DAYTON, Ohio – Sophomore point guard Dontrell Shuler led all scorers with a career-high 24 points Saturday night and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. nearly added a double-double, but the Charleston Southern men's basketball team fell to Dayton 90-61 from UD Arena.

Shuler got the night started with 15 points in the first half then added nine over the final 20 setting a new personal-best in the loss.

CSU (1-3) shot a season-best .438 from deep, but Dayton (2-0) used size to their advantage shooting .607 and scoring over half their points in the paint.

CSU was able to overcome and early onslaught from the Flyers falling behind 14-2, but used a 14-4 run themselves to bring it back to a two-point margin at the second media timeout of the ballgame. CSU would enter the locker room down 46-33 but couldn't pull back within nine from there.

How It Happened

• Dayton stormed out to a 14-0 lead taking advantage of missed CSU shots while getting a few transition buckets on the other end.
• Charleston Southern would fight back with their own run, doing so 14-4 in a four-and-a-half minute span between the first two timeouts.
• Dontrell Shuler and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. were key to the Bucs weathering the early storm scoring 13 of the Bucs' first 14 points.
• Dayton stretched the lead back to 13 at the break, 46-33 as Shuler had 15 in the opening 20 minutes.
• Shuler scored five of the Bucs' first seven second-half points to push him to 20 and keep the Bucs hanging tough
• Dayton extended the lead to as much as 29 in the second half as they started to pull away down the stretch.
• Shuler hit a floater in the lane for his 24th point of the night, securing a new career-high and doing so on a big stage.

Play of the Night
 

And there's the new career-high for Shuler! He's got 24 on the night to lead all scorers! #BeThere #JoinTheSiege pic.twitter.com/5maufoG1js

— CSU Game Day (@CSUGameDay) November 17, 2019

News and Notes

• CSU's 14-4 run over a 4-minute span was the largest since the opener when CSU had a 16-2 margin to open the second half over CIU.
• Dontrell Shuler's 15 first-half points were the most by a Buccaneer in any half this season
• The Bucs' .438 shooting percentage from three-point range was the best on the season
• Shuler added his second 20-point effort of the season while Phlandrous Fleming Jr. added 13 points and seven boards for a near double-double.
• CSU also had 11 offensive rebounds on the night, the third time grabbing 10-plus on the offensive glass.

Postgame Comments


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