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The Charleston (SC) Cougars (4-4) take on the Rhode Island Rams (5-4) at 2:00 PM ET on Sunday, December 10, 2023. The matchup airs on FloHoops.

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The Rhode Island Rams (5-4) are 9.5-point underdogs against the Charleston (SC) Cougars (4-4) at TD Arena on Sunday, December 10, 2023. The game starts at 2:00 PM ET on FloHoops. The point total in the matchup is set at 150.5.

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Who Will Win Charleston (SC) vs. Rhode Island?

Rhode Island is 0-1 against the spread when an underdog by 9.5 points or more this year.

The two teams average a combined 4.3 fewer points per game, 146.7, than this game’s over/under of 151 points.

Opponents of these teams have averaged a combined 146.4 points per game, 4.6 fewer than the point total in this matchup.

Charleston (SC)’s average point total in outings this season is 148.4, 2.6 points below the total in this game.

The average point total for the Rams this season is 6.3 points fewer than this game’s over/under.

The Cougars have covered the spread twice in eight opportunities this season.

The Rams are 3-4-1 against the spread this season.

Charleston (SC) is being outscored by 3.2 points per game with a -25 scoring differential overall. It puts up 72.6 points per game (237th in college basketball) and allows 75.8 per outing (287th in college basketball).

Charleston (SC) ranks 117th in college basketball at 38 rebounds per game. That’s similar to the 38 its opponents average.

The Cougars connect on 1.1 more threes per game than the opposition, 8.9 (66th in college basketball) compared to their opponents’ 7.8.

Charleston (SC) ranks 269th in college basketball by averaging 90.4 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively is 276th in college basketball, allowing 94.2 points per 100 possessions.

Rhode Island’s +32 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 3.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 74.1 points per game (199th in college basketball) while giving up 70.6 per contest (175th in college basketball).

Rhode Island ranks 54th in the nation at 40.2 rebounds per game. That’s 7.1 more than the 33.1 its opponents average.

Rhode Island knocks down 5.7 three-pointers per game (314th in college basketball) while shooting 35.2% from beyond the arc (103rd in college basketball). It is making 2.7 fewer threes than its opponents, who drain 8.4 per game at 34.7%.

Rhode Island ranks 158th in college basketball with 95.9 points scored per 100 possessions, and 230th defensively with 91.3 points conceded per 100 possessions.

The Cougars scoring leader is Ben Burnham, who averages 11.6 per contest to go with 4.6 rebounds and one assist.

Ante Brzovic is Charleston (SC)’s leading rebounder, grabbing 6.1 per game, while CJ Fulton is its best passer, averaging 3.4 assists in each contest.

Reyne Smith makes more threes per game than any other member of the Cougars, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 2.6 per contest.

Kobe Rodgers is Charleston (SC)’s leader in steals, averaging 1.5 steals per game, while James Scott leads them in blocks with one per contest.

Jaden House averages 14.9 points per game and is the top scorer for the Rams.

The Rhode Island leaders in rebounding and assists are David Fuchs with 6.9 rebounds per game (he also adds 7.2 points and 1.4 assists per game) and Luis Kortright with 3.1 assists per game (he also tacks on 10 points and 3.9 rebounds per game).

Zek Montgomery is the top scorer from the three-point line for the Rams, hitting 1.3 threes per game.

Tyson Brown is at the top of the Rhode Island steals and blocks leaderboards with 1.1 steals per game and one block per game.

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Charleston Animal Society (CAS) on Saturday declared a spirited tabby and a dashing Bernedoodle to be the 2023 winners of its fourth annual Rescue Brew contest.

This year’s competition, which raised more than $82,000 for No Kill South Carolina and to end animal cruelty, showcased not only the charisma of the area’s four-legged friends but also the overwhelming support of the community’s homeless animals, said Joe Elmore, president and CEO of the society.

“This has been a challenging year, and we’d like to say ‘cheers’ to everyone who participated in this life-saving contest,” he said.

The group announced the results at Palmetto Brewing Company with a celebration this afternoon. The two victors— a Bernadoodle dog named Melvin and a tabby named Pickle—were selected through a dollar-per-vote system among a fierce pool of 540 competitors. After stealing the hearts of thousands of voters, Melvin and Pickle are now featured on cans of the latest batch of Rescue Brew, currently available in some local stores.

“Charleston has been a no-kill community since 2013. And we want to spread that throughout our entire state,” said CAS spokesperson Kay Hyman.

She added that as the group approaches its 150-year anniversary, the goal of the project is to prevent homeless animal euthanasia through a variety of programs, such as increasing the intake of pets from other S.C. counties and advocating for owners to spay and neuter.

In its first four annual competitions, the Rescue Brew contest has raised $380,666 for the no-kill initiative.

The new CAS spokespets were key to the contest’s success, organizers said. Melvin, owned by the Lipov family of West Ashley, followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Boomer, a previous winner of the CAS Chili Cook-off contest. He raised $9,017 for the nonprofit. The runners-up in the dog category included Yo-Yo, owned by Shannon Conrad, and Forrest, owned by Liz Oakley.

