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Charleston secures 90-80 victory against Southern Illinois

AP
Nov 04, 2024

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Ante Brzovic's 27 points helped Charleston defeat Southern Illinois 90-80 on Monday in a season opener.

Brzovic also contributed nine rebounds for the Cougars. Deywilk Tavarez scored 17 points while shooting 5 for 7 (3 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. CJ Fulton went 6 of 12 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 17 points, while adding seven assists.

Elijah Elliott led the way for the Salukis with 23 points and three steals. Southern Illinois also got 14 points and two steals from Ali Abdou Dibba. Kennard Davis had 12 points and three steals.

Charleston led Southern Illinois at the half, 45-42, with Brzovic (14 points) its high scorer before the break. Charleston took the lead for good with 7:44 left in the second half on a layup from Brzovic to make it a 73-71 game.

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

1st Half
CHAR
Cougars
45
SIU
Salukis
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ante Brzovic vs. Antwaun Massey (Cougars gains possession)
19:41		Jarrett Hensley personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
19:28	+3	Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot (CJ Fulton assists)	3-0
19:09		Ali Dibba misses two point layup
19:07		Lazar Djokovic defensive rebound
18:54	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup	5-0
18:42		Elijah Elliott misses three point jump shot
18:36		Cougars defensive rebound
18:22		AJ Smith misses two point jump shot
18:20		Jarrett Hensley defensive rebound
18:17		Deywilk Tavarez personal foul (Elijah Elliott draws the foul)
17:59	+3	Jarrett Hensley makes three point jump shot (Elijah Elliott assists)	5-3
17:45		AJ Smith turnover (traveling)
17:38		Antwaun Massey offensive foul
17:38		Antwaun Massey turnover (offensive foul)
17:19	+2	CJ Fulton makes two point jump shot	7-3
16:56		Jarrett Hensley misses three point jump shot
16:54		CJ Fulton defensive rebound
16:49		Elijah Elliott personal foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
16:36		Jarrett Hensley shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
16:36		Ante Brzovic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:36		Ante Brzovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:36		Rolyns Aligbe defensive rebound
16:27		Kennard Davis Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:25		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
16:10		Rolyns Aligbe shooting foul (AJ Smith draws the foul)
16:10	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-3
16:10	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-3
15:59		CJ Fulton personal foul (Kennard Davis Jr. draws the foul)
15:59		TV timeout
15:59		Kennard Davis Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:59	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-4
15:47	+2	AJ Smith makes two point layup (Justas Stonkus assists)	11-4
15:37		Damien Mayo Jr. turnover (traveling)
15:22		CJ Fulton misses three point jump shot
15:20		Elijah Jones offensive rebound
15:12		Justas Stonkus turnover (lost ball) (Ali Dibba steals)
15:02	+2	Ali Dibba makes two point jump shot	11-6
14:39		AJ Smith misses two point jump shot
14:37		Cougars offensive rebound
14:25		Ante Brzovic turnover (lost ball) (Rolyns Aligbe steals)
14:18		Elijah Jones blocks Rolyns Aligbe's two point layup
14:16		Davion Sykes offensive rebound
14:11		Kennard Davis Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
13:53	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup (Justas Stonkus assists)	13-6
13:37	+2	Davion Sykes makes two point layup (Drew Steffe assists)	13-8
13:37		Deywilk Tavarez shooting foul (Davion Sykes draws the foul)
13:37	+1	Davion Sykes makes regular free throw 1 of 1	13-9
13:19	+3	Ante Brzovic makes three point jump shot (CJ Fulton assists)	16-9
13:12		Damien Mayo Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
13:00		Elijah Jones turnover (out of bounds)
12:43	+2	Antwaun Massey makes two point layup (Drew Steffe assists)	16-11
12:17		Drew Steffe shooting foul (Jaxon Prunty draws the foul)
12:17	+1	Jaxon Prunty makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-11
12:17	+1	Jaxon Prunty makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-11
12:10	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	18-13
11:49	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup	20-13
11:41	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	20-15
11:24	+3	CJ Fulton makes three point jump shot (Ante Brzovic assists)	23-15
10:51		Elijah Jones personal foul (Drew Steffe draws the foul)
10:51		TV timeout
10:42	+2	Davion Sykes makes two point layup (Ali Dibba assists)	23-17
10:42		Lazar Djokovic shooting foul (Davion Sykes draws the foul)
10:42	+1	Davion Sykes makes regular free throw 1 of 1	23-18
10:19		Lazar Djokovic misses two point jump shot
10:17		Davion Sykes defensive rebound
10:08		Jaxon Prunty personal foul (Kennard Davis Jr. draws the foul)
10:04		Davion Sykes misses two point jump shot
10:02		AJ Smith defensive rebound
9:39		Cougars 30 second timeout
9:37		Ante Brzovic turnover (bad pass) (Elijah Elliott steals)
9:32		AJ Smith shooting foul (Ali Dibba draws the foul)
