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Brzovic and Burnham each score 20 as Charleston defeats Elon 80-62

AP
Jan 11, 2024

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Ante Brzovic and Ben Burnham each scored 20 points in Charleston's 80-62 win against Elon on Thursday night.

Brzovic had eight rebounds and five assists for the Cougars (12-4, 3-0 Coastal Athletic Association). Burnham went 6 of 11 from the floor, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and 6 for 8 from the line. Kobe Rodgers shot 4 of 8 from the field and 5 for 8 from the line to finish with 14 points, while adding seven rebounds. The Cougars picked up their eighth straight victory.

The Phoenix (8-8, 1-2) were led in scoring by Max Mackinnon, who finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and two steals. Sam Sherry added 13 points and two steals for Elon. Zac Ervin also had 11 points.

Charleston took the lead with 5:12 left in the first half and did not give it up. The score was 41-34 at halftime, with Burnham racking up 11 points. Burnham scored a team-high nine points in the final half.

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1st Half
ELON
Phoenix
34
CHAR
Cougars
41

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Sam Sherry vs. Ante Brzovic (Phoenix gains possession)
19:39		Sam Sherry turnover (bad pass)
19:28	+2	Ben Burnham makes two point alley-oop dunk (CJ Fulton assists)	0-2
19:13		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
19:10		Cougars defensive rebound
18:55		Ben Burnham misses three point jump shot
18:53		LA Pratt defensive rebound
18:26		Rob Higgins misses three point jump shot
18:24		Cougars defensive rebound
18:11		Frankie Policelli misses three point jump shot
18:09		Ante Brzovic offensive rebound
18:08		Ante Brzovic misses two point layup
18:06		Cougars offensive rebound
17:57		Ben Burnham misses three point jump shot
17:55		Frankie Policelli offensive rebound
17:50		Deandre Smart shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
17:50	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-3
17:50	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-4
17:33	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point driving layup	2-4
17:16	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point bank hook shot	2-6
17:06		Ante Brzovic personal foul (Sam Sherry draws the foul)
17:02	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point floating jump shot	4-6
16:51		Ante Brzovic misses three point jump shot
16:49		Kobe Rodgers offensive rebound
16:38		Kobe Rodgers turnover (lost ball) (Deandre Smart steals)
16:35		Reyne Smith shooting foul (TK Simpkins draws the foul)
16:35		TK Simpkins misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:35	+1	TK Simpkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-6
16:24		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
16:22		Frankie Policelli offensive rebound
16:09		Frankie Policelli misses two point jump shot
16:07		Deandre Smart defensive rebound
16:01	+3	Max Mackinnon makes three point jump shot	8-6
15:50		Deandre Smart shooting foul (Ben Burnham draws the foul)
15:50		TV timeout
15:50	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-7
15:50	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-8
15:36		James Scott blocks TK Simpkins's two point layup
15:34		Max Mackinnon offensive rebound
15:21		Zac Ervin misses three point jump shot
15:19		Sam Sherry offensive rebound
15:05		TK Simpkins misses two point jump shot
15:03		James Scott defensive rebound
14:57		James Scott turnover (Max Mackinnon steals)
14:49	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point layup	10-8
14:40		Kobe Rodgers misses two point jump shot
14:38		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
14:34		Zac Ervin misses three point jump shot
14:32		Kobe Rodgers defensive rebound
14:26		Kobe Rodgers turnover (TK Simpkins steals)
14:18		Kobe Rodgers blocks TK Simpkins's two point layup
14:16		Kobe Rodgers defensive rebound
14:06	+3	Frankie Policelli makes three point jump shot	10-11
13:54	+2	TK Simpkins makes two point layup (Max Mackinnon assists)	12-11
13:42		Reyne Smith turnover (Rob Higgins steals)
13:28		Rob Higgins misses three point jump shot
13:26		Max Mackinnon offensive rebound
13:21	+3	Zac Ervin makes three point jump shot (Max Mackinnon assists)	15-11
13:10	+2	Kobe Rodgers makes two point layup	15-13
12:59	+2	Zac Ervin makes two point layup (TK Simpkins assists)	17-13
12:45		James Scott turnover (lost ball) (Sam Sherry steals)
12:35		Rob Higgins turnover (bad pass)
12:22		LA Pratt personal foul
12:19		Zac Ervin shooting foul (Ben Burnham draws the foul)
12:19	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-14
12:19	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-15
11:57	+2	Rob Higgins makes two point pullup jump shot	19-15
11:35		Bryce Butler misses two point layup
