Desmond Holloway scored 25 points to lead CCU to a 109-87 victory at VMI on Thursday night.
From CCU Athletics Department:
LEXINGTON, Va. – Desmond Holloway tied a career-high with 25 points and Coastal Carolina won its 11th straight game with a 109-87 victory over VMI Thursday night from Cameron Hall.
Kierre Greenwood scored 18 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out a game-high five assists, while Mike Holmes registered 12 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.
Danny Nieman and Anthony Raffa each finished with 13 points and Chad Gray added 10 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots.
Keith Gabriel led VMI with 23 points and hit six three-pointers, but the Coastal defense limited him to just three points in the second half. Stan Okoye poured in 20 points and Ron Bruks added 11 points.
Coastal Carolina (13-2, 4-0) opened the second half on an 14-4 run in the opening minutes of the second half to turn a 52-43 halftime lead into a 66-47 lead. Holloway scored nine straight points during the run and at one point had 13 straight Coastal points.
The Chants shot 55.6 percent in the game and held a 64-22 advantage in points in the paint. Coastal also had a 52-33 edge in rebounds and used its 16 offensive rebounds to register 19 second chance points.
Nick Gore hit a jumper in the paint with just over four minutes left in the first half to put the Keydets up 38-37 before Coastal used a 15-4 run to close the half to take a 52-43 lead into halftime.
Coastal junior post Jon Pack hit a jumper in the paint off an inbounds play from the baseline as time expired to cap the run and give the Chanticleers their biggest lead of the game.
The Chants were without the services of two of their top scorers from most of the first half as both Chad Gray and Mike Holmes were limited due to foul trouble. In fact, neither Gray nor Holmes were in the game during Coastal’s run at the end of the half.
Coastal returns to action Saturday evening at 6 p.m. when the Chants travel to Lynchburg, Va., to take on Liberty from the Vines Center.
