Charleston, W.Va- The Golden Eagle Men's Basketball has been playing as of late despite some key injuries to the squad. This week Dwaine Osbourne's squad has taken a contest against the visiting Battlers of Alderson Broaddus and have stolen a road win from the Cardinals of Wheeling University. The Golden Eagles handily defeated both teams by double digits.
 
The Basics
Location: H. Bernard Wehrle Arena – Charleston, W.Va
Score: UC- 95 ABU- 71
Records: Charleston (15-4, 11-3 MEC) Alderson Broaddus (8-10, 5-9 MEC)
 
How it Happened


After a hard loss to a 12^th ranked Fairmont State squad, the Golden Eagles had a different energy when they entered the arena Monday night. Charleston gained the lead within the first 30 seconds of the matchup when Lamont McManus began the night's scoring with a pair of free throws from the line. Keith Williams started his night off hot with a bucket from beyond the arc that was followed by McManus' layup from under the glass. A little later on, the lead grew to 12 after Keith Williams found a short-range jumper within the pain to put the Golden Eagles up 18-6 with 13:16 remaining in the half. The Battlers tried to battle back and they were able to cut the lead to just 5 after a three pointer, but Charleston answered and added on with a three pointer of their own, this time from Isaiah Gable. Towards the end of the half, there was a brief period where both sides were unable to find points for over two minutes because of some high-quality defense, but Charleston found a way to score enough to go up 45-35 headed into the locker-room.
 
After the break, Charleston came out hot and grew the margin to 16 after a shot from beyond the arc form Jeremiah Keene. Only the players know what was said in the locker-room during the break by Coach Osbourne, but whatever he said sure seemed to work as Charleston then proceeded to play some basketball. Charleston did not lose the lead the entire night from tipoff to the final horn. Eddie Colbert had himself an impressive night shooting 8-11 from the field (72%) and going 3-4 (75%) from long range, ending up with 22 points. Keith Williams also had a solid outing as he went 8-9 from the field and racking in 19 tallies for the Golden Eagles. The biggest stat of the night was Charleston's points off turnovers. The margin of victory at the end of the night was 24 for the Golden Eagles; they were able to gain 26 points off of forced turnovers, which proved to be worthy. Charleston also shot a solid 17-18 (94.4%) from the free throw line. At the sound of the final horn, the Golden Eagles remained on top 95-71

The Basics
Location: Alma McDonough Center – Wheeling, W.Va
Score: UC- 86 WU- 70
Records: Charleston (16-4, 12-3 MEC) Wheeling (7-14, 6-9 MEC)
 
How it Happened 
 
The Golden Eagles looked to follow up their Monday night win with another against Wheeling on Wednesday. The men's squad currently sits at third place in the Mountain East with 12 wins. This total is tied with Fairmont State and one less than West Liberty, who sits at number five in the nation as of February 4, 2022.
 
The Golden Eagles outscored the Cardinals 38-30 in the first half to the tune of a 51% shooting percentage and three made threes. The first half was back and forth but toward the end of the period Golden Eagles were able to take the lead by as many as nine. The Golden Eagles entered the second half with an eight point lead and tons of momentum.
 
The second half was all Charleston as the Golden Eagles never once gave up the lead. The largest margin came when Shunta Wilson made a layup to put Charleston up by 27 with seven minutes left to play. By the final buzzer Charleston held a came out away by 16 and improved their record to 16-4 on the year.
 
UP NEXT
The Golden Eagles will face off against the number five team in the country in West Liberty on evening in the H. Bernard Wehrle Arena with a shot to move up to second in the Mountain East with a win.