http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/players/anthony_raffa/66011 Recent articles about Anthony Raffa en-us Anthony Raffa scored 18 points to help Coastal Carolina thump Winthrop 73-54 Wednesday night. Warren Gillis and Kierre Greenwod tallied 16 points apiece for Coastal Carolina. Gillis also posted 10 rebounds to help the Chanticleers collect a 45-29 rebounding edge. Coastal Carolina forced Winthrop (12-16, 5-10) into four turnovers over the first 5 minutes en route to a 9-1 lead. Winthrop closed the gap to four, 12-8, but Coastal Carolina responded with a 12-2 run to pull away. The Chanticleers (14-13, 9-6), who fell to Winthrop 61-48 on Jan. 30, led 41-24 at halftime and stretched that advantage to as many as 22, 61-39, in the second half. Coastal Carolina, which entered ranked second in the Big South Conference in steals per game with 8.8, managed nine in the win. Joab Jerome scored 16 for Winthrop, which converted just 4 of 20 3-pointerss and 12 of 22 free throws. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:24:37 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_73_winthrop_54/13013608 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_73_winthrop_54/13013608 Coastal Carolina 73, Winthrop 54 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_73_winthrop_54/13013608 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/a/ca68118c483807a0721abad09b047b5710b39a1f/mini/5731188.jpg Anthony Raffa scored 21 points as Coastal Carolina defeated Virginia Military Institute 72-49 Saturday, snapping the Keydets' five-game winning streak. The Chanticleers (8-8, 3-2 Big South Conference) took control with a 12-2 run midway through the second half to lead 56-42 with 4:13 remaining. Warren Gillis, who finished with 12 points, had two baskets, including a 3-pointer, during the run. Coastal Carolina closed the game by scoring 12 of the final 15 points. The Keydets (9-8, 4-1), who had been averaging 82.6 points per game, were held to their lowest total since Jan. 23, 2008, an 85-41 loss to Winthrop. Rodney Glasgow and Stan Okoye had 16 points apiece for VMI. Okoye also had 12 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season, but he made just 6 of 21 shots. The Keydets shot 30.4 percent (17 of 56). Okoye moved into fourth on VMI's career rebounding list with 827. Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:00:48 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_72_vmi_49/12701974 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_72_vmi_49/12701974 Coastal Carolina 72, VMI 49 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_72_vmi_49/12701974 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Florida International won for the first time under coach Richard Pitino with an 87-77 victory over Coastal Carolina on Saturday. The Golden Panthers (1-2) were led by Malik Smith with 21 points, which included 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and Tymell Murphy with 15 points. Joey de la Rosa and Juan Ferrales scored 10 each. Anthony Raffa scored 34 points for the Chanticleers (2-3), hitting 12 of 23 shots from the field, Warren Gillis had 12, and El Hadji Ndieguene had 10 points and nine rebounds. Florida International led 37-31 at the half and extended it to 50-35 just 3 minutes in on Tola Akomolafe's 3-pointer, and Coastal Carolina never got closer than seven points. Florida International outshot Coastal Carolina 60.9 percent (14 of 23) to 46.2 percent (18 of 39) from the field in the second half and made 10 more free throws to secure the victory. Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:33:36 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/fiu_87_coastal_carolina_77/12286627 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/fiu_87_coastal_carolina_77/12286627 FIU 87, Coastal Carolina 77 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/fiu_87_coastal_carolina_77/12286627 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 14 points in the opening 9:40 of the game to reach 1,000 in his career at Coastal Carolina, and he ended the night with a game-high 26 points to lead the Chanticleers to a 96-40 win over Johnson & Wales (N.C) on Tuesday. He became the 17th player in school history to reach 1,000 points (in three seasons) with a free throw at the 10:20 mark. El Hadji Ndieguene added a season-high 16 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds, and Charles Ashford also scored 16. It was the third time in four games Raffa has scored more than 20 points for Coastal Carolina, which is 2-2 after back-to-back losses at Mississippi and Tennessee Tech. Kindrick Anderson led Johnson & Wales (1-9) with nine points. Coastal Carolina forced Johnson & Wales into 25 turnovers and held them to 24.1 percent shooting (14 for 58). Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:36:43 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/coastal_carolina_tops_johnson_wales_nc_96_40/12263584 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/coastal_carolina_tops_johnson_wales_nc_96_40/12263584 Coastal Carolina tops Johnson & Wales (NC) 96-40 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/coastal_carolina_tops_johnson_wales_nc_96_40/12263584 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 26 points to lead Coastal Carolina to an 81-64 win over Virginia Military Institute Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Chanticleers (19-10, 12-6 Big South Conference), who snapped a two-game losing streak, shot 52.6 percent (30 of 52) from the field. Raffa hit four of Coastal Carolina's six 3-pointers. VMI made only 27.8 percent (20 of 72) of its shots, but played well defensively. The Keydets (14-15, 8-10) had eight steals and scored 18 points off 17 Coastal Carolina turnovers. There were eight lead changes and seven ties in the first half before the Chanticleers broke open the game. Coastal Carolina led 58-53 with 9:33 to play and went on a 9-2 run to grab a 67-55 lead with 7:15 remaining. The Chanticleers kept the lead in double digits the rest of the way. Stan Okoye had 22 points and 11 rebounds for VMI. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:19:07 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_81_vmi_64/10115854 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_81_vmi_64/10115854 Coastal Carolina 81, VMI 64 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_81_vmi_64/10115854 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png CONWAY, SC – Anthony Raffa’s 20 points, including a desperation three-pointer late in the game, led Coastal Carolina to a 74-69 win over UNC Asheville Tuesday night at Kimbel Arena. Raffa started his heroic run on the defensive end when he made a clean steal from Asheville‘s top scorer Matt Dickey, who finished with 19 points. Raffa completed the play with a 3-pointer from the left corner that put CCU up 65-56 with 3:21 to play. “My adrenaline was pumping,” said Raffa, the team’s leading scorer on the year with a 16.6 point average. “He stole the ball from me earlier so I really wanted to get him back.” He closed out the night by making four free throws in the last 20 seconds. “He plays all out and he plays with passion,” said CCU head coach Cliff Ellis “It showed tonight.” The loss snapped Asheville’s (19-8, 14-2 BSC) ten-game road winning streak in league play dating back to last season. Matt Dickey's 19 points moved him into a tie for third-place on Asheville's all-time s Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:42:51 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/unc_asheville_drops_road_game_to_chanticleers/9936685 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/unc_asheville_drops_road_game_to_chanticleers/9936685 UNC Asheville Drops Road Game to Chanticleers http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/unc_asheville_drops_road_game_to_chanticleers/9936685 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored a career-high 32 points as Coastal Carolina rolled over Gardner-Webb 70-56 Saturday night. The junior guard, whose previous high was 28 points, scored 24 in the second half, including six baskets in a row during a 14-4 run by the Chanticleers (16-5, 9-2 Big South Conference) that gave them a 44-38 lead with 10:20 remaining. After trailing 28-24 at halftime, Coastal Carolina made 50 percent of its second-half shots (16 of 32) to 26.5 percent (9 of 34) for the Runnin' Bulldogs. Gardner-Webb made just one field goal in the final 6:51, and that came with 24 seconds left and the Chanticleers leading 70-53. Until this one, all of the Runnin' Bulldogs Big South games had been decided by six points or fewer. Chris Gradnigo added 15 points for Coastal Carolina and Kierre Greenwood had 10 assists. Tashan Newsome led Gardner-Webb with 13 points and 15 rebounds. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:54:05 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_70_gardner_webb_56/9652378 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_70_gardner_webb_56/9652378 Coastal Carolina 70, Gardner-Webb 56 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_70_gardner_webb_56/9652378 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 19 points, surpassing 1,000 for his career, and made two free throws to seal the win as Coastal Carolina held off Presbyterian 52-49 Thursday night. The Chanticleers (15-5, 8-2 Big South Conference) led 34-22 with 15:30 remaining, but the Blue Hose closed to 50-49 with 21 seconds left after eight straight points by Khalid Mutakabbir, who finished with 23. Raffa, who was 10 of 11 from the line, hit two foul shots with 16 seconds left and Pierre Miller's 3-point attempt missed as time expired, sending Presbyterian (8-12, 2-8) to its sixth straight loss. Raffa, a junior who played his freshman year at Albany (N.Y.), came in needing only one point to reach 1,000. Coastal Carolina, which ranked third in the country in field-goal percentage (50.5), shot 43.2 percent (19 of 44), but had a 35-25 rebounding margin to exceed its average (+8.9, sixth in the NCAA). Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:19:44 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_52_presbyterian_49/9611879 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_52_presbyterian_49/9611879 Coastal Carolina 52, Presbyterian 49 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_52_presbyterian_49/9611879 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa had 28 points to pace four double-figure scorers for Coastal Carolina in an easy 82-62 win over Radford on Saturday. Kierre Greenwood added 17 points, Chris Gradnigo 13 and Sam McLaurin 10 for the Chanticleers (14-5, 7-2 Big South Conference). Coastal Carolina has won four of its last five games. The Highlanders led 12-6 midway about seven minutes into the game, but a Jon Pack layup and a Gradnigo dunk started a 23-6 Coastal Carolina run and the Chanticleers cruised the rest of the way. They led by 18 points at the break and outscored Radford 41-39 in the second half to seal it. Daniel Mitchell scored 21 points to lead the Highlanders (4-18, 1-9), who have won just once in their last 17 games after starting the season with three victories in four tries. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:06:10 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/coastal_carolina_82_radford_62/9499769 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/coastal_carolina_82_radford_62/9499769 Coastal Carolina 82, Radford 62 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/coastal_carolina_82_radford_62/9499769 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 23 points and Kierre Greenwood's 3-pointer put Coastal Carolina ahead to stay in overtime of an 80-77 victory over Charleston Southern on Saturday night. Greenwood, who scored 16 points for the Chanticleers (11-4, 4-1 Big South Conference), hit his go-ahead shot with 24 seconds left. Raffa, who cut a 77-74 Charleston Southern lead to one point with 1:47 left, added a free throw with 9 seconds remaining for the final margin. Coastal Carolina led 69-63 with 1:01 left in regulation, but the Buccaneers (10-6, 4-2) rallied with two free throws and a layup by Mathiang Muo and a 3-pointer by Arlon Harper with 4 seconds left. Harper finished with 22 points and Muo 20 for Charleston Southern. The Buccaneers led 26-17 in the first half but Coastal Carolina cut the margin to 26-25 at halftime. There were 13 ties and 16 lead changes in the game. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:26:42 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_80_charleston_southern_77/9199123 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_80_charleston_southern_77/9199123 Coastal Carolina 80, Charleston Southern 77 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_80_charleston_southern_77/9199123 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 26 points and Coastal Carolina broke open a tight game in the second half to trounce Lynchburg College 86-61 Friday night. The Chanticleers (9-1), playing their first game after a 10-day layoff, led 45-40 at intermission. But they dominated the Division III Hornets (7-4) in the second half, outscoring them 41-21. Raffa and Chris Gradnigo (18 points, nine rebounds) combined for the Chanticleers' first 15 points and 20 of their first 21. They led by as many as 15 points, but a Lynchburg surge late in the first half and poor foul shooting by Coastal Carolina kept it close at halftime. The Chanticleers hit 6 of 15 from the line. With Michael Wims scoring 12 of his 16 points, Lynchburg trailed by five at halftime. But the taller Chanticleers dominated thereafter. They shot 55.9 percent from the floor in the second half, making 17 of 30 shots. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:33:56 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_86_lynchburg_61/8783191 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_86_lynchburg_61/8783191 Coastal Carolina 86, Lynchburg 61 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_86_lynchburg_61/8783191 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 28 points and tallied five steals to lead Coastal Carolina over The Citadel 80-58 on Tuesday night. Raffa was 13 of 19 from the field as the Chanticleers (8-1) shot 56.7 percent as a team (34 of 60). Chris Gradnigo added 12 points and Kierre Greenwood 10 for Coastal Carolina, which won its third straight. The Chanticleers outrebounded The Citadel 37-28, leading to 12 second-chance points compared to just four by the Bulldogs (2-6). The Chanticleers also outscored the Bulldogs 42-18 in the paint. Coastal led 14-11 before blowing it open on a 21-3 run. Dexter Moore's 3 capped the spurt for a 35-14 Chanticleers' lead with 6:53 to play in the first half. Barry Smith led the Bulldogs with 15 points and DeVontae Wright added 10. The Citadel shot 37.7 percent from the field (20 of 53) in its fourth straight loss. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:46:34 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_80_the_citadel_58/8563705 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_80_the_citadel_58/8563705 Coastal Carolina 80, The Citadel 58 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_80_the_citadel_58/8563705 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Anthony Raffa scored 23 points Thursday night as Coastal Carolina defeated Virginia Military Institute 87-78 in the teams' Big South Conference opener. Raffa was one of four Chanticleers in double figures as Coastal Carolina (6-1) got off to a good start. He got all-around help from forward Chris Gradnigo, who had 22 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two blocked shots. Raffa shot 8 for 13 from the field, 7 of 8 on free throws. Chanticleer forward Sam McLaurin also had a superb game. He scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds, seven on the offensive glass. Teammate Brandon Crawford came off the bench to score 11. Stan Okoye led VMI (3-3) with 25 points. He sank 3 of 4 shots from 3-point range. Keith Gabriel added 16 for the Keydets. Coastal Carolina shot 53.1 percent (34 of 64) despite going 0 for 9 on 3-pointers. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:43:16 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_87_vmi_78/8457439 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_87_vmi_78/8457439 Coastal Carolina 87, VMI 78 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_87_vmi_78/8457439 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Jeremy Allen scored 19 points, hitting the game-winner at the buzzer, as Florida International knocked off previously unbeaten Coastal Carolina 64-62 Saturday night. The Panthers (2-3), who led by as many as nine in the first half, tied the game at 62 on a layup by Dominique Ferguson with 41 seconds left. The Chanticleers (5-1) called two timeouts to set up for Anthony Raffa, who missed a jumper with 7 seconds to play and FIU's Tola Akomolafe rebounded. Coastal Carolina, coming off a 60-59 win at Clemson and an earlier victory over LSU, opened the second half with a 14-3 run to lead 42-36 with 16:38 to go. The Chanticleers maintained the lead until Akomolafe's tip-in put the Panthers ahead 55-53 with 6:09 to go. Coastal Carolina went up 60-58 on a layup by Chris Gradnigo, who finished with 15 points, then made only 2 of 4 from the line. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:48:08 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/fiu_64_coastal_carolina_62/8344651 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/fiu_64_coastal_carolina_62/8344651 FIU 64, Coastal Carolina 62 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/fiu_64_coastal_carolina_62/8344651 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Chris Gradnigo tipped in his own miss as the buzzer sounded to push unbeaten Coastal Carolina past Clemson 60-59 on Tuesday night. The Tigers forced a Gradnigo miss with 8 seconds remaining, but guard Anthony Raffa swooped into the lane to grab the offensive rebound and give the Chanticleers (5-0) another chance. After a pair of timeouts, Gradnigo missed a leaning jumper from the foul line. But his defender, Bryan Narcisse, fell down backward on the shot, leaving a clear path for Grandigo to get the two-handed tip and finish off the Chanticleers' rally from a 10-point deficit. Gradnigo finished with 21 points, 15 coming in the second half. Andre Young had 20 points for the Tigers (2-2), who suffered their second straight defeat to an in-state, mid-major after falling 72-69 at College of Charleston on Saturday. Clemson shot 40.3 percent (23 of 57) and didn't have another scorer in double figures, yet the Tigers held a four-point lead with 1:41 left on Tanner Smith's 3-pointer from the right co Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:18:16 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_60_clemson_59/8275858 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/coastal_carolina_60_clemson_59/8275858 Coastal Carolina 60, Clemson 59 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/coastal_carolina_60_clemson_59/8275858 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png