Charleston Basketball Ncaa Tournament Appearances 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2018 Nit Appearances 1995 | 1996 | 2003 | 2011 | 2017
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GAME 30 | ELON 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 (21-8, 10-6 CAA) Overall: 21-8 | CAA: 10-6 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON Home: 12-2 | Away: 7-5 | Neutral: 2-1 vs. ELON (9-19, 5-10 CAA) NOVEMBER DATE OPPONENT TIME February 23, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. (ET) N 6 PRESBYTERIAN W, 85-73 N 10 at Western Carolina Schar Center (5,100) [ESPN3] W, 77-74 at Elon, N.C. N 13 RHODE ISLAND W, 66-55 N 18 at Oklahoma State^ Television: None [Fox Sports Oklahoma] L, 58-70 Radio: College of Charleston Radio Network (ESPN Radio 910 AM | 94.7 FM) Play-By-Play: Everett German ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL (Orlando, Fla.) Internet: Live Statistics at www.ElonStats.com N 22 vs. #19/21 LSU [ESPNU] L, 55-67 Live Video: Live Video at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/elon/ 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 Elon D 9 GEORGIA COLLEGE W, 87-69 2018-19 Record 21-8 (10-6 CAA) 9-19 (5-10 CAA) D 15 at VCU [NBCSN] W, 83-79 D 18 at Siena W, 83-58 Head Coach Earl Grant Matt Matheny D 21 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 73-71 Career Record 98-64 (5th Season) 149-167 (10th Season) D 29 at UNCW* [CSL] W, 73-66 Record at School 98-64 (5th Season) 149-167 (10th Season) JANUARY Leading Scorer Grant Riller (22.4) Tyler Seibring (16.2) J 3 at Towson* W, 67-55 Leading Rebounder Jarrell Brantley (8.2) Steven Santa Ana (6.3) J 5 at James Madison* L, 58-69 J 10 DREXEL* L, 78-79 Series History CofC Leads 20-7 J 12 DELAWARE* W, 71-58 Last Meeting CofC def. Elon, 72-53, J 17 at Northeastern [NESNplus] L, 60-69 J 19 at Hofstra L, 72-86 on Jan. 24, 2019 at Charleston, S.C. 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. 4.7 2.0 2.1 23.0 F 14 HOFSTRA* L, 95-99 F 16 NORTHEASTERN* W, 88-79 (OT) #1 Grant Riller, G, 6-3, 190, Jr. 22.4 3.2 4.0 35.6 F 21 at William & Mary* L, 84-86 (OT) #2 Brevin Galloway, G, 6-2, 215, So. 8.2 2.6 1.0 25.8 F 23 at Elon* 7:00 p.m. #5 Jarrell Brantley, F, 6-7, 255, Sr. 19.3 8.2 2.2 34.0 #23 Nick Harris, F, 6-10, 270, Sr. 3.2 3.9 0.3 19.1 MARCH M 2 UNCW* 4:00 p.m. M 9-12 at CAA Championship TBA ELON 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 #12 Nathan Priddy, G, 6-2, 185, So. 7.2 3.0 2.7 25.7 #22 Steven Santa Ana, G, 6-4, 190, Sr. 15.4 6.3 2.4 32.0 Apr. 6 & 8 at NCAA Final Four TBA #0 Kris Wooten, G, 6-3, 190, Fr. 5.5 1.6 1.1 19.6 #1 Chuck Hannah, F, 6-6, 230, Fr. 4.7 2.8 0.6 19.9 * Colonial Athletic Association game All Times Listed In Eastern Time Zone #41 Tyler Seibring, F, 6-9, 225, Sr. 16.3 6.0 1.4 32.3 WWW.COFCSPORTS.COM | TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @COFCBASKETBALL #COMECUS 2018 | 19 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON BASKETBALL GAME 30 | ELON GAME PREVIEW SERIES HISTORY The College of Charleston men’s basketball team (21-8, 10-6 College of Charleston leads 20-7 in the all-time series with Elon. CAA) makes one last regular-season road trip to Elon (9-19, Last year, both schools split the regular-season series protecting 5-10 CAA) for a Saturday, Feb. 23 Colonial Athletic Association each of their home courts. The Cougars have won 12 of the rematch between the two former Southern Conference rivals. last 15 meetings in the series extending back to the Southern Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. (ET) in Elon, N.C. The Cougars are Conference rivalry years with the Phoenix. Charleston joined looking to shake off an 86-84 overtime road loss at William the CAA in July of 2013 and Elon in July of 2014. & Mary, while the Phoenix look to send off their four seniors with back-to-back wins after beating UNCW (84-77) on