Men's Basketball Travels to College of Charleston Tuesday
11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
CONWAY - Coastal Carolina men's basketball renews its Lowcoutry rivalry with the College of Charleston Tuesday evening at TD Arena in Charleston. Tipoff between the 2-2 Chanticleer and the 2-1 Cougars is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Game Information
Date / Time: Tues., Nov. 24, 2015 / 7:00 p.m.
Site: Charleston, S.C. / TD Arena (5,100)
Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network
Radio: WSEA Sports Radio 100.3 "The Team"
Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/
Talent: Aaron Marks (play-by-play)
Online Video Broadcast: CAA.tv
Live Stats: CofCsports.com
Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports
Last Time Out
• Coastal Carolina controlled all aspects of the game in a 116-35 rout of Piedmont International Saturday afternoon at the HTC Center.
• Elijah Wilson led all scorers with 25 points. Also in double-figures were Ron Trapps (17), Michel Enanga (16), Colton Ray-St Cyr (12) and Badou Diagne (10).
• Tristian Curtis led all rebounders with 10 and Jaylen Shaw notched eight assists.
• Coastal shot an impressive 61.4 percent in the game, including 41.9 percent from 3-point range.
Up Next
• The Chanticleers open their final season of Big South Conference play Saturday, Nov. 28 at Campbell. Tipoff at the Fighting Camels' Pope Convocation Center is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
The Series vs. College of Charleston
• Coastal Carolina and the College of Charleston have met 46 times on the hardwood. The Cougars hold a 36-10 advantage in the series and have won 15 of the last 17 meetings between the two teams, including a 60-51 win in Charleston last time the teams played (Dec. 22, 2012). CCU's most recent victory came during the 2009-10 season at home. Coastal has won just one time in Charleston and that came during the 1976-77 season when CCU took a 97-87 triple overtime victory over the Cougars.
Taking on the Colonial Athletic Association
• The Chanticleers are 19-61 all-time against current Colonial Athletic Association members. CCU's best record against a current CAA team is 2-4 against Towson. The Chants last win over a CAA member was against Elon (69-46 in the NIT Season Tip-Off) on Nov. 17, 2009 when the Phoenix were still a member of the Southern Conference.
Coastal's Record vs. CAA Opponents
College of Charleston - 10-36
Drexel - 0-0
Delaware - 0-0
Elon - 4-9
Hofstra - 0-0
James Madison - 0-1
Northeastern - 0-0
Towson - 2-4
UNC Wilmington - 3-11
William & Mary - 0-0
OVERALL - 19-61
Trapps and Enanga Record Career-Highs Against Piedmont International
• Senior forward Michel Enanga and junior guard Ron Trapps each notched career-highs in the points category against Piedmont International. Enanga went 6-of-7 from the floor with a 3-pointer and three free throws to total 16 points. Trapps went 5-of-9, with each shot coming from 3-point range, and added two at the line for his 17 points.
Lending The Helping Hand
• Redshirt sophomore Jaylen Shaw has had no problem sharing the basketball this season. He has created numerous open shot for his teammates and dished out 24 assists through four games. He had eight helpers each against Grace Bible and Piedmont International. His 24 assists ranks 18th in the NCAA, while his 6.0 per game average ranks 32nd.
Career Nights A Plenty vs. Grace Bible
• Coastal Carolina's game against Grace Bible, which resulted in a 140-67 victory, was highlighted by 35 Chanticleer career-highs achieved among eight players.
• Highlighting the career-highs were Colton Ray-St. Cyr, Tristian Curtis and Ron Trapps totaling career-bests with 16, 14 and 13 points, respectively.
• Scoring their first points as Chanticleers were Aaron Law and Christian Adams, while Josh Colman grabbed his first collegiate rebounds.
• Also of note in the contest was that all five Coastal starters scored in double-figures for the first time since Jan. 17, 2012 at UNC Asheville.
Badou's Boards
• Badou Diagne became the 50th player in Big South history with 600 rebounds in a career after posting 10 against Grace Bible (Nov. 18). He has an outside chance of joining the league's 1,000-point, 600-rebound and 100-blocked shot club, as his career totals include 783 points, 605 rebounds and 74 blocked shots. Meanwhile, teammate Michel Enanga reached 500 career rebounds with eight against Piedmont International (Nov. 21).
Wilson 20 Away From 1,000
• Junior Elijah Wilson is only 20 points shy of becoming just the 20th member of Coastal Carolina's 1,000 point club.
• Wilson has scored 980 points in his 72 career games for a 13.5 points per game average.
• At his current pace (13.5 ppg), Wilson will eclipse the 1,000 career points plateau on Nov. 28 at Campbell.
• Wilson played with Coastal's most recent 1,000-point scorer in 2015 graduate Warren Gillis. Wilson shared the court with Gillis (1,352 points) during both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.
• Wilson will need to score 372 more points to reach the CCU all-time top-10 career scoring list.
• At his current pace of 461 points per season, Wilson would finish his career with more than 1,800 points.
