Charleston Basketball Ncaa Tournament Appearances 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2018 Nit Appearances 1995 | 1996 | 2003 | 2011 | 2017
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GAME 33 | CAA SEMIFINALS 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 #3 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (24-8) Overall: 24-8 | CAA: 12-6 vs. #2 NORTHEASTERN (21-10) Home: 13-2 | Away: 8-5 | Neutral: 3-1 2019 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship Semifinals NOVEMBER DATE OPPONENT TIME March 11, 2019 • 8:30 p.m. (ET) N 6 PRESBYTERIAN W, 85-73 North Charleston Coliseum (14,000) N 10 at Western Carolina at North Charleston, S.C. [ESPN3] W, 77-74 N 13 RHODE ISLAND W, 66-55 Television: CBS Sports Network N 18 at Oklahoma State^ [Fox Sports Oklahoma] L, 58-70 Play-By-Play: Dave Ryan | Color Analyst: Pete Gillen | Sideline: Gary Parrish 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 http://www.statbroadcast.com N 22 vs. #19/21 LSU [ESPNU] L, 55-67 Live Video: http://www.cbssports.com/cbs-sports-network/ N 23 vs. UAB [ESPN3] W, 74-51 N 25 vs. Memphis [ESPNU] W, 78-75 GAME INFORMATION N 28 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 83-70 DECEMBER College of Charleston Northeastern D 1 CHARLOTTE W, 72-64 D 9 GEORGIA COLLEGE W, 87-69 2018-19 Record 24-8 (12-6 CAA) 20-11 (14-4 CAA) D 15 at VCU [NBCSN] W, 83-79 Head Coach Earl Grant Bill Coen D 18 at Siena W, 83-58 D 21 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 73-71 Career Record 101-64 (5th Season) 222-196 (13th Season) D 29 at UNCW* [CSL] W, 73-66 Record at School 101-64 (5th Season) 222-196 (13th Season) Leading Scorer Grant Riller (22.3) Vasa Pusica (17.8) JANUARY J 3 at Towson* W, 67-55 Leading Rebounder Jarrell Brantley (8.3) Bolden Brace (5.9) J 5 at James Madison* L, 58-69 Series History CofC Leads 7-6 J 10 DREXEL* L, 78-79 J 12 DELAWARE* W, 71-58 Last Meeting CofC def. Northeastern, 88-79 (OT), J 17 at Northeastern [NESNplus] L, 60-69 on Feb. 16, 2019 at Charleston, S.C. J 19 at Hofstra L, 72-86 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 2.2 23.6 F 14 HOFSTRA* L, 95-99 #1 Grant Riller, G, 6-3, 190, Jr. 22.3 3.4 4.1 35.5 F 16 NORTHEASTERN* W, 88-79 (OT) #2 Brevin Galloway, G, 6-2, 215, So. 7.8 2.5 1.0 25.4 F 21 at William & Mary* L, 84-86 (OT) F 23 at Elon* W, 84-74 #5 Jarrell Brantley, F, 6-7, 255, Sr. 19.4 8.3 2.3 34.0 #23 Nick Harris, F, 6-10, 270, Sr. 3.1 3.7 0.2 18.5 MARCH M 2 UNCW* W, 70-61 NORTHEASTERN CAA CHAMPIONSHIP (North Charleston, S.C.) PPG RPG APG MIN #4 Vasa Pusica, G, 6-5, 210, RS-Sr. 17.8 3.9 4.3 35.0 M 10 vs. #6 Drexel [CAA.tv] W, 73-61 #22 Donnell Gresham, G, 6-1, 203, RS-Jr. 9.9 4.7 3.2 33.7 M 11 vs. #2 Northeastern [CBSSN] 8:30 p.m. #12 Jordan Roland, G, 6-1, 171, RS-Jr. 15.0 2.5 1.7 30.7 * Colonial Athletic Association game #20 Bolden Brace, G/F, 6-6, 225, Jr. 10.1 5.9 2.5 31.2 All Times Listed In Eastern Time Zone #30 Anthony Green, F, 6-10, 252, Sr. 8.9 5.3 0.5 23.4 WWW.COFCSPORTS.COM | TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @COFCBASKETBALL #COMECUS 2018 | 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON BASKETBALL GAME 33 | CAA SEMIFINALS GAME PREVIEW SERIES NOTES For the second-straight year, the third-seeded College of College of Charleston holds a one-game lead in the all-time Charleston men’s basketball team (24-8) will face second- series with Northeastern, 7-6. Both teams split the regular- seeded Northeastern (21-10) in the CAA Men’s Basketball season series with the Cougars’ winning the last meeting (88- Championship, but this time in the semifinals set for Monday, 79) in overtime on Feb. 16 at TD Arena. The Cougars have won March 11 at 8:30 p.m. (ET) at North Charleston Coliseum. The five of the last six meetings between the two schools. game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network. The Cougars and Huskies both reached last year’s championship LAST 10 GAMES IN THE SERIES game as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds respectively and co- W, 88-79 OT (+9) on Feb. 16, 2019 at Charleston, S.C. regular-season champions. Charleston erased a 17-point L, 60-69 (-9) on Jan. 17, 2019 at Boston, Mass. deficit in the second half to prevail with an 83-76 victory in W, 83-76 OT (+7) on March 6, 2018 at North Charleston, S.C.