CHARLESTON, WV - The University of Charleston held off a late surge by the visiting Hawks to win tonight 72-68. The loss drops Chowan to 4-6 on the year. 

Chowan took a narrow 31-26 lead into halftime but lost their game lead at the 15:41mark of the second period when UC's Warren Wallace hit a three point to take a 36-35 lead. The home standing Golden Eagles stretched their lead to as many as 12 points in the second period and would never give up their lead despite Chowan's late comeback efforts. Chowan cut the lead to 4 points with :14 and to 2 points with :01 to play but was forced to foul in the final second of the game. UC put the game out of reach after hitting back to back free throws with one tick on the clock.

Chowan falls to 4-6 while UC evens their overall record at 3-3. For Chowan Deon Tynes notched a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards while Marcus Artis chipped in 14 points and 9 rebounds. Chowan will take off for Christmas but return to the court on December 29th at the UNC-Pembroke Classic. They will tip it up with Mount Olive College at 5:00pm in the first round of play. Listen to both tournament games live by logging on to the HawkCast link on the athletics main page.