Charleston, W.Va. – The Golden Eagles fell to Cedarville in a non-conference matchup in the Wehrle Innovation Center.   
 
The Basics:
Location: Wehrle Innovation Center
Score: UC 77, CU 86
Records: UC 4-3 (2-0 MEC) Cedarville 5-1 (0-0 GMAC)
 
How it Happened:
The Golden Eagles and the Cedarville Yellow Jackets got off to a slow start in the Saturday afternoon contest. Charleston took the initial lead, 5-0 after several free throws and a layup from Obinna Ugwuakazi. After two minutes of play, the Yellow Jackets got on the board with a three to bring the score to 5-3. The teams then traded buckets back and forth for several minutes until Cedarville jumped out to a seven-point lead with about twelve minutes left in the half.
 
The Golden Eagles fought hard and cut the deficit to just two-points as the under-five media timeout rolled around. Keaton Turner then giving Charleston the lead with back-to-back threes to go ahead 36-32. The Yellow Jackets then evened the score at 38-38 with 18 seconds left in the half, but Charleston found a late layup by Ugwuakazi as the buzzer sounded for the half, heading to the locker room leading 40-38.
 
The teams traded points for the first five minutes of the second half, the score at 50-50 at the first media timeout. The next two minutes were scoreless, Charleston eventually breaking the tie with a three from Trevor Barrett.
 
Both squads continued to trade points back and forth for the next several minutes, but back-to-back-to-back threes from Cedarville at the six-minute mark gave the Yellow Jackets the slight advantage, leading 73-64. Charleston's CJ Meredith then went a little run of his own, scoring the next six points and bringing Charleston back within reach, now trailing 76-72.
 
As time continued to run, the Golden Eagles were forced to foul the Yellow Jackets, Cedarville hit their shots and eventually claimed the victory 86-77.
 
Meredith, Ugwuakazi, Barrett, and Jones all scored double digit points in the contest. Meredith leading the team with 19.
 
Up Next:
The Golden Eagles will get back to Mountain East Conference play with a matchup against Frostburg State at home on December 4^th at 7:30PM.