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THE GAME
The Citadel plays its second-straight game against a city rival as the Bulldogs welcome the College of Charleston to McAlister Field House on Dec. 3 at 1 p.m.
ON THE RADIO
All games this season can be heard live on 102.1-FM/1450-AM in the Charleston area. The voice of the Bulldogs, Luke Mauro, will be on the call.
SCOUTING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
The Cougars enter the contest with an overall record of 7-1, including capturing the championship at the ESPN Shriners Children's Charleston Classic. Reyne Smith leads three Cougars in double figures at 12.0 points per game. Ryan Larson (11.9) and Dalton Bolon (11.5) are also averaging double figures. Babacar Faye leads the team in rebounding at 6.6 boards per game.
HISTORY WITH COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Saturday's make marks the 98th all-time meeting between the two city rivals, but the first meeting since 2016. It is the first contest inside McAlister Field House since Dec. 5, 2015.
LAST MEETING WITH COFC
The teams last met on the hardwood on Nov. 11, 2016 at TD Arena with the Cougars coming away with an 81-68 victory.
LOWCOUNTRY SWING
The Citadel is playing both Charleston Southern and the College of Charleston in the same season for the first time since the 2012-13 season. The Bulldogs traveled to CSU and then played a pair of Southern Conference games against CofC. It is the first time the Bulldogs will play both teams as non-conference opponents in the same season since 1997-98.
MOST DIVISION I WINS IN NOVEMBER
The Bulldogs closed out the month of November with four wins against Division I opponents, marking the first time in program history that has happened. The previous record was three set in 2009.
TWO NOVEMBER ROAD WINS
For the second-straight season, the Bulldogs have won two true road games in November. The Citadel has road wins over New Orleans and Charleston Southern, along with a neutral site victory over IUPUI. Last season, the Bulldogs defeated Pitt and South Carolina State on the road in November.
FREE THROWS DOWN THE STRETCH
Free throws were the difference in the Bulldogs victory at Charleston Southern. The Citadel went 9-for-9 from the charity stripe in the final 4:51, while CSU hit just 1-of-4 in the final minutes.
FULL 40
Stephen Clark and
Austin Ash put in work in the win over Charleston Southern as the duo each played the full 40 minutes. It marked the first time Clark has played all 40 minutes, while it was the third time for Ash.
BACK-TO-BACK DUO 20 PIECE
The Citadel has had a pair of players score at least 20 points in back-to-back games.
Stephen Clark went for 26 points against IUPUI and Charleston Southern.
Elijah Morgan scored 22 points against IUPUI, while
Austin Ash went for 22 points against CSU. It is the second-straight season it happened, after
Hayden Brown and
Jason Roche went for over 20 points in back-to-back games against Samford and UNCG.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs take a break for final exams before returning to action on Dec. 13 at North Carolina. The game will tip at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
