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Counter scores 12 in Charleston's 69-65 victory against UMass

AP
Nov 21, 2025

SAINT THOMAS, Virgin Islands (AP) Jlynn Counter scored 12 points as Charleston beat Massachusetts Minutemen 69-65 on Friday at the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic.

Counter shot 4 of 5 from the field and 4 for 4 from the free-throw line for the Cougars (3-3). Martin Kalu scored nine points while going 4 of 9 (0 for 3 from 3-point range) and added three steals. Chadlyn Traylor shot 2 of 5 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 6 from the foul line to finish with nine points.

The Minutemen (3-2) were led in scoring by Marcus Banks, who finished with 18 points. Leonardo Bettiol added 14 points, five assists and two steals for UMass. Daniel Hankins-Sanford also put up nine points.

Charleston went into halftime ahead of UMass 29-28. Traylor put up six points in the half. Charleston pulled off the victory after a 9-2 second-half run erased a four-point deficit and gave the Cougars a 60-57 lead with 4:17 left in the half. Counter scored 10 second-half points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
MASS
Minutemen
28
CHAR
Cougars
29

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Charles Outlaw vs. Chadlyn Traylor (Connor Hickman gains possession)
19:40		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
19:38		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
19:27	+3	K'Jei Parker makes three point jump shot (Leonardo Bettiol assists)	3-0
19:10		Connor Hickman turnover (Marcus Banks Jr. steals)
18:56		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:51		Minutemen offensive rebound
18:46	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point layup (K'Jei Parker assists)	5-0
18:20		Martin Kalu misses three point jump shot
18:18		Marcus Banks Jr. defensive rebound
18:03	+2	Leonardo Bettiol makes two point jump shot (K'Jei Parker assists)	7-0
17:46		K'Jei Parker personal foul (Jlynn Counter draws the foul)
17:36		Christian Reeves turnover (Leonardo Bettiol steals)
17:26		Christian Reeves personal foul (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
17:21		K'Jei Parker misses three point jump shot
17:19		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
17:16		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:14		Jlynn Counter defensive rebound
17:02		Jlynn Counter turnover (K'Jei Parker steals)
16:55		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:53		Jlynn Counter defensive rebound
16:35		Martin Kalu misses two point layup
16:33		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
16:26		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive foul
16:26		Daniel Hankins-Sanford turnover (offensive foul)
16:19		Connor Hickman misses two point layup
16:17		Leonardo Bettiol defensive rebound
15:59		Mister Dean personal foul
15:59		TV timeout
15:54		Marcus Banks Jr. turnover (Mister Dean steals)
15:48	+2	Mister Dean makes two point dunk	7-2
15:40		Chol Machot blocks Leonardo Bettiol's two point layup
15:38		Minutemen offensive rebound
15:31	+2	Leonardo Bettiol makes two point jump shot	9-2
15:14		Mister Dean turnover
15:03	+3	Marcus Banks Jr. makes three point jump shot	12-2
14:39	+2	Mister Dean makes two point layup (Jaxon Prunty assists)	12-4
14:22		Leonardo Bettiol offensive foul
14:07		Jlynn Counter turnover (out of bounds)
13:50		Marcus Banks Jr. turnover (lost ball)
13:26	+2	Chadlyn Traylor makes two point jump shot	12-6
13:08		Daniel Hankins-Sanford misses three point jump shot
13:06		Connor Hickman defensive rebound
12:56		Connor Hickman misses two point layup
12:54		Luka Damjanac defensive rebound
12:50		Danny Carbuccia turnover (bad pass)
12:35		Mister Dean misses two point jump shot
12:33		Donovan Brown defensive rebound
12:20		Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:18		Jaxon Prunty defensive rebound
12:10	+3	Connor Hickman makes three point jump shot (Mister Dean assists)	12-9
11:47		Dimitri Clerc offensive foul
11:47		Dimitri Clerc turnover (offensive foul)
11:47		TV timeout
11:18		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
11:16		Danny Carbuccia defensive rebound
11:11	+2	Danny Carbuccia makes two point layup	14-9
10:52	+3	Bryce Baker makes three point jump shot (Jaxon Prunty assists)	14-12
10:28		Dwayne Wimbley Jr. turnover (lost ball)
10:13		Daniel Hankins-Sanford personal foul
9:55	+3	Chadlyn Traylor makes three point jump shot (Bryce Baker assists)	14-15
9:37		Mister Dean shooting foul (Dwayne Wimbley Jr. draws the foul)
9:37	+1	Dwayne Wimbley Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-15
9:37		Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:37		Bryce Baker defensive rebound
9:22		Chadlyn Traylor misses two point jump shot
9:19		Chol Machot personal foul
8:57		K'Jei Parker misses two point jump shot
8:55		Minutemen offensive rebound
8:41	+2	Marcus Banks Jr. makes two point jump shot	17-15
8:19		Kendall Taylor misses three point jump shot
8:17		K'Jei Parker defensive rebound
8:11	+3	Marcus Banks Jr. makes three point jump shot (K'Jei Parker assists)	20-15
7:46		Kendall Taylor misses two point jump shot
7:46		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
7:46		Dimitri Clerc personal foul
7:46		TV timeout
7:35		Kendall Taylor misses two point jump shot
7:33		Minutemen defensive rebound
7:18		Kendall Taylor personal foul
7:16		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:14		Jayden Ndjigue offensive rebound
7:09	+2	Marcus Banks Jr. makes two point jump shot	22-15
6:56		Bryce Baker misses three point jump shot
6:54		Bryce Baker offensive rebound
6:43	+2	Martin Kalu makes two point layup	22-17
6:23	+2	Leonardo Bettiol makes two point layup (K'Jei Parker assists)	24-17
6:04	+2	Christian Reeves makes two point hook shot (Jlynn Counter assists)	24-19
5:51		K'Jei Parker misses three point jump shot
5:49		Kendall Taylor defensive rebound
5:38		K'Jei Parker personal foul (Jlynn Counter draws the foul)
5:38	+1	Jlynn Counter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-20
5:38	+1	Jlynn Counter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-21
5:14		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:11		Luka Damjanac personal foul (Christian Reeves draws the foul)
5:11	+1	Christian Reeves makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-22
5:11	+1	Christian Reeves makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-23
4:53	+2	Luka Damjanac makes two point jump shot (Danny Carbuccia assists)	26-23
4:32		Jaxon Prunty misses three point jump shot
4:30		Luka Damjanac defensive rebound
4:26		Christian Reeves personal foul (Danny Carbuccia draws the foul)
4:16		Luka Damjanac turnover (Martin Kalu steals)
3:50		Luka Damjanac personal foul (Chol Machot draws the foul)
3:50		TV timeout
3:50		Chol Machot misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:50		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
3:27		Chol Machot blocks Leonardo Bettiol's two point layup
3:25		Chol Machot defensive rebound
3:09		Martin Kalu turnover (traveling)
2:54		Chol Machot shooting foul (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
2:54		Leonardo Bettiol misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:54	+1	Leonardo Bettiol makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-23
2:43		Cougars turnover (10-second violation)
2:25		Leonardo Bettiol misses two point layup
2:23		Chadlyn Traylor defensive rebound
2:22		Jayden Ndjigue personal foul (Chadlyn Traylor draws the foul)
2:22	+1	Chadlyn Traylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-24
2:22		Chadlyn Traylor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:22		Leonardo Bettiol personal foul (Will Mortimore draws the foul)
2:22	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-25
2:22	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-26
2:10		Jaxon Prunty personal foul (Marcus Banks Jr. draws the foul)
2:10	+1	Marcus Banks Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-26
2:10		Marcus Banks Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:10		Martin Kalu defensive rebound
1:50		Jlynn Counter misses three point jump shot
1:47		Dwayne Wimbley Jr. personal foul (Will Mortimore draws the foul)
1:47	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-27
1:47	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-28
1:20		Danny Carbuccia misses three point jump shot
1:17		Will Mortimore personal foul (Dimitri Clerc draws the foul)
1:17		Dimitri Clerc misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:17		Jaxon Prunty defensive rebound
1:07		Dimitri Clerc personal foul (Will Mortimore draws the foul)
1:07		Will Mortimore misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:07	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-29
0:51		Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses two point layup
0:49		Martin Kalu defensive rebound
0:25		Connor Hickman misses two point layup
0:23		Charles Outlaw defensive rebound
0:16		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:08		Danny Carbuccia turnover (Martin Kalu steals)
0:01		Martin Kalu misses three point jump shot
0:00		Danny Carbuccia defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MASS
Minutemen
37
CHAR
Cougars
40

Time		Play	Score
19:51		Leonardo Bettiol misses two point layup
19:49		Martin Kalu defensive rebound
19:42	+2	Martin Kalu makes two point layup	28-31
19:22		Marcus Banks Jr. turnover (Kendall Taylor steals)
19:13	+2	Martin Kalu makes two point layup (Connor Hickman assists)	28-33
18:57		K'Jei Parker misses three point jump shot
18:49		Christian Reeves personal foul
18:38		Leonardo Bettiol misses two point layup
18:36		Christian Reeves defensive rebound
18:29	+2	Connor Hickman makes two point layup	28-35
18:26		Minutemen 30 second timeout
18:26		TV timeout
18:10		Martin Kalu personal foul (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
17:56	+3	K'Jei Parker makes three point jump shot (Leonardo Bettiol assists)	31-35
17:37	+2	Christian Reeves makes two point hook shot (Martin Kalu assists)	31-37
17:23	+2	Jayden Ndjigue makes two point jump shot	33-37
17:13		Connor Hickman misses two point layup
17:11		Marcus Banks Jr. defensive rebound
17:05	+2	K'Jei Parker makes two point jump shot	35-37
16:49	+2	Jlynn Counter makes two point layup	35-39
16:38		Daniel Hankins-Sanford turnover
16:24		Jump ball. Connor Hickman vs. Jayden Ndjigue (Connor Hickman gains possession)
16:11		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
16:09		Leonardo Bettiol defensive rebound
16:07		Mister Dean personal foul
15:48		Chol Machot blocks Marcus Banks Jr.'s two point layup
15:46		Chol Machot defensive rebound
15:38		K'Jei Parker personal foul (Chol Machot draws the foul)
15:38		TV timeout
15:32		Martin Kalu misses three point jump shot
15:30		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
15:24		Marcus Banks Jr. misses two point layup
15:22		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
15:17		Chol Machot blocks Daniel Hankins-Sanford's two point layup
15:15		Chadlyn Traylor defensive rebound
15:10		Jaxon Prunty misses three point jump shot
15:08		Leonardo Bettiol defensive rebound
14:46	+2	Danny Carbuccia makes two point layup	37-39
14:23		Marcus Banks Jr. shooting foul (Chol Machot draws the foul)
14:23	+1	Chol Machot makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-40
14:23	+1	Chol Machot makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-41
14:11	+3	Marcus Banks Jr. makes three point jump shot (Leonardo Bettiol assists)	40-41
13:56		Danny Carbuccia personal foul (Chadlyn Traylor draws the foul)
13:45		Daniel Hankins-Sanford personal foul (Jaxon Prunty draws the foul)
13:45		Marcus Banks Jr. personal foul (Chol Machot draws the foul)
13:37	+2	Mister Dean makes two point layup (Chadlyn Traylor assists)	40-43
13:23		Danny Carbuccia turnover (traveling)
13:07	+2	Mister Dean makes two point layup	40-45
12:53	+3	Jayden Ndjigue makes three point jump shot (Leonardo Bettiol assists)	43-45
12:29		Chadlyn Traylor misses three point jump shot
12:27		Marcus Banks Jr. defensive rebound
12:19	+2	Leonardo Bettiol makes two point hook shot	45-45
11:47		Chadlyn Traylor misses three point jump shot
11:45		Danny Carbuccia defensive rebound
11:36		TV timeout
11:29	+2	Marcus Banks Jr. makes two point jump shot	47-45
11:14		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
11:12		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
11:00	+2	Leonardo Bettiol makes two point layup	49-45
10:48	+2	Jlynn Counter makes two point layup	49-47
10:28		Christian Reeves personal foul (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
10:17		Jayden Ndjigue misses three point jump shot
10:15		Bryce Baker defensive rebound
10:03	+2	Jlynn Counter makes two point layup	49-49
9:40		Leonardo Bettiol misses two point layup
9:38		Will Mortimore defensive rebound
9:32		Mister Dean turnover (Danny Carbuccia steals)
9:29		Official timeout
9:12		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:10		Minutemen offensive rebound
9:01		Isaiah Placide misses three point jump shot
8:59		Jlynn Counter defensive rebound
8:58		Martin Kalu personal foul
8:43	+2	Isaiah Placide makes two point jump shot (Danny Carbuccia assists)	51-49
8:24		Danny Carbuccia personal foul (Jlynn Counter draws the foul)
8:07		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
8:04		Luka Damjanac personal foul (Will Mortimore draws the foul)
8:04		TV timeout
8:04	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-50
8:04	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-51
7:48		Connor Hickman personal foul (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
