CHARLESTON BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 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 GAME 14 2017-18 SCHEDULE (10-3, 1-0 CAA) Overall: 10-3 | CAA: 1-0 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON Home: 6-0 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 1-1 vs. DATE OPPONENT TIME TV DELAWARE (8-6, 1-0 CAA) NOVEMBER N 10 SIENA (TH) W, 68-60 January 2, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (ET) N 13 at #6 Wichita State L, 63-81 CBSSN N 18 at Charlotte W, 81-72 TD Arena/John Kresse Court (5,100) at Charleston, S.C. GCI GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT N 22 vs. Cal Poly L, 68-73 N 23 vs. Sam Houston State W, 59-49 Television: None | Play-By-Play: Everett German | Color: Danny Johnson N 25 vs. Alaska Anchorage W, 55-46 Live Video: Charleston Sports Network | Live Stats: www.CofCStats.com Radio: College of Charleston Radio Network (ESPN Radio 910 AM) N 30 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 69-60 DECEMBER D 4 HIGH POINT W, 70-58 GAME INFORMATION D 10 NORTH GREENVILLE W, 92-60 D 16 at Rhode Island L, 62-68 D 19 SOUTH CAROLINA ST. W, 80-64 D 22 at Coastal Carolina W, 67-65 College of Charleston Delaware D 30 TOWSON* W, 73-62 2017-18 Record 10-3 (1-0 CAA) 8-6 (1-0 CAA) Head Coach Earl Grant Martin Ingelsby JANUARY Career Record 61-51 (4th Season) 21-26 (2nd Season) J 2 DELAWARE* 7:00 p.m. Record at School 61-51 (4th Season) 21-26 (2nd Season) J 5 at Drexel* 7:00 p.m. J 7 at Towson* 2:00 p.m. Leading Scorer Joe Chealey (17.2) Ryan Daly (16.6) J 11 NORTHEASTERN* 7:00 p.m. Leading Rebounder Nick Harris (7.3) Eric Carter (9.0) J 13 at Elon* 7:00 p.m. CSL J 18 UNCW* 7:00 p.m. Series History CofC Leads 6-5 J 20 HOFSTRA* 4:00 p.m. CSL Last Meeting CofC def. Delaware, 78-65, J 25 at Delaware* 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2017 in Charleston, S.C. J 27 JAMES MADISON* 3:00 p.m. FEBRUARY F 1 at Northeastern* 7:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS F 3 at Hofstra* 7:00 p.m. F 8 WILLIAM & MARY* 7:00 p.m. F 10 DREXEL* (Homecoming) 4:00 p.m. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON F 15 at James Madison* 7:00 p.m. F 17 at UNCW* 7:00 p.m. CSL PPG RPG APG MIN F 22 ELON* 7:00 p.m. #13 Joe Chealey, G, 6-4, 190, Sr. 17.2 5.7 4.5 34.5 F 24 at William & Mary* 2:00 p.m. #1 Grant Riller, G, 6-3, 195, So. 16.8 2.4 1.8 31.8 MARCH #12 Cameron Johnson, G, 6-4, 200, Sr. 9.4 3.3 1.7 32.7 #5 Jarrell Brantley, F, 6-7, 250, Jr. 13.3 5.3 2.3 24.7 M 3-6 at CAA Championship #23 Nick Harris, F, 6-10, 260, Jr. 7.2 7.3 0.3 27.3 North Charleston, S.C. TBA M 13-14 at NCAA First Four Dayton, Ohio TBA M 15-19 at NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds TBA DELAWARE M 22-25 at NCAA Regionals TBA PPG RPG APG MIN M 31 #3 Anthony Mosley, G, 6-1, 180, Sr. 10.2 4.3 2.8 28.2 & A 2 at NCAA Final Four San Antonio, Texas TBA #0 Ryan Daly, G, 6-5, 225, So. 16.6 5.6 2.8 37.2 #2 Ryan Allen, G, 6-2, 195, Fr. 13.5 2.3 1.7 33.9 (TH) Denotes tripleheader with CofC volleyball and #5 Eric Carter, F, 6-9, 235, RS-Jr. 10.0 9.0 1.3 27.6 women’s basketball teams * Colonial Athletic Association game #11 Chyree Walker, F, 6-5, 195, Fr. 5.2 3.0 0.6 18.5 All Times Listed In Eastern Time Zone WWW.COFCSPORTS.COM | TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @COFCBASKETBALL #COMECUS 2 | 2017 | 18 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GAME PREVIEW GENERAL INFORMATION Only one game into the conference season, the College of Location: Charleston, S.C. Charleston men’s basketball team (10-3, 1-0 CAA) enters Founded: 1770 into a difficult stretch of games ushering in the New Year Enrollment: 11,294 beginning with Delaware (8-6, 1-0 CAA) on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. (ET) at TD Arena. The Cougars will play three Nickname: Cougars games in the course of six short days including one at home Colors: Maroon and White against the Blue Hens and two on the road at Drexel on Jan. Affiliation: NCAA Division I 5 and Towson on Jan. 7. CofC is currently atop of the CAA Conference: Colonial Athletic Association standings along with Delaware, William & Mary, Elon and Home Court (Capacity): Northeastern, who each won their league-opening games. TD Arena/John Kresse Court (5,100) The Cougars claimed