Monday, November 20
Buies Creek, N.C.
4:00 PM
The Citadel
vs
Idaho State
Photo by: Michael Wiser
Basketball Travels to 3-Day Creek Classic
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GAME NOTES
THE GAME(S)
THE GAME(S)
- The Citadel heads to Buies Creek, N.C. for the Creek Classic hosted by Campbell, beginning on Monday, November 20.
- The Bulldogs will play three games in three days, starting with a program history first when they face Idaho State on Monday.
- Play continues with a contest against North Carolina Central as the teams will meet for the third straight season.
- The Citadel wraps up its trip against the host Campbell Camels on Wednesday as the schools will square off for the 10th time ever and the first since the 2018-19 season.
- Every game can be heard live on 102.1-FM/1450-AM in the Charleston area. The voice of the Bulldogs, Brian Giffin, will be on the call.
- Stick around after the game for Head Coach Ed Conroy's live postgame interview.
- A Marcus Pigram layup gave CIT an early 9-8 edge.
- NGU hit a corner three to cut the deficit to two, 15-13, at the 7:56 mark.
- Madison Durr found Pigram for a make from beyond the arc as CIT retook the lead, 23-22.
- This time Pigram found Durr for a 3-pointer as the Bulldogs opened up some separation at 35-25 with 2:41 to go.
- AJ Smith capped off the first half scoring with a layup And-1 as CIT held a 35-28 advantage at the break.
- Winston Hill joined the 3-point barrage to extend the margin to 45-37 four minutes into the second stanza.
- A minute later, Millora-Brown's make from the wing stretched the lead to double digits, 50-39.
- Elijah Morgan's And-1 held the difference at 12 with 12:28 left to go before his triple gave CIT its largest lead of the game at 58-43.
- Keynan Davis' fastbreak reverse layup pushed the advantage to nearly 20, 65-46, with 7:27 remaining as the Bulldogs cruised down the stretch to a 77-59 home win.
- Quentin Millora-Brown recorded a double-double for the Bulldogs with 10 points and 16 rebounds.
- The grad transfer leads the team in rebounding, averaging 9.8 rpg.
- The Bulldogs have outrebounded their opponent in all four contests this season.
- If the Bulldogs win all three games, it would be the first time The Citadel swept a three-game tournament since the Palmetto State Shootout in November 2015.
- If the Bulldogs drop the first two games of the event, it will mark the second time The Citadel dropped a pair of back-to-back contests in a holiday tournament since its own Cobb Dill & Hammett Classic in December of 2021
- Four freshmen have appeared in all four games this season for The Citadel.
- All seven freshmen appeared in Tuesday's win over North Greenville.
- The class has accounted for 62 of the 271 points (22.9%) the Bulldogs have scored so far this season.
- Smith has got off to a fast start for The Citadel as he is the only player to register double-digit scoring efforts in all four games this season, pacing the Bulldogs with a 14.3 ppg average.
- The Bulldogs will enjoy the rest of Thanksgiving weekend before taking the court at McAlister Field House on Tuesday, November 28 versus Charleston Southern.
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