CHARLESTON, S.C. – Quinton Marshall recorded his first double-double, 17 points and 10 rebounds, both career highs, to guide The Citadel to a 77-67 victory in Southern Conference action on Thursday evening. The win marked the sixth at McAlister Field House this season and is also the second in as many games for the Bulldogs, who climb to 2-2 in league play and 7-8 overall.
 
Marshall capped off the game by hitting 6-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-5 at the free throw line. Defensively he made his presence felt by scaling the glass for five defensive boards and converting two blocks.
 
Leading 60-55 at the 9:22 mark of the second half, Marshall drove past the Samford (7-11, 0-5 SoCon) defense to put The Citadel up seven. However, four points by Marcus Johnson and a timely 3-pointer off the hand of Tyler Hood brought the game to 66-all tie with less than four minutes remaining.
 
It was there that shooting guard Ashton Moore interjected himself into The Citadel offense as he singlehandedly scored seven straight, including a jumper from the left elbow that drew a foul by Brandon Roberts, as the Cadets moved in front 73-67.
 
After a solid defensive effort by The Citadel that resulted in a block by P.J. Horgan and defensive rebound by Marshall, the Raleigh native pushed the lead to eight with a pair of free throws.
 
The Bulldogs completed their ninth all-time victory in the series with Samford with a pair of free throws by Moore with 24 seconds remaining.
 
Marshall was joined among the individual offensive leaders by Moore (20 points) and Horgan (15). That trio, along with nine points off the bench from Jake Wright, provided the Dogs with consecutive league wins for the first time since they collected three straight at the close of the 2013-14 season.
 
Moore topped the 20-point mark for the seventh time this season and 19^th time in his career as he finished 5-of-13 from the floor and was 9-of-9 from the free throw line. He has now made 22 straight free throws dating back to the second half of the Western Carolina game.
 
The Citadel continued its red hot shooting as it hit 25-of-49 (51%) from the floor, knocking down better than 50 percent from the field in each of the last five halves that it has played. The Dogs also managed to hit 7-of-11 (63.6%) from 3-point range and were successful on 20-of-22 (90.9%) attempts at the free throw line.
 
Much of the Cadets' success can be attributed to their 35-23 edge on the boards which included a season high 14 rebounds against NCAA Division I opponents.
 
Samford's offensive production came from the tandem of Darius Jones-Gibson (18 points) and Brandon Roberts (15). Jones-Gibson tied his season-high by virtue of hitting 7-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-6 at the free throw line.
 
Samford finished with a 40-30 edge in points in the paint as it knocked down 27-of-59 (45.8%) from the field. The Citadel held the Bulldogs to 5-of-19 (26.3%) from 3-point range, including just a 2-of-11 (18.2%) performance in the second half.

The Citadel carried over its hot shooting from the previous contest against UNCG as it hit 13-of-26 (50%) from the floor in the opening frame. The Dogs connected on four of those shots from long distance and used an 8-of-9 (88.9%) performance at the free throw line to take a four-point lead into the intermission.
 
Horgan was the key cog in the Cadets' offense with 13 points, as he hit 5-of-8 from the field, to go along with four rebounds and two assists.
 
The Citadel used five points each from Marshall Harris III and Marshall to establish a 14-6 lead at the 15:38 mark, but Samford quickly retaliated with back-to-back buckets by Christen Cunningham to make for a four point contest.
 
The Cadets managed to distance themselves just over three minutes later when Wright connected on a long range 3-pointer on a pass from Sledge, stretching the lead to 23-12.
 
A 13-6 run by the visiting Bulldogs that was highlighted by six points from Jones-Gibson trimmed The Citadel lead to 29-25 with just over six minutes left in the frame.
 
A timely trey by Harris pushed The Citadel's lead back to seven, 32-25, however four unanswered by Evan Taylor helped pull Samford within two with 1:35 remaining.
 
The Citadel returns to action on Saturday afternoon when it heads to Macon, Ga., to take on SoCon newcomer Mercer at 4 p.m. The game is being broadcast as part of the ESPN3 package and can be heard on Fox Radio Sports 1450 with play-by-play announcer Mike Legg making the call for the Bulldogs.