11:33		Bryce Butler offensive rebound
11:32		Bryce Butler misses two point layup
11:30		LA Pratt defensive rebound
11:19		Zac Ervin misses three point jump shot
11:17		Cougars defensive rebound
11:17		Kendall Campbell personal foul
11:17		TV timeout
11:01		Ben Burnham misses two point jump shot
10:59		Ante Brzovic offensive rebound
10:55	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup	19-17
10:46		Rob Higgins turnover (bad pass)
10:31		Jordan Crawford misses two point jump shot
10:29		Bryce Butler offensive rebound
10:22		Jordan Crawford misses three point jump shot
10:20		Ben Burnham offensive rebound
10:11	+3	Ben Burnham makes three point jump shot (Bryce Butler assists)	19-20
9:55		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
9:53		LA Pratt offensive rebound
9:38		Phoenix turnover (shot clock violation)
9:25		Khalil London misses three point jump shot
9:23		TK Simpkins defensive rebound
9:13		Sam Sherry misses two point hook shot
9:11		LA Pratt offensive rebound
9:07		TK Simpkins misses three point jump shot
9:05		Cougars defensive rebound
8:53	+3	Khalil London makes three point jump shot (Ante Brzovic assists)	19-23
8:41		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
8:39		TK Simpkins offensive rebound
8:33	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point layup (TK Simpkins assists)	21-23
8:24		Khalil London misses three point jump shot
8:22		Kendall Campbell defensive rebound
7:53		Ante Brzovic blocks TK Simpkins's two point layup
7:51		Cougars defensive rebound
7:51		TV timeout
7:26		Frankie Policelli misses three point jump shot
7:24		TK Simpkins defensive rebound
7:14		Kendall Campbell misses two point hook shot
7:12		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
6:53	+2	James Scott makes two point alley-oop dunk (Kobe Rodgers assists)	21-25
6:36		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
6:34		Kendall Campbell offensive rebound
6:22		TK Simpkins misses two point layup
6:20		Frankie Policelli defensive rebound
6:12		Khalil London misses three point jump shot
6:10		Frankie Policelli offensive rebound
6:10		JaDun Michael personal foul (Frankie Policelli draws the foul)
6:08		Bryce Butler turnover (lost ball) (Max Mackinnon steals)
6:00		Rob Higgins misses two point jump shot
5:58		Max Mackinnon offensive rebound
5:52	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point layup	23-25
5:44		Frankie Policelli misses three point jump shot
5:42		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
5:27		Reyne Smith personal foul
5:19	+2	Sam Sherry makes two point turnaround hook shot	25-25
5:12	+2	Kobe Rodgers makes two point layup (CJ Fulton assists)	25-27
5:12		Zac Ervin shooting foul (Kobe Rodgers draws the foul)
5:12		Kobe Rodgers misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:12		LA Pratt defensive rebound
4:50		Rob Higgins misses three point jump shot
4:48		Isaac Harrell offensive rebound
4:42		Ante Brzovic blocks LA Pratt's two point layup
4:40		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
4:23	+3	Kobe Rodgers makes three point jump shot (CJ Fulton assists)	25-30
3:59	+3	Zac Ervin makes three point stepback jump shot	28-30
3:49		Zac Ervin shooting foul (Kobe Rodgers draws the foul)
3:49		TV timeout
3:49	+1	Kobe Rodgers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-31
3:49	+1	Kobe Rodgers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-32
3:22	+2	Rob Higgins makes two point driving layup	30-32
2:57	+2	Ben Burnham makes two point driving layup	30-34
2:35		LA Pratt turnover (lost ball)
2:21	+2	Bryce Butler makes two point layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	30-36
2:10		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
2:08		Cougars defensive rebound
1:48		Ben Burnham turnover (bad pass)
1:39		Ben Burnham kicked ball violation
1:30		Rob Higgins misses two point jump shot
1:28		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
1:19		Sam Sherry shooting foul (Jordan Crawford draws the foul)
1:19		Phoenix 30 second timeout
1:19		Jordan Crawford misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:19		Isaac Harrell defensive rebound
1:00		Bryce Butler shooting foul (Sam Sherry draws the foul)
1:00	+1	Sam Sherry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-36
1:00		Sam Sherry misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:00		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
0:47	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup (Bryce Butler assists)	31-38
0:24	+3	Isaac Harrell makes three point jump shot (Max Mackinnon assists)	34-38
0:17		Cougars 30 second timeout
0:06	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup (Kobe Rodgers assists)	34-40
0:06		Isaac Harrell shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-41
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ELON
Phoenix
28
CHAR
Cougars
39

