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Charleston (SC) earns 77-69 victory against Towson

AP
Jan 04, 2025

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Deywilk Tavarez's 20 points helped Charleston defeat Towson 77-69 on Saturday.

Tavarez added seven rebounds for the Cougars (12-3, 2-0 Coastal Athletic Association). AJ Smith scored 20 points, shooting 6 for 8 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Ante Brzovic had 16 points and shot 4 of 12 from the field and 8 of 8 from the free-throw line.

Tyler Tejada led the Tigers (6-9, 1-1) in scoring, finishing with 22 points. Tomiwa Sulaiman added 15 points for Towson. Mekhi Lowery also had 10 points and six rebounds.

Charleston took the lead with 19:17 to go in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 39-30 at halftime, with Tavarez racking up 13 points. Charleston turned a six-point second-half lead into a 13-point advantage with a 9-2 run to make it a 59-46 lead with 10:34 left in the half.

These two teams both play Thursday. Charleston visits Hofstra and Towson hosts Northeastern.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
TOWS
Tigers
30
CHAR
Cougars
39

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tyler Tejada vs. Ante Brzovic (Tyler Tejada gains possession)
19:28		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
19:26		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
19:17	+2	AJ Smith makes two point driving layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	0-2
18:59		Christian May misses three point jump shot
18:57		Messiah Jones offensive rebound
18:47		Nendah Tarke misses three point jump shot
18:45		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
18:34	+2	Deywilk Tavarez makes two point driving layup (Derrin Boyd assists)	0-4
18:24		Messiah Jones misses two point pullup jump shot
18:22		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
18:10	+2	Deywilk Tavarez makes two point driving layup	0-6
18:09		Tigers 30 second timeout
17:46		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses two point driving layup
17:44		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
17:32		Deywilk Tavarez turnover (bad pass)
17:10		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
17:08		Caleb Embeya offensive rebound
16:55	+2	Christian May makes two point pullup jump shot	2-6
16:47	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point driving layup (CJ Fulton assists)	2-8
16:29	+3	Christian May makes three point jump shot (Rahdir Hicks assists)	5-8
16:13		Ante Brzovic turnover (traveling)
15:58		Christian May misses two point driving layup
15:56		Caleb Embeya offensive rebound
15:55		Ante Brzovic shooting foul (Caleb Embeya draws the foul)
15:55		TV timeout
15:55	+1	Caleb Embeya makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-8
15:55		Caleb Embeya misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:55		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
15:34	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point turnaround hook shot	6-10
15:06		Christian May misses two point pullup jump shot
15:04		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
14:58	+3	Derrin Boyd makes three point jump shot	6-13
14:32		Caleb Embeya misses two point pullup jump shot
14:30		Caleb Embeya offensive rebound
14:30		Caleb Embeya misses two point driving layup
14:28		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
14:20		Mekhi Lowery personal foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
13:59		Justas Stonkus misses three point jump shot
13:57		Elijah Jones offensive rebound
13:44		Ante Brzovic misses two point pullup jump shot
13:42		Caleb Embeya defensive rebound
13:31	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot	9-13
13:18		Mekhi Lowery blocks Justas Stonkus's two point driving layup
13:16		Nendah Tarke defensive rebound
13:03	+2	Nendah Tarke makes two point driving layup	11-13
12:50		Derrin Boyd misses three point jump shot
12:48		Tyler Tejada defensive rebound
12:37		Nendah Tarke misses three point jump shot
12:35		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
12:23	+2	Derrin Boyd makes two point driving reverse layup (Deywilk Tavarez assists)	11-15
12:03	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Caleb Embeya assists)	13-15
11:40	+2	Elijah Jones makes two point cutting layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	13-17
11:13		Derrin Boyd shooting foul (Nendah Tarke draws the foul)
11:13		TV timeout
11:13	+1	Nendah Tarke makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-17
11:13		Nendah Tarke misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:13		AJ Smith defensive rebound
10:53		CJ Fulton turnover (bad pass)
10:34		Tyler Tejada misses two point fadeaway jump shot
10:32		CJ Fulton defensive rebound
10:19	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point driving hook shot (CJ Fulton assists)	14-19
9:51		Dylan Williamson misses two point driving layup
9:49		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
9:49		Tomiwa Sulaiman personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
9:31		Ante Brzovic misses two point driving layup
9:29		Messiah Jones defensive rebound
9:20	+2	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes two point driving bank jump shot	16-19
9:02	+3	Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot	16-22
8:43	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point cutting layup (Messiah Jones assists)	18-22
8:27		CJ Fulton misses two point floating jump shot
8:25		Ante Brzovic offensive rebound
8:14	+2	AJ Smith makes two point driving layup (CJ Fulton assists)	18-24
8:01		Messiah Jones turnover (lost ball)
7:48	+3	AJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Adam Comer assists)	18-27
7:32		Christian May misses three point jump shot
7:30		Adam Comer defensive rebound
7:20		Abdou Samb personal foul (Adam Comer draws the foul)
7:17		TV timeout
7:14	+2	Derrin Boyd makes two point cutting layup (CJ Fulton assists)	18-29
6:53	+2	Mekhi Lowery makes two point driving hook shot	20-29
6:33		Tyler Tejada shooting foul (AJ Smith draws the foul)
6:33	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-30
6:33	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-31
6:14		Tyler Tejada misses two point stepback jump shot
6:12		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
6:06		Rahdir Hicks personal foul (Derrin Boyd draws the foul)
5:46		Ante Brzovic misses two point turnaround hook shot
5:44		Caleb Embeya defensive rebound
5:27	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point driving layup (Tomiwa Sulaiman assists)	22-31
5:15		Ante Brzovic misses three point jump shot
5:13		Cougars offensive rebound
5:12		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point driving layup
5:10		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
5:10		Deywilk Tavarez personal foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
4:51		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
4:49		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
4:34		Djordje Curcic misses three point jump shot
4:32		Caleb Embeya defensive rebound
4:24		AJ Smith personal foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
4:18	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point fadeaway jump shot	24-31
3:48	+3	Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot (Derrin Boyd assists)	24-34
3:18	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point pullup jump shot	26-34
3:00		TV timeout
2:43	+3	Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot	26-37
2:14		Dylan Williamson misses two point pullup jump shot
2:12		Abdou Samb offensive rebound
2:08		Tyler Tejada turnover (lost ball) (AJ Smith steals)
1:59	+2	AJ Smith makes two point driving layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	26-39
1:31		Jump ball. Dylan Williamson vs. CJ Fulton (CJ Fulton gains possession)
1:31		Dylan Williamson turnover (lost ball) (CJ Fulton steals)
1:21		Derrin Boyd turnover (bad pass)
0:52	+2	Mekhi Lowery makes two point pullup jump shot	28-39
0:30		Deywilk Tavarez turnover (lost ball) (Mekhi Lowery steals)
0:20	+2	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes two point cutting layup (Nendah Tarke assists)	30-39
0:06		Nendah Tarke personal foul (CJ Fulton draws the foul)
0:06		Cougars 30 second timeout
0:01		Ante Brzovic misses two point driving layup
0:00		AJ Smith offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TOWS
Tigers
39
CHAR
Cougars
38

