MACON, GA. – Tyler Moffe continued his scoring prowess with an overall career-best 24 points as The Citadel pulled out a hard-earned 71-67 win at Mercer on Wednesday. The night was also highlighted with Hayden Brown reaching the 700 career rebound milestone, becoming the fourth person ever at The Citadel to meet that threshold.
 
Game Information
Score: The Citadel 71, Mercer 67
Records: The Citadel (12-16, 6-11), Mercer (15-15, 8-9)
Location: Hawkins Arena (Macon, Ga.)
Series: Mercer leads 21-8
Season Series: Tied 1-1
 
Quick Hits

• Tyler Moffe had his third 20-point game in four contests, this time claiming his collegiate career best with 24 points and hitting on 5-of-8 threes. His previous high was 23 during his undergrad days at Mansfield.
• Hayden Brown's second rebound put him at 700 career rebounds, becoming the fourth person at the Citadel to reach the milestone and the third ever to eclipse 1,300 career points and 700 boards.
• With the game tied late, The Citadel came alive down the stretch, including Hayden Brown posting six of the final eight points and the defense holding the Bears without a made field goal in the final three minutes.
• The Bulldogs put behind them a three-game skid and broke out of their shooting slump with  44.8 field goal percentage (26-58).
• Wednesday marked the end of The Citadel's three-game stretch over five days, which started at home versus ETSU Saturday and on the road at Samford Monday.
• Head Coach Duggar Baucom became the third-winningest coach in The Citadel basketball history with 76 career wins, passing Randy Nesbit's 75 wins from 1985-92.

How it Happened

• The Citadel got an early grip on the game thanks to the early scoring of Tyler Moffe and David Maynard, leading 18-10 before Mercer got on a run to bring it within reach at 20-19.
• The Bulldogs regained control, with Moffe sending the team into halftime with a three in the closing seconds to take a 37-30 lead into intermission.
• Though The Citadel scored the opening bucket to start the second to lead by nine, the Bears were resilient, clawing their way back into the game and finally gaining the lead at 50-48 with under 12 minutes remaining.
• Mercer led 58-55 before the Bulldogs strung together a 6-0 run to go back up 61-58. The Bears' last threat was a Shawn Walker Jr. layup to tie the game at 63-63 with three minutes to play. It would be the Bears' last field goal of the contest.
• Hayden Brown, who was held to just eight points by this point, came alive to score six of the Bulldogs' last eight points. He put the team back up with a layup on the ensuing possession, then seized on an empty Bears possession with another layup.
• The Citadel again held Mercer on the next possession, with David Maynard sent to the line to make both his free throws on a one-and-one with 24 seconds remaining.
• The Bears got one free throw to go in on their next trip. On the inbounds, Stephen Clark completed a full-court pass to Brown who dunked it on off the fast break to seal the win.

Inside the Box Score

• Tyler Moffe had his collegiate career best with 24 points, making 5-of-8 threes to match his career best from long range. He topped his previous standard of 23 from his undergrad playing days at Mansfield.
• Hayden Brown nearly had his 27^th career double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. He has totaled 46 rebounds over the last three games, with 18 Saturday against ETSU and 19 Monday at Samford.
• David Maynard connected on 3-of-4 threes to finish second on the team with 17 points, hitting 5-of-7 from the field.
• Jason Roche made a pair of threes in an eight-point night to account for the rest of The Citadel's 3-pointers on the evening.
• Stephen Clark contributed six points to go with seven assists, two blocks, and two rebounds.
• The Bulldogs finished at 44.8 percent shooting (26-58), making 11-of-27 threes and 8-of-14 free throws.
• The defense also stepped up to hold Mercer to just 3-of-15 threes as the home team shot 42.9 percent (24-56) and 16-of-18 on free throws. The Bears did not convert a field goal in the final three minutes, only four free throws.

Rising Through the Ranks!

• Jason Roche moved into a tie for second all-time with 104 made threes with Matt Frierson's 2018-19 total. The all-time record is 114 set by Frierson in 2017-18. Roche's total from behind the arc leads all NCAA Division I among freshmen.
• Hayden Brown upped his rebounding career total to 707 for fourth all-time. Brown now has 1,341 career points for 11^th all-time.
• Stephen Clark's two blocks puts him at 69 blocks in one season, moving him into sole possession of second all-time and passing Kirill Misyuchenko's 1997-98 total of 67. Clark stands fourth with 131 career blocks.  

Up Next
The Citadel will recognize graduating players Hayden Brown, Jerry Higgins III, Robert Guyton, and Tyler Moffe this Saturday at 1 p.m. when the Bulldogs host Furman in their regular season finale.