Coastal Carolina came one win shy of reaching the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) postseason tournament final series for the second time in three seasons.
The Chants were within four points of DePaul in the final minute Wednesday night but couldn’t close the gap and fell 92-87 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
Coastal (17-17) reached the best-of-three final series in 2017 and fell to Wyoming in three games, and defeated Howard and West Virginia in the opening two rounds this season to reach the semifinals.
CCU senior forward Zac Cuthbertson led the Chants with 21 points in his final collegiate game, hitting 7 of 13 shots including 3 of 5 from three-point range, while redshirt freshman point guard DeVante Jones contributed 16 points and seven assists, freshman guard Ebrima Dibba scored 14 and junior guard Tyrell Gumbs-Frater added 13 points.