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ARLINGTON, Texas –
Isaac Hippolyte collected his first career double-double to help Coastal Carolina pick up a 82-77 road win at Texas Arlington. It was CCU's first-ever win at UTA.
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Hipployte's 14 points was a career-high for the sophomore and his 10 rebounds was just one off his career-high of 11. Hippolyte scored eight of his points in the first half and came up with a big three-point field goal with nine minutes left that gave the Chants a 59-57 lead and the Chants never trailed again.
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CCU (11-7/4-3 Sun Belt) had four other players reach double-digits led by
Tommy Burton and
DeVante' Jones who scored 18 points each.
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Tyrell Gumbs-Frater came off the bench to score 12 and
Keishawn Brewton added 11,
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Jones continues to flirt with a triple-double as he finished the game with a game-high eight assists and eight rebounds to go along with his point production.
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The Chants out rebounded UTA 50-38 led by Hippolyte. Burton joined Jones with eight rebounds and
Garrick Green had seven.
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UTA's leading scorer David Azore showed why he is one of the top scorers in the league, finishing with a game-high 26 points. Jordan Phillips added 13 and Brian Warren scored 11, all which came in the second half.
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The first half ended with both teams even at 37. The Chants jumped out to an 11-point lead (29-18) only to see UTA go on a 12-0 run near the end of the first half to even the score.
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Burton and Hippolyte led the way for CCU with eight points each while CCU only shot 35 percent from the field.
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Azore had nine points to lead UTA and Griffin came off the bench to score eight while UTA equaled Coastal's 35 percent shooting from the field.
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The Chants will be back home for their next three games beginning with Little Rock on Thursday, January 16 at 7 p.m.
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