CHARLESTON, S.C. – Kaiden Rice scored 26 points, including knocking down eight 3-pointers, and Lew Stallworth notched his second double-double of the season, as the Bulldogs eclipsed the 100-point mark for the third time this season to defeat High Point, 112-87, in front of the home crowd of McAlister Field House.

The Bulldogs shot at a blistering pace, connecting on 62.3 percent (38-of-61) of their shots from the field, including an impressive 57.5 percent (23-of-40) from beyond the 3-point arc. The Panthers also started off hot, shooting 52.4 percent (22-of-42) from the field in the first half, but cooled off in the second period, ending the game having made 34 of their 81 attempts for the game (42 percent).

Game Information
Location: Charleston, S.C. (McAlister Field House)
Final Score: The Citadel 112, High Point 87
Records: The Citadel 5-2, HPU 3-4
Series: The Citadel leads, 4-3

KEY STATS

• The Citadel won the opening tip and Connor Kern started the game with a 3-pointer off a feed from Stallworth. Kern ended the game with a career-high 17 points, including a career-high five 3-pointers.
• Nearly five minutes into the first half, the 'Dogs had stretched the lead out to 11, 21-10, when Matt Frierson connected on his first 3-pointer of the game. Frierson ended the night with 23 points, including his first 2-pointer of the season, and made seven 3-pointers.
• Similar to Saturday's game at South Florida, the Bulldogs scored their first 21 points off 3-pointers, including Rice converting his first five. Saturday against the Bulls, the Bulldogs scored their first 18 points off treys.
• With 9:13 to go in the opening half, The Citadel went up 18, 39-21, when Rice hit another of his game-high eight treys.
• The Panthers battled back over the next five minutes, pulling to within nine points at 50-41 when Jahaad Proctor hit a 3-pointer, but the Bulldogs stretched things back out to as many as 14 with just over two minutes to play in the opening stanza.
• The Citadel took an eight-point, 61-53 lead into the locker room at halftime after shooting 65.6 percent (21-of-32) from the field.
• The second half was more of the same as the Bulldogs immediately pushed the score back out to double digits when Frierson hit a 3-pointer nearly three minutes into the stanza.
• With 2:01 left in regulation, The Citadel lead was 30, 109-79, when Alex Reed connected on both of his free throw attempts.
• The Panthers failed to convert a single shot from beyond the 3-point arc in the second half, going 0-of-14 in the period and 4-of-28 (14.3 percent) for the game.

NOTABLES

• The Bulldogs are 5-2, a mark last achieved by head coach Duggar Baucom's first team in Charleston, the 2015-16 squad.
• The Bulldogs are now 17-3 under Baucom when scoring 100 points or more, including 3-0 this season.
• The 'Dogs connected on 23 of their 40 3-point attempts Tuesday night. The 23 treys ties the overall program record for 3-pointers made in a game, set earlier this season against Mid-Atlantic Christian (Nov. 12) and sets a new program record for treys made against an NCAA Division I opponent. The previous high against a D-1 opponent was 19, set during the 2016-17 season against UMBC on Dec. 19, 2016.
• The Citadel connected on 62.3 percent of their field goals in the game, marking the 15^th-best shooting percentage in a single game. Against Division I opponents, the 62.3 percent shooting percentage ranks 12^th.
• The Bulldogs scored 63 points in the first half against High Point, marking the 11^th-most points scored by a Bulldog team in the opening half of a game. The 63 points against HPU were also the most ever scored in the first stanza against an NCAA Division I opponent.
• Four of the Bulldogs' starting five netted double-digit points. Four of the starting five players also recorded a block in the game.
• All 13 players available to play Tuesday night saw at action on the court.
• Rice scored a game-high 26 points Tuesday night, marking the fourth time in his career that the sophomore has eclipsed the 20-point mark. The 26 points were just two shy of his career high, set in last season's regular-season finale at Western Carolina (Feb. 25, 2018).
• Rice made a game-high eight 3-pointers, matching his career high set last season in the road game at WCU.
• Rice scored his first 15 points in his first four minutes off the bench.
• With his 23 points scored Tuesday night, Frierson eclipsed the 900-point mark for his career. He now has scored 907 career points.
• Frierson connected on seven 3-pointers Tuesday night, marking the 30^th time in his career he has made at least four treys. He has now made at least one 3-pointer in 45 consecutive games.
• Frierson now has 257 career 3-pointers made, a mark that moved him up into second all time in program history. He needs 38 to tie Bulldog great Zach Urbanus (2007-11) for the program record.
• Stallworth recorded his second double-double of the season, and the third of his career, Tuesday night as he finished his 26 minutes of work with 14 points and 12 assists. The 12 assists were just one off his personal and program record of 13 set earlier this season against Johnson (Fla.) (Nov. 14).
• With his 12 points scored Tuesday night, Zane Najdawi has moved up another spot in The Citadel record book. He now sits 12^th all time with 1,283 career points, just 38 out of the top 10.
• Najdawi ended the game with six rebounds, all off the defensive glass. He now has 358 career defensive rebounds, moving him up to ninth in program history. He also moved up a spot into 12^th with 552 total rebounds for his career.
• Najdawi swatted away three shots Tuesday night, marking the 43^rd time in his career the senior forward has recorded multiple blocks in a game. He is second all time in program history with 154 career blocks.
• With his six made free throws Tuesday against High Point, Najdawi moves up into a three-way tie for sixth in program history for career free throws made with 332. He matches Art Musselman (1956-60) and Cliff Washburn (1998-2002).
• Quayson Williams scored two points Tuesday night, giving him 800 career points.

QUOTABLES FROM COACH DUGGAR BAUCOM
"(That style of play) is what I visualize at night and in the morning, and (the team) carried it out. We moved the ball well like that against South Florida, but we didn't make as many shots then. Tonight (the ball) was just going in. It's all due to the guys, how much they get in the gym. It starts with Matt Frierson, Lew Stallworth and Connor Kern. They really get in the gym, and the other guys follow suit."

COMING UP
The Citadel will play four of their final five games of 2018 at home, including opening the month of December on Saturday against Mercer. The Bulldogs and Bears will tangle in the Southern Conference opener at 1 p.m.

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