Cooke has 1,520 points in his career, so he’s already in the club in one way, but he scored 613 points at James Madison. No matter what happens in then next few weeks, Cooke has secured a legacy as the latest in a long line of high-impact transfers during the Archie Miller era.
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Cooke will play his final game at UD Arena on Wednesday when Dayton hosts Virginia Commonwealth.
On Monday, Miller talked about Cooke's career on the coach's show with Larry Hansgen on AM 1290 WHIO.
“It’s always difficult when a guy sits out for a year and then you have to get integrated with some things that have already been going in a certain way,” Miller said. “The one thing we needed when Charles took the floor for the first game was to be aggressive. We needed him to assert himself early. We knew he was talented. We knew he could score. Losing Jordan — not that we needed him to be Jordan because he wasn’t — but we needed a guy that could produce.
“To his credit, he has had about an impactful as a two-year period here as anybody we’ve brought in. Not only has he fit in seamlessly, but his personality on and off the floor has carried him to be one of the better players in the conference. He’s had a really good month of February if you look back at our games. He’s had a much better disposition in terms of being a playmaker. He’s guarded the other teams’ most difficult player for certain stretches. He’s more efficient shooting the ball. So he’s done a great job for us. We would not be able to do any of the things we’ve done the last two years without him.”
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