Today our Big South Basketball Preview continues with the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Coastal finished this past season in 4th place in the South Division with a 9-7 conference mark and 14-15 overall record. The Chanticleers were upset by Liberty on their home court 78-61 in the 1st round of the Big South Tournament.

Losing

Anthony Raffa

Anthony Raffa
6’1″ 180lb G
19.1 points, 3.6 rebounds

Kerre Greenwood
6’2″ 175lb G
12.9 points, 4.1 assists

Charles Ashford
6’1″ 180lb G
2.7 points

Bisi Addey
6’7″ 205lb F
1.4 points

Losing Raffa & Greenwood could be damaging for the Chants.





Returning

Warren Gillis
Jr 6’3″ 200lb G
10.5 points, 4.0 rebounds

Head Coach Cliff Ellis

El Hadji Ndieguene
Sr 6’10” 245lb F
6.1 points, 6.9 rebounds

Michel Enanga
So 6’5″ 210lb F
6.0 points, 6.0 rebounds

Badou Diagne
So 6’7″ 212lb F
5.4 points, 4.3 rebounds

I’m glad I don’t have to pronounce these names.


Incoming
Colton Ray-StCyr
6’5″ 170lb G

Elijah Wilson
6’3″ 180lb G

Outlook
Hard to expect the Chanticleers to improve on their 2012-13 season after losing 2 senior guards the quality of Raffa & Greenwood. Of course, you never know what tricks are up Cliff Ellis’ sleeve.

Previous team previews:
Presbyterian
Winthrop