Time		Play	Score
19:32		Caleb Embeya turnover (lost ball) (Ante Brzovic steals)
19:14		Deywilk Tavarez turnover (bad pass)
19:14		Tyler Tejada misses three point jump shot
19:12		Caleb Embeya offensive rebound
19:12		Ante Brzovic personal foul
19:03		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses two point fadeaway jump shot
19:02		Cougars defensive rebound
19:02		Caleb Embeya personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
18:41		Caleb Embeya shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
18:41	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-40
18:41	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-41
18:24	+3	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	33-41
18:14		Derrin Boyd misses three point jump shot
18:12		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
18:04		Tyler Tejada misses three point jump shot
18:02		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
18:02		Mekhi Lowery personal foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
17:42		Tomiwa Sulaiman shooting foul
17:42	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-42
17:42	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-43
17:30		Dylan Williamson misses two point driving layup
17:28		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
17:17	+3	AJ Smith makes three point jump shot (CJ Fulton assists)	33-46
17:17		Tigers 30 second timeout
17:17		TV timeout
17:04	+2	Mekhi Lowery makes two point driving dunk (Tomiwa Sulaiman assists)	35-46
16:51		Derrin Boyd misses two point driving layup
16:49		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
16:37	+2	Mekhi Lowery makes two point driving layup (Dylan Williamson assists)	37-46
16:22	+2	AJ Smith makes two point driving layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	37-48
15:49		Mekhi Lowery misses two point pullup jump shot
15:48		Tomiwa Sulaiman offensive rebound
15:48		TV timeout
15:46		Caleb Embeya misses two point tip layup
15:46		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
15:26		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point driving layup
15:24		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
15:16	+3	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes three point jump shot (Mekhi Lowery assists)	40-48
15:04		Ante Brzovic misses two point pullup jump shot
15:02		Ante Brzovic offensive rebound
15:02		Jump ball. Ante Brzovic vs. Caleb Embeya (Ante Brzovic gains possession)
14:53		Ante Brzovic misses two point stepback jump shot
14:51		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
14:41	+2	Christian May makes two point driving layup (Mekhi Lowery assists)	42-48
14:30		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point pullup jump shot
14:28		Caleb Embeya defensive rebound
14:22		Mekhi Lowery offensive foul
14:22		Mekhi Lowery turnover (offensive foul)
14:10		Tyler Tejada personal foul (Derrin Boyd draws the foul)
14:05		AJ Smith misses three point jump shot
14:03		Christian May defensive rebound
13:55		Deywilk Tavarez personal foul
13:42		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
13:40		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
13:28	+2	Derrin Boyd makes two point stepback jump shot	42-50
13:07		Dylan Williamson misses two point driving layup
13:05		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
12:49		Deywilk Tavarez turnover (lost ball) (Dylan Williamson steals)
12:35	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point driving layup	44-50
12:34	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point pullup jump shot	44-52
12:32		Cougars 30 second timeout
12:13		Tyler Tejada misses two point floating jump shot
12:11		CJ Fulton defensive rebound
12:03		Rahdir Hicks shooting foul (Derrin Boyd draws the foul)
12:03	+1	Derrin Boyd makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-53
12:03	+1	Derrin Boyd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-54
11:45		Nendah Tarke offensive foul (Djordje Curcic draws the foul)
11:45		Nendah Tarke turnover (offensive foul)
11:45		TV timeout
11:36		Derrin Boyd misses three point jump shot
11:34		Tigers defensive rebound
11:05	+2	Messiah Jones makes two point driving layup	46-54
10:56	+3	Djordje Curcic makes three point jump shot (Ante Brzovic assists)	46-57
10:37		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses three point jump shot
10:36		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
10:36		Messiah Jones personal foul (Djordje Curcic draws the foul)
10:34	+1	Djordje Curcic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-58
10:34	+1	Djordje Curcic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-59
10:23		Elijah Jones personal foul
10:11		Tyler Tejada misses two point pullup jump shot
10:09		Mekhi Lowery offensive rebound
9:55		Ante Brzovic blocks Tyler Tejada's two point pullup jump shot
9:53		Messiah Jones offensive rebound
9:33	+2	Messiah Jones makes two point tip layup	48-59
9:17		Deywilk Tavarez misses three point jump shot
9:15		Dylan Williamson defensive rebound
9:14	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point pullup jump shot	50-59
9:14		Elijah Jones offensive foul
9:14		Elijah Jones turnover (offensive foul)
