Charleston plays like super heroes in blowout win over Fort Campbell

METROPOLIS, Ill. — It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Charleston flying past Fort Campbell in the opening round of the 39th annual City of Metropolis Superman Classic.

The top-seeded and defending tournament champion Bluejays (13-5) put on a Man of Steel-Esque performance in a 114-48 beatdown of the eighth-seeded Falcons (2-10) on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

“We played hard,” said Charleston coach Jamarcus Williams. “I’m loving the continuous focus and effort.”

PJ Farmer and Rico Coleman led the way for Charleston with 28 and 25 points, respectively.

Almareion Williams added 22 and Trey Stanback contributed 12.

The Bluejays will take on fifth-seeded Goreville (14-5) at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20

CHARLESTON 114, FORT CAMPBELL 48

F. Campbell 6 19 14 9 — 48

Charleston 35 22 38 19 — 114

__Fort Campbell (48) —__ Aidan Blaszkowski 14, Anthony 9, Daniel Castro 8, Rice 5, Maurice Moore 4, Dason Tate 3, Stephon Walker 2, John Arnold 2, Laashad Smiley 1.

__Charleston (114) —__ PJ Farmer 28, Rico Coleman 25, Almareion Williams 22, Trey Stanback 12, Rommie Turner 8, Ko’Terrion Owens 6, Zachyran Thomas 6, Bennett Logan 3, Lane Morrow 2, Roy Wiley 2. FG: 52. FT: 7-12. F: 7. (3-pointers: Williams 2, Logan 1. Fouled out: none.)