Bulldogs End 2024 with Road Trip to UCA & Vandy

12/15/2024 12:00:00 PM

GAME NOTES

COACHES SHOW

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LAST TIME OUT vs CAMPBELL (12.12.24)

The second of Dante Kearse's two first half threes put The Citadel up 14-12 early.
A third opportunity on the offensive glass led to a Campbell 28-23 edge before a pair of free throws gave it the largest lead to that point, 30-23, with 5:32 remaining.
Back-to-back layups by Sola Adebisi cut the margin to three, 34-31, but the Camels answered the Bulldogs' proficient end to the half to hold a six-point advantage.
A Camels' 11-0 run pushed the difference to 15, 47-33, two and change into the second half.
The Bulldogs trimmed the margin to 49-41 but the Camels responded with a three before extending the edge to 16, 58-42, at the 11:49 mark.
A 7-0 Campbell run made it a 77-49 affair with 5:39 to go before the Camels closed out an 86-58 win.

IF THIS, THEN THAT...

If the Bulldogs beat the Commodores, they would defeat Vanderbilt for the first time in program history (0-5).
If The Citadel loses to Central Arkansas, it would fall to .500 for the first time since being 1-1.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

For the Bulldogs, #10 Brody Fox leads the team in scoring with 18.8 ppg and has scored at least 20 points in four of the last six games.
For the Bears, #32 Layne Taylor has had an excellent start to his collegiate career as the freshman leads UCA in scoring at 17.0 ppg.
For the Commodores, #1 Jason Edwards paces the offensive attack with 19.2 ppg on a 48.8% clip from the floor.

SOCON TIES

Central Arkansas first-year bench boss John Shulman served as the head coach at Chattanooga for nine years (2004-13), compiling a 145-146 record, including a 5-1 mark versus Coach Conroy.
First-year Vanderbilt head man Mark Byington spent seven seasons as an assistant at CofC from 2005-12, and went 7-4 as the interim head coach to finish the 2012 campaign.
He moved on to be the head coach at Georgia Southern for seven years, with his first one being the Eagles last as a SoCon member in 2013-14.

A HOMECOMING OF SORTS

Head Coach Ed Conroy returns to Vanderbilt after serving as an associate head coach on Jerry Stackhouse's staff during the 2021-22 season.
Paxton Davidson, a transfer from Nashville based school Lipscomb, grew up in Mt Juliet, Tennessee, about 25 minutes from Vanderbilt's campus.

ITS BEEN A MINUTE

The Bulldogs haven't played the Bears in 16 years (2008), while it's been 56 seasons (1978) since The Citadel has played Vanderbilt.

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