Time		Play	Score
19:46		Ante Brzovic misses two point layup
19:44		Deandre Smart defensive rebound
19:31		LA Pratt turnover (Frankie Policelli steals)
19:24		Ben Burnham personal foul
19:24		Frankie Policelli turnover (bad pass) (Sam Sherry steals)
19:23		Ben Burnham personal foul
19:08		Rob Higgins misses two point layup
19:06		Phoenix offensive rebound
19:06		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
19:04		Frankie Policelli defensive rebound
19:04		Deandre Smart personal foul (Frankie Policelli draws the foul)
18:52		Ben Burnham misses two point jump shot
18:50		Ben Burnham offensive rebound
18:47		Sam Sherry shooting foul (Ben Burnham draws the foul)
18:47		Ben Burnham misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:47	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-42
18:28		Sam Sherry misses two point hook shot
18:26		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
18:12		Ante Brzovic misses two point hook shot
18:10		Deandre Smart defensive rebound
17:58		Sam Sherry misses three point jump shot
17:56		CJ Fulton defensive rebound
17:42	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point layup (CJ Fulton assists)	34-44
17:25		Ante Brzovic personal foul (Sam Sherry draws the foul)
17:06		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
17:04		Frankie Policelli defensive rebound
16:57	+2	Kobe Rodgers makes two point layup	34-46
16:42	+2	LA Pratt makes two point turnaround bank jump shot	36-46
16:34		LA Pratt shooting foul (Kobe Rodgers draws the foul)
16:34	+1	Kobe Rodgers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-47
16:34	+1	Kobe Rodgers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-48
16:25	+2	Kendall Campbell makes two point layup (Rob Higgins assists)	38-48
16:12		TK Simpkins blocks Kobe Rodgers's two point jump shot
16:10		TK Simpkins defensive rebound
16:06		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
16:04		Kobe Rodgers defensive rebound
16:00		Frankie Policelli misses three point jump shot
15:58		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
15:51		Kobe Rodgers shooting foul (Max Mackinnon draws the foul)
15:51		TV timeout
15:51	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-48
15:51	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-48
15:37		Kendall Campbell shooting foul (James Scott draws the foul)
15:37		James Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:37		James Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:37		TK Simpkins defensive rebound
15:29	+2	Rob Higgins makes two point driving layup	42-48
15:16		Jordan Crawford misses two point jump shot
15:14		Kendall Campbell defensive rebound
14:56		Zac Ervin misses three point jump shot
14:54		James Scott defensive rebound
14:45		CJ Fulton misses three point jump shot
14:43		Kobe Rodgers offensive rebound
14:38		Jordan Crawford misses three point jump shot
14:36		Rob Higgins defensive rebound
14:15		TK Simpkins misses two point jump shot
14:13		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
14:02		Reyne Smith misses two point layup
14:00		Zac Ervin defensive rebound
13:50		CJ Fulton shooting foul (Rob Higgins draws the foul)
13:50	+1	Rob Higgins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-48
13:50	+1	Rob Higgins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-48
13:38		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
13:36		Jordan Crawford offensive rebound
13:24	+2	Jordan Crawford makes two point cutting layup (Bryce Butler assists)	44-50
13:08		TK Simpkins misses two point layup
13:06		Jordan Crawford defensive rebound
13:06		Sam Sherry personal foul (Jordan Crawford draws the foul)
12:54	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point driving layup	44-52
12:40		Ben Burnham blocks Rob Higgins's two point layup
12:38		Bryce Butler defensive rebound
12:25	+2	Ben Burnham makes two point pullup jump shot	44-54
12:14		Phoenix 30 second timeout
12:14		TV timeout
12:05		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
12:03		Kendall Campbell offensive rebound
11:51		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
11:49		Bryce Butler defensive rebound
11:43		Bryce Butler misses two point layup
11:40		Phoenix defensive rebound
11:40		Kobe Rodgers personal foul
11:40		TV timeout
11:24		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
11:22		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
11:15		Ante Brzovic offensive foul
11:15		Ante Brzovic turnover (offensive foul)
10:58		LA Pratt misses three point jump shot
10:56		James Scott defensive rebound
10:52		Rob Higgins personal foul (Reyne Smith draws the foul)
10:42		James Scott turnover (lost ball)
10:19		Max Mackinnon turnover (lost ball) (Kobe Rodgers steals)
