Chanticleers Rout Liberty in Record-Setting Win
Final Stats 
CONWAY, S.C. - Coastal Carolina scored 59 second-half points to rout rival Liberty 96-56 in men's basketball action Saturday afternoon at The HTC Center. The 40-point margin in the win is the Chanticleers' largest ever against a Big South Conference opponent.
Josh Cameron led Coastal, which improved to 18-8 overall and 9-5 in Big South play, with 17 points. The senior shot 50 percent from the floor and 5-of-6 at the free-throw line. He connected on two three-pointers in the first half and also dished out four assists. Elijah Wilson finished the contest with 16 points on four made field goals, including a trio of threes. Shivaughn Wiggins (12) and Warren Gillis (10) also reached double figures as 11 of 12 Chants that checked into the game recorded a point.
Coastal made 34 of its 62 shot attempts, including a season-high 13 three-pointers, on its way to a season-high 95 points. The Chanticleers also dominated the glass, outrebounding the Flames 43-23, counting a 30-17 edge on the defensive end. Tristian Curtis and Marcus Freeman led the Chants on the glass with nine boards each.
Liberty (7-20, 1-13 Big South) was led by Ryan Kemrite and Theo Johnson with nine points each as no Flame reached double figures for the second consecutive game against the Chants. The Flames shot 36.5 percent for the contest, making just 19-of-52 attempts.
Coastal broke an early 6-6 tie with a quick 8-0 run as Wilson and Cameron bookended a Michel Enanga layup with three-pointers. Liberty's Ethan Layer then scored eight of the game's next 10 points, cutting Coastal's lead to 16-14 with 11 minutes to play in the first half. Coastal promptly rolled off a 9-0 scoring streak to take a 26-14 lead on Curtis' free throw with 7:22 to go in the half. The white and teal-clad Chants would score 11 more points in the period to take a 37-26 lead at the intermission.
CCU shot an even 50 percent (16-of-32) in the period and outrebounded the Flames 22-10. Coastal also held a 14-8 advantage in points in the paint.
Coastal expanded its halftime lead with a 26-8 run over the opening 10 minutes if the second half. Gillis made it a 30-point game with a pair of free throws with 9:17 to go. The Chants went on to outscore the Flames 29-20 the rest of the way with Colton Ray-St Cyr throwing down an emphatic dunk with 16 seconds to go and Ron Trapps putting the exclamation point on the win with a late 3-pointer.
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Coastal Rewind
March 31, 2020: 2014 Big South Volleyball Championship
April 3, 2020: 2013 FCS Football Playoff Win at Montana
April 7, 2020: Coastal Football Beats Kansas for First-Ever Power 5 Win
April 10, 2020: Women's Basketball Defeats Troy in Shootout for First-Place
April 14, 2020: 2014 Big South Men's Basketball Championship Game
April 17, 2020: 2003 Men's Soccer Season
April 21, 2020: Women's Lacrosse Wins 2015 Big South Tournament Game Over Campbell
April 24, 2020: Coastal Baseball Walks-Off Clemson to Give Gilmore His 900th Win
April 28, 2020: Coastal Softball Advances to 2019 Sun Belt Championship Game
May 1, 2020: Women's Soccer Defeats Texas State to Advance in 2017 Sun Belt Championship
May 5, 2020: Volleyball Wins 2017 Sun Belt Championship
May 8, 2020: Football Comes-From-Behind to Beat Liberty in Double-Overtime (2013)
May 12, 2020: Women's Golf Wins the 2018 Sun Belt Championship
May 15, 2020: Men's Tennis Wins 2016 Big South Championship
May 19, 2020: Men's Soccer Defeats NC State in 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
May 22, 2020: Men's Golf Wins the 2018 Sun Belt Championship
May 26, 2020: Women's Soccer Upends High Point in OT (2014)
May 29, 2020: Coastal Football Opens FBS Era with Victory Over UMass
June 2, 2020: Lacrosse Comes-From-Behind to Beat Liberty in 2016 Big South Championships
June 5, 2020: Volleyball Downs App State; Hardeman Climbs CCU Career Kills List
June 12, 2020: Football Downs #12 Bethune-Cookman, 48-24, in NCAA FCS 1st Round
