HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – AJ Dancler and Joshua Beadle scored 26 points apiece, and Coastal Carolina held off a late Marshall rally for an 85-83 Sun Belt Conference win Wednesday night at the Cam Henderson Center.

The victory marked Coastal's first-ever road win at Marshall.

Coastal Carolina (10-9, 3-4 SBC) led by as many as 13 points in the second half before the Thundering Herd tied the game at 80-80 with 58 seconds remaining. The Chanticleers responded immediately as Nadjrick Peat finished a go-ahead dunk off a Rasheed Jones assist with 34 seconds left to put Coastal back in front, 82-80.

"Those guards made big plays when it mattered," CCU head coach Justin Gray said. "AJ made shot after shot, Beadle made shot after shot, and Rasheed made the right play to find Nadjrick for the finish."

After a defensive stop, Beadle was fouled and made both free throws to extend the lead to 84-80 with 18 seconds to play. Marshall's Noah Otshudi hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left to cut the deficit to one, but Beadle split a pair of free throws with seven seconds remaining to give Coastal an 85-83 edge.

Marshall (11-7, 3-3 SBC) had two final chances to tie or win. Wyatt Fricks' 3-point attempt missed with two seconds left, and after a foul sent Caleb Hollenbeck to the line with 0.3 seconds remaining, Tristan Thompson secured the final rebound to seal the win.

"We talk about resiliency and responding the right way all the time, and our guys did that tonight," Gray said.

Dancler shot 8-of-11 from the field, hit three 3-pointers, and went 7-for-7 at the line. Beadle finished 9-of-15 from the floor and 7-of-9 at the stripe. Jones added 13 points and three assists, while Peat delivered the game-winning basket.

Coastal led 39-32 at halftime and shot 56.6 percent from the field, including 45.5 percent from 3-point range, while going 15-of-17 at the free-throw line.

Otshudi led Marshall with 30 points, while Jalen Speer added 24.

Coastal returns to action Saturday, Jan. 17, at Georgia Southern. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Coastal earned its 10th win of the season, matching its entire 2024-25 season total. The Chants didn't post their 10th win until game 30 last year. 
• CCU recorded its fifth true road win of the season, its most since winning five true road games in 2021-22. 
• The Chants improved to 2-5 against Marshall, snapping a two-game losing streak to the Herd and a three-game slide at the Cam Henderson Center. 
• Coastal recorded its best shooting half of the season, connecting on 65.2 percent of its field attempts (15-of-23) after halftime. It was the second straight game that the Chants shot over 60 percent after halftime. CCU made 16-of-25 shots (.640) in the second half against App State on Saturday. 
• The Chants improved to 4-1 when scoring 80 or more points this season. 
• Coastal has won three straight road games (Old Dominion, Saint Joseph's, Marshall) for the first time since winning its final three road games of the 2022-23 season (Arkansas State, Little Rock, South Alabama). 
• The Chants have shot 50 percent or better in each of the last two games. It's the first time since March 2024, against JMU and ULM, that they made 50 percent of their field goal attempts in back-to-back games. 
• Beadle established a new career-high for scoring for the second straight game with 26 points. His career high was 25 against App State in the previous game. 
• Dancler recorded his third 20-point game of the season. 
• Beadle, Dancler, and Jones combined for 65 points. It was the second time this season the threesome combined for 60 points. They scored 60 against Western Michigan. 
• It was the first time in seven years that the Chants had two players score 25 or more points in a game [DeVante Jones (30), Zac Cuthbertson (25) vs. ULM (March 2, 2019)]. 
• Thompson made his first three-point field goal since sinking three against Virginia University of Lynchburg on Nov. 7, 2025.