Meanwhile, Pickle, a spirited 10-month-old tabby cat, raised $2,025 in the contest. Adopted by Lori Sizemore last Christmas from CAS, Pickle’s playful antics, love for water and penchant for carrying a blanket in his mouth stole the show. Other notable cat finalists included Karl, owned by Susan L. Pritchard, and Dennis, owned by Michelle Waters.

The fundraising, however, doesn’t end with the competition. A portion of the sales from each six-pack of Rescue Brew 2023 will go toward No Kill South Carolina, too.

While the event supports an important cause, Hyman said the best part is the fun involved. “Anybody’s pet could be on the cover.”

Sponsors for the 2023 Rescue Brew contest included Palmetto Brewing Company, Charleston City Paper, Southern Crown Partners and WCSC Live 5 News.

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The Nathaniel Russell House is among the grandest historic house museums in downtown Charleston, particularly from an architectural sense: a true neoclassical gem from the Federal period, with differently shaped, imposing rooms, excellent craftsmanship and exquisite detailing. The mansion shows the vast wealth created in this city following the Revolutionary War, when the cultivation of rice and trade, which included enslaved Africans, had reached a peak.

Will people miss it if its doors close?

The Historic Charleston Foundation is finding out.

Following a year of strategic planning, the foundation’s Board of Trustees has decided to divest itself of the Russell House, with protective easements, and use the multimillion-dollar proceeds to: improve its advocacy work regarding development, tourism and sea level rise; strengthen its Common Cause Loan Fund that helps longtime homeowners remain on the peninsula; and improve outreach and preservation at its other house museum, the Aiken Rhett House at 48 Elizabeth St.

Despite that decision, the grand home at 51 Meeting St. is not on the market yet and probably won’t be until later next year.

It was, in the words of foundation CEO Winslow Hastie, “a very, very difficult decision to come to.”

“The questions became, ‘Is our work done there? Do we need another house museum that caters, for the most part, to visitors? Is that advancing the mission of the Historic Charleston Foundation?’” he adds. “I’m not saying it’s outside our mission, but is it pushing it forward in a meaningful way in the face of all these challenges we have?”

Across the United States, many — including leaders of the National Trust for Historic Preservation — have questioned the viability of many of the nation’s 15,000 house museums, which often struggle with dismal budgets, antiquated interpretation and other issues. Arguably, the sale to a private owner might help preserve the home in the sense that fewer people will trod over its floors every day; the foundation stopped letting visitors ascend the curved staircase years ago due to concerns over wear and tear.

In the foundation’s own history, “Preservation for a Living City,” the Nathaniel Russell House takes up all of Chapter 3, which notes how its March 1955 purchase (for $65,000 then, about $750,000 today) gave the fledging preservation organization a museum space, offices and a message to those in the city: It was a group “with means and influence.”

And it’s a photograph of the home’s dramatic curving grand stair, with a grand portrait by famous English artist George Romney, that graces the front of “Charleston! Charleston!” which is one of the city’s best and most thorough histories.

But the foundation’s achievement wasn’t simply acquiring the house but using the influence and generosity of friends and trustees to furnish it with antiques roughly dating from 1750 to 1820, when Mr. Russell lived. “Already the aura of its former owner can be felt in the restored rooms,” a News and Courier writer noted upon its opening more than 60 years ago.

In “Preservation for a Living City,” University of South Carolina historian Robert Weyeneth writes: “As a museum, the Russell House gained an enviable reputation as a Charleston showplace, one of only a handful of historic homes that was open to the public on a year-round basis. A tour of its graciously appointed rooms gave residents and tourists alike a glimpse of life inside a grand mansion. ... Although the Historic Charleston Foundation acquired the Russell House reluctantly under deadline pressure, its acquisition proved extraordinarily fortuitous. ... (It) established a track record for the foundation, providing it a recognizable institutional identity and making it a player in civic affairs.”

There’s no question the house’s sale will affect that identity in important ways. There already are rumblings of concern across the country, particularly in the small world of architectural and colonial historians. Many are questioning whether selling the house would violate not only the foundation’s mission but also the trust, if not the law, governing all the donations, grants and other support that individuals and organizations have provided over the years.

So it will take time for the foundation to prepare the house for sale, as well as cataloguing and finding new, appropriate homes for its collection of artwork and antique furnishings. “We don’t want to be exporting important cultural artifacts outside the city,” Hastie says. “Some things are less sensitive than others. That’s going to be a massive unwinding process.”

And the foundation remains willing to sell to another group intent on operating it as a museum. “If there is an angel organization out there interested in something like that, we’re all ears,” he says. “We’re not hell-bent on this becoming a private residence. We just think that is the most likely outcome.”

The Nathaniel Russell House’s role changed over the decades as it became solely a museum and underwent extensive study and maintenance work. The museum’s interpretive story gradually shifted from a primary focus on Russell’s life to the house’s role as an antebellum domestic complex where blacks and whites lived very different lives. More recent visitors learn not only about Nathaniel Russell but also about Thomas Russell, an enslaved blacksmith who was convicted and executed after the abortive Denmark Vesey slave uprising in 1822.

“This evolving interpretation of the Nathaniel Russell House emphasizes the point that management of historic house museums is a process that changes over time,” Weyeneth writes.

Of course, some changes are far more dramatic than others, and we’ll see what happens next.

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