Charleston Southern Buccaneers NCAA Basketball News

Malcolm Delaney scored 26 points and Virginia Tech defeated Charleston Southern 73-50 on Saturday night as the Hokies continued their best start under coach Seth Greenberg.

Donavan Monroe and Tony White Jr. each scored 18 points, and College of Charleston beat Charleston Southern 87-74 on Wednesday night.

Keith Gabriel scored 28 points and Virginia Military Institute beat Charleston Southern 103-91 on Saturday.

Evan Gordon scored 21 points to lead Liberty to a 69-53 victory in the Big South Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night.

Jamarco Warren scored 22 points and Charleston Southern grabbed a school-record 70 rebounds while routing Toccoa Falls College 103-53 on Monday night.

Jeremy Sexton scored 17 points and tallied seven assists to lead Charleston Southern past Trinity 99-50 on Monday night.

Jamarco Warren scored 16 points and Kelvin Martin added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Charleston Southern to an 80-64 victory over Stetson on Saturday night.

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Jamarco Warren scored with 1.2 seconds left in the game to lift Charleston Southern to a 61-60 victory over The Citadel on Tuesday night.

A positive sign for the Maryland basketball team in the first half of Friday night's season opener came in the fact that neither of its senior guards, Greivis Vasquez or Eric Hayes, was very sharp.

Barclay Radebaugh, fifth season . Last season 9-20 overall, 4-14 in the Big South to finish tied for ninth.

The question at the College of Charleston is simple: Will this be Bobby Cremins' best team in his four years at the school? The answer appeared to be a definitive "yes" until the last week of September, when the team received some bad news.

Nine times last season, Charleston Southern allowed 80 or more points, and that lack of defensive commitment was one of the main reasons that the Bucs struggled to stay in games, Radebaugh said.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Kenny Mitchell, a 6-foot-7 forward who redshirted last season, could be an impact player for the Bucs right away.

The Cougars will start the 2009-2010 season with two 1,000-point scorers on the roster.

Not only did Charleston Southern go through its third consecutive season with 10 or fewer victories last year, but the Bucs suffered the ultimate indignity in the Big South Conference by missing the eight-team league tournament.

The preseason poll for the Big South Conference men's basketball race came out on Tuesday during the league's annual Media Day, and it had no surprise at the top.

Brandon Jackson and Dominique Lindsay each had first-half touchdown runs to help East Carolina build a big lead and then hold off a late rally from Appalachian State to win 29-24 on Saturday.

Kresse, who grew up, played and coached in the Big Apple before being named head basketball coach at the College of Charleston in 1979, will be returning next month to be inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.

New Appalachian State coach Buzz Peterson is getting two high-scoring transfers from Big South schools.