Monmouth Falls to Charleston, 79-78, in OT in CAA Tournament Quarters

Collins, a junior guard, ended with 15 points for Monmouth, where he went over the 1,000 point mark for his career as he drained the second of two late 3-Pointer to pull Monmouth within 32-31, with Charleston taking a 34-33 lead to the break. Collins had 18 points against Hofstra on Saturday and had 30 in a CAA tournament game two years ago.

The second half turned into a wild back and forth match, with Charleston coming out with a 7-0 race in the first 90 seconds, with a CJ Fulton 3-pointer giving Cougars a 41-33 benefit. But with the shot clock that wrapped down, Collins spiked a long 3-point with 12:38 back to give Monmouth a 51-48 that uncovered a 14-4 race.

Bashir made history later in half when, after stealing, he drove down downcourt and pulled up a triple, buried it to give Monmouth a 60-57 advantage with 8:33 to play and break the CAA record with its 126^Th Season’s 3-Pointer.

A couple of free kicks from Bzovic and a driving set up of Boyd put Cougars back on top and stretched to a 63-60 lead on a boyd score with 6:18 to play. Collins then hit a free kick before voting and scoring on a running set up to tie the game at 63-63 with 4:50 to play. The Hawks then grabbed the lead as Bashir dumped a pass inside the quick break that Valencia dived to put them back on top with 4:05 to play.