a 73-62 victory over Towson on Dec. President: Glenn F. McConnell 30 and have strung together three-straight wins, while the (College of Charleston ‘69) Blue Hens upended defending Colonial champion UNCW Director of Athletics: Matt Roberts (58-56) on the road to win their fourth straight. Both teams (North Carolina ‘97) take care of the ball and rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the league Senior Associate AD/SWA: Laura Lageman in turnover margin – CofC (+2.5) and Delaware (+0.9). In (Buffalo ‘82) their last outing, the Cougars enjoyed a triple scoring attack Faculty Athletics Representative: against the Tigers with a game-high 24 points from Jarrell Dr. Vince Benigni (IUP ‘83) Brantley, 21 points from Joe Chealey and 16 points from Ticket Office Phone: (843) 953-COUG (2632) Grant Riller. They are 6-0 at home this season, while the Blue Hens are 3-3 on the road. COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Earl Grant (Georgia College ‘00) SCOUTING DELAWARE Head Coach’s Overall Record (4 Years): 61-51 Delaware has balanced scoring this season with five players Head Coach’s CofC Record (4 Years): 61-51 on this year’s roster averaging double figures in scoring under Basketball Office Phone: (843) 953-5556 second-year head coach Martin Ingelsby. 2017 CAA Rookie Assistant Coach: Milan Brown (Howard ‘93) of the Year Ryan Daly is back and averaging a team-leading Assistant Coach: J.D. Powell (Clemson ‘01) 16.6 points per game, which ranks eighth-best in the league Assistant Coach: behind Joe Chealey (6th, 17.2 ppg) and Grant Riller (7th, 16.8 Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian ‘07) ppg). Also leading the Blue Hens in the scoring column is Director of Basketball Operations: freshman guard Ryan Allen, who is the reigning CAA Rookie Matt Braeuer (Wichita State ‘08) of the Week. He averaged 19.0 ppg in Delaware’s 2-0 week Assistant Director of Basketball Operations: including 14 points at UNCW. Two of UD’s last four games Ben Korren (College of Charleston ‘16) have been decided in overtime or by two points or less. BASKETBALL HISTORY COFC ALL-TIME IN CAA OPENERS Seasons of Basketball: College of Charleston is 4-1 all-time in CAA openers and 108th Season (27th as NCAA Division I) commenced the conference season for the first time at Overall All-Time Record (Since 1898): home before the New Year as members of the Colonial with 1,232-1,010 (.550) a 73-62 win over Towson. Last season, the Cougars opened Overall NCAA Division I Record (Since 1991): league play at Elon (W, 66-54) on Dec. 31, 2016 in Elon, N.C., 568-253 (.691) and the previous year at James Madison (W, 65-62) on Dec. All-Time Home Court Record: 442-87 (.836) 31, 2015 in Harrisonburg, Va. In its inaugural campaign as Record in TD Arena (Since 2008): 100-43 (.699) CAA members in 2013-14, CofC claimed its first-ever league NCAA Appearances (Last): Four (1999) win over James Madison (75-61) on Jan. 7, 2014 at TD Arena. NIT Appearances (Last): Five (2017) CBI/CIT Appearances (Last): Three (2013) / None RILLER TIME Last Time AP and Coaches Top 25 Rankings: March 8, 1999 (No. 16) / April 1, 1997 (No. 21) Preseason All-CAA Second Team selection Grant Riller is having a breakout season for the Cougars. Since missing TEAM INFORMATION one game of the season at the Great Alaska Shootout over 2016-17 Overall Record: 25-10 the Thanksgiving holiday break, he has been explosive with seven-straight double-figure performances since. CAA Record: 14-4 (2nd) - CAA Finals Riller currently ranks seventh among CAA leading scorers 2017 Postseason Play: NIT First Round averaging 16.8 points per game and is one of seven players Twitter and Instagram: @CofCBasketball in the Colonial this season to reach the 30-point mark in Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 a single game with a career-high 31 versus South Carolina Letterwinners R/L: 11/4 State on Dec. 19. He also knocked down 21 points against Newcomers: 3 Atlantic 10 Conference favorite Rhode Island on Dec. 16. WWW.COFCSPORTS.COM | TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @COFCBASKETBALL #COMECUS 2017 | 18 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | 3 INSIDE THE SERIES College of Charleston holds a one-game advantage in the all-time series with Delaware, 6-5.