CHARLESTON – Thursday evening, Charleston Southern hosted the Presbyterian College Blue Hose for a 7:00 PM tip-off. The Bucs would go on to break their eight-game losing streak, dominating the Hose 84-67.
CSU would start hot, achieving an eight point lead only four minutes into the contest (10-2). The Buccaneer lead would be stretched to double figures minutes courtesy of a Trent Coleman layup (19-9). Going into the halftime locker room, CSU would find themselves only up by three (40-37). Jesse Hafemeister, who scored 53 combined points last week, led CSU in scoring with 9 in Thursday's first-half.
Several Buccaneers contributed to the scoring column in the second-half, including A'lahn Sumler who converted two free-throws to secure CSU's largest lead of the ball game (82-63). The Bucs earned their third win of Big South Conference play and eighth win of the season at home, 84-67.
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Notables:
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A'lahn Sumler led CSU in the scoring column with 16 points.
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Jaquias Franklin returned from injury after missing CSU's previous five contests. In his return, he led the Bucs in assists with 8.
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Jesse Hafemeister posted an efficient 15 points on 6-of-11 (55%) shooting.
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Lase Olalere would receive Coach Nimley's Player of the Game award, recording: 13 points (career-high), 5 rebounds, 4 assists (career-high), and 1 block in only 23 minutes of playing time.
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Devin Brafford would enter the starting lineup for the first time of his CSU-career, and his older brother Nate Brafford would enter double-figure scoring for the first time in conference play with 11.
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Charleston Southern's 23 assists is their third highest assist total against a Division 1 opponent this season.
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CSU's bench would outscore the PC bench, 40-6.
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The Bucs would also outrebound PC, 37-27.
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Up Next:
Not much turnaround time will be found between Thursday and CSU's next contest. On Saturday afternoon, the Bucs will play the Radford Highlanders in Virginia at 2:30 PM.
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