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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel men's basketball team earned its second straight win on Tuesday evening, downing Truett McConnell 119-90 inside McAlister Field House. The victory also marked the 200th career win for head coach Duggar Baucom.
 
Senior Warren Sledge opened the game with a three-pointer and then Leandro Allende and Preston Parks followed with threes of their own to give the Bulldogs (2-1) a 9-3 lead.
 
The Citadel continued to widen the gap, knocking down four three-pointers in the first six minutes of the game, and taking a 33-21 lead into the under eight media timeout thanks to an and-one by Kaelon Harris.
 
Truett McConnell (3-4) continued to try and chip away at the Bulldogs' lead but Zane Najdawi kept the momentum in the 'Dogs favor after pulling down a rebound and then making a tough putback to give the The Citadel a 38-24 lead. Quayson Williams followed the bucket with his second three-pointer of the game to put the Bulldogs up by 17 with six minutes remaining in the first half.
 
With a 53-45 advantage at the start of the second half, the Bulldogs scored five points in the first 10 seconds thanks to a three-pointer by Williams and a difficult layup by Frankie Johnson to extend their lead to 13.  
 
The Bulldogs continued to turn up the pressure on defense as the game wore on, forcing the Bears to turn the ball over 30 times and scoring 17 points off of turnovers.
 
With 6:48 remaining in the game, Sledge hit a three-pointer to push the 'Dogs lead to 90-74 and the Bears would not get closer than 16 points for the rest of the game.
 
Five Bulldogs scored in double-figures as The Citadel nailed 15 three-pointers in the game. Williams finished the game with 26 points to lead all scorers, sinking seven treys. Johnson finished with 17, Sledge poured in 15, Brian White came off the bench to score 13 and Allende chipped in 12.  
 
The Bulldogs will now hit the road for a three-game road swing starting on Friday at Stetson. Tip for the game is set for 7 p.m. from Deland, Florida.  
 
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