The Citadel Athletics

Basketball Battles Third-Place Mocs on Saturday

1/26/2024 3:15:00 PM

GAME NOTES

LAST TIME OUT

A MER fast-break layup put the Bears up six, 17-11, forcing a CIT timeout at the 8:11 mark.
Smith's layup with 3:22 left until halftime kept the Bulldogs within five, 26-21, but the Bears closed the half on a 9-0 run to lead 35-21 at the intermission.
A MER three-point play held the margin at 16, 43-27, four minutes into the second half.
Davis' make from beyond the arc pulled CIT within single digits, 49-41, but a MER floater extended the edge back to double digits, 53-41.
QMB dished to Durr, whose layup cut the deficit to seven, 53-46, at the under-eight timeout.
The Bears hit a timely three at the 5:40 mark to nudge the lead back to double-digits, 60-49.
Smith's three trimmed it to six, 62-56, before Durr's bucket and-1 made it a two-point affair, 66-64, with 1:22 to go.
After a MER miss on the ensuing possession, Smith found Morgan for a wing 3-pointer to give CIT a 67-66 lead with 42 seconds remaining.
On the following possession, the Bears had a couple of second chance opportunities go awry as QMB secured the rebound and made 1-of-2 from the line, 68-66 Bulldogs, with :02 seconds left.
MER advanced the ball with a timeout and got a good look from the near wing, but it missed long off the back iron as CIT held on 68-66.

DURR-TASTIC

Madison Durr has registered double-digit point efforts in all seven SoCon games.
The SoCon All-Freshman team member from a season ago currently is also T-10 in rebounding (6.0 rpg) and T-14th in scoring (13.9 ppg) in league play.

IF THIS, THEN THAT...

With a win, The Citadel would snap a 10-game losing streak at Chattanooga.
With a loss, the Bulldogs would fall to 5-20 against the Mocs in the last 25 contests.

E FROM THREE!

Elijah Morgan sits a top The SoCon in 3-point field goal percentage at 43.3% (58-of-134).
That 43.3% mark is good for a tie for 18th in all of Division I.
The guard has also scored at least 15 points in 6-of-7 conference games, averaging 18.3 ppg, good for sixth in league play.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE

Quentin Millora-Brown registered his ninth double-double of the season and second straight on Wednesday, filling the stat sheet with 11 points, 13 rebounds, five steals, and two blocks.
His 9.5 rpg average in SoCon play is good for fourth in the conference and 34th nationally.

PLAYER TO WATCH

#2, Senior guard and University of Florida transfer Trey Bonham ranks first in league play in 3-point percentage (55.3%), third in field goal percentage (59.8%), and fifth in scoring (18.7 ppg).

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