9:00		Dylan Williamson misses two point pullup jump shot
8:58		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
8:51		Messiah Jones personal foul (Derrin Boyd draws the foul)
8:51	+1	Derrin Boyd makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-60
8:51		Derrin Boyd misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:51		Tyler Tejada defensive rebound
8:32	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point floating jump shot	52-60
8:19		Caleb Embeya shooting foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
8:19	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-61
8:19	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-62
7:55	+2	Mekhi Lowery makes two point driving hook shot	54-62
7:46		Deywilk Tavarez misses three point jump shot
7:44		Christian May defensive rebound
7:34		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
7:32		Mekhi Lowery offensive rebound
7:30		Messiah Jones turnover (Adam Comer steals)
7:30		TV timeout
7:04		Deywilk Tavarez misses three point jump shot
7:02		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
6:33		Tyler Tejada misses three point jump shot
6:31		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
6:17		Mekhi Lowery shooting foul (AJ Smith draws the foul)
6:17	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-63
6:17	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-64
5:53		AJ Smith personal foul (Messiah Jones draws the foul)
5:50		Christian May misses two point pullup jump shot
5:48		AJ Smith defensive rebound
5:19		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point driving layup
5:17		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
5:09	+2	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes two point driving layup	56-64
5:09		Messiah Jones shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
5:09	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-65
5:09	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-66
4:54		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses two point pullup jump shot
4:52		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
4:25		Derrin Boyd misses three point jump shot
4:23		Christian May defensive rebound
4:12		Christian May misses three point jump shot
4:12		Messiah Jones offensive rebound
4:12		CJ Fulton shooting foul (Messiah Jones draws the foul)
4:09		Messiah Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:09	+1	Messiah Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-66
3:50	+2	Deywilk Tavarez makes two point driving layup	57-68
3:34		Deywilk Tavarez shooting foul (Rahdir Hicks draws the foul)
3:34		TV timeout
3:34		Nendah Tarke misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:34		Nendah Tarke misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:34		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
3:13		Ante Brzovic misses two point driving layup
3:11		Caleb Embeya defensive rebound
2:56		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses two point driving layup
2:54		Derrin Boyd defensive rebound
2:29		Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
2:21		Deywilk Tavarez personal foul (Dylan Williamson draws the foul)
2:21		Dylan Williamson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:21		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
2:06		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point driving layup
2:04		Tyler Tejada defensive rebound
2:00	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot	60-68
1:58		Tigers 30 second timeout
1:50		Cougars 30 second timeout
1:39		Caleb Embeya blocks AJ Smith's two point driving layup
1:37		Caleb Embeya defensive rebound
1:12		Tyler Tejada misses three point jump shot
1:10		AJ Smith defensive rebound
1:10		Christian May personal foul (AJ Smith draws the foul)
1:10	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-69
1:10	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-70
1:01		Dylan Williamson misses two point driving layup
0:59		Tigers offensive rebound
0:58	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	63-70
0:58		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:49		Caleb Embeya personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-71
0:49	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-72
0:42	+3	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes three point jump shot (Christian May assists)	66-72
0:34		Tomiwa Sulaiman personal foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
0:34		Deywilk Tavarez misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:34	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-73
0:26		Dylan Williamson misses two point driving layup
0:24		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
0:24	+2	Derrin Boyd makes two point driving layup (Deywilk Tavarez assists)	66-75
0:10	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot	69-75
0:10		Dylan Williamson personal foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
0:10	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-76
0:10	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-77
0:06		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
0:04		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound