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A few leftovers from visit with former Terps assistant Chuck Driesell I spent some time last week down in Charleston, S.C. with new Citadel Coach Chuck Driesell, who you all likely remember from the past four years he spent as an assistant at Maryland. Driesell began his career as coach of the squad up at the Naval Academy Preparatory School from 1985-88. Between then and now, he served as an assistant under his father, Lefty, at James Madison (1989-96), as head coach at Division III Marymount University (1997-2003), as an assistant under Craig Esherick at Georgetown (2003-04), as head coach at Bishop Ireton High (2004-06) and as an assistant under Gary Williams at Maryland (2006-10). Now, he takes over his first Division I program. At The Citadel, Driesell will face the additional challenge of recruiting to an institution where military life is part of the environment. Driesell did not seem deterred in the slightest. "I think you just need to sell (the military aspect of The Citadel) and really sell it," Driesell said. "I would imagine that if a young man comes here and you haven't really explained the military to him too well, it could be a big culture shock and it might end up being such a negative that they end up leaving. I don't want that to happen. I want to do a really good job of explaining how the military works, what they'll go through." For those of you who plan to keep an eye on Driesell's squad, here's what you can expect: "In terms of a system, just like Coach Williams, just like my dad, I want to get up and down the floor," Driesell said. "I want to fast break, I want to make a living on defense. Defense wins champships. I want to have teams that are really strong defensively, man-to-man, and take a lot of pride and passion playing defense. You've got to be able to play hard. And defense as much as offense, you've got to be able to play together. There's got to be help. There's got to be the help side and everybody talking and communicating. And you've got to play with passion. You've got to be fired up." Driesell also pointed out a few key lessons he learned under each of the head coaches for whom he served as an assistant along his path to being in charge of a Division I program himself.

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"My dad was the harder you work the luckier you get," Driesell said. "From Coach Williams, to really run good offense, to really make sure the guys execute offensively. Don't let them get away with anything. Make sure that they run each play exactly as it should be done. From Coach Escherick was organization, to have a way to do things and stick with that plan. He never really rushed a decision. A lot of times I would be like, 'Let's make a decision now.' And he would say, 'No, let's make sure we have all the facts. You dont always have to make a decision right away. Let's make the right decision, rather than a rushed decision.'"

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Comments Good luck to Chuck. He has a very tough road in front of him. Hope this is a step that will lead him to better opportunities. Posted by: petecard | May 18, 2010 9:37 AM | Report abuse

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Chuck Driesell isn't the only coach's son who grew up attending hundreds of his father's practices and games. The difference with Driesell is that his memories have star power.

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Plenty of coaches' sons end up participating in basketball camps run by their fathers. But how many had Pete Maravich and Dave Cowens as camp counselors? And how many high school freshmen have scrimmaged against teams as loaded as Lefty Driesell's Maryland squads of the late 1970s and early 1980s? "I'm a freshman in high school and I'm out there playing with Albert King, Buck Williams and Ernie Graham," said Driesell, who will begin his college head-coaching career at The Citadel this season. "Sometimes those guys were looking at me like my dad's crazy, but he just wanted me as exposed to the game as possible." Driesell's first Division I head-coaching job arrived after he spent two decades working his way up the ladder. Driesell, 47, won more than 150 games as a head coach at the high-school and prep-school level and at Division III Marymount in Virginia. He just finished a four-season stint as a Maryland assistant under Gary Williams. His family connections certainly helped him along the way, but Driesell never stopped paying his dues. He has spent virtually his entire lifetime around the game.

Chuck Driesell spent the past four years as an assistant at Maryland, where he played and where his father, Lefty, built a legacy.

"I've got pictures of him sitting on my bench sucking his thumb because he was so small," said Lefty Driesell, 78, who retired from coaching in 2003 after a six-season run at Georgia State. "He should be an excellent coach. This is a good opportunity for him. He's been an assistant long enough."

