WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Reyne Smith made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 factors, Dalton Bolon added 15 factors and No. 18 Charleston gained its nineteenth straight with a 69-55 victory over Monmouth on Thursday evening.
The Cougars (20-1, 8-0 Colonial Athletic Affiliation), whose 20 wins are essentially the most in Division I, prolonged the nation’s longest profitable streak. Charleston is ranked within the AP High 25 ballot for the third consecutive week, leaping 4 spots this week for its highest rating since being No. 16 within the 1998-99 season.
Charleston trailed 31-28 at halftime after making simply eight subject targets and turning it over eight occasions. Smith stored the Cougars shut with three 3-pointers and Bolon added 10 factors. Monmouth led for 16 minutes, 34 seconds within the first half.
“It was simply, ‘What’s the rating?’ and all people stated 0-0,” Charleston coach Pat Kelsey stated about his halftime message in a postgame radio interview. “I stated the problem is the way you reply. We’ve responded quite a bit to success all through the course of the final couple of months. We had to reply to slightly little bit of adversity.”
Charleston made seven of its first 14 pictures of the second half to construct a 48-39 lead after eight minutes. The Cougars went on a 13-0 run throughout the stretch with two 3-pointers apiece from Smith and Ben Burnham.
Pat Robinson III gave Charleston its first double-digit lead at 54-44 with 8:19 left within the second half after a private 5-0 run. Monmouth obtained as shut as seven with 5 minutes to go earlier than Smith made his seventh 3-pointer to go forward by 10 once more.
Charleston completed 19 of 53 from the sector (36%) with 15 turnovers. The Cougars had been coming off consecutive video games with no less than 15 made 3-pointers, however had been 12 of 30 towards Monmouth.
“As we all know, each crew, each venue we go into, it will likely be their greatest recreation on their schedule proper now,” Kelsey added. “We’re going to get all people’s greatest shot and we obtained a heck of a shot from them within the first half.”
All seven of Smith's subject targets had been from lengthy vary and he additionally made all six of his free throws. Bolon, the reigning CAA participant of the week, was 4 of 12 from the sector and Ante Brzovic, who scored 17 factors in every of the previous two video games, was held to 6 factors.
Andrew Ball scored 16 factors and Myles Foster added 15 for Monmouth (1-18, 0-6). Foster made Monmouth's lone free throw, in simply seven makes an attempt, in comparison with Charleston's 19 for 28.
The Hawks stay winless at house, with their lone win coming at Manhattan on Dec. 4.
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Charleston continues its street journey to Boston the place it would face Northeastern on Saturday.
Monmouth hosts Hampton on Saturday.