9:32		Ali Dibba misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:32	+1	Ali Dibba makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-19
9:17	+2	Lazar Djokovic makes two point layup (CJ Fulton assists)	25-19
9:01		Ali Dibba misses three point jump shot
8:59		Antwaun Massey offensive rebound
8:54	+2	Antwaun Massey makes two point layup	25-21
8:48		AJ Smith misses three point jump shot
8:46		Damien Mayo Jr. defensive rebound
8:40		Elijah Elliott misses three point jump shot
8:38		Cougars defensive rebound
8:30		Rolyns Aligbe shooting foul (AJ Smith draws the foul)
8:27	+1	AJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-21
8:27		AJ Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:27		Salukis defensive rebound
8:26		Lazar Djokovic personal foul (Kennard Davis Jr. draws the foul)
8:26	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-22
8:26	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-23
8:02		Justas Stonkus misses three point jump shot
8:00		Elijah Jones offensive rebound
7:51	+3	CJ Fulton makes three point jump shot (Elijah Jones assists)	29-23
7:41		Ali Dibba misses two point jump shot
7:39		Ali Dibba offensive rebound
7:37		Ali Dibba misses two point layup
7:35		Rolyns Aligbe offensive rebound
7:33		Rolyns Aligbe misses two point layup
7:33		Rolyns Aligbe offensive rebound
7:33		Elijah Jones shooting foul (Rolyns Aligbe draws the foul)
7:33		TV timeout
7:33		Rolyns Aligbe misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:33		Rolyns Aligbe misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:33		AJ Smith defensive rebound
7:30		AJ Smith turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Elliott steals)
7:24	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	29-25
7:01		CJ Fulton misses two point layup
6:59		Salukis defensive rebound
6:51	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	29-27
6:39	+3	Justas Stonkus makes three point jump shot (Elijah Jones assists)	32-27
6:29	+2	Rolyns Aligbe makes two point layup (Elijah Elliott assists)	32-29
6:02	+3	Jaxon Prunty makes three point jump shot (Deywilk Tavarez assists)	35-29
5:47		Kennard Davis Jr. misses two point jump shot
5:45		Elijah Jones defensive rebound
5:35		Jaxon Prunty misses three point jump shot
5:33		Davion Sykes defensive rebound
5:19		Rolyns Aligbe turnover (lost ball)
5:08	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup	37-29
4:58		Kennard Davis Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:56		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
4:51		Justas Stonkus misses three point jump shot
4:49		Davion Sykes defensive rebound
4:31		Damien Mayo Jr. misses two point jump shot
4:29		Cougars defensive rebound
4:12	+2	Deywilk Tavarez makes two point jump shot	39-29
3:54	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point jump shot	39-31
3:41	+3	Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot	42-31
3:35		Deywilk Tavarez personal foul (Antwaun Massey draws the foul)
3:35		TV timeout
3:35	+1	Antwaun Massey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-32
3:35	+1	Antwaun Massey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-33
3:24		Justas Stonkus misses three point jump shot
3:22		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
3:14		Drew Steffe misses three point jump shot
3:12		Elijah Jones defensive rebound
3:00		Ante Brzovic misses two point jump shot
2:58		Drew Steffe defensive rebound
2:50	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	42-35
2:36		Elijah Jones turnover (lost ball) (Damien Mayo Jr. steals)
2:31	+2	Davion Sykes makes two point layup (Drew Steffe assists)	42-37
2:22		CJ Fulton turnover (bad pass) (Antwaun Massey steals)
2:16	+2	Antwaun Massey makes two point dunk	42-39
2:02		Antwaun Massey personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
2:02	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-39
2:02		Ante Brzovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:02		Antwaun Massey defensive rebound
1:55		Elijah Elliott turnover (lost ball) (Justas Stonkus steals)
1:43		Ante Brzovic misses two point layup
1:41		Drew Steffe defensive rebound
1:32		Drew Steffe misses three point jump shot
1:30		Davion Sykes offensive rebound
1:21		Ante Brzovic blocks Antwaun Massey's two point jump shot
1:19		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
1:14		Kennard Davis Jr. shooting foul (Elijah Jones draws the foul)
1:14		Elijah Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:14		Elijah Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:14		Kennard Davis Jr. defensive rebound
0:57		Ante Brzovic blocks Ali Dibba's two point layup
0:55		Davion Sykes offensive rebound
0:53		Davion Sykes misses two point layup
0:51		Cougars defensive rebound
0:51		Salukis 30 second timeout
0:34		Ante Brzovic misses three point jump shot
0:32		Davion Sykes defensive rebound
0:06		AJ Smith shooting foul (Kennard Davis Jr. draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 3	43-40
0:06	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 3	43-41
0:06	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 3 of 3	43-42
0:03		Rolyns Aligbe blocks CJ Fulton's two point layup
0:05		Rolyns Aligbe blocks CJ Fulton's two point layup
0:01		Cougars offensive rebound
0:01	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point jump shot (CJ Fulton assists)	45-42
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CHAR
Cougars
45
SIU
Salukis
38

