2/10/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
CONWAY, S.C. -- Coastal Carolina had five players in double figures in an 89-71 victory over visiting High Point, Feb. 10, at Kimbel Arena. With their third consecutive win, the Chanticleers move to 12-10 on the season and 4-5 in Big South play, while the Panthers fall to 6-16 and 2-9 in the conference. Coastal is also a perfect 5-0 at Kimbel Arena against High Point and leads the overall series, 8-4, after sweeping both games this season.
The Chanticleers and Panthers exchanged a couple of early leads before CCU took the lead for good on a free throw by Clint Reed to lead 8-7 with just over 14 minutes to play in the first half. The free throws started a 11-0 run that gave Coastal a 17-7 lead and the Chants would lead by nine at the intermission, 45-36.
Coastal built the lead to as many as 18 at 60-42 with 15:03 to play in the game, but High Point battled back, cutting the lead to eight after a 10-0 run of their own at 60-52. Coastal would not let the Panthers closer than seven and pushed the lead back to double digits for good on Kelvin Coggins’ three-pointer to put the Chants up 74-62 with 6:39 to play.
The Chanticleers were outstanding on the offensive end of the floor, hitting 60.4 percent (32 of 53) of their shots from the field, including an amazing 73.3 percent (11 of 15) from the three-point arc. CCU also limited High Point to just 40.4 percent from the field and forced 19 Panther turnovers that were converted into 19 Coastal points.
Torrey Butler led the Chants with 18 points, while Tony Darden added 16 and E.J. Gallup chipped in 11. The bench was important for the Chants, outscoring High Point’s bench, 38-14, led by Pele Paelay with 15 and Coggins with 12. HPU’s Dustin Van Weerdhuizen led all scorers with 27, while Joe Knight posted 18 and Danny Gathings was limited to just 12 points.
Coastal hits the road this weekend, traveling to Radford, Va. to take on the Radford Highlanders, Sat., Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. High Point next hosts Winthrop at the Millis Center, Sat., Feb. 15, at 4 p.m.
