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With 2:30 left in the Southern Conference semifinals, College of Charleston’s Tony White, Jr. came out of the game, sat at the end of the bench and buried his head in his hands.

To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement.

White didn’t look up at all as the Appalachian State Mountaineers cruised to a 77-54 victory over the College at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Sunday night.

With the loss, the Cougars ended their season at 21-11 while Buzz Peterson’s 22-11 Mountaineers will go on to face the Wofford Terriers in the tournament championship on Monday.

After scoring 96 points in the win against Chattanooga the day before, Charleston could not put the points on the board. The team shot 26 percent from behind the arc and 28 percent overall while ASU dominated in nearly all statistics.

“We were outplayed. We were outcoached. We’re very disappointed we didn’t make it a great game,” coach Bobby Cremins said.

White finished with 6 points in what may have been his final game at the College. The senior point guard was Cremins’ first recruit four years ago.

It was also four years ago when the College beat Appalachian in the tournament semifinals. Then it was White walking away with the win, and an ASU freshman named Kellen Brand, who walked away with the loss. This time it was a much different story.

Brand led all scorers with 37 points, including 5-for-6 from behind the arc. He was three points shy of cracking into the top-10 for conference tournament scoring in a single game.

From five minutes into the game, everything went App State’s way. The Mountaineers went on a 16-5 run to take control of the game. They eventually stretched it out to a 16-point lead at the half with a 40-24 score.

“I feel like early on, we couldn’t get in the rhythm. They were coming out, scoring, making big plays,” White said. “I guess they did play our game pretty much as far as perimeter oriented. We knew coming in. It just wasn’t our thing.”

By halftime, ASU had outscored CofC in the paint 18-6 and outrebounded them 22-15.

It wasn’t the night for Andrew Goudelock either. Charleston’s premier guard and second leading scorer in the conference was held to 6-for-21 shooting as he finished with 19 points.

“I missed some shots. He played very well,” Goudelock said, referring to ASU’s Brand, who was also guarding him the entire game. “I didn’t play like myself, all game, in the past few weeks actually. He played well, but I missed a lot of shots I should have made, close and long. It was just an off night.”