CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern erased a 20-point second half deficit with a furious rally, but a Russell Dean floater with 1.4 on the clock gave Hampton a 70-68 win Tuesday night in Big South action from Buccaneer Field House.

After a three-point basket from Chris Shelton to make it 41-21 at the 17-minute mark, Charleston Southern (1-5, 0-2 Big South) fought back behind a spark from Melvin Edwards Jr., Sean Price and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. for a 59-58 lead with just 4:13 to play.

Hampton (3-4, 2-0 Big South), however, answered with a 10-5 spurt and 68-64 lead with :58 to play. CSU wasn't done as a Fleming transition layup cut it to 68-66 then a quick steal and score tied it with 19.4 seconds on the clock.

Dean hit a left-handed floater with just 1.4 on the clock for the game-winner as the Pirates escaped the Buccaneer rally.

Charleston Southern got another double-double from Fleming (19 points, 10 rebounds) and two-near double-doubles from Price (16 points, nine rebounds) and Edwards (21 points, eight rebounds) but a game-high 29 from Davion Warren and 19 from Dean was just enough to counter.
 
How It Happened

• Neither team could get a rhythm offensively to start before Hampton took a 34-18 lead into the break
• Both teams shot below 37% from the floor in the opening half but Davion Warren had 16 points
• Charleston Southern woke up in the second scoring 50 points on 57.6% shooting from the floor and 45.5% from downtown
• Fleming, Edwards and Price combined for 41 of the Bucs' 50 points in the closing 20 minutes with each hitting at least five buckets
• Charleston Southern erased a 20-point deficit over a 13-minute stretch for a 59-58 lead with 4:13 to play
• Warren and Dean scored eight of the final 12 Pirate points including the game-winner with 1.4 to play

News and Notes

• CSU nearly had three double-doubles Tuesday night scoring a season-high of 50 points in a single half
• Charleston Southern won the battle in the paint 38-26 despite the height disadvantage as well as points off the bench 22-5
• Both teams saw 13-0 runs on the night with CSU's coming between the 17:00 and 12:49 marks of the second half to cut the margin to 43-38 on a Fleming trey

Standout Performances

• Melvin Edwards Jr. had a career-night scoring 21 points and grabbing eight rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting and 4-of-6 from downtown
• Sean Price scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half while grabbing five of his nine rebounds; Price also dished-out a team-high four assists
• Phlandrous Fleming Jr. made it back-to-back games with a double-double to open Big South play scoring 19 and grabbing 10 rebounds

Up Next
Charleston Southern gets an extended Holiday Break as they have a bye in Big South play before returning to action Jan. 4 and 5 in their first road series with Gardner-Webb.