Time		Play	Score
19:54		Antwaun Massey misses two point dunk
19:52		Lazar Djokovic defensive rebound
19:45	+3	Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot (AJ Smith assists)	48-42
19:09	+3	Elijah Elliott makes three point jump shot (Jarrett Hensley assists)	48-45
18:56	+2	Lazar Djokovic makes two point layup	50-45
18:37	+3	Ali Dibba makes three point jump shot (Antwaun Massey assists)	50-48
18:13		CJ Fulton misses three point jump shot
18:11		Jarrett Hensley defensive rebound
18:03	+2	Ali Dibba makes two point layup	50-50
17:53		AJ Smith turnover (lost ball) (Kennard Davis Jr. steals)
17:46		Jarrett Hensley misses three point jump shot
17:44		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
17:24		Antwaun Massey shooting foul (Lazar Djokovic draws the foul)
17:24		Lazar Djokovic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:24	+1	Lazar Djokovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-50
17:08	+2	Ali Dibba makes two point layup	51-52
16:43		CJ Fulton misses three point jump shot
16:41		Ali Dibba defensive rebound
16:36	+2	Kennard Davis Jr. makes two point layup (Ali Dibba assists)	51-54
16:21		CJ Fulton misses two point jump shot
16:19		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
16:22		Elijah Elliott shooting foul (CJ Fulton draws the foul)
16:22	+1	CJ Fulton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-54
16:22	+1	CJ Fulton makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-54
16:06		CJ Fulton shooting foul (Kennard Davis Jr. draws the foul)
16:06	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-55
16:06	+1	Kennard Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-56
15:51	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup	55-56
15:51		Rolyns Aligbe shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
15:51		TV timeout
15:51	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-56
15:24		Kennard Davis Jr. misses three point jump shot
15:22		Cougars defensive rebound
14:59		Jarrett Hensley personal foul (Lazar Djokovic draws the foul)
14:58		Antwaun Massey personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
14:46	+2	Jaxon Prunty makes two point layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	58-56
14:35		Rolyns Aligbe misses two point layup
14:33		Cougars defensive rebound
14:23	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup (CJ Fulton assists)	60-56
14:02		Lazar Djokovic personal foul (Rolyns Aligbe draws the foul)
14:00		Jaxon Prunty personal foul
13:55	+3	Elijah Elliott makes three point jump shot (Rolyns Aligbe assists)	60-59
13:34		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point jump shot
13:32		Salukis defensive rebound
13:32		Ante Brzovic personal foul
13:24		Jump ball. Elijah Elliott vs. Elijah Jones (Cougars gains possession)
13:24		Elijah Elliott turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Jones steals)
12:59		Kennard Davis Jr. shooting foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
12:59	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-59
12:59	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-59
12:44		Elijah Elliott misses three point jump shot
12:42		Elijah Jones defensive rebound
12:38		Elijah Jones turnover (bad pass)
12:26		Drew Steffe misses three point jump shot
12:24		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
12:11		Elijah Jones turnover (traveling)
11:55		Elijah Elliott turnover (bad pass) (Ante Brzovic steals)
11:49		Justas Stonkus misses three point jump shot
11:47		Drew Steffe defensive rebound
11:35		Elijah Jones personal foul (Damien Mayo Jr. draws the foul)
11:35		TV timeout
11:35	+1	Damien Mayo Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-60
11:35	+1	Damien Mayo Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-61
11:24		Rolyns Aligbe shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
11:24		Ante Brzovic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:24	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-61
11:12		Ante Brzovic shooting foul (Jorge Moreno draws the foul)
11:12		Jorge Moreno misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:12		Jorge Moreno misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:12		Lazar Djokovic defensive rebound
10:53		Ante Brzovic misses two point jump shot
10:51		Cougars offensive rebound
10:37	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup (CJ Fulton assists)	65-61
10:37		Jorge Moreno shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
10:37	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	66-61
10:27		Kennard Davis Jr. misses two point layup
10:25		Jorge Moreno offensive rebound
10:20	+2	Jorge Moreno makes two point layup	66-63
10:14	+2	CJ Fulton makes two point layup	68-63
10:06		Ante Brzovic shooting foul (Damien Mayo Jr. draws the foul)
10:06	+1	Damien Mayo Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-64
