

Charleston Southern (4-4) @ South Carolina State (1-7)
Smith-Hammond Memorial Center
December 2, 2008
Charleston Southern found their way back to .500 this evening with an easy 70-54 win over South Carolina State. The Buccaneers shot the lights out in the first half and built an overwhelming 43-19 lead heading into the break and was all they needed to cruise to the victory.
Leading the way for CSU was Sheldon Strickland with his 20 points on 8-12 shooting while connecting on 4-8 from deep. In the blowout win, Mitchell Deter was able to play a career-high 22 minutes and rewarded his coach with 9 points and 3 rebounds.
For the Bulldogs, Ashley Harris did everything he could to keep his team from being run out of the building in the second half and finished with a game-high 21 points, knocking down 6 three-pointers, and grabbed 6 rebounds. Other than Harris, South Carolina State had no real scoring threat and shot a poor 18-58 from the field.
Up next for Charleston Southern is a home game against Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-7) to hopefully rise above the .500 mark before the early signing period ends. This is a game in which a couple of recruits will be visiting to see if Charleston Southern is for them. Coach Pfeifer will hope to impress the visiting HS seniors.
Charleston Southern Buccaneers at South Carolina State Bulldogs | |||
Dec 2, 2008 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
Charleston Southern (4-4) | 43 | 27 | 70 |
South Carolina State (1-7) | 19 | 35 | 54 |
Charleston Southern Buccaneers | ||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
Jeremy Sexton | 20 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Sheldon Strickland | 19 | 8-12 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Kenny Mitchell | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Gombwer | 14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Cedrick Bowen | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
Darian Vargas | 19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dominique Williams | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Saah Nimley | 25 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Matt Kennedy | 14 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mitchell Deter | 22 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Zimmy Nwogbo | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Greg Dorleus | 18 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
TEAM TOTALS | 29-59 | 9-21 | 3-7 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 |
South Carolina State Bulldogs | |||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
Dennis Rowe | 36 | 0-8 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Shaquille Barbour | 32 | 4-14 | 0-6 | 3-6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
Ashley Harris | 33 | 7-17 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
Kason Braun | 30 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Chad Midgley | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
Presano Bell | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Jordi Geli Atkinson | 16 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Perry Mills | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kenneth Volpenhein | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Horace McKrieth | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Borko Shelton | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
Khalief Toombs | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | 18-58 | 8-28 | 10-18 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
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