CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It wasn't pretty but the Golden Eagles survived a scare from the Urbana Blue Knights Tuesday evening at the Charleston Catholic Athletic Complex, defeating the visitors 76-66.
 
UC was led by Justin Coleman's double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.  Tino diTrapano added 16 points and seven rebounds in the win.  Urbana's Carlas Jackson led all scorers with 31 points, including seven makes from behind the three-point line.
 
Urbana employed a slow-down pace that frustrated the Golden Eagles over the first 20 minutes as Charleston scored just 31 first half points.  UC shot the ball well but only managed 25 attempts, but struggled from the line missing front-end of one-and-one opportunities ending up in empty possessions. 
 
The Blue Knights took their first lead of the second half, 39-36, with 16 minutes left in the second half as an upset was in the making for the visitors. UC began to find some offensive rhythm and tied the game at 44-44 as the pace of the game picked up resulting in easy looks around the rim for the Golden Eagles.  Charleston responded with a 7-2 run to put UC up five, 51-46, at the second media timeout. 
 
Urbana again responded with some hot shooting from Carlas Jackson, narrowing the gap to a single point, 53-52.  It was UC that had the answer this time, extending their lead to five, 59-54, at the final media break.  The Golden Eagles were able to keep Urbana out of reach by knocking down free throws over the final four plus minutes to earn a
 
Charleston will now face Concord University in the MEC quarterfinals Friday evening at 8:15 at the Charleston Civic Center.