Urbana (6-8), a founding member of the Moutain East Conference that Charleston will join next season, held a three point advantage on their home court five minutes into the contest after the team had already traded places three times at the top of the leaderboard. Eagle-eyed Evan Faulkner (Sandyhook, Ky.)squared up from behind the arc at the 14:41 mark to drill his second three-pointer of the night to erase the final advantage the Blue Knights would see. Quincy Washington (Florence, SC) quickly stole the ball and put it in the net on the next possession to give Charleston the lead it never had an issue protecting.
The teams went on a four minute scoring drought before UC leading scorer Terrell Lipkins (Canton, Ohio) got the action started again with a slick slash to the rim. For much of the final 10 minutes of play the Golden Eagles held an eight point lead before finally breaking through to double-digits with a lay-in by Robbie Dreher (Greenville, SC) at the 2:32 mark. From this point Urbana never found its touch to cut into the lead as the University of Charleston held a 38-25 lead headed into the break.
A 10-to-2 run started the second half on a quick note for the Golden Eagles. Just as on Monday night against Davis & Elkins nearly every shot seemed to be finding net in the final 20 minutes of play.
Just five minutes into the final period Aleksander Kesic (Belgrade, Serbia) converted a three-point play the hard way to put UC ahead 54-34. Head coach Mark Downey continued to rotate in his deep bench who cruised through the final minutes of play, even having their own shooting success and extending the lead on the scoreboard.
The game was never in jeopardy as the 30 point lead came with five minutes still to play and all 13 Golden Eagle players getting extended minutes. 51 points were tallied in the last half of play to secure the 89-61 win as the visitors shot 52 percent from the floor.
On the night UC converted 20 Blue Knight turnovers into 24 points, while a 48-to-32 rebounding edge allowed Charleston to benefit from 22 second chance points.
Faulkner, Lipkins and the hot-handed Hayden Annett (Portland, Australia) paved the way offensively for the Golden Eagles with 14 points each. Lipkins directed the offense to a tune of six assists and six steals, as well.
Washington booked a career-high 13 points and seven rebounds in the victory, while Dreher rounded out the double-digit scorers at points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds.