It would be unfair to expect Driesell to match his father's success. Lefty was 786-394 in 41 seasons and was the second coach in history to lead four schools (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State) to the NCAA tournament. An award given annually to the nation's top defensive player is named in his honor. Those family connections provide plenty of pressure, but they also offer quite a few advantages for The Citadel's new coach.

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"When I meet somebody, they might not know me from Adam but they know my dad and what he's done," Chuck Driesell said. "It gives me an opportunity to step in and develop a relationship, especially in recruiting. Every advantage you can get is crucial." Driesell will need every advantage he can get in his new job. The same qualities that can make The Citadel a rewarding place to work also make it a tough place to recruit. Freshmen at The Citadel generally wake up at 5:30 a.m., run 45 minutes and go through morning military formations before starting their class day. More than one-third of the graduating seniors enter the military. The Citadel had endured five consecutive 20-loss seasons before going a combined 36-29 the past two seasons under Ed Conroy, who parlayed that success into the coaching job at Tulane. "It's different coaching at a military school," said Les Robinson, who coached at The Citadel from 1974-85 and served as the school's athletic

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON When Chuck Driesell begins his Division I headcoaching career this season at The Citadel, he will try to help his family join some of these notable father/son coaching tandems (or trios) in college basketball history. THE SUTTONS Father: Eddie Sutton (888-341 record) Sons: Scott Sutton (204-138), Sean Sutton (39-28) Total record: 1,131-507 The buzz: Eddie Sutton was the first coach in history to lead four schools (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State) to the NCAA tournament. He reached the Final Four with Arkansas (1978) and Oklahoma State (1995, 2004). Scott Sutton coaches Oral Roberts and led the Eagles to three consecutive

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director from 2000-08. "I know some people who are good coaches who might not have the temperament to be successful at a military school. Patience is your greatest virtue at a military school. "I've had many friends who have coached at the ACC and the Southern Conference but also coached in the military. It's like a little fraternity. We know each other and what it's like. If you haven't done it, you don't have any idea." Driesell's experience should help him with this challenge. Robinson recruited him to The Citadel, though Driesell opted instead to play for his dad at Maryland. After graduating from Maryland, Driesell spent three seasons (1985-88) as the coach at the U.S. Naval Prep School. "I think a lot of people focus on the disadvantages [of coaching at a military school]," Driesell said. "I like to turn those disadvantages into positives. ... Even as a coach, we talk about what sets you apart. Do you play harder than the next guy? Are you a better defender? Do you shoot better? Do you have a better work ethic? "When you come out of college, you want something that sets you apart so you stand out. That's the advantage of coming to a school like The Citadel. You're getting a great education from a school with a tremendous reputation, and you're also adding an element a lot of people are looking for and that's leadership." Driesell will employ the same approach that helped make his father such a success. "I think basketball should be played a certain way. ... I like to run," he said. "I like to get up and down the court. I think players like to get up and down the floor and score in transition. "I will work very hard in making our teams run the floor extremely hard. To do that, you have to play great defense, and our teams will play great defense. You have to rebound well, and our teams will emphasize rebounding." Driesell has wasted no time getting that message across to his new team. Senior swingman Austin Dahn said only a couple of players on the team knew much about Driesell or his family history before he arrived at The Citadel. He still managed to earn their immediate attention. "My first impression is that he's very intense," Dahn said. "He expects a lot from his teams and expects a lot from us. He really preached about playing hard and how hard we were going to play and how hard we were going to work. He tried to relate that the harder we work, the luckier we get. "He said we'll be the hardest-working team on the court, no matter who we play." Driesell was an equally hard-working player, though he rarely got a chance to show it. His decision to play for his father's star-studded Maryland program meant that he seldom got off the bench. Maryland won 85 games, captured an ACC title and reached three NCAA tournaments when Driesell played for the Terps from 1981-85. As Driesell gradually realized he wouldn't have the chance at a long playing career, he began considering the possibility of following his father into the coaching ranks. "I wanted to stay around the game because I loved it so much," Driesell said. "I was one of those seniors where every practice and game, I'd realize, 'My gosh, I'm about done,' and it really tore me up inside." After his stint at the U.S. Naval Prep School, he was an assistant for his dad from 1989-97 at James Madison. When Lefty took over Georgia State's program after losing his job at James

