SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Charleston ran into a hot shooting Shepherd Ram team Thursday evening at the Butcher Center, losing to the host 83-94.  It marks the second consecutive loss for the Golden Eagles and now on the short end of five of their last seven.
 
UC got 22 points and five rebounds from Aleks Kesic and a career-high 16 points from Jaylen Hinton in the losing effort.  Shepherd's Naim Muhammad was lights out for the Rams, scoring a game-high 37 points and connected on five of his eight tries from behind the arc.
 
Charleston had held Shepherd to just 51 points back on January 12^th, a 25-point win for the Golden Eagles where the Rams were held to 33% shooting.  SU nearly doubled their point total from the first meeting and shot 51% from the floor and hit 12 three-pointers. UC made exactly half of their 60 field goal attempts but hit on just five of their 23 attempts from downtown this time around.
 
UC held a three-point, 42-39, lead at the break but saw Shepherd go on a 25-7 run in the middle of the second half that put the Rams up 17 with 7:20 left in the game.  UC trailed by double digits until a late rally put the Golden Eagles within six, 83-89, after a pair of Cameron Dozier free throws with 52 seconds to play.  Shepherd made their free throws down the stretch to hold off the surging Eagles on their way to the 11-point win.
 
Charleston continues their two-game road trip Saturday afternoon with a visit to Fairmont State to take on the nationally ranked Falcons.