch to remain undefeated in conference play.

C. REEVES SLAM AND-1 pic.twitter.com/Cv2yAcSgld
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 10, 2026

KEY COUGARS

Duggan led Charleston with 22 points, his most in a Cougar uniform. The junior went 7-13 from the field and a perfect 7-7 from the charity stripe.
Counter added 19 points and seven assists.
Machot grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and recorded six blocks. The redshirt sophomore now has 48 blocks on the season.

DOOOOOOGAAAANNNNNN ???????? pic.twitter.com/1ks0Xk2zik
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) January 10, 2026

GAME NOTES

Charleston shot 51% from the field compared to 40% from the Pirates.
The Cougars are undefeated this season when leading at halftime and are 4-0 in games decided by five or less points.

UP NEXT

Charleston, now 11-6 overall and 4-0 in CAA play, will travel to Towson to face the Tigers on Thursday, January 15. Action is set for 8:00 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.

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