NCAAB Game Recap - Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State
Mon Mar 9, 2020 7:00 PM EDT

Del
61
Hof
75
F
ORU
69
NDSU
75
F
IL-C
73
WriSt
56
F
Woff
58
ETSU
72
F
USF
77
Gonz
81
F
WIGB
69
NoKY
80
F
StMar
51
BYU
50
F
UL
81
GaSo
82
F
Mia-O
85
Buff
79
F
E MI
76
Kent
86
F
CoCar
65
App
70
F
Elon
60
NE
68
F
IPFW
56
UND
73
F
W MI
73
Toled
76
F
CenMI
65
Ohio
85
F

Mar 9, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

T

(10) Coastal Carolina

37

28

65

(6) Appalachian State

22

48

70

Appalachian State tops Coastal Carolina 70-65, advances
Mon Mar 9, 2020 9:49 PM

BOONE, N.C. (AP) Isaac Johnson scored a career-high 24 points, Tim Ceaser scored a go-ahead layup with 4:06 to play and sixth-seeded Appalachian State came from behind to beat No. 8 Coastal Carolina 70-65 in thesecond round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament on Monday night.

The Mountaineers (18-14) advance to Wednesday's quarterfinal against No.3-seed Texas State.

Appalachian State trailed 37-22 at halftime, but took a 60-59 lead on Ceaser's layup and led by as many as five until the Chanticleers closed to 66-65 with 17 seconds left after DeVante Jones scored six straight points. O'Showen Williams hit two free throws and, after Coastal's Tyrell Gumbs-Frater missed a 3 with 3 seconds left, Johnson iced it with two from the line.

Johnson had 10 rebounds and made 8 of 10 free throws for Appalachian State, which shot 22 of 38 from the foul line (58%). Williams scored 13 points with six rebounds and six assists and Justin Forrest added 13 points. Hunter Seacat scored 12 points.

Appalachian State totaled 48 second-half points, a season best for the team.

Jones scored 29 points with eight rebounds and five assists for the Chanticleers (16-17). Gumbs-Frater added 12 points and Ceaser had eight points and 11 boards.

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Leaders

Coastal Carolina PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
D. Jones 29 0 5 8 1 0
T. Gumbs-Frater 12 0 0 4 0 0
Appalachian State PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
I. Johnson 24 0 2 10 2 0
J. Forrest 13 0 2 1 2 0

Team Comparison

CoCar App
Points For 65 70
Field Goals 27/57-47% 22/53-42%
Three Pointers 6/17-35% 4/20-20%
Free Throws 5/7-71% 22/38-58%
Offensive Rebounds 7 13
Defensive Rebounds 29 24
Rebounds 39 45
Blocks 5 1
Steals 8 9
Turnovers 16 11
Personal Fouls 28 11
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2019-20 Reg Season - App Leads Series 2-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Sat Jan 25 App 78 @ CoCar 58 I. Johnson 22 D. Jones 19
Sat Feb 29 CoCar 84 @ App 77 D. Jones 26 O. Williams 19
Mon Mar 9 CoCar 65 @ App 70 D. Jones 29 I. Johnson 24

Game Information

Stadium: Holmes Convocation Center, Boone, North Carolina
Attendance: 1,053
Game Time: