Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
· BIG SOUTH MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL
69 - 65
Gardner-Webb beats Coastal Carolina 69-65 in quarterfinals
The Bulldogs (17-15) will face No. 2 seed Winthrop (22-8) in Saturday's semifinals.
Down 38-25 at halftime, the Bulldogs rallied in the second half, opening with a 10-6 run and pulling to within 49-48 on Harold McBride's free throw with 9:28 to play.
L'Hassane Niangane's three-point play off a layup put Gardner-Webb up 53-52, and the Bulldogs pulled ahead 61-57 after Nelson's three-point play with 4:10 left.
Colton Ray-St Cyr's 3-point play pulled the Chanticleer's within 64-60 with 1:35 left, but Dylan Poston and Isaiah Ivey combined for three free throws and Nelson's dunk sealed it with 14 seconds left.
Harold McBride scored 15, Adonis Burbage added 14 and Poston grabbed 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs, who split the season series with the Chanticleers.
Shivaughn Wiggins led Coastal Carolina (18-11) with 17 points.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 69 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Coastal Carolina Deadball Team Rebound. | 69 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Jaylen Shaw missed Three Point Jumper. | 69 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Jaylen Shaw Steal. | 69 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Dylan Poston Turnover. | 69 - 65 |
Statistics
 GWEB |
 CCU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 23-63 | FG | 24-65 |
| 37 | Field Goal % | 37 |
| 6-28 | 3PT | 11-35 |
| 21 | Three Point % | 31 |
| 17-21 | FT | 6-12 |
| 81 | Free Throw % | 50 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 17 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 8 | Assists | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 7 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 15 | Fouls | 18 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Buies Creek, NC
Attendance: 2,035 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
2025-26 Sun Belt Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 12-6 | - | 22-12 |
| South Alabama | 11-7 | 1 | 21-12 |
| Arkansas State | 11-7 | 1 | 20-12 |
| Texas State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Marshall | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Coastal Carolina | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| App State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| James Madison | 9-9 | 3 | 18-15 |
| Southern Miss | 9-9 | 3 | 19-16 |
| Georgia Southern | 8-10 | 4 | 21-16 |
| Old Dominion | 7-11 | 5 | 12-21 |
| Louisiana | 7-11 | 5 | 11-22 |
| Georgia State | 7-11 | 5 | 10-22 |
| UL Monroe | 1-17 | 11 | 4-28 |