Charleston Opens Season in Style - College of Charleston Athletics

Monday, November 2

Charleston, S.C.

7:30 PM

College of Charleston

1-0,0-0CAA

111

Southern Wesleyan

0-0,0-0Conference Carolinas

Team	1	2	F
Southern Wesleyan	26	29	55
Col. of Charleston	52	59	111

11/2/2026 10:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston men's basketball defeated Southern Wesleyan 111-55 Monday evening at TD Arena.

Four Cougars eclipsed double figures in the victory, including Conner Groce, who ripped off 11 points in six minutes of action.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Level at 18, Charleston used a 13-4 run to jump out to a 31-22 advantage and never looked back.
The Cougars closed out the half on a dominant 21-2 run, backed by back-to-back dunks from Xavier Abreu and Martin Kalu.
Eli Ellis paced the offense at the break, going 6-8 from the field with 16 points while Kobe Edwards was 5-8 with 10 points.
Charleston continued its hot hand in the second half, shooting 61.4 percent.
Over a 10:13 span during the final 20, the Cougars went on a 33-10 run.

KEY COUGARS

14 different Cougars picked up points in Monday's victory.
Charleston had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3:1 with 27 assists and just 9 turnovers.
Tavari Johnson (7) and Kobe Edwards (6) combined to dish out near half of the assists.
Groce's 11 points Monday matched his season total at Akron. The guard was an efficient 5-6.
Abreu led the team with 7 field goal makes in his Charleston debut.
Ben Bradford made 5 shots in 9 attempts, good for 12 points in 11 minutes of action.

GAME NOTES

Charleston improved to 11-1 in the all-time series with Southern Wesleyan and are a perfect 8-0 in home contests.
Head coach John Groce earned his first victory leading Charleston and the 378th of his coaching career.
CofC's 111 points are the most in a regulation game at TD Arena.
The 111 points are also the second-most in a regulation game in the Division I Era. The record is 116, set on Dec. 4, 1993, versus Charleston Southern. The mark is also good for ninth in program history.
Defensively, the Cougars caused 22 turnovers to just 9 of their own.
All 11 newcomers made their Charleston debuts in the victory.

UP NEXT
Charleston welcomes Newberry to TD Arena on Friday, Nov. 6. Action is set for 7 p.m. Everett German and Danny Johnson will have the call.

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