Nine Score In Double Figures as ‘Dogs Roll

Wednesday, December 7

Charleston, S.C.

7 p.m.

The Citadel

7-4

144

Toccoa Falls

4-5

Team	1	2	F
Toccoa Falls College	51	43	94
The Citadel	77	67	144

Nine Score In Double Figures as ‘Dogs Roll

12/7/2016 10:26:00 PM | Basketball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Zane Najdawi and Warren Sledge each posted double-doubles as The Citadel men's basketball team cruised to a 144-94 win over Toccoa Falls on Wednesday evening.

The Citadel (7-4) raced out to an eight-point lead in the first 1:30 as Quayson Williams and Sledge each buried three-pointers and Brian White hit a jumper.

The Bulldogs never took their foot off the gas and after White hit back-to-back three-pointers with four minutes remaining, The Citadel had extended its lead to 58-41. At the halftime break, head coach Duggar Baucom and company held a 77-51 lead thanks to a Preston Parks' three-pointer with one second remaining in the half. The 77 points scored in the first half is second most in program history behind the 83 points the Bulldogs put up against Mid-Atlantic Christian last year.

White opened the second half with back-to-back threes, extending The Citadel's lead to 32 and with 12:23 remaining in the game, Kaelon Harris hit two free throws to make it 100-71. Ezekiel Balogun threw down his fourth dunk of the game with 1:18 remaining and then hit two free throws one minute later to give the Bulldogs the 50-point victory.

The Citadel had 14 finish in the scoring column with nine tallying double digits. Najdawi led the team with 22 points and 10 rebounds while Sledge finished with 18 points, on six-of-10 shooting from behind the arc, and 10 assists. Balogun finished one rebound shy of a double-double, scoring a career-high 15 points in 10 minutes of action. The Bulldogs shot 50 percent from the field for the fourth time this season and finished 35-of-40 from the charity stripe. The Citadel forced the Eagles (4-5) to turn the ball over 28 times as the Bulldogs scored 42 points off the miscues.

The Bulldogs' 144 points is just two shy of the school record they set earlier in the season against Johnson University (Fla.) and the 19 treys is tied for second most in program history.

With the win, the Bulldogs finished 3-1 in the Holy City Hoops Classic. The Citadel now takes a 10-day break before returning to the court on Dec. 17th at Virginia Tech. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. For tickets, visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.

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