University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
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Coastal Carolina
Big South-Leading Coastal Carolina Downs UNC Asheville 80-59
01.20.2011 | Men's Basketball
The Chanticleers, owners of the nation's fourth longest winning streak, were led by five players in double figures. Anthony Raffa and Desmond Holloway led Coastal Carolina with 18 points each. Chad Gray finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Sam McLaurin contributed 12 points and seven rebounds. Kierre Greewood finished with 10 points.
Asheville (9-9, 4-4 BSC) was led by J.P. Primm's 17 points. Matt Dickey finished with 10 points.
"We played hard but just seemed to run out of energy at times," stated Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach. "Coastal Carolina is a good team and they played great tonight. They really did a great job on the boards, especially in the second half."
Coastal Carolina (17-2, 8-0 BSC) took control of the game midway through the first half. Asheville hit some early treys and jumped out to a quick 9-2 lead. The Chanticleers responded with tough defense and balanced scoring to go on a 21-4 run over a six-minute stretch to lead 23-13 when Raffa sank a three-pointer.
The Bulldogs rallied to cut the lead to 32-27 on a John Williams jumper at the 2:15 mark before CCU got four free throws from Holloway in the last minute of play to lead 37-28.
In the second half, Asheville made a run to creep to 48-44 with 11:23 left on a free throw from Cunningham. The Bulldogs were within 56-50 on a Jaron Lane tap-in at 7:47 before the Chanticleers put the game away. The visitors went on a 15-2 run over the next four minutes to lead 71-52 at the 2:39 mark.
Coastal Carolina shot 48 percent from the field as it went 28-of-58. They out-rebounded the Bulldogs 41-29. CCU out-scored Asheville 37-25 in the paint and had 17 fast-break points to just three for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs shot just 35 percent (19-of-53) from the field for the game. They shot 30 percent (10-of-30) in the second half.
UNC Asheville hosts Charleston Southern Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The Chanticleers head to Gardner-Webb on Saturday and will play at 7 p.m.
