Box Score Wofford-College of Charleston Box Score
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College men’s basketball team defeated College of Charleston 67-66 on Monday night at Benjamin Johnson Arena, extending the Terriers’ winning streak to four games. Wofford was down one with eleven seconds left, but after a missed free throw by the Cougars, Drew Gibson found Corey Godzinski alone under the basket for a dunk with 1.9 seconds left to win the game.
Wofford is 12-8 overall and 5-5 in SoCon play. The College of Charleston is 9-12 on the season and 4-7 in conference play. The Terriers were led by Corey Godzinski with a career-high 15 points and Drew Gibson added ten points. Tim Johnson had ten rebounds for Wofford. College of Charleston was led by Dustin Scott with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Andrew Goudelock and Tony White Jr. each added 13 points.
“It was an adverse situation being down five with under two minutes to play,” said Wofford head coach Mike Young. “We have been in that situation before this season and we have found ways to win. Our team had to get a break to have a chance. The missed free throw and being able to get the rebound was the break, and then Drew Gibson made the play. We had four guards on the floor and Gibson was able to find a streaking Corey Godzinski for the game winner. The kids did a great job and this is a good time of the season to be playing well.”
The Terriers scored first and built a 6-0 lead. At the 15:00 mark, Wofford had a 10-7 lead, but a few minutes later consecutive shots by Andrew Goudelock cut the Terriers lead to one point at 11:48. Seven-straight points by the Terriers, including a three-pointer by Junior Salters, increased the lead to 19-11 at 9:11 in the first half.
Additional three-pointers by Junior Salters and Corey Godzinski gave the Terriers a 12 point lead at 29-17 with 5:25 left in the first half. The Cougars then went on a 13-0 run, which was highlighted by three three-pointers, to take the lead at 30-29 with a minute to go in the half. Tyler Whatley ended the run with a jumper to give Wofford a 31-30 lead at the break.
To start the second half, the Cougars scored the opening four points to take a 34-31 lead less than a minute into play. At 17:22, the Terriers were able to regain the lead. For the next thirteen minutes, there were ten lead changes as neither team was able to build a lead of more than three points.
With the game tied at 61 with 4:19 to play, the College of Charleston scored the next five points on a basket by Dustin Scott and a three by Tony White, Jr. The Cougars had a 66-61 lead with 2:26 left in the game, but Tyler Whatley scored a lay-up with 1:14 remaining to reduce the lead to 66-63. Corey Godzinski then hit two free throws to make it a one point lead for the Cougars with 14 seconds left. Tony White, Jr. went to the line for a one-and-one with eleven seconds left, but missed the front end and Corey Godzinski came up with the rebound. Drew Gibson brought the ball up the court for the Terriers, and found Corey Godzinski alone under the basket for a dunk with 1.9 seconds left. The College of Charleston had a last second three-point attempt by Andrew Goudelock that came up short, sealing the victory for the Terriers.
Wofford shot 49.0% from the floor and 41.7% from three. The Terriers were 63.2% from the line. The Cougars were 46.3% from the floor and 35.0% from behind the arc and 69.2% from the free throw line. Wofford had a 38-26 edge on the boards.
The game was the third in a stretch of five conference games in ten days. Shane Nichols returned to action after missing two games, however Marcus Jackson (shoulder) and Noah Dahlman (ankle) did not dress for the contest. Wofford has now won four straight conference games, the longest conference winning streak for the Terriers since the 2004-05 season. In the four wins, Wofford has limited opponents to below 50% from the floor and have had the edge on rebounds.
Continuing the five games in ten days, Wofford will travel to Davidson on Wednesday night, before wrapping up the stretch with a home game against Furman on Saturday, February 2. The Furman game will be broadcast on SportSouth.
