Cougars Drop Double OT Thriller at Stony Brook

Saturday, January 17

Stony Brook, N.Y.

4:00 PM

College of Charleston

11-8,4-2CAA

106

112

Stony Brook

11-9,3-4CAA

OT 1

OT 2

Col. of Charleston

106

Stony Brook

112

1/17/2026 8:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – In a game that featured 17 lead changes and 14 ties, the College of Charleston men's basketball team ultimately fell in double overtime 112-106 at Stony Brook on Saturday night. With the loss, the Cougars move to 11-8 overall and 4-2 in conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The teams combined to go 5-5 from the field to open the contest, setting up an offensive powered matchup from the start.
After a strong start, the Cougar offense fell cold leading up to the second media timeout, going nearly three minutes without a basket before a Christian Reeves old-fashion three-point play tied the game at 22-22 with 11 minutes to play.
Stony Brook took their largest lead of the game at 34-28 with seven to play. Back-to-back makes from Colby Duggan and Jlynn Counter cut the lead to two before the Seawolves went on a 10-5 run to end the half and send the Cougars into the locker room down 46-37. Counter led Charleston with nine points.
Chol Machot and Connor Hickman sank back-to-back threes to start the second half for Charleston. The Cougars went on an 8-2 run highlighted by a Christian Reeves slam dunk off the find from Counter to cut the deficit to three with 12 minutes to play.
The offense continued to churn for both teams, combining 6-6 from the field through the next stretch in the back-and-forth affair.
Chris Davis Jr.'s third triple of the half matched with a pair of Duggan free throws makes tied the game with 6:30 to play. Despite going five minutes without a made field goal, the Cougars kept it within a one possession game through the final minute by going 11-11 from the free throw line.
A Machot dunk ended the shooting drought to give Charleston a one point lead 81-80 with a minute to play. Stony Brook responded immediately with a three before Martin Kalu sent the game to overtime with two makes from the free throw line.
After five minutes of overtime, the contest was tied 94-94 to force a second overtime. The teams again traded points through the opening minutes before Stony Brook pulled away to take a 107-101 lead with a minute to play to hold on for the victory.

KEY COUGARS

Counter led Charleston with 28 points, seven rebounds, and six assists in the loss.
Hickman contributed 18 points and five rebounds with four makes from behind the arc.
Duggan dished out a career-high six assists to go with 13 points.
Machot added 16 points followed by Davis Jr. and Reeves with 11 each.
Reeves and Kalu each grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.

GAME NOTES

Charleston shot 47% from the field compared to 52% from Stony Brook.
The Cougars won the rebounding battle 47-40.
Charleston made ten threes for the fifth time this season and had a positive assist/turnover ratio for the 13^th time.
The Cougars went 30-36 from the charity stripe, their second most makes this season from the line.
This was the first overtime contest for Charleston of the season. The Cougars 106 points are also the most scored so far this season.
Charleston had six different players score in double-figures.
The loss marks the first time Charleston has dropped back-to-back conference games since 2023-24.
This is the first loss in program history to Stony Brook in nine meetings.

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