Basketball on Road at UNCG Wednesday

1/16/2024 2:06:00 PM

GAME NOTES

LAST TIME OUT

Three long balls by WOF's Sivills had the Terriers ahead 13-8 five minutes into play.
A Smith and-1 followed by a Morgan bucket cut the deficit to three, 23-20 halfway through the opening stanza.
WOF responded out of the media timeout, hitting three from beyond the arc to push the margin to double figures, 33-20, forcing CIT to talk things over.
Bulldogs answered with a 6-0 spurt to pull within seven, but a Terriers' triple with 14 seconds left made it a 10-point deficit, 40-30, at the break.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Morgan pulled CIT within two, 47-45, three minutes into play.
Moments later, a Smith corner three capped a 9-0 run to put CIT ahead for the first time since it was 4-3 Bulldogs.
A WOF top of the key three put the Terriers back up six before a Keynan Davis three cut it to 56-53, midway through the half.
A pair of Durr free throws gave CIT a 60-58 edge, which he followed with a turnaround jumper in the paint, 64-61 Bulldogs with 3:33 to go.
The Terriers answered with another 3-ball and a layup to retake the lead, 66-64.
Quentin Millora-Brown's ensuing basket knotted the score at 66-66 but WOF's 14th 3-pointer of the game put them ahead 69-66 before it added a floater to increase the differential to five, 71-66, with 33.9 remaining.
Another pair of makes by Durr from the charity stripe brought the Bulldogs with one, 72-71, with 10 seconds on the clock but the Terriers got the offensive rebound after the first free throw missed to run out the clock.

FROM THE FLOOR

The Bulldogs rank fourth in The SoCon in team field goal percentage in league games at 44.9%.

IF THIS, THEN THAT...

If The Citadel beats UNCG, it would snap a eight-game road skid against the Spartans with the last road win coming on 1/5/2015.
If The Citadel loses, it'd would drop them to 1-20 in the last 21 matchups with the Spartans.

BATTLE OF THE BOARDS

With his 11 boards against Wofford, QMB registered his ninth double-digit rebounding performance of the season.
The grad transfer currently ranks third in conference games in rebounding at 9.8 rpg. and fifth overall at 9.4.

SHORT ROTATION

While nine players saw the floor against the Terriers only six played more than three minutes as 4-of-5 starters played 30-plus minutes.
Freshman Marcus Pigram saw his second-highest minute total of the season, playing 23 on Saturday.

PLAYER TO WATCH

#2 Mikeal Brown-Jones ranks fourth in league play in field goal percentage (53.8%), sixth in rebounding (8.0), and 14th in scoring (14.5 ppg).

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