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‘Breakfast with Bobby’: Cougars tip off Tuesday at 8 in the morning
Tommy Braswell
November 14, 2011
When College of Charleston basketball fans first saw this season's schedule, they probably chuckled at what they thought was an obvious misprint.
Morehead State on Tuesday at 8 a.m.? No way!
But it was not a typographical error. Cougars coach Bobby Cremins had agreed to an offer from ESPN to play before a national audience as part of the College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, 24 straight hours of hardwood coverage.
"We are calling it 'Breakfast with Bobby,' " College of Charleston director of athletics Joe Hull said.
Concession stands will offer more breakfast foods and less hamburgers and Italian sausages, Hull said. And in an effort to entice students to set their alarm clocks early, coffee and doughnuts will be served to students while they wait for the doors to open at TD Arena.
"Beyond that, it's just another game," Hull said. "We're going to try to the best of our ability to run a game at 8 o'clock in the morning essentially the same way we would at 7 o'clock on a Thursday night."
Morehead State (0-1), behind No. 22 NBA draft pick Kenneth Faried, beat the Cougars and No. 46 NBA pick Andrew Goudelock, 69-49, last year in Morehead, Ky. The Cougars opened this season Friday with a 78-69 win over Holy Cross, and the Eagles opened Sunday with a 91-61 loss to N.C. State.
"I hate to do this to our fans, but this was too good of an opportunity to be on national TV," Cremins said.
If Charleston fans think the early morning start is tough, it could be a lot worse. Consider poor Rider, which hosts Drexel at 6 a.m. in Lawrenceville, N.J. The event begins at midnight (all times EST) at Gonzaga, in Spokane, Wash., and is followed by a 2 a.m. game in California and a 4 a.m. game in Hawaii before moving to the East Coast.
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Cougars win division in volleyball
November 13, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The College of Charleston earned its 11th straight Southern Conference regular season or conference volleyball tournament championship by ending the regular season with a 3-0 sweep of UNC Greensboro on Saturday.
The 25-22, 25-17, 25-13 win, the Cougars’ ninth straight, gave C of C (23-9, 14-2) the South Division title and a No. 1 seed for the SoCon tournament. Senior Sarah Havel had nine kills to go over 1,000 for her career.
The Cougars' last four match wins have all been sweeps. The SoCon tournament starts next weekend at Samford, in Birmingham, Ala.
Cross country
The College of Charleston’s Dena O’Brien lowered her 6K school mark, running a 21:37 to place 11th in the Southeast Regional meet in Louisville, Ky.
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Tommy Braswell
November 12, 2011
The College of Charleston's 78-69 victory over Holy Cross Friday at TD Arena offered Cougar fans a glimpse into what could be a roller-coaster ride of a season -- periods of brilliance from talented players that were offset by the team's inexperience.
Charleston roared out to a 9-0 start, was up by 18 points less than 10 minutes into the game, enjoyed a 24-point lead with four minutes left in the opening half and walked off the court at intermission with a commanding 40-19 lead.
But Holy Cross, picked to finish third this year in the Patriot League, turned things around on the Cougars at the start of the second half. The Crusaders outscored Charleston, 11-2, to start the second half and continued to hammer away, cutting the Cougars' lead to 15 five minutes into the second half and pulling within 11, 66-55, with five minutes left in the game.
But timely baskets by senior Antwaine Wiggins and junior Andrew Lawrence helped Charleston hold Holy Cross at bay. The Crusaders finally got their deficit down to single digits, 72-63, with 1:07 left, but didn't have enough time to really put a scare into Charleston.
"It was like a tale of two cities," College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins said. "The first half we looked like a basketball team. The second half, at times, all heck broke loose.
"We got very careless. I don't know if we took things for granted. I'm disappointed we didn't play like we did the first half. The second half, I think we got rattled. This gives us a great opportunity to work on things.
"We had a lot of respect for Holy Cross. They came out fired up in the second half. We didn't finish it. We started to come a little unglued."
Wiggins, the team's only senior, said he thought the Cougars played well overall.
"It was a challenge," he said. "In the first half we were beating them by a lot. In the second half, they came back strong. Coach told us to stay together and keep our heads up. Sometimes we want to fuss and blame each other."
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Cougars’ Cremins lands another Barry
November 10, 2011
Bobby Cremins has signed another Barry brother.
The College of Charleston coach said Wednesday that the youngest son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry signed to play basketball with the Cougars next year. Canyon Barry will follow in the footsteps of half-brothers Jon and Drew, both of whom played for Cremins at Georgia Tech.
Canyon Barry is a 6-5 guard/forward from Cheyenne Mountain High in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is the fifth of Barry's sons to play Division I basketball. Half-brother Brent played at Oregon State and half-brother Scooter was part of Kansas' national championship team in 1988.
Canyon Barry was his team's leading scorer, averaging 13 points per game to go along with five rebounds per game and shot 76.4 percent from the free-throw line. An underhand free-throw shooter like his father, Barry also shot 52.6 percent from the field, 28.6 percent on 3-pointers.
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Tommy Braswell
November 8, 2011
It's a brand new ballgame at the College of Charleston's TD Arena, and there are plenty of questions to be answered before the season tips off Friday against Holy Cross.
Who is going to fill the gap left by career scoring leader Andrew Goudelock (2,571 points), drafted by the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers? How do the Cougars replace starters Donavan Monroe (1,382) and Jeremy Simmons (1,031), not to mention junior Willis Hall, who suffered a torn ACL during preseason workouts?
The answer, Cougars fans are hoping, is freshman Adjehi Baru, a highly recruited 6-9 talent with a 7-5 wingspan from the Ivory Coast. Baru, who turned down offers from several ACC schools, finally received official clearance from the NCAA on Oct. 20, bringing sighs of relief in light of Hall's injury that occurred two weeks earlier.
College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins, entering his sixth season at the school, cautions that fans should not expect too much of Baru early on.
"I love Adjehi, but he's got some things to learn," Cremins said of Baru, who averaged 19.0 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots as a senior at The Steward School in Richmond, Va. In two exhibition games against NCAA Division II teams, Baru has averaged 11.0 points and 8.5 rebounds.
"He's a great kid, a great student. He's a joy to coach, but now we have to teach him some things. We've got some work to do with him, but he's the type of young man that you love to go to work for."
The Cougars should be solid in the post with Baru and sophomore Trent Wiedeman, who started the final 14 games when Simmons was sidelined because of a blood clot in his shoulder. Wiedeman averaged 11.4 points and 8.3 rebounds during that period. The wing also looks to be solid with fifth-year senior Antwaine Wiggins, who stands 6-7 and has a 7-2 wingspan. Wiggins averaged 7.9 points and 5.6 rebounds last season.
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Cougars freshman gets volleyball honor
November 8, 2011
The College of Charleston’s Sloane White was named Southern Conference volleyball freshman of the week for the second week in a row and fifth time this season.
She had 10 kills each in 3-0 sweeps of Furman and Wofford at home, adding five service aces, three blocks and five digs.
College sailing
The second-ranked College of Charleston coed team dominated its in-district competition at the home-hosted SAISA/MAISA regatta over the weekend. Cougars skipper Grace Lucas and crew Carly Shevitz had top honors in A division.
At the ICSA nationals in Chicago, C of C’s Zeke Horowitz placed third in the men’s singlehanded competition with 84 points, 27 off the lead in the 18-team field. In the women’s singlehands, Corey Hall placed ninth out of 18 with 125 points.