Feb. LAST 10 GAMES IN THE SERIES 21. This will be the first time in 28 all-time meetings that CofC W, 72-53 (+19) on Jan. 24, 2019 at Charleston, S.C. and Elon will play each other at the new, 5,100-capacity Schar W, 79-58 (+21) on Feb. 22, 2018 at Charleston, S.C. Center, which the Phoenix opened with North Carolina on L, 58-63 (-5) on Jan. 13, 2018 at Elon, N.C. Nov. 19, 2018. Many close barn burners were played in the old W, 71-58 (+13) on Feb. 4, 2017 at Charleston, S.C. Alumni Gym including last year’s five-point decision that went W, 66-54 (+12) on Dec. 31, 2016 at Elon, N.C. in favor of the home team. Senior forward Jarrell Brantley has W, 66-62 (+4) on Feb. 13, 2016 at Elon, N.C. turned in back-to-back double-double performances in each L, 64-65 (-1) on Jan. 16, 2016 at Charleston, S.C. of the Cougars’ last two overtime games against Northeastern W, 77-63 (+14) on Feb. 18, 2015 at Charleston, S.C. and W&M. He tallied a near triple-double with 26 points, 12 W, 66-50 (+16) on Jan. 14, 2015 at Elon, N.C. rebounds and career-high seven assists versus the Tribe, while W, 68-60 (+8) on March 11, 2013 at Asheville, N.C.^ also moving into fourth all-time in career scoring. Brantley ^ SoCon Tournament could become only the second player in program history to reach the 2,000-career point and 1,000-career rebound mark ABOVE THE RIM with two games remaining in the CAA race. While known more The 2018-19 season has provided plenty of highlight reels with for their stingy defense, the Cougars have increased their the above the rim play by the Cougars. Grant Riller was recently scoring output this season averaging 74.4 points per game featured on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays of the Day in with 83-or-more points over the last five-game stretch. They back-to-back weekends for his posterizing dunk over Drexel are currently in third place in the latest conference standings defenders (No. 8) on Feb. 9 in Philadelphia and one-handed behind Hofstra and Northeastern. slam against Northeastern (No. 4) on Feb. 16. Charleston has currently made the 10th-most dunks (76) this season in NCAA SCOUTING ELON Division I – averaging 2.62 per game. Jarrell Brantley leads the With multiple sharpshooters, Elon leads the conference in team with 20 dunks on the season followed by Riller (16), Brevin three-point field goals made this season averaging 10.1 per Galloway (14), Sam Miller (8) and Jaylen Richard (7). game which ranks No. 17 nationally. The Phoenix knocked down 17 treys in their win over UNCW including five from NCAA DIVISION I LEADERS – MOST DUNKS THIS SEASON senior guard Steven Santa Ana, who ended the night with a School Dunks Games Average game-high 31 points. Elon is one of three CAA teams next 1. Duke 132 24 5.50 to CofC and Hofstra to have two of the top scoring duos in 2. Arkansas 112 26 4.31 the league in Santa Ana (15.4 ppg) and senior forward Tyler 3. Dayton 104 26 4.00 Seibring (16.3 ppg). 4. UCF 96 23 4.17 5. Little Rock 92 24 3.83 COUGARS ON THE AIRWAVES 6. Kentucky 92 26 3.54 Fans can listen to all CofC men’s basketball games throughout 7. LSU 91 17 5.35 the 2018-19 season on ESPN Radio 910 AM and 94.7 FM in 8T. Auburn 78 23 3.39 Charleston or via a live audio link at: www.charlestonsportsradio. 8T. Creighton 78 27 2.89 com. Voice of the Cougars Everett German will call the action 10. Col. of Charleston 76 29 2.62 live from Schar Center on the College of Charleston Radio Network. BRANTLEY’S FAREWELL TOUR Senior forward Jarrell Brantley scored a game-high 23 points MAKING EVERY SHOT COUNT at Siena on Dec. 18 to move into the Top 10 all-time in career The Cougars currently rank No. 13 nationally in free-throw scoring at CofC. The preseason All-CAA First Team selection percentage (76.6%) with 423 free throws made and 552 free has tabulated 1,833 career points and 928 career rebounds to throws attempted this season.