Charleston Cougars at UNC Wilmington Seahawks
· CAA Championship - Semifinal
UNC Wilmington outlasts Charleston 68-67 in Coastal Athletic Association Tournament semifinal
The second-seeded Seahawks (26-7) will play No. 12 seed Delaware (16-19) in Tuesday's championship game with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. The Blue Hens beat top seed Towson 82-72 in an earlier semifinal.
No. 3 seed Charleston (24-9) trailed 40-30 at halftime, but the Cougars battled back to take a 57-55 lead on two Derrin Boyd free throws with 5:18 remaining. Lazar Djokovic made the second of two free throws to put Charleston up 64-61 with 2:08 left. Newby answered with two free throws and a 3-pointer for the lead and Montgomery made it 68-64 before Deywilk Tavarez hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Newby shot 7 of 19 from the field, including 5 for 12 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 5 from the free-throw line for the Seahawks. Khamari McGriff totaled 10 points, six rebounds and four blocks.
Boyd finished with 18 points and eight rebounds to lead the Cougars. CJ Fulton added 12 points, five assists and three steals. Tavarez had 11 points and four assists.
Delaware advanced to the title game by beating No. 13 seed Stony Broo, No. 5 Campbell, No. 4 William & Mary and Towson in that order over four consecutive days. UNC Wilmington had a bye until beating No. 10 seed Hampton in the quarterfinals.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 67 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 67 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Deywilk Tavarez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derrin Boyd. | 67 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Bo Montgomery made Free Throw. | 64 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Bo Montgomery made Free Throw. | 64 - 67 |
Statistics
 COFC |
 UNCW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 20-55 | FG | 24-60 |
| 36.4 | Field Goal % | 40.0 |
| 14-31 | 3PT | 8-26 |
| 45.2 | Three Point % | 30.8 |
| 13-20 | FT | 12-14 |
| 65.0 | Free Throw % | 85.7 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 13 | Assists | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 10 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 16 | Fouls | 18 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 2,367 | Capacity:
2024-25 Coastal Athletic Association Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towson | 16-2 | - | 22-11 |
| UNC Wilmington | 14-4 | 2 | 27-8 |
| Charleston | 13-5 | 3 | 24-9 |
| William & Mary | 11-7 | 5 | 17-15 |
| Campbell | 10-8 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Monmouth | 10-8 | 6 | 13-20 |
| Drexel | 9-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| Northeastern | 9-9 | 7 | 17-15 |
| Elon | 8-10 | 8 | 17-16 |
| Hampton | 8-10 | 8 | 17-16 |
| Hofstra | 6-12 | 10 | 15-18 |
| Delaware | 5-13 | 11 | 16-20 |
| Stony Brook | 4-14 | 12 | 8-24 |
| North Carolina A&T | 3-15 | 13 | 7-25 |