10:06	+1	Damien Mayo Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-65
9:49		Jorge Moreno shooting foul (Lazar Djokovic draws the foul)
9:49	+1	Lazar Djokovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-65
9:49		Lazar Djokovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:49		Jarrett Hensley defensive rebound
9:32		Ali Dibba misses two point jump shot
9:30		Salukis offensive rebound
9:29		Elijah Jones personal foul (Jarrett Hensley draws the foul)
9:29	+1	Jarrett Hensley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-66
9:29	+1	Jarrett Hensley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-67
9:17		Ante Brzovic turnover (Kennard Davis Jr. steals)
9:13		Lazar Djokovic personal foul (Ali Dibba draws the foul)
9:13	+1	Ali Dibba makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-68
9:13	+1	Ali Dibba makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-69
8:44		CJ Fulton misses two point jump shot
8:42		Cougars offensive rebound
8:42		Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
8:21		Jorge Moreno misses two point jump shot
8:19		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
8:08	+2	Deywilk Tavarez makes two point layup	71-69
8:00	+2	Ali Dibba makes two point layup	71-71
7:44	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup	73-71
7:27		Elijah Elliott misses three point jump shot
7:25		Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound
7:00	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point jump shot	75-71
6:49		Salukis 30 second timeout
6:49		TV timeout
6:29		Jarrett Hensley misses three point jump shot
6:27		Jaxon Prunty defensive rebound
6:01		Jaxon Prunty misses three point jump shot
5:59		Elijah Jones offensive rebound
5:55	+2	Elijah Jones makes two point layup	77-71
5:45		Deywilk Tavarez personal foul (Elijah Elliott draws the foul)
5:45		TV timeout
5:45	+1	Elijah Elliott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-72
5:45	+1	Elijah Elliott makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-73
5:19	+3	CJ Fulton makes three point jump shot (Ante Brzovic assists)	80-73
4:57		Elijah Elliott misses two point layup
4:55		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
4:51		Deywilk Tavarez misses two point layup
4:49		Elijah Jones offensive rebound
4:45		Elijah Jones misses two point layup
4:43		CJ Fulton offensive rebound
4:35	+2	Jaxon Prunty makes two point layup (CJ Fulton assists)	82-73
4:29		Jarrett Hensley misses two point jump shot
4:27		Elijah Jones defensive rebound
4:05		Ali Dibba personal foul (Elijah Jones draws the foul)
4:05		Elijah Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:05	+1	Elijah Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-73
3:54	+2	Elijah Jones makes two point layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	85-73
3:43		Ante Brzovic personal foul
3:43		TV timeout
3:43	+1	Jarrett Hensley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-74
3:43	+1	Jarrett Hensley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-75
3:20		Ante Brzovic misses two point jump shot
3:19		Jarrett Hensley defensive rebound
3:19		Elijah Jones personal foul (Jarrett Hensley draws the foul)
3:19		Jarrett Hensley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:19		Jarrett Hensley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:13		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
3:07		Cougars turnover (10-second violation)
3:02		Damien Mayo Jr. misses two point jump shot
3:00		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
2:43		Ante Brzovic turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Elliott steals)
2:38	+2	Kennard Davis Jr. makes two point layup (Jarrett Hensley assists)	85-77
2:10	+2	CJ Fulton makes two point layup	87-77
1:59		Ali Dibba misses two point layup
1:57		Ali Dibba offensive rebound
1:49		Ali Dibba misses three point jump shot
1:47		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
1:39		Kennard Davis Jr. personal foul (Deywilk Tavarez draws the foul)
1:39	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	88-77
1:39	+1	Deywilk Tavarez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	89-77
1:21	+3	Elijah Elliott makes three point jump shot (Ali Dibba assists)	89-80
1:21		Salukis 60 second timeout
0:59		Ante Brzovic turnover (bad pass) (Ali Dibba steals)
0:53		Kennard Davis Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:51		Jaxon Prunty defensive rebound
0:42		Damien Mayo Jr. shooting foul (Jaxon Prunty draws the foul)
0:42		Jaxon Prunty misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:42	+1	Jaxon Prunty makes regular free throw 2 of 2	90-80
0:33		Lazar Djokovic blocks Ali Dibba's two point layup
0:31		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
0:20		Lazar Djokovic turnover (lost ball) (Kennard Davis Jr. steals)
0:17		Elijah Elliott turnover (bad pass)
0:00		End of period

Elijah Elliott turnover (bad pass)