CAA Men’s Basketball Recap – January 4th
The home team won 5-2 in the first full night of CAA men’s basketball conference play, but Charleston and Stony Brook were able to pick up road wins.
Charleston 73, Hofstra 61
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Charleston (10-4, 1-0 CAA) went on a 14-0 run late in the second half to earn a 73-61 road victory over Hofstra (7-7, 0-1 CAA). did. For the Cougars, Bryce Butler came off the bench and scored a team-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, Ante Brzovic had 13 points, and Frankie Policelli had 11 points and a team-high 7 rebounds. . All 61 points for Hofstra came from the starting lineup, with Tyler Thomas scoring 21 points and Darlingston Duvar scoring 20 points.
The Pride went on top 57-54 on Thomas’ 3-pointer with 7:13 left before the Cougars fought back. Charleston got treys from CJ Fulton, Butler, Brzovich and Lane Smith in a 14-point unanswered period to go up 67-57 with 2:41 left. Charleston has won six in a row.
North Carolina A&T 76, Campbell 62
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North Carolina A&T (3-11, 1-0 CAA) scored 18 straight points in 8 minutes, 22 seconds of the first half to beat Campbell (6-8, 0-1 CAA) 76-62. . For the Aggies, Landon Glasper scored a team-high 19 points, Camian Shell added 18 points, and Jason Murphy contributed to a double-double with 10 points and a team-best 10 rebounds. The Camels were led by Anthony Dell’Orso, who recorded a team-high 24 points and a double-double with 10 boards, and Laurinas Vystaras, who scored 13 points.
Campbell took its largest lead of the game, 20-13, on Alex Kotov’s jumper with 12:22 left in the first half. The Aggies fought back with an 18-0 run, including seven points from Jalal McKee, and took a 31-20 lead after a four-point play by Shell with four minutes left in the half. A&T held a double-digit lead for most of the second half, winning for the third time in the past five games.
Drexel 78, UNCW 63
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Luke House hit 5 of 7 treys as Drexel (9-6, 2-0 CAA) defeated UNCW (9-4, 0-1 CAA) to stay atop the CAA standings. He tied his career high with 25 points. , 78-63. Amari Williams filled the stat sheet for the Dragons with 17 points and Justin Moore had 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Trazarian White led the Seahawks with 19 points and nine rebounds, and Donovan Newby scored 16 points.
Trailing for most of the first half, the Seahawks took a 32-28 lead on back-to-back threes from K.J. Jenkins and White, but a trey from House helped the Dragons lead 36-34 at halftime. did. Drexel put together an 11-1 run early in the second half to take a 10-point lead with 13 minutes left and didn’t let UNCW get closer than six points the rest of the way.
Delaware 80, Hampton 53
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Delaware State (9-5, 1-0 CAA) jumped out to an early 24-6 lead and defeated Hampton (4-10, 0-2 CAA) 80-53. For the Blue Hens, Jahre Davis had balanced scoring with 17 points, and Niels Lane had a season-best 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field. For the Pirates, Trey Thomas came off the bench to score a team-high 16 points, and Tristan Maxwell scored 14 points.
Delaware State got off to a quick start, increasing its lead to 24 points late in the first half and taking a 41-25 advantage into halftime. Hampton went on an 8-0 run early on to get within 43-33 with 17:28 left, but the Blue Hens fought back with seven straight points and led by at least 15 points the rest of the way.
William & Mary 77 years old, Elon 70 years old
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Chase Lowe recorded a double-double with 18 points and a team-high 12 rebounds, and Charlie Williams contributed 18 points and seven boards as William & Mary (6-8, 1-0 CAA) defeated Elon ( 7 wins, 7 losses, 0 losses). 1 CAA), 77-70. For Phoenix, Rob Higgins had a team-high 19 points and Max MacKinnon had 14 points.
The Tribe, who shot 52.9 percent from the floor, put together a 12-0 run late in the first half to lead 33-27 at halftime. W&M hit back-to-back threes from Gabe Dorsey to extend the lead to 55-40 with 12:05 left. But Elon fought back and got within 68-64 on Nick Doane’s 3-point play with 2:31 left. The Tribe made 7 of 8 free throws in the final seconds to seal the victory.
Monmouth 51, Towson 43
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Xander Rice scored all 16 of Monmouth’s points in a 16-5 run at the end of the game to lead the Hawks (8-6, 1-0 CAA) to a 51-43 victory over Towson (7-7, 0-1 CAA). I gained momentum. For Monmouth, Rice scored a team-best 21 points and Jarrett Valencia had nine points. Christian May led Towson with 12 points, and Charles Thompson added six points and 12 rebounds.
In a defensive battle, Monmouth held a narrow 21-20 lead at the half. The Tigers increased their lead to 38-35 with 7 minutes, 51 seconds left on a jumper by Thompson and two free throws by May. Rice took over from there and hit back-to-back jumpers to put the Hawks in front, then hit his only 3 of the game and a free throw to make it 43-38 with 3:47 left. The Tigers never got closer than five points the rest of the way.
Stony Brook 62, Northeastern 53
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Tyler Stephenson-Moore scored a team-high 21 points and Stony Brook (8-6, 1-0 CAA) defeated Northeastern University (5-9, 0-1 CAA) on the road for 62 points. He won with 53. For the Seawolves, Aaron Clark had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Keenan Fitzmorris had 13 points. Northeastern was led by Masai Troutman with 16 points and nine rebounds, and Chris Doherty had a double-double with 15 points and 12 boards.
Stony Brook was up just one point by halftime, but following a trey from Northeastern’s Rashad King, the game was still up by three points with 13:21 remaining. But Stephenson-Moore made a 3 as part of a 7-0 run and a layup to put Stony Brook ahead 49-36 with 9:46 left. The Seawolves maintained a lead of at least eight points for the remainder of the game.