7:35	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point jump shot (Danny Carbuccia assists)	53-51
7:06		Connor Hickman turnover (Leonardo Bettiol steals)
6:58	+2	Danny Carbuccia makes two point layup (Leonardo Bettiol assists)	55-51
6:54		Cougars 30 second timeout
6:33		Leonardo Bettiol shooting foul (Connor Hickman draws the foul)
6:33	+1	Connor Hickman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-52
6:33	+1	Connor Hickman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-53
6:19		Leonardo Bettiol turnover (Martin Kalu steals)
6:03	+2	Connor Hickman makes two point layup	55-55
5:49	+2	Leonardo Bettiol makes two point layup (Isaiah Placide assists)	57-55
5:38	+2	Jaxon Prunty makes two point layup	57-57
5:38		Isaiah Placide shooting foul (Jaxon Prunty draws the foul)
5:38	+1	Jaxon Prunty makes regular free throw 1 of 1	57-58
5:19		Marcus Banks Jr. turnover (lost ball)
4:55		Martin Kalu misses two point layup
4:53		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
4:35		Chol Machot blocks Leonardo Bettiol's two point jump shot
4:33		Chol Machot defensive rebound
4:17		Jayden Ndjigue personal foul (Chadlyn Traylor draws the foul)
4:17	+1	Chadlyn Traylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-59
4:17	+1	Chadlyn Traylor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-60
4:04		Martin Kalu personal foul (Marcus Banks Jr. draws the foul)
4:04	+1	Marcus Banks Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-60
4:04	+1	Marcus Banks Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-60
3:40		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
3:38		Cougars offensive rebound
3:37		TV timeout
3:36		Jayden Ndjigue shooting foul (Jlynn Counter draws the foul)
3:36	+1	Jlynn Counter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-61
3:36	+1	Jlynn Counter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-62
3:22		Chol Machot personal foul (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
3:22		Leonardo Bettiol misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:22		Jayden Ndjigue offensive rebound
3:20		Jayden Ndjigue turnover (traveling)
3:11	+2	Jlynn Counter makes two point layup	59-64
3:03		Minutemen 60 second timeout
2:51		Marcus Banks Jr. misses two point jump shot
2:48		Jaxon Prunty personal foul (Daniel Hankins-Sanford draws the foul)
2:48		Daniel Hankins-Sanford misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:48		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
2:43	+3	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes three point jump shot (Marcus Banks Jr. assists)	62-64
2:08		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
2:06		Martin Kalu offensive rebound
1:49	+2	Martin Kalu makes two point layup	62-66
1:49		Leonardo Bettiol shooting foul (Martin Kalu draws the foul)
1:49	+1	Martin Kalu makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-67
1:36		Daniel Hankins-Sanford misses three point jump shot
1:34		Will Mortimore defensive rebound
1:02		Connor Hickman misses three point jump shot
1:00		Minutemen defensive rebound
0:46		Official timeout
0:46		Will Mortimore flagrant 1 (Leonardo Bettiol draws the foul)
0:46	+1	Leonardo Bettiol makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	63-67
0:46		Leonardo Bettiol misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:42		Marcus Banks Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:40		Will Mortimore defensive rebound
0:36		Leonardo Bettiol personal foul (Will Mortimore draws the foul)
0:36	+1	Will Mortimore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-68
0:36		Will Mortimore misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:36		Marcus Banks Jr. defensive rebound
0:29	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point layup (Marcus Banks Jr. assists)	65-68
0:27		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:19		Cougars 60 second timeout
0:13		Daniel Hankins-Sanford personal foul (Chadlyn Traylor draws the foul)
0:13		Chadlyn Traylor misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:13	+1	Chadlyn Traylor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-69
0:06		Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:04		Minutemen offensive rebound
0:03		Cougars 30 second timeout
0:02		Danny Carbuccia turnover (bad pass)
0:00		End of period

Danny Carbuccia turnover (bad pass)