CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Antwaine Wiggins scored 24 points and Andrew Goudelock added 23 to lead College of Charleston in a 75-49 rout of Samford on Monday night.
With the win the Cougars (22-7, 14-2 Southern Conference) clinched the league’s regular-season title and an automatic bid into the NIT Tournament. It was Charleston’s first regular-season conference title since 1999.
The Cougars, who won their seventh straight, scored 21 points off 16 turnovers, and outrebounded the Bulldogs 41-33.
Charleston shot 49.2 percent from the field (32 of 65) and led by as many as 30, 71-41, on James Carlton’s jumper with 2:12 to go.