The College of Charleston Cougars

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The end of the season
    Kevin Anderson nailed a jumper with nine seconds remaining to lift the Richmond Spiders to a thrilling 74-72 victory over the College of Charleston Cougars in the quarterfinal round of the College Basketball Invitational before 2,541 at Robbins Center on Monday.Anderson posted 21 points and five assists for Richmond, which will play in the semifinal round on Wednesday. David Gonzalvez added 15 points for the Spiders, who got 10 points from Ryan Butler.Charleston managed to whittle a 13-point down to two, but that was as close as the Cougars got. Charleston finished its season at 27-9 while Richmond is now 20-15.Jermaine Johnson (Los Angeles, Calif.) led Charleston with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Dustin Scott (Jamestown, S.C.) scored 14 points and had nine rebounds.A layup by Tony White, Jr. (Knoxville, Tenn.) with 15:03 remaining cut Richmond's lead to just 43-42, but Richmond embarked on a 16-4 run over the next five minutes and built its largest margin of the game at 59-46. Anderson and Gonzalvez each scored five in the spurt.The Bobby Cremins-led Cougars would not go quietly and trimmed the lead to just two with 42 seconds left thanks to back-to-back baskets from Scott and a put-back layup from White.
   The ball in his hands and his team up 72-70, Anderson milked the clock down to the final seconds before driving to the near-side elbow and drilling his patented floater in traffic for the decisive basket with 9.3 on the clock.Richmond called timeout and Johnson tipped in his own miss on the ensuing possession with three seconds left, Charleston called timeout then fouled Anderson. The sophomore missed the front-end of the 1-and-1, leaving the Cougars only a desperation heave at the buzzer that fell short.The fast-paced game featured just 21 total fouls and 12 combined free throws attempts, while each team turned the ball over just nine times.Richmond jumped out of the gate quickly and opened a six-point lead at 18-12 when Francis Cedric Martel slammed an alley-op pass from Anderson. Another dunk by Kevin Smith brought the Robins Center crowd to its feet and put Richmond up 30-23 with 5:56 left in the first.CofC would cut the lead to 33-31, but the Spiders closed the half with a 6-2 run and took a 39-33 lead into the break.


Game Results:
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Season Statistics:
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Author's Email: Larush@edisto.cofc.edu