KENT, Ohio (AP) - Nori Johnson scored 27 points, Trent Wiedeman recorded a double-double and College of Charleston held off a late rally by Kent State in an 80-73 win on Saturday night.
Wiedeman finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars (17-11) in the Bracket Busters matchup. Antwaine Wiggins had 17 points and eight rebounds.
College of Charleston led 67-48 - its largest of the game - when Jordan Scott knocked down a 3-pointer with 8:58 left in the second half. Kent State would not go away easily, answering with an 18-1 run that spanned over the next five minutes to cut lead to 68-66.
Randal Holt made three 3-pointers and Charlton Guyton had two from beyond the arc during the spurt for Kent State. However, the Golden Flashes (19-7) were unable to pull to closer, as Wiggins scored seven points in the last two minutes to help the Cougars prevail.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| College of Charleston (17-11) « | 36 | 44 | 80 |
| Kent State (19-7) | 33 | 40 | 73 |
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| College of Charleston Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Wiedeman, F | 39 | 4-11 | 6-8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| A. Wiggins, F | 39 | 3-10 | 10-16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| A. Baru, F | 21 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| N. Johnson, G | 37 | 8-13 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| A. Lawrence, G | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Sundberg | 23 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Scott | 14 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Totals | 22-46 | 26-37 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 80 | |
| 47.8% | 70.3% | ||||||
| Kent State Golden Flashes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Henniger, F | 18 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Manns, C | 24 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Guyton, G | 34 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Porrini, G | 33 | 2-12 | 3-6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Holt, G | 26 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Evans | 26 | 6-12 | 4-4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| E. Gaines | 21 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| P. Jackson | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Manley | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Brewer | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-78 | 11-17 | 47 | 14 | 23 | 73 | |
| 35.9% | 64.7% | ||||||
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