Late Three-Point Barrage Gives Charleston 80-71 Comeback Win Over Blue Hens

Thursday, February 27

Charleston, SC

6:00 PM

University of Delaware

20-9 (10-6)

Charleston

15-13 (9-7)

Delaware

Col. of Charleston

Photo by: Mark Campbell

Late Three-Point Barrage Gives Charleston 80-71 Comeback Win Over Blue Hens

2/27/2020 8:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston buried six consecutive three-point attempts to erase a late 10-point deficit as the Cougars roared back to stun Delaware, 80-71, Thursday night at TD Arena.

The Blue Hens led 59-49 with 6:31 remaining following two free throws by Nate Darling, but Charleston responded with a 22-4 run to take control. The spurt began with a pair of three-pointers but Justyn Mutts answered with a jump hook, while two more Darling foul shots put Delaware up 63-58 with 4:18 on the clock.

However the Cougars scored the next 13 points to take a 71-63 advantage with 1:10 to play, and then hit nine of 10 free throws from there to put the game away.

Mutts posted his 10th double-double of the season for UD with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Darling also scored 18 points on the night. Ryan Allen finished with 12 points, all in the second half, while Kevin Anderson was the fourth Blue Hen in double figures with 11 points.

Grant Riller led Charleston with 24 points while Brevin Galloway added 19, all coming in the second half.

The first half was a tight affair that featured seven lead changes, and neither team led by more than five points. Anderson hit a three-pointer to put Delaware back in front with 2:22 on the clock, and after two Riller free throws, Mutts connected on a pair from the line to give the Blue Hens a 31-28 advantage at the break.

The Cougars scored the first bucket of the second half to pull within a point but Delaware answered with a nine-point run, taking a 40-30 lead on two Dylan Painter free throws with 17:16 to play.

The Blue Hens were still up 10 with six and a half minutes remaining, but Charleston took over from there to defeat Delaware for the ninth consecutive meeting.

Martin Ingelsby
"We played really well for the first 32 minutes, but it got away from us. Charleston made big shots and hit a lot of threes; we needed to dig in and get a stop but couldn't do it. Credit to them; we did a good job on (Grant) Riller and made him work, but their complementary guys stepped up. We need to be more poised when other teams make a run."