Come see Kenny G in North Charleston Tonight!

Alright, so I'm not talking about that Kenny G, I meant the Chicago Latin High School product Kenny George the tallest kid on the court in the NCAA last year and the biggest kid UNC Asheville and the Big South Conference has ever had on the hardwood. At 7'-7" and 360-lbs, this kid is a formidable opponent in any league-he's the guy about a foot taller than anyone else on the squad below in the picture. The Bulldogs play Charleston Southern tonight! So if you don't have other plans-which you should-check out the game.
(Photo of Kenny G courtesy of SNG)
(UNC-A Team Photo courtesy of UNC-Asheville)

Ja-Marco...Ja-Polo....

Despite my best efforts last night, and the luke-warm acceptance received as I began this little, school-yard-ditty as I sat right next to a line-up of Chas Southern boys, JaMarco Warren still scored 21-points against the Cougs. Warren is a scrappy little guy, who seems to get lost in traffic which makes him a huge asset for the Bucs.

(Picture courtesy of Tyrone Walker/Post & Courier)

Cougs Win Over Charleston Southern! Improve to 3-3 for the season!

The Cougs found their groove last night in the second half at North Charleston Coliseum, despite letting the Buccaneers hang around all night, winning 79 to 70. This victory in Coach Cremins 800th career game boosted his all-time record to 479-321 over a span of 17-seasons. And the Cougs improved to 3-3 for the season. CSU fell to 3-3 as they loss to their longest standing rival spanning the past 42 years. The College leads this rivalry 46-22 all-time.

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The Cougars controlled the pace of the game and did a superb job of keeping the Bucs forward Chris Moore contained as well as their BMOC Knysas (Did he pronounce that “nice ass”-any Lithuanians out there who want to give a help with pronouncing this kids’ name?) But as you know the old adage about closing one window, another "Ja-Marco…Ja-Polo" opens, JaMarco-Ja-Polo Warren led the Bucs with 21.

From the Den

The Cougs did a great job of moving the ball and opening up lanes to take it to the hoop; as a result Jermaine Johnson had his first double-double, grabbing 10 boards while putting 21 points (8-11 FG/5-10 FT) just shy of his career-high. Tony White Jr. was consistent and scrappy last night putting 17 points (5-10 FG/3-4 FT) on the board, hitting 4-6 from behind the arc. Dustin Scott added another 10-points (4-6 FG/1-2 FT/1-3 3FG). Antwaine Wiggins and Marcus Hammond combined for 10-points.

Bench production:
Goudelock (as seen in this Tyrone Walker picture courtesy of the P&C) with two steals and a few other attempts (we like this kid’s effort) joined Jeremy Simmons with 9-points, Diarra came in for a few minutes to shake things up and Donovan Monroe hit one of four three-ball attempts. Not bad bench production and the team seemed pretty fluid during the interchange.

Scoreboard---Record---1st---2nd---Final
Chas Southern (3-4)---29---41---70
The Bucs shot 36.4% (28-77) from the field, 87.5% (7-8) from the charity stripe and 26.9% (7-26) from behind the arc.
College of Charleston (3-3)---26---53---79
The Cougs shot 47% (31-66) from the field, 43.5% from the charity stripe and 23.3% from behind the arc.

Cougs Face Charleston Southern in the Battle of the Holy City tonight!

The Citadel defeated Charleston Southern for the first time in nine years on Monday night winning, 76-73 at the Coliseum, finally preventing Chas Southern from gaining enough "So-mentum" to be in contention with the College of Charleston.

Which brings us to tonight's game: first let's do a bit of house-keeping, to answer WB's question, no-there isn't a trophy (yet) just bragging rights for who the Holy City Champ is. Secondly, I know it seems odd for those of us who served in the Peace Corps or who save lives as Emergency Room Doctors can't get a free pass for tonight's game, but EMT, Cops, Meter-Maids, etc can, but that's just how it is. It usually works that way across the board. Military discount at the IHOP but nothing for those of us who served in Africa fighting AIDS and other diseases. Just go with it, shell out the 10-bucks and cheer on the Cougs tonight!

(Photo credit: JET via phone @ El Cid library)

Reminder: Game vs Chas Southern at the North Chuck Coliseum Wednesday Night!

The Cougs will face Chas. Southern (7 pm) on Wednesday night at the North Chuck Coliseum, for the annual City Champs match-up (Chas Southern plays El Cid tonight).

Hootie (sans Blowfish) will get things started with a stunning performance of the National Anthem. Before the game the Charleston Nine (local firefighters who died in the Sofa-Super Store blaze this past July) will be honored and all local Po-pos, fire-fighters, EMS, garbage men and military personnel in the area get in free to the game.

Charleston Southern are City Champs for a 2nd Straight Year

The College of Charleston dropped their second straight game to Charleston Southern tonight at the North Charleston Coliseum. Leading the Buccaneers was Donnell Covington with 25-points and Chris Moore with 9-points.

The Cougars shot 42% (5 of 8 from behind the arc and from the charity line) and the Buccaneers out-rebounded the Cougs 45-32.

From the Den:


David Lawrence and Tony White Jr. led the Cougs with 18-points and 5 boards a piece. Jermaine Johnson had 17-points and 5 boards. Dontaye Draper was held to 10-points, missing 2 from the charity stripe in OT and the potentionally game winning basket at the buzzer.






1st--2nd--OT--Final


CofC: 28-36-16-80


Chas. Southern: 31-33-20-84

College of Charleston vs Charleston Southern

The Cougs face Chas. Southern tonight, 7:30 at the North Charleston Coliseum. If you want to sit in the lower sections by the team you should try to get seats anywhere in sections 133 through 129.

The Cougars are 26-7 (lifetime) at the North Chuck Coliseum. Our first win and largest win at the NCC was against Chas. Southern and the Cougars lead 46-22 all-time against Charleston Southern. The Cougars lost last year to Chas. Southern (82-77) for the first time since 1988 (a 23-game win streak) and Charleston Southern then defeated the Citadel to become (Holy) City Champs!

*Picture of the North Chuck Coliseum courtesy of Charleston Conventions

CofC vs Chas. Southern face-off in the Trademark Properties Lowcountry Classic

I am at the Apple Store in the Queen City on my way home from the game. The Cougs lost last night to Kentucky 72-61. I'll have more on that later. Dontaye Draper had 15-points and Tony White Jr. had 12-points. The talk around George Street is that he is the next Marion Busby (6th on the all time scoring list for the Cougars-we'll have to wait and see. Words to the wise, if you are even the slightest bit a basketball fan, put seeing a game at Rupp Arena on your "to-do" list. To answer your question, indeed, Ashley Judd was there for the game. I am rushing home for the Cremins Show at George's after my visit with the "genius bar" here at Apple.

The Cougars (3-3) will face Charleston Southern (4-3) tomorrow night (7 pm) at the North Charleston Coliseum in the Trademark Properties Lowcountry Classic. The Cougars and the Citadel lost to Chas. Southern last year making the old Baptist School the City champs. With Chas. Southern's trio of seniors Donnell Covington and Dwayne Jackson and junior Chris Moore the Cougars will have their hands full, but I doubt the outcome will be the same as this year's Johnny Suzuki Classic where the Citadel Bulldogs lost to Chas. Southern.

Chas. Southern's wins of note:
Chas. Southern defeated the Citadel (72-63) and Coker College (87-46).

In the "L" Column for Chas. Southern:
Chas. Southern lost to Furman (69-80), Tulane (69-75) and Clemson (50-74)