Cougs beat Wofford by 10

Jermaine Johnson scored 17 points, grabbed 12 boards and hit all of his 4 opportunities from the charity stripe in the final minute of the game to lead the Cougars to another SoCon win over Wofford 70-60. The Cougars improved to 9-8, 4-3 by out-shooting 52.9% (27 of 51) to Wofford's 38% from the field and controlling the boards, out-rebounding the Terriers 37-23.

From the Den:
Andrew Goudelock scored 16 points, Dustin Scott put up 9 points and freshman Antwaine Wiggins added the power of "ten" in his double-double in tonight's victory.

Charleston vs Furman tonight 7pm on CSS!

On their way to a 20-win season, the College of Charleston basketball team (18-9, 11-4 SoCon) continues their road-trip as they face the Furman Paladins tonight, 7 pm. The game will air on CSS (Comcast Channel 42). This will be the 68th meeting between the two schools with Furman holding a 39-28 lead in the series. However, the College has won 5 straight and 16 of the last 18 meetings between the two schools. With the SoCon Tournament quickly closing in (February 28th at the North Charleston Coliseum), the Cougs have the opportunity to become more comfortable playing in a larger arena as tonight’s game will not be on held on Furman’s campus, but at the Bi-Lo Center in downtown Greenville. Tonight’s game marks only the 2nd time the Paladins have played a regular season game in the Bi-Lo Center since 1999-Furman lost to Davidson on January 10, 2007 for their first return to the Bi-Lo Center.

The College is playing their 2nd of 4 games in a 7-day stretch. The Cougars defeated Wofford soundly at the Benjamin Johnson Arena on Saturday, 71-58. A win tonight will clinch a 1st round bye for the Cougs and give them a 4th seed spot in the SoCon Tournament. After tonight the remaining games on the Cougars’ schedule are at home against the Citadel on Thursday and away at Georgia Southern on Saturday (ESPN 2).

The Paladins have won 4 of their last 5 games, and are in competition with Western Carolina for the 5th seed and bye in the SoCon Tournament. Obviously, this is too close to call as both teams have a Conference leader and a give-me left on their schedules: The Paladins have two away games left on their schedule at Davidson and at Wofford. The (Western-Carolina) Catamounts have App State and Elon left on their schedule.

Go Cougs!

Cougs on the road against Wofford at 6 pm!

The College of Charleston Basketball Team (17-9, 10-4 SoCon) face off against the Wofford Terriers (9-16, 4-10 SoCon) tonight (6 pm) at Benjamin Johnson Arena in Spartanburg. Tickets are $13 reserved and $8 general admission. The game will air on CSS-Comcast Channel 42-the Cougars are 5-3 on games airing on television.

In the last meeting between the two schools, (January 22 at Kresse Arena) Dontaye Draper notched a double-double with 22-points and 11-assists. BMOC, Jermaine Johnson put 22-points on the board against the Terriers as well and David Lawrence had a game high 10-boards.

Recon
Although their record doesn’t reflect their ability, Wofford is tough. The Terriers can put points on the board, evident in their win against UNCG as they scored 80-winning by 5 in that game. They have two starters, Shane Nichols and Eric Marshall, averaging 15-points-per-game, with Drew Gibson averaging 14-PPG. The Terriers are coming off a 20-point loss to App State, followed by a 12-point win over the Citadel. Go Cougs!

Post & Courier's Andrew Miller re-caps last night's game

The Post and Courier’s Andrew Miller wrote a great piece (McCandies Man Can) in today’s paper regarding the last few moments of the Cougars win over Wofford and Philip McCandies’ efforts. P&C Staffer, Wade Spees risked life and limb to jump in the celebratory mix and get the shot you see here within.

The Cougs won tonight against Wofford thanks to a buzzer-beating 3-ball from Philip McCandies

We're experiencing technical difficulties on this end, I'll post more on the game tomorrow. Cougs won 77-75!

(Photo compliments of CofC Sports.com)

The Cougs welcome the Wofford Terriers to Kresse Arena tonight at 7 pm!

The Cougars (13-7, 6-2 SoCon) face off against the Wofford Terriers (6-13, 1-7 SoCon) for the 112th time, tonight-7 pm at Kresse Arena. Wofford has the distinction as the opponent the College has played the most, with the Cougs leading the series 67-44, and 14-3 since both schools entered the SoCon. CofC has a current streak of 2 straight wins against the Terriers and Coach Cremins has never lost (8-0) to Wofford. The game will air on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS)-as well as on ESPN-Radio 1400 & 910.

Let’s talk Terrier
Although Wofford is 11th in the SoCon and 6-13 overall, they have shown recently that they can rebound from a deficit, put points on the board and win-the Terriers overcame a 9-point deficit at the half to defeat Chattanooga Saturday night. Their most recent losses to SoCon opponents have been with very thin margins (i.e. Davidson and Georgia Southern both beat Wofford by 5-points, The Citadel and Furman both snuck by the Terriers with only a 3-point margin). Coach Mike Young (2-6 vs CofC) will bring his team to Kresse Arena fired up to bring home another SoCon win.

Wofford junior-guard Shane Nichols has the opportunity to break the thousand-career point’s mark against the Cougars tonight-Key word “Chance”. Nichols is the All-time leading 3-point scorer for the Terriers and currently hitting 44.8% from behind the arc, which is the high to the 40% average for the Terrier’s starting 3-guards. (I have never been a fan of the three-guard offense, but you have to play the cards you are dealt.) The main caveat the Cougs have to watch is fouling the Terriers; make no bones about it, with 4 of the starting 5 players averaging above 80%, these kids can shoot from the “Charity-Stripe”. If we have to foul Wofford, we need to focus on the Mikes (Estep and O’Conner) or Tyler Whatley-all three are currently shooting below 65% from the foul line.

From the Den
Dontaye Draper needs only 2-points to become the 9th All-time scorer for the College of Charleston. Ahdonus Cofer (CofC 1988-1992 Squad) is the current 9th All-time scorer with 1,330 career-points. The College is 7-1 at home, 3-0 on Monday nights this season and 328-38 (.896%) All-time at Kresse Arena. Go Cougs!

Southern Conference Basketball Begins!

So-Con Basketball Begins!
The CofC Cougars man-handled the Ga State Panthers (72-66) on the road, but we weren't the only ones to bring home a win in our first game.

Here are the current standings of the SoCon South Division:

1. Furman (2-0) defeated Charleston Southern 88-69 and Erskine 67-55


2. CofC (1-0) won on the road by six just a few miles from the "Thrillerdome". George Street has all of the talent and the magic of Coach Cremins, but can we deflate our egos in time to earn nationally ranking? Hey Coach, take a page out of Greg Schiano's book and just let the guys humbly chop wood, one-game-at-a-time.


3. Davidson (2-1) the Wildcats beat Central Connecticut State 91-64 and they beat Eastern Michigan on the road, 81 to 77 to get their first notch on the proverbial victory belt. Davidson may not be favored, but they always put a crafty and tough group on the hardwood, which is seen in their only loss to the Michigan Wolverines by 10 (68-78)


4. Georgia Southern (1-1) the Eagles put up triple digits in their win against UC-Davis (116-73) and lost to Duke by 24 (72-48).


5. Citadel (1-2) Our cross-town rivals the Citadel defeated Ohio Valley 79 to 58 for their home-opener Friday night to begin Ed Conroy's tenure and to kick off their Homecoming Weekend. The Bulldogs then lost (respectively) on the road to Michigan State (73-41) and Iowa (75-53).


6. Wofford (0-1) Woof! Woof!