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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – With five teams tied for third place, each 5-4 in conference play, and with the next four teams lurking close behind (each within two games), this year’s normally competitive Coastal Athletic Conference has already produced even more parity than usual.
However, two of the league’s perennial contenders – the UNC Wilmington Seahawks and the Charleston Cougars – have clearly separated themselves by the midpoint of CAA play.
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While Towson has been a disappointment (sitting in 10th-place, with a 4-6 conference record, after being picked to repeat as CAA regular season champions), UNCW and Charleston have both been slightly better than their already high expectations thus far.
The Seahawks (picked second) sit alone in first-place at impressive marks of 8-1 in the CAA and 19-3 overall. The only team that may be capable of catching UNCW in the CAA’s second half is second-place Charleston, which for the fourth time since conference play began this year, won by four points or less. This time, it was a road victory over the Hofstra Pride, 66-64, at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex on Thursday night.
After winning three earlier CAA games (at Elon, and at home against Hampton and Campbell), each by four points, Charleston (14-8, 7-2 CAA) carried a weak 2-4 road record to Hofstra and were wary of the Pride, which was desperately trying to snap a four-game losing streak that immediately followed an eight-game winning streak.
“We knew what we were going to get… stray cats fighting for their lives after losing four in a row,” Charleston head coach Chris Mack said.
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Despite that concern, the Cougars were the fat cats. They turned an 11-point second-half deficit into an eight-point lead before scratching out yet another hard-fought win.
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Charleston’s offense wasn’t purring early, with the Cougars starting just 3-for-16 from the floor while Hofstra began 10-for-19, and pounced to a 24-14 lead nearly 12 minutes…
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