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NCAA berths from 2006-08. Sean Sutton coached Oklahoma State in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. THE MEYERS Father: Ray Meyer (724-354) Son: Joey Meyer (231-158) Total record: 955-512 The buzz: Ray Meyer coached DePaul from 1942-84 and led the Blue Demons to the Final Four in 1943 and '79. Joey Meyer succeeded his father at DePaul and reached the NCAA tournament seven times in his 13-season tenure. THE KNIGHTS Father: Bob Knight (902-371) Son: Pat Knight (37-42) Total record: 939-413 The buzz: Bob Knight, the winningest coach in Division I history, won three NCAA titles (1976, '81, '87) at Indiana before moving on to Texas Tech. After retiring in February 2008, he was replaced by his son, who is entering his third full season as Texas Tech's coach. THE BARTOWS Father: Gene Bartow (647-353) Son: Murry Bartow (241-169) Total record: 888-522 The buzz: Gene Bartow reached the NCAA championship game with Memphis State in 1973 and also coached at Valparaiso, Illinois, UCLA and UAB. He succeeded John Wooden at UCLA. Murry Bartow succeeded his father at UAB and has led East Tennessee State to an NCAA bid in each of the past two seasons. THE THOMPSONS Father: John Thompson Jr. (596-239) Sons: John Thompson III (207-104), Ronny Thompson (9-22) Total record: 812-365 The buzz: John Thompson Jr. led Georgetown to one national title (1984), two other Final Four appearances (1982, '85) and a total of 20 NCAA tournaments in his 27-year stint at Georgetown. He was succeeded by John III, who led the Hoyas to the Final Four in 2007. John III also has been coach at Princeton. Ronny coached Ball State for one season (2006-07). THE DREWS Father: Homer Drew (617-415) Son: Scott Drew (129-114) Total record: 746-529 The buzz: Homer Drew led Valparaiso to the Sweet 16 in 1998 and has reached the NCAA tournament five other times. He retired after the 2001-02 season and was replaced by his son, Scott, only to return a year later after Baylor hired Scott. Homer remains the coach at Valparaiso and Scott remains at Baylor, which advanced to a regional final last season. THE WELSHES Father: Jerry Welsh (505-205) Son: Tim Welsh (215-148) Total record: 720-353 The buzz: Welsh won 455 games at Division III Potsdam (N.Y.) State from 1968-91 and led the school to the Division III national title in 1981. He moved to Iona in 1991 and retired for health reasons in 1995. Welsh was succeeded by his son, who led Iona to two NIT bids and one NCAA tournament appearance before moving on to Providence. He coached at Providence from 1998-2008 and reached the NCAA tournament twice. He was hired at Hofstra on March 31 but resigned May 3, three days after he was arrested and charged with drunken driving. THE DAVISES Father: Tom Davis (598-355) Son: Keno Davis (59-38) Total record: 657-393 The buzz: Tom Davis coached at Lafayette (197177), Boston College (1977-82), Stanford (1982-86), Iowa (1986-99) and Drake (2003-07). He reached regional finals in 1982 with Boston College and in '87 with Iowa. He retired from coaching in 2007 and was succeeded by his son, who led Drake to a 28-5 record in his lone season at the school. Keno Davis is entering his third season at Providence. THE BENNETTS Father: Dick Bennett (490-306) Son: Tony Bennett (84-49) Total record: 574-355 The buzz: Dick Bennett reached the 1984 NAIA

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Madison, Chuck went to Marymount. Though father and son didn't work together at Georgia State, Lefty credits Chuck for helping put together the offense that helped the Panthers reach the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2001. Driesell coached Marymount from 1997-2003 and was 88-72 and guided the school to its first Division III NCAA tournament appearance. Then came one season as a Georgetown assistant, two seasons as coach at Alexandria (Va.) Bishop Ireton and the four-year run as a Maryland assistant.