10:16		LA Pratt personal foul (Kobe Rodgers draws the foul)
10:16		Kobe Rodgers misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:16		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
10:07		Rob Higgins misses two point layup
10:05		James Scott defensive rebound
9:43		Ben Burnham turnover (bad pass)
9:31		Frankie Policelli personal foul (Sam Sherry draws the foul)
9:31	+1	Sam Sherry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-54
9:31	+1	Sam Sherry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-54
9:27		Frankie Policelli misses three point jump shot
9:25		Frankie Policelli offensive rebound
9:21	+3	CJ Fulton makes three point jump shot (Reyne Smith assists)	46-57
9:13		Isaac Harrell misses three point jump shot
9:11		CJ Fulton defensive rebound
9:04	+3	CJ Fulton makes three point pullup jump shot	46-60
9:02		Phoenix 30 second timeout
8:49	+2	Sam Sherry makes two point layup (TK Simpkins assists)	48-60
8:23		CJ Fulton misses two point layup
8:21		Sam Sherry defensive rebound
8:01	+2	Sam Sherry makes two point hook shot	50-60
7:52		Max Mackinnon shooting foul (Bryce Butler draws the foul)
7:52		TV timeout
7:52		Bryce Butler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:52	+1	Bryce Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-61
7:42		TK Simpkins misses three point jump shot
7:40		Bryce Butler defensive rebound
7:31		Jordan Crawford misses two point layup
7:29		TK Simpkins defensive rebound
7:02	+3	Rob Higgins makes three point jump shot (TK Simpkins assists)	53-61
6:38		Sam Sherry personal foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
6:38	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-62
6:38	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-63
6:22		Kendall Campbell misses two point layup
6:20		Kendall Campbell offensive rebound
6:15		TK Simpkins misses two point layup
6:13		Ante Brzovic defensive rebound
6:11		Ante Brzovic turnover (traveling)
6:09		Rob Higgins misses three point jump shot
6:07		CJ Fulton defensive rebound
6:03		Kendall Campbell shooting foul (Kobe Rodgers draws the foul)
6:03		Kobe Rodgers misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:03	+1	Kobe Rodgers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-64
5:38		Max Mackinnon turnover (traveling)
5:22		Kendall Campbell shooting foul (Ante Brzovic draws the foul)
5:22		Ante Brzovic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:22	+1	Ante Brzovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-65
5:10		Deandre Smart turnover (lost ball) (CJ Fulton steals)
5:03	+2	Ben Burnham makes two point alley-oop layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	53-67
4:48	+2	Sam Sherry makes two point layup (Rob Higgins assists)	55-67
4:25		Ante Brzovic misses two point layup
4:23		Kobe Rodgers offensive rebound
4:18		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
4:16		CJ Fulton offensive rebound
4:07		Kobe Rodgers misses three point jump shot
4:05		Ben Burnham offensive rebound
4:05		Deandre Smart personal foul (Ben Burnham draws the foul)
4:05	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-68
4:05		Ben Burnham misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:05		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
3:58		Rob Higgins misses three point jump shot
3:56		Kobe Rodgers defensive rebound
3:48		Ben Burnham misses two point layup
3:46		James Scott offensive rebound
3:39		Kobe Rodgers misses two point layup
3:37		James Scott offensive rebound
3:33	+3	Ben Burnham makes three point jump shot (Reyne Smith assists)	55-71
3:13	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point layup	57-71
3:13		TV timeout
2:46	+3	Frankie Policelli makes three point jump shot (Ante Brzovic assists)	57-74
2:36		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
2:34		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
2:26	+2	Bryce Butler makes two point alley-oop layup (Ante Brzovic assists)	57-76
2:24		Phoenix 60 second timeout
2:13	+3	Zac Ervin makes three point jump shot (Rob Higgins assists)	60-76
1:47	+2	Ante Brzovic makes two point turnaround hook shot	60-78
1:36		Max Mackinnon misses two point layup
1:34		Phoenix offensive rebound
1:28	+2	Sam Sherry makes two point layup	62-78
1:08	+2	Frankie Policelli makes two point driving layup	62-80
0:52		Frankie Policelli personal foul (Sam Sherry draws the foul)
0:52		Sam Sherry misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:52		James Scott defensive rebound
0:34		Mayar Wol misses two point layup
0:32		Zac Ervin defensive rebound
0:17		LA Pratt misses three point jump shot
0:15		James Scott defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

James Scott defensive rebound