College of Charleston beats Furman 75-40

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Anthony Stitt scored 19 points and Adejhi Baru added 16 and grabbed eight rebounds on Friday and the College of Charleston beat Furman

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Anthony Stitt scored 19 points and Adejhi Baru added 16 and grabbed eight rebounds on Friday and the College of Charleston beat Furman 75-40.

Donovan Gilmore came off the bench to add 12 points for the Cougars, who never trailed and shot 31-for-59 from the field. Stitt hit three of the Cougars' 11 3-pointers and Joe chealey had seven assists.

Kendrec Ferrara and Daniel Fowler each scored eight points for the Paladins and Kris Acox grabbed eight rebounds.

Cameron Johnson hit a 3-pointer for the Cougars at 12:49, sparking a 9-2 run for a 20-8 lead, but the Paladins came back with a 10-2 run capped by a trey by Fowler to make it a four-point game at 22-18.

That's as close as they got. Baru hit a jumper, layup and dunk and the Cougars led 32-21 at halftime, then ripped an 11-0 second-half run to continue to pull away.