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championship game while coaching at WisconsinStevens Point (1976-85) and advanced to the 2000 Final Four during his tenure at Wisconsin (19952001). He also coached at Wisconsin-Green Bay (1985-95) and Washington State (2003-06). Tony Bennett succeeded his father at Washington State and earned two NCAA tournament bids and one NIT invitation in his three-year tenure. He is entering his second season at Virginia. NOTE: Information from The Citadel sports information department and statsheet.com was used to put together this chart.

"Chuck was never somebody you had to motivate," Maryland coach Gary Williams said. "He was motivated to do whatever he could do here as an assistant coach. When you get to be a head coach, you're shocked especially in that first job of everything you have to do. But in terms of putting the time in, he's already done that - the 12-hour days and everything it takes for every program to be successful." Every step along the way has helped Driesell prepare for this task. And that includes the lessons he learned long before he ever realized he wanted to follow his father into coaching. All those days watching his dad's games and working out with his dad's players as a child helped lead up to this moment. "I wanted it," Driesell said. "It wasn't like I was fighting it. I wanted it. I wanted more and more. Every chance I got, I was over at Cole Field House hanging out, practicing, playing and just hanging around. I was very blessed to have that opportunity. Not a lot of people have that." He feels equally blessed about this latest opportunity. Steve Megargee is a national writer for Rivals.com. He can be reached at smegargee@rivals.com.

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September 10, 2010

Damon Sayles TexasHoops.com Senior Writer

The perception of military institutions changed dramatically for San Antonio's Marshall Harris during an official visit last week to The Citadel. After visiting the campus and the city of Charleston, S.C., Harris found out that life in a military school can be no different from traditional public or private institutions. Friday afternoon, Harris decided to call The Citadel home for his college years. Harris verbally committed to the Southern Conference school and will play point guard for the Bulldogs. The 6-foot, 180-pound Taft High School standout chose The Citadel over South Alabama, Stephen F. Austin and Bradley. "When I visited, I thought the school, itself, was great," Harris said. "It's going to be a great opportunity for me in the future. I feel like they have a great coaching staff, and I feel like my role can be good in my first year on the team." Harris added that he had a chance to hang with his future teammates just to get a feel of how they interacted with each other, on and off the court. He's expecting to compete for the starting job with DeVontae Wright, who currently is a freshman. The team's starting guard this year, former Houston Bellaire standout Cameron Wells, is a senior this season. Marshall Harris III

Harris will bring leadership and a high basketball IQ to the Bulldogs. He is a smart, athletic player who doesn't make a lot of mistakes on the court. As a junior at Taft, Harris averaged roughly 10 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals, and he shot nearly 50 percent from the 3-point line. "He's just a steady leader on court," Taft coach Joey Tate said. "We give ball to him, and we know he's not going to make many mistakes. He's very coachable, and he's a gym rat. He's in the gym every morning at 6:45 a.m. constantly working on his game." Tate added: "He's a better young man off the court than he is on it. With his work ethic, he's going to make everyone on team better. He's just a winner. They [The Citadel] are going to get a player who will do whatever it takes to get the job done." Harris played his summer ball with the San Antonio RoHawks, a team that was one of the state's most consistent teams throughout the Great American Shoot-Out spring and summer series. Harris is the first 2011 player from the program to commit this season. He teamed up with Division I-caliber players in Jonathan Holmes, Darrious Hamilton, William Knowles and Dylan Elias. "I'm glad I had a chance to play with all those guys," Harris said. "We had a lot of talent, and they made things a lot easier for me. Playing for the RoHawks, I know without them, I probably wouldn't be here right now." Harris said he's unsure about a major, but he is interested in either psychology or economics. Either way, Harris is aware that he will receive a quality education upon graduation. To him, that's one of the many advantages of a military school. "Honestly, when I first heard of The Citadel, I thought I wouldn't like it all because it was military," he said, "but they've actually been recruiting me the hardest. I felt like I was their No. 1 guy, and I felt it

was the right decision for me. After my visit, I really had a totally different mindset about it, and I'm happy."

