Men's Basketball

CSU Runs Away With a 107-78 Win Over Toccoa Falls

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Charleston S.C. - Charleston Southern welcomed NCCAA member, Toccoa Falls to the CSU Field Hosue Saturday, and after a high paced game, the Buccaneers ran away with a 107-78 win. Jamarco Warren poured in 28 points to lead all players, tying his career high, set just two games ago. With the win, CSU improved to 2-2 on the young season while the Toccoa Falls Eagles dropped to 8-3.

Jamarco Warren came into Saturday's contest shooting 52 percent from the floor and an impressive 56 percent from three. Many people would say that he won't be able to keep up those numbers the entire season. Those people did not see the performance by Warren against Toccoa Falls. Warren's 28 points was on 8-10 shooting, including a perfect 6-6 from three.

CSU had five players reach double figures in a balanced attack on offense. Omar Carter put up 17 points and 8 rebounds to continue his steady play. Kelvin Martin recorded his second double-double in as many games with 15 points and 15 boards, 9 of which were offensive. JT Knight got his first CSU career double-double with 11 points and a career high 11 assists. Tovi Bailey and Billy Blackmon chipped in with 15 points, and 11 boards respectively. The Eagles were paced by Jachin Wettstone, who had 19 points and 9 rebounds.

In the first half, the Buccaneers scored immediately off of a Blackmon tip to Carter, but the Eagles followed that up with a three to take their only lead of the game, 3-2. Toccoa Falls hung around in the first few minutes, until an 11-0 run by CSU, capped off by a Carter three to put the score at 18-7. The Eagles would not go away, and traded baskets with the Bucs for the next several minutes.

A turning point came at the five minute mark, when Senior Giedrius Knysas came down the lane and threw down a monstrous dunk on top of an Eagle defender, plus the foul. That gave CSU a 47-31 advantage for their biggest lead yet. The Buccaneers traded baskets with a hot shooting Toccoa Falls team in the remaining minutes of the half, and went into the locker room up 54-41.

The Eagles came out in the second half looking to make up for some lost ground, cutting the lead to 8 in the sixteenth minute. That would be the closest Toccoa Falls would get, as CSU's lead would never drop below double digits again. Both teams looked to push the ball in the next few minutes, trading basket after basket.

The Buccaneers were able to open things up with a 16-4 run after Blackmon went up for a dunk with 4:37 left to play. CSU led 97-72 at that point and would go up by as many as 30, before a final score of 107-78.

The Buccaneers passed the century mark for the first time of the season and showed just how many weapons they have on the offensive end. They shot better than 52 percent on the game, including a blistering 67 percent from three point range. CSU also dominated down low, scoring 60 points in the paint. For the season, CSU is averaging just over 78 points per game on 46 percent shooting.

The Buccaneers will try to keep their hot hands until they host The Citadel on Tuesday, November 25th, at 7:30 p.m. This game vs. another cross-town rival will be held at the North Charleston Coliseum as a CSU home game.

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