LIVE: College of Charleston wins Coastal Association Athletic Tournament

tonight the College of Charleston battled a tough Stony Brook Squad in the ca Tournament final the Cougars once again found a way they are heading to the big dance again but it wasn't easy this game was an instant classic fast forward about 13 and a 12 minutes to go in the contest cougs up by five Kobe Rogers the three ball Corner Pocket pushes the lead to eight Stony Brook cut into the lead only for rain Smith to Make It Rain top of the key more on him in a moment got it College up by seven aft

er that bucket under five to go cougs up six rain one more time give it to him the CFC lead is nine game over right wrong Stonybrook fights back to tie it at 73 on this Aaron Clark layup off the glass we would go to OT tied at 73 CFC up two in the extra frame big game rain the stage is yours watch the steal lay up pull it out nope from the logo got it you got to be kidding me the college up by five Smith would miss a free throw with three ticks left one final he for Stony Brook for the tie it's

no good let the S begin and rightfully so hugs all around the College of Charleston with a repeat trip to the big dance 8279 is your final news to's Dan Fanny once again standing by live Courtside in Washington DC where he's been there for much of the week and Dan what a journey for a team with so many new faces on that roster huh yeah yeah that's a good way to put it but I guess first off credit to Stony Brook they were playing their fourth game in four days as tired as they may have appeared t

hey never showed it on the court tonight battling CFC to overtime look like they may win it in regulation but like dbo Sweeney said when Clemson won the Gator Bowl down in Jacksonville tonight CFC show the heart of a champion whether it's rain Smith big three there in overtime or maybe Bryce Butler kobby Rogers Frankie pichelli some of the new guys you just talked about coming into the program making sure CFC defended their Crown tonight CFC boy I don't know what it is but they always find a way

to win it seems here in the nation's capital now after tonight's contest I asked Kobe Rogers he came into the program after winning a national title at the D2 level was there any pressure making sure that the Cougars defended their Crown in the capital I wouldn't say any pressure at all right we knew we had all the pieces it was it was a struggle early in the season starting one and three but uh It's a Grind it's a long season you know ups and down you know I I I I needed to step up as a leader

personally uh especially after those early losses I you know I wasn't I was the leader that I needed to be um but you know we put the pieces together we figured it out and now we're going to now we're going now we're going to dance it wasn't easy we set the throne last year and I think this this program is all about winning now we got a winning culture right here uh I'm just you know so proud of my guys so proud of my coaches uh we're not done yet we're going to keep going we got we got many ma

ny great thing uh things left ahead of us so we're just going to keep going I'm so happy I'm so proud of everybody and we're going to celebrate tonight man and now we'll have to wait till this Sunday a little after 6 for the selection show to see where the Cougars are heading in the NCAA tournament but cougar fans pull out your dancing shoes your cougars heading back to the big dance reporting live in DC Dan Fanning news to sports thank you Dan great job as always the entire week with the cougs

as Dan said the Cougars will return to Charleston tomorrow morning then watch along with the rest of us on selection Sunday to see who they will play and where that's a quick look at sports for now I'm Mark Morgan