^ overtime behind 32 points from former standout Joe Chealey, W, 69-64 (+5) on Feb. 1, 2018 at Boston, Mass. who is currently a two-way player for the Charlotte Hornets W, 82-66 (+16) on Jan. 11, 2018 at Charleston, S.C. and Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G-League. With different W, 85-71 (+14) on Feb. 18, 2017 at Boston, Mass. personnel in this year’s matchup, the Cougars will rely on the L, 72-73 (-1) on Feb. 9, 2017 at Charleston, S.C. same defensive principles that led them to the championship L, 57-58 (-1) on Feb. 25, 2016 at Boston, Mass. title and Big Dance. They have held their last two opponents W, 68-61 (+7) on Jan. 28, 2016 at Charleston, S.C. – UNCW and Drexel – to their lowest scoring outputs (61 L, 56-65 (-9) on Feb. 28, 2015 at Charleston, S.C. points) of the season, while scoring 70-or-more points in their ^ CAA Tournament last eight contests. CofC has won 10 of their last 12 games, while Northeastern has won 14 of their last 16. Two of the last COUGARS ALL-TIME vs. CAA TOURNEY OPPONENTS three meetings between the Cougars and Huskies have been College of Charleston is 8-4 all-time in the CAA Men’s decided in OT and postseason play. Expect another battle as Basketball Championship since joining the league in July of both teams vie for a spot in tomorrow’s championship game 2013. Of the 10-member schools, the Cougars have only faced against the winner of top-seeded Hofstra (26-6) or fifth-seeded Delaware (1-0), Drexel (3-0), James Madison (1-0), Northeastern Delaware (17-15). (1-0), Towson (1-0), UNCW (0-3) and William & Mary (1-1) in postseason conference play. NORTHEASTERN AT-A-GLANCE The Huskies advanced to the semifinals with an 80-59 win over GOING FOR 25 10th-seeded UNCW in the quarterfinals, to set-up the much- The Cougars are one win away from recording 25 wins on the anticipated rematch with Charleston. They return junior guard season for only the ninth time in the program’s NCAA Division Shawn Occeus, who missed the last nine regular-season games I Era (1991-92 to Present). It would mark the third-consecutive due to a leg injury. Northeastern had three players score in campaign under head coach Earl Grant that CofC achieved double figures versus the Seahawks including 21 points from 25-or-more wins behind 25 and a NIT First Round appearance redshirt junior guard Jordan Roland, while Occeus played in 2017 and 26 and a NCAA First Round appearance in 2018. 16 minut4es with five points and two rebounds. NU’s squad Grant would become the first head coach in the program’s features All-CAA First Team selection Vasa Pusica, who is Division I Era to have his teams record 25-or-more wins in three- averaging a team-best 17.8 points and 4.3 assists per game. straight seasons. He had 30 points in last year’s championship game loss to the Cougars. WHAT 2 WATCH 4 Jarrell Brantley is six points away from surpassing former HOW THEY GOT THERE College of Charleston great Greg Mack (1981-85) for third all- College of Charleston is currently the third-highest rated CAA time on the school’s all-time career scoring list with 1,896 career school in the NCAA Net Rankings (No. 107) behind Hofstra points to date. Of the Top 3, he would become the school’s (No. 68) and Northeastern (No. 79). The Cougars earned the second all-time leading scorer in the program’s NCAA Division No. 3 tournament seed with their third-straight 10+ win season I history next to 2011 NBA Draft Pick Andrew Goudelock, who in conference play going 12-6 versus league foes. Charleston amassed 2,571 career points from 2007-11. Brantley is also four went 13-2 at home this season and compiled a 11-2 non- blocks shy of becoming the only player in program history to conference record with wins over Rhode Island, VCU and rank in the Top 10 in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocks.