Charleston Basketball Ncaa Tournament Appearances 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2018 Nit Appearances 1995 | 1996 | 2003 | 2011 | 2017
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GAME 28 | NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2018 NIT APPEARANCES 1995 | 1996 | 2003 | 2011 | 2017 Men’s Basketball Contact: Marlene Navor | Director of Athletics Communications E-mail: [email protected] | Office: (843) 953-6720 | Cell: (843) 647-9916 2018 | 19 SCHEDULE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (20-7, 9-5 CAA) Overall: 20-7 | CAA: 9-5 Home: 11-2 | Away: 7-4 | Neutral: 2-1 vs. NORTHEASTERN (16-9, 10-3 CAA) NOVEMBER DATE OPPONENT TIME February 16, 2019 • 4:00 p.m. (ET) N 6 PRESBYTERIAN W, 85-73 TD Arena/John Kresse Court (5,100) N 10 at Western Carolina at Charleston, S.C. [ESPN3] W, 77-74 N 13 RHODE ISLAND W, 66-55 N 18 at Oklahoma State^ Television: College SportsLive [Fox Sports Oklahoma] L, 58-70 Play-By-Play: Jeff McCarragher | Color Analyst: Mack McCarthy Radio: College of Charleston Radio Network (ESPN Radio 910 AM | 94.7 FM) ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL (Orlando, Fla.) Play-By-Play: Everett German | Color Analyst: Danny Johnson Internet: Live Statistics at www.CofCStats.com N 22 vs. #19/21 LSU [ESPNU] L, 55-67 Live Video: Live Video at www.CollegeSportsLive.com N 23 vs. UAB [ESPN3] W, 74-51 N 25 vs. Memphis [ESPNU] W, 78-75 N 28 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 83-70 GAME INFORMATION DECEMBER D 1 CHARLOTTE W, 72-64 College of Charleston Northeastern D 9 GEORGIA COLLEGE W, 87-69 2018-19 Record 20-7 (9-5 CAA) 16-9 (10-3 CAA) D 15 at VCU [NBCSN] W, 83-79 D 18 at Siena W, 83-58 Head Coach Earl Grant Bill Coen D 21 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 73-71 Career Record 97-63 (5th Season) 217-195 (13th Season) D 29 at UNCW* [CSL] W, 73-66 Record at School 97-63 (5th Season) 217-195 (13th Season) JANUARY Leading Scorer Grant Riller (22.0) Vasa Pusica (17.0) J 3 at Towson* W, 67-55 Leading Rebounder Jarrell Brantley (8.0) Bolden Brace (5.4) J 5 at James Madison* L, 58-69 J 10 DREXEL* L, 78-79 Series History Series Tied 6-6 J 12 DELAWARE* W, 71-58 Last Meeting Northeastern def. CofC, 69-60, J 17 at Northeastern [NESNplus] L, 60-69 J 19 at Hofstra L, 72-86 on Jan. 17, 2019 in Boston, Mass. J 24 ELON* W, 72-53 J 26 WILLIAM & MARY* W, 74-59 J 31 JAMES MADISON* W, 70-53 PROBABLE STARTERS FEBRUARY F 2 TOWSON* W, 54-53 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON F 7 at Delaware* W, 83-75 PPG RPG APG MIN F 9 at Drexel* W, 86-84 #21 Marquise Pointer, G, 6-0, 210, Sr. 4.8 2.1 2.0 22.0 F 14 HOFSTRA* L, 95-99 F 16 NORTHEASTERN* [CSL] 4:00 p.m. #1 Grant Riller, G, 6-3, 190, Jr. 22.0 3.1 4.1 35.6 F 21 at William & Mary* [CSL] 7:00 p.m. #2 Brevin Galloway, G, 6-2, 215, So. 8.2 2.6 1.0 25.2 F 23 at Elon* 7:00 p.m. #5 Jarrell Brantley, F, 6-7, 255, Sr. 18.7 8.0 2.1 33.5 #23 Nick Harris, F, 6-10, 270, Sr. 3.3 4.0 0.3 19.6 MARCH M 2 UNCW* 4:00 p.m. M 9-12 at CAA Championship TBA NORTHEASTERN M 19-20 at NCAA First Four TBA PPG RPG APG MIN Mar. 21-24 at NCAA First/Second Rounds TBA Mar. 28-31 at NCAA Regionals TBA #4 Vasa Pusica, G, 6-5, 210, RS-Sr. 17.0 3.8 4.2 34.7 #22 Donnell Gresham, G, 6-1, 203, RS-Jr. 10.3 5.0 3.3 33.5 Apr. 6 & 8 at NCAA Final Four TBA #12 Jordan Roland, G, 6-1, 171, RS-Jr. 15.3 2.6 1.6 29.9 #20 Bolden Brace, G/F, 6-6, 225, Jr. 10.1 5.4 2.6 30.4 * Colonial Athletic Association game All Times Listed In Eastern Time Zone #30 Anthony Green, F, 6-10, 252, Sr. 8.5 5.2 0.3 22.8 WWW.COFCSPORTS.COM | TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @COFCBASKETBALL #COMECUS 2018 | 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON BASKETBALL GAME 28 | NORTHEASTERN GAME PREVIEW INSIDE THE SERIES The College of Charleston men’s basketball team (20-7, 9-5 The all-time series between the College of Charleston and CAA) will host preseason Colonial Athletic Association favorite Northeastern is tied up at 6-6. All but one of the 12 meetings Northeastern (16-9, 10-3 CAA) for the CAA Game of the Week between the two schools have been contested in regular- set for Saturday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. (ET) at TD Arena. The game season conference play. The Huskies snapped CofC’s four-game will be broadcast on College SportsLive via the CBSSports.com win streak in the series with a 69-60 victory over the visiting digital platform. Nearly a year ago, both teams battled it out at Cougars on Jan. 17, 2019 at historic Matthews Arena in Boston. the North Charleston Coliseum for the chance to dance. The Charleston is 2-3 lifetime when playing the Huskies at home at Huskies are back on Lowcountry soil and still remember last TD Arena. year’s overtime championship game which they avenged in both teams’ first meeting (W, 69-60) this season up in Boston. LAST 10 GAMES IN THE SERIES The Cougars, who currently rank No. 35 nationally in field-goal L, 60-69 (-9) on Jan. 17, 2019 in Boston, Mass. percentage (47.8%), have improved much since then having won W, 83-76 (+7) on March 6, 2018 in North Charleston, S.C.^ six of their last seven games. With a short one-day turnaround W, 69-64 (+5) on Feb. 1, 2018 in Boston, Mass. between games, they are looking to quickly shake off a 99- W, 82-66 (+16) on Jan. 11, 2018 in Charleston, S.C. 95 setback to first-place Hofstra on Feb. 14. Northeastern, W, 85-71 (+14) on Feb. 18, 2017 in Boston, Mass. currently in second place in the latest CAA standings, holds L, 72-73 (-1) on Feb. 9, 2017 in Charleston, S.C. an edge as the only league team to have beaten the Pride L, 57-58 (-1) on Feb. 25, 2016 in Boston, Mass. this year. The Huskies have strung five wins in a row together W, 68-61 (+7) on Jan. 28, 2016 in Charleston, S.C. including an 81-77 road victory at UNCW. Meanwhile, CofC L, 56-65 (-9) on Feb. 28, 2015 in Charleston, S.C. is in third place and looking to split the regular-season series L, 67-69 (-2) on Jan. 17, 2015 in Boston, Mass. this weekend with NU with four more games remaining in the ^ CAA Tournament league race. Senior forward Jarrell Brantley and junior guard Grant Riller combined for 68 of the team’s season-high 95 ABOVE THE RIM points versus Hofstra. Riller set the school’s NCAA Division I The 2018-19 season has provided plenty of highlight reels era single-game scoring record with a career-high 43 points, with the above the rim play by the Cougars. Grant Riller was while Brantley had a near double-double performance with 25 recently featured on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays of the points and game-high nine rebounds. All four of Charleston’s Day for his posterizing dunk over Drexel defenders on Feb. last four games have been decided in single digits. Expect 9 in Philadelphia. College of Charleston is currently tied with another close battle on Saturday from both squads reminiscent Creighton with the ninth-most dunks (73) this season in NCAA of the title game last year. Division I – averaging 2.73 per game. Jarrell Brantley leads the team with 19 dunks on the season followed by Riller (15), Brevin SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN Galloway (14), Jaylen Richard (7) and Sam Miller (7). The Huskies went 2-0 last week at home with wins over William & Mary (72-60) on Feb. 7 and Elon (72-60 OT) on Feb. 9. They NCAA DIVISION I LEADERS – MOST DUNKS THIS SEASON will play four of their last six CAA games on the road including School Dunks Games Average this week’s stretch at UNCW and Charleston. Northeastern is 1. Duke 132 24 5.50 one of the league’s top shooting ballclubs and currently ranks 2. Arkansas 105 24 4.38 third in field-goal percentage (47.5%) and second in 3-point 3. Dayton 98 24 4.08 field goal accuracy (38.1%). Preseason All-CAA First Team 4. UCF 96 23 4.17 selection Vasa Pusica is the Huskies’ top scorer (17.0 ppg) 5. Little Rock 92 24 3.83 and playmaker (4.2 apg). Since the last time NU played the 6. LSU 91 17 5.35 Cougars, they have been without the services of junior guard 7. Kentucky 86 24 3.58 Shawn Occeus, who scored 12 points in both teams’ last 8. Auburn 78 23 3.39 meeting in January. 9T. Creighton 73 25 2.92 9T. Col. of Charleston 73 27 2.73 GAME PROMOTIONS 10. TCU 71 24 2.96 It’s Youth Sports Day sponsored by Chick-fil-A at TD Arena. There will be Chick-fil-A contests and giveaways throughout BRANTLEY’S FAREWELL TOUR the game. One lucky fan will win free Chick-fil-A for a year.