Saturday, January 6
Charleston, S.C.
1:00 PM
The Citadel
8-7,0-2SoCon
64
vs
80
Samford
13-2,2-0SoCon
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samford | 31 | 49 | 80 |
| The Citadel | 25 | 39 | 64 |
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
SU
Cit
FG%
.516
.471
3FG%
.348
.348
FT%
.750
.800
RB
29
33
TO
10
19
STL
14
3
Game Leaders
Pts
29
FGM
9
3FGM
7
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Photo by: Brian Stone
Morgan Scores Career-High 29, Hits Seven 3-Pointers
1/6/2024 4:18:00 PM | Basketball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel basketball team battled back to trail by just six at the break, but Samford University scored 49 points in the second half to hold off the Bulldogs comeback attempt, 80-64, on Saturday afternoon.
Elijah Morgan scored a career-high 29 points, going 9-of-16 (56.3%) from the floor while tying a career-best with seven 3-pointers (IUPUI 11/25/22) on 14 attempts.
Quentin Millora-Brown added 13 points and seven boards while Madison Durr just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds to go along with four assists.
First Half:
The Citadel hits the road on Wednesday, January 10 as it makes the in-state trip to Furman for a 7 pm tip.
Elijah Morgan scored a career-high 29 points, going 9-of-16 (56.3%) from the floor while tying a career-best with seven 3-pointers (IUPUI 11/25/22) on 14 attempts.
Quentin Millora-Brown added 13 points and seven boards while Madison Durr just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds to go along with four assists.
First Half:
- A driving layup had SAM doubling up CIT 16-8 at the 12-minute mark.
- SAM added a baseline floater to hold a double-digit edge, 27-14, with 3:14 left in the first half.
- The Citadel responded with an 11-4 run to end the half trailing by just six, 31-25, at the intermission.
- SAM opened the second stanza on a 15-2 run, pushing the margin back to 19, 46-27, at the under 16 media timeout.
- Back-to-back makes from beyond the arc by SAM stretched the differential over 20, 52-27, right out of the timeout.
- A Morgan fastbreak three trimmed the deficit to under 20, 52-34, forcing SAM to talk things over before his layup cut it to 14, halfway through the second 20 minutes of play.
- SAM once again answered, this time with a 11-5 spurt to extend the lead back over 20 points, 70-49, forcing a Citadel timeout with 6:28 remaining.
- The Citadel would only get as close as 15, 77-62, with 1:59 to go as they fell to Samford 80-64.
The Citadel hits the road on Wednesday, January 10 as it makes the in-state trip to Furman for a 7 pm tip.
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