Chicago State Pulls Away Late for 77-70 Victory Over Stetson

Box Score Powered by the 1-2 punch of Wesley Cardet and Jahsean Corbett, the Chicago State men's basketball team broke open a tight game with a 13-6 run in the final minutes to beat Stetson 77-70 Monday night at the Edmunds Center in DeLand, Florida. The win was the second for the Cougars over the Hatters this season as the CSU beat Stetson 77-54 at the beginning of December.

Wesley Cardet was one of three Cougars players in double figures and he led all scorers with 29 points including converting 15-of-17 free throws and 7-of-11 from the field. Jahsean Corbett had 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting as the CSU shot 45.6 percent from the field as a team and out rebounded the Hatters 36-28. Brent Davis was the third double-point scorer with 11 which included three makes from beyond the three-point arc.

Stetson scored the first five points of the game before Cameron Jernigan got the Cougars on the board with layup and extended the margin to 10-2 to put CSU in an early hole. The Hatters extended the margin to 11 points with a three at the 15:01 mark to lead 15-4. Stetson led by 10, 19-9, when a 7-2 Cougars run on a Corbett and-1, Wesley Cardet free three and Brent Davis three and the lead was just five, 21-16. The Cougars battled to their first lead of the game at the 5:01 mark on a Corbett layup and outscored Stetson 13-8 over the final five minutes to lead 44-38 at the half.

The Hatters clawed away at the lead and pulled even at 49-49 at the 15:28 mark and pulled ahead with a three just over a minute later and led by as many as four before the Cougars knotted the score at 59-59 with 8:37 left in regulation. Stetson pulled ahead and CSU tied at 64-64 with a driving layup by Cardet and extended that margin to five points, 69-64, before pulling away from the free throw line and several second-chance opportunities. 

The Cougars will be back in action Friday, January 19, hosting East-West University at the JCC at 7 p.m. at the Jones Convocation Center in Chicago.

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Chicago State University Athletics is composed of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. 
 
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