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Lefty Driesell can't forget his first trip to the Robins Center. On Dec. 2, 1972, Driesell's Maryland team was the guest for the University of Richmond's inaugural game at the on-campus arena. The Terps breezed to an 82-50 win. That wasn't the memorable part.

Driesell's new Lincoln had to be pulled from the mud outside the Robins Center. All parking areas had not been paved. Maryland assistant Joe Harrington drove Driesell's car to the game and parked it. As Driesell was leaving the Robins Center, a friend approached him and, according to Driesell, said: "Lefty, you love Joe, right?" Driesell said he responded, "Sure, I love Joe. Why?" The Lincoln was so deep in the mud that its doors could not be opened. Driesell plans to be back at the Robins Center on Friday night, this time as a proud father. His son, Chuck, is the first-year coach at The Citadel, which opens UR's season. Chuck Driesell, 48, was a member of Lefty Driesell's James Madison staff during 1989-97, and the son also brings vivid Robins Center memories: Colonial Athletic Association games against Spiders coached by Dick Tarrant. "They were the teams to beat, and we always knew that," Chuck Driesell said. "We had a special feeling about going there and trying to beat those guys." Chuck Driesell began sitting on a college bench as a toddler, when Lefty Driesell was the coach at Davidson. That is one of four programs The Lefthander, whose teams went 786-394 in 41 seasons, guided to the NCAA tournament. Maryland, JMU and Georgia State are the others. Chuck Driesell came to The Citadel from Maryland, where he was an assistant to Gary Williams during 20062010. Chuck played for his father at Maryland. Then came a 25-year coaching apprenticeship that led to his first Division I head-coaching job at The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C. Chuck Driesell previously was a head coach at Division III Marymount and the United States Naval Prep School. "Any time you're in that head-coaching seat, regardless of what level, you learn valuable lessons that will help you wherever you go," said Chuck Driesell, who wants the Bulldogs to be an up-tempo crew that often exerts full-court defensive pressure. They went 16-16 last season, under Ed Conroy (now at Tulane) and have eight seniors. Lefty Driesell, who will turn 79 on Christmas, lives in Virginia Beach. He observed the Bulldogs' first three practices under Chuck, and followed up with some recommendations via phone. "Lefty's going to do what Lefty wants to do. So he's going to call, and we're going to talk," said Chuck Driesell. "I value his insights, his expertise. We have a really good relationship that's been built over the years as father-son, as player-coach, and as employee-employer. "We've been around, and we know how to talk to each other, and we know how to say the right things."

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Buzz Last season, Citadel forward Matt Clark appeared in only 11 basketball games for the Bulldogs, starting four. He didn't play at all after Dec. 21, stuck to the bench for all of The Citadel's final 19 games. And yet, when the Bulldogs begin their first season under new coach Chuck Driesell tonight at Richmond, the 6-8 senior will be in the starting lineup. Obviously, something about Clark's game fits with Driesell's style of play. "I like it a lot," Clark said after practice this week. "We get up and down the floor a lot, and I can run for somebody my size. I think it's good for us. Coach puts a lot of trust in us and gives us a lot of freedom, as long as we get it done." Clark, who is from Evans, Ga., averaged just 16.3 minutes and 1.2 points last season. But Driesell is betting Clark will thrive in a different system. "At his spot, power forward, we need a guy who has size, who can score inside and outside, and a smart player, a heady player," Driesell said. "We need someone who is versatile, and I think that's what Matt brings us. He's an inside-outside guy with a high basketball IQ." Clark's career began promisingly as a freshman, when he started 12 of 30 games in 2007-08 and averaged five points and 3.2 rebounds, shooting 59 percent from the field. But his minutes decreased each of the next two years until he found himself at the end of the bench last season. "That's just basketball," he said. "You've just got to play through it. Things go your way sometimes, and sometimes they don't. But I knew with a new coach, it'd be a fresh start. Just hearing from different coaches, I was real excited about coach Drisell's style. People said it would suit me well, and so far it has.

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"Last year was last year. It's a new year now, and I'm looking forward to it." In fact, Driesell's first recruiting class at The Citadel, announced Thursday, includes several players in the Clark mold -- tall, rangy shooters who can score inside and out.

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"Absolutely," Driesell said. "In our system, we're an inside-outside offense, so we need guys who can score inside and outside. That's what we zoomed in on, because we lose so many of those players (after this season).

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Citadel forward Matt Clark played just 11 games last season.

Clark will not be the only new starter in the lineup for the Bulldogs. Center Morakinyo Williams, a 7footer who transferred in as a graduate student after stints at Kentucky and Duquesne, also will start, with 6-11 transfer Mike Dejworek from Belmont coming off the bench. Seniors Cameron Wells, Zach Urbanus and Austin Dahn round out the starting lineup as the Bulldogs take on a Richmond team that returns 14 of 16 players from last year's NCAA tournament team, including Atlantic 10 player of the year Kevin Anderson.

Driesell, who replaced Ed Conroy last spring, is curious to see how the Bulldogs execute in a hostile environment. "A lot of times on the road, the first thing to go is your execution," he said. "I want to see them play hard and rebound. We've been outrebounded in our exhibition game and our scrimmage. And just do the things that we've been emphasizing. We want to do what we do and do it well." TODAY'S GAME Who: The Citadel at Richmond

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Forward C.J. Bray of James Island Charter High School leads a group of seven basketball signees announced by The Citadel on Thursday, the first recruiting class for coach Chuck Driesell. Bray, 6-7 and 240 pounds, averaged 14 points and 8.3 rebounds for coach Stan Wilkins last season. "C.J. was one of the first players I saw after I took the job at The Citadel," Driesell said. " I told my staff then that he would be a great fit for our program and our style of play. He is a strong and physical player who can be effective both inside and out. I really liked the fact that he played football, too, because those players tend to play with a high level of toughness, which C.J. does. He is under a fine high school coach and will come to us fundamentally sound." The rest of the class: 5-10 guard Marshall Harris of San Antonio; 6-8 forward P.J. Horgan of Rio Rancho, N.M.; 6-9 center Michael Hundley of Detroit; 6-1 guard Lawrence Miller of Charlotte; 6-7 forward Jordan Robertson of Greensboro, N.C.; and 6-7 forward Dylan Setzekorn of Gainesville, Ga.

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CSU overcomes 10-point deficit to beat Bulldogs By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Wednesday, November 17, 2010 The hero of Charleston Southern's buzzer-beating win over The Citadel last year, standout guard Jamarco Warren, spent much of this game on the bench with foul trouble, exiting with 23 seconds to go. And yet the Buccaneers needed no last-second miracles this time. Junior forward Kelvin Martin scored 12 points, including a key 3-point play with 38 seconds left, and sophomore forward Kenny Mitchell added 12 more as the Bucs took a 68-61 victory before 952 fans at the CSU Fieldhouse. Photo Gallery

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Charleston Southern hosted the Citadel on Tuesday night at the Buc Dome. CSU defeated the Citadel 68 to 61. It was CSU's second straight victory over the Bulldogs and seventh in the last nine meetings between the basketball rivals.

"It's a big win for us because of the respect we have for The Citadel program," said CSU coach Barclay Radebaugh, whose 1-1 Bucs bounced back from a 52-39 loss at Georgia Tech in their season opener. "That's a tremendous win for us and a real credit to our resiliency, because of the quality of that team." The Bucs showed their heart by overcoming a 10-point first-half deficit without Warren, the allBig South guard who picked up three early fouls and played only six minutes in the first half. He ended up scoring eight points in 22 minutes. "It shows that we can depend on the freshmen and bench players we have coming in, that they can play with confidence," said Mitchell, who hit 5 of 6 shots and grabbed five rebounds. "We're going to be down sometimes, and we will need them." Indeed, Radebaugh used 11 players, and six of them scored at least six points as the Bucs shot a blistering 60 percent in the second half and 50 percent for the game, with just 11 turnovers. This after shooting 26.9 percent with 29 turnovers at Georgia Tech. "We didn't turn the ball over," Radebaugh said. "We have wonderful shooters, so we really made a big emphasis to take care of the ball against a good defensive team." Citadel coach Chuck Driesell would not agree with that assessment after watching Richmond rip his 0-2 Bulldogs for 57.4 percent shooting in the season opener, and then seeing the Bucs drive to the hoop with ease. "We didn't get stops when we needed them," Driesell said. "You are not going to win close games without some stops. We had our chances, some shots that didn't go in that could have. But that shouldn't cost you the game. You go back down, get a stop and get another shot at it. "They got to the hole a lot easier than we anticipated. We did a decent job in the first half, but then they got into the paint. And we didn't want them in there." No foray into the paint hurt more than Jeremy Sexton's drive-and-dish to the 6-5 Martin in the final minute. Senior Cameron Wells, who scored 19 points to lead The Citadel, had hit three straight baskets to tie the game at 60 with 2:33 left. The Bucs were clinging to a 62-60 lead when Sexton got stuck with the ball as Wells denied Warren. Sexton drove the lane and awkwardly passed to Martin as Citadel coaches screamed for a traveling violation. Martin scored as he was fouled by Matt Clark and hit the free throw for a 65-60 lead with 38 seconds left. "There were a couple of plays that could have gone either way," Driesell said. After scoring just 37 points at Richmond, the Bulldogs did improve on offense, hitting 14 of 30 shots in the second half to finish at 43.4 percent. Austin Dahn scored 15 points, but senior guard

Zach Urbanus (four points) could not get untracked, and the Bulldogs hit just 3 of 15 from 3point range. Driesell shuffled his lineup, starting senior Bryan Streeter for 7-foot center Morakinyo Williams. Streeter had seven points and six rebounds in 26 minutes, and Williams went for seven and five in 13 minutes. After the game, Radebaugh pulled aside Citadel seniors Wells, Dahn and Urbanus. "They've represented The Citadel in a first-class way," Radebaugh said. "They have risen the level of Citadel basketball, those three have, and I have a lot of respect for them." The Bulldogs play their home opener against James Madison on Saturday at McAlister Field House. The Bucs host Montreat on Thursday and get their shot at Richmond on Sunday.

Special place in Driesell story for James Madison By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Saturday, November 20, 2010 Forgive Citadel basketball coach Chuck Driesell if he suffers a flashback or two during tonight's game with James Madison at McAlister Field House. The Dukes of Harrisonburg, Va., hold a special place in the Driesell family story. JMU is the school that gave Driesell's father, famed coach Lefty Driesell, what amounted to a second career in the late 1980s, after he had been out of the business for two years. And it's where father and son worked side-by-side for nine years from 1988-1997, leading the Dukes to some of their best seasons. "It's a neat place," Chuck Driesell said Friday, "and it still has a special place in my heart." Chuck Driesell was just three years out of Maryland and the head coach at the Naval Academy Prep School when James Madison hired Lefty Driesell in April 1988. Lefty hired his son as an assistant in June, and Chuck married his wife in August. "It was a great opportunity for me," Chuck said. "I was just three years out of college, and like everybody else looking to go to Division I and take a crack at it. And when that opened up for my dad, I had an in. I knew the head coach." Lefty had been forced to resign at Maryland in 1986, in the aftermath of Len Bias' death. He worked as a fund-raiser in the Maryland athletic department and as a TV analyst for two years before James Madison came calling. "I didn't know if I would get back into coaching, but I knew when I resigned that I wasn't ready to retire," a 56-year-old Lefty said at the time. "I'm eager. I'm ready to go. I would only come back if I could do it where I could sell academics and where I could compete for a national championship. I think I've found that place."

Said Chuck, "I think what James Madison did was give him an opportunity to come in there and helped build a successful program. And that's what he did. He was and is a competitor. He loves the business and the profession." The Driesells led JMU to five straight Colonial Athletic Association regular-season titles from 1989-94, with four straight NIT bids and an NCAA berth in 1993-94. That still marks the last time the Dukes made the Big Dance. After nine years at JMU, Lefty went on to coach at Georgia State for six seasons before