Men's Basketball Earns 20th Win of the Season

Thursday, February 26

Hampton, Va.

11:00 AM

College of Charleston

20-10,13-4CAA

Hampton

12-17,6-10CAA

Col. of Charleston

Hampton

2/26/2026 1:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

HAMPTON, Va. – The College of Charleston men's basketball team earned the Cougars' 20^th win of the season with an 85-71 win over Hampton. With the win, Charleston has secured at least the No. 2 seed in the upcoming 2026 Air Force Reserve CAA Men's Basketball Championship.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Charleston jumped out to an early 6-0 lead and continued to keep the momentum, grabbing five offensive rebounds in the opening four minutes of play.

1H 15:29 | CofC 13, HU 6

Offensive board leads to the @GBG_Chris23 ?? pic.twitter.com/NGKCwYkH4n
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) February 26, 2026

The Cougars held the Pirates to a 1-9 stretch from the field to take a 27-12 lead with eight minutes remaining in the half.
Martin Kalu and Connor Hickman provided the late first half offense as Kalu made three straight field goals paired with back-to-back makes from deep for Hickman to give Charleston their largest lead of the day at 41-23 with two minutes remaining in the half. Hampton ended the half with three straight field goals to send Charleston into the locker room up 42-30.

???????? ?? Back-to-back threes for Connor and the Cougs have their largest lead of the day ?? pic.twitter.com/L4Zj1Pf58G
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) February 26, 2026

As the pace picked up in second half, Charleston had an answer for every Hampton strike. Kalu, Hickman, and Jlynn Counter helped the Cougars go on a 6-0 run to take a 20-point lead with 14 minutes to play.

Little déjà vu for you pic.twitter.com/A5b22Onnqu
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) February 26, 2026

Hampton cut the deficit to nine points, but it was short lived as Charleston immediately answered with a successful trip to the free throw line from Kalu. The Cougars ended the game on a 7-0 run to earn the program's 20^th victory of the season.

KEY COUGARS

Kalu had a game-high 21 points, one point off of his career-high.
Christian Reeves recorded his eighth career double-double with 16 points and ten rebounds.
Hickman finished with 16 points, shooting 60% from the field.
Chadlyn Traylor dished out a career-high seven assists with zero turnovers.
Duggan added ten points followed by Counter and Chris Davis Jr. with nine each. Davis Jr. also contributed six rebounds and four assists.

2H 10:00 | CofC 70, HU 50

Chad with a career-high 7? assists pic.twitter.com/oR37Mp8nF1
— Charleston Basketball (@CofCBasketball) February 26, 2026

GAME NOTES

Charleston shot 53% from the field compared to 40% for the Pirates. The Cougars totaled 46 points in the paint.
The Cougars won the rebounding battle 40-26.
Charleston assisted on 20 of the Cougars' 30 made field goals while only committing nine turnovers.
The teams took a combined 48 trips to the charity stripe.
The Cougars have not lost a game when leading at the halfway mark so far this season.
With the win, Charleston handed Hampton just their second home loss of the season.

UP NEXT

Charleston, now 20-10 on the year and 13-4 in conference play, will travel to UNCW for the final regular season game of the year on Sunday, March 1. Action is set for 7:00 p.m. in Wilmington.

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