ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Citadel men's basketball team took ETSU for a 15-7 ride in overtime Friday to post an 84-76 victory in the first round of the SoCon Tournament. The Bulldogs advance to play top-seed Chattanooga in the quarterfinals Saturday at 12 noon.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Records: ETSU (15-17, 7-11), The Citadel (13-17, 6-12)
Location: Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, N.C.)
Series: ETSU leads 49-20
Season Series: Citadel leads 2-1
SoCon Tournament Series: ETSU leads 7-1

Quick Hits

• David Maynard's late pair of free throws sent the game went to overtime tied at 69-69, where The Citadel opened with six straight points and never looked back.
• The Bulldogs advance to the quarterfinals for the second straight year, marking the second time head coach Duggar Baucom has accomplished this feat in seven seasons at The Citadel. Last was 2017/2018.
• The Citadel posted its first-ever postseason win over ETSU in its first SoCon Tournament meeting with the Buccaneers since 2000. The Buccaneers had won the first seven conference tournament meetings. It also marked the first time the Bulldogs posted two wins over ETSU in one season since 1986-87.
• Hayden Brown set a new school record with 28 career double-doubles, finishing with a game-high 27 points and 17 rebounds.
• Tyler Moffe continued his 20-point game prowess, turning in 22 points and making three 3-pointers in a full 45 minutes of action.
• Friday marked The Citadel's first neutral-site overtime win since Nov. 28, 1977, when the Bullodgs beat College of Charleston, 84-82, at the Citadel Invitational Tournament.

How it Happened

• The Bulldogs shot proficiently in the first half, making 17-of-32 in the opening 20 with 8-of-13 threes, to keep a leg up on ETSU.
• The Buccaneers kept pace to make it a seesaw first half until The Citadel closed out the half making 6-of-8 and going on a 7-2 run to take a 46-38 lead at the half.
• Hayden Brown opened the second half on a dunk to give the Bulldogs a ten-point lead before ETSU drew to within four by the first media timeout of the half at 50-46 with 15:58 left.
• The Buccaneers made their first swipe at the lead with a 10-0 run to go up 59-55 with under 10 minutes remaining.
• Stephen Clark offered the Bulldogs a spark when he blocked Jordan King's layup, which Brown gathered off the rebound and flew coast to coast with a go-ahead layup to regain the lead at 64-62 with under five minutes to go.
• ETSU tied the game on its next possession before Jason Roche's third three of the game put the Bulldogs back up 67-64.
• The Buccaneers answered more forcefully with a 5-0 run, capped off by an and-one layup from Mohab Yasser, to lead 69-67 with 14 seconds left.
• The ensuing inbounds saw ETSU's David Sloan foul David Maynard with the Bulldogs in the bonus. Maynard, who at this point missed just one field goal attempt, was perfect on the one-and-one to tie the game up at 69-69.
• The Buccaneers had the last possession, which came up empty as Ty Brewer's 3-point attempt failed to get enough air and hit off the front of the rim to go to overtime.
• The Citadel scored the first six points of the extra session and never looked back. ETSU got within three in the last minute, only for Roche to make the Bulldogs' next four free throws to put them comfortably ahead.
• The Bucs' only answer was a Matt Nunez layup, as Roche and Moffe put the cap on with three more made free throws.

Inside the Box Score

• Hayden Brown's 17 rebounds are fifth-most all-time in one game at The Citadel and second-most ever for a Bulldog in a SoCon Tournament game. His 27 points earned him his 23^rd career 20-point game and 11^th of the season. He shot 11-of-19 from the floor with three dunks and made 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
• Tyler Moffe earned his fifth 20-point game of the year and fourth in the last six games by way of 8-of-16 field goals made with three 3-pointers and four assists. He and ETSU's Jordan King withstood the whole 45 minutes as King posted 11 points.  
• Stephen Clark nearly had a double-double of his own with 10 rebounds and eight assists, along with two blocks.
• Jason Roche finished with 14 points in 43 minutes of play, making three triples and a clutch 5-of-6 from the free throw line to put the game out of reach.
• David Maynard missed just one shot all night as he turned in a 3-of-4 field goal performance and a perfect 4-for-4 touch at the charity stripe for 12 points.
• Brent Davis was clutch off the bench, posting eight points with three rebounds in 20 minutes of play.
• The Citadel shot 53.1 percent in the first half (17-32) on its way to a 45.0 final percentage (27-60). ETSU finished at 42.1 percent (32-76). The Bulldogs capitalized from behind the arc and at the free throw line, making 9-of-23 and 21-of-28, respectively, to the Bucs' 5-of-27 and 7-of-12.
• The Bulldogs made 2-of-5 from the floor in overtime, but a more robust 11-of-14 at the line. ETSU managed 3-of-8 and 1-2, respectively.
• David Sloan finished as ETSU's top scorer with 17 points. The brother tandem of Ty Brewer and Ledarrius Brewer each had 14 points. Ty Brewer fouled out in the closing moments of overtime.

Rising Through the Ranks!

• Hayden Brown passed Mike Groselle (2009-13) on three different career lists. He passed him for first all-time career double-doubles at The Citadel with 28. His 27 points passed Groselle for ninth all-time in career scoring with 1,385 points. Brown jumped two spots for second all-time with 742 career rebounds, first passing former teammate Zane Najdawi's (2015-19) mark of 736 and Groselle's tally of 739 boards.
• Jason Roche pulled in three 3-pointers to bring his season total to 109 for second all-time at The Citadel and the most for a freshman. He is within five of Matt Frierson's 2017-18 record total of 114.
• Stephen Clark's pair of blocks adds to his season total to 75 for second all-time and his career total to 137 for fourth all-time.
• Friday's tournament victory gave head coach Duggar Baucom his fourth career SoCon Tournament win, the most for any head coach at The Citadel.

Up Next
The Citadel takes on first-seed Chattanooga to open the SoCon Quarterfinals round Saturday at 12 noon.