First place at stake when CofC travels to The Citadel
1/7/2010 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
First place in the Southern Conference's South Division is on the line when the College of Charleston travels to arch-rival The Citadel for a 7:05 p.m. tipoff on Saturday at McAlister Field House. Charleston enters the game with an 8-6 overall record and a 3-0 league mark. The Citadel is 8-7 and 2-1.
The Cougars lead the all-time series 46-39, but dropped a pair of decisions to the Bulldogs last season including a 72-63 setback at McAlister Field House on Jan. 24. The lost snapped the Cougars' 13-game winning streak over The Citadel. It was The Citadel's first victory at home over the Cougars since its 60-58 win on Feb. 4, 2001.
Both teams are coming off impressive wins this week. Charleston knocked off 9th-ranked North Carolina, 82-79 in overtime, at Carolina First Arena on Monday. Andrew Goudelock, the league's player of the week, led the Cougars with 24 points, including a dramatic 28-foot, 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left that sent the game into overtime. Cameron Wells scored 21 points and The Citadel held off Appalachian State in the second half to take a 62-58 victory on Wednesday night in Boone, N.C.
College of Charleston (8-6, 3-0 SoCon) at The Citadel (8-7, 2-1)
Date: Jan. 9, 2010
Time: 7:05
Arena: McAlister Field House (6,000)
Television: None
Radio: 910-AM WTMZ/CofCSports.com
Announcers: Tony Ciuffo (pbp), Everett German (color)
Series Record/as SoCon members: CofC leads 46-39/CofC leads 19-4
Last Meeting: The Citadel 72, at CofC 58 (2/14/09)
College of Charleston Head Coach Bobby Cremins
Record/Season/Pct.: 527-350/29th/.601
at College of Charleston: 73-43/4th/.629
Cremins vs. The Citadel: 16-3 (7-2 at CofC, 11-1 at Appalachian State, 1-0 Georgia Tech)
The Citadel Head Coach Ed Conroy
Record/Season/Pct. 75-107/7th/.412
at The Citadel: 34-67/4th/.337
Conroy vs. College of Charleston: 2-6 (2-5 at The Citadel, 0-1 at Francis Marion)
Fast Break Points ...
- The Cougars are coming off an 82-79 overtime upset of #9 North Carolina on Monday ... CofC outscored the Tar Heels 21-7 over the final 9:04, including overtime ...
- CofC's outscored the Tar Heels 39-3 from behind the 3-point line ... Andrew Goudelock's 28-foot, 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left sent the game into OT ... Goudelock finished with 24 points ...
- CofC improved to 5-15 all-time against AP Top 25 teams ... 3-5 against Top 10 squads ... now 3-3 all-time vs. UNC ...
- Tony White, Jr. grabbed a career-high eight rebounds ... Jeremy Simmons added a career-high four assists ...
- Goudelock enters the game with 1,295 career points ... five shy of becoming just the 12th player in CofC history with 1,300 points ... just the fourth player since CofC moved to NCAA Division I in 1992-93 (Thaddeous Delaney 1,564, Dontaye Draper 1,541, Jeff Bolton 1,527 and Marion Busby 1,504) ...
- Conroy's 2-6 record vs. College of Charleston includes an 83-44 setback as head coach at Francis Marion at John Kresse Arena on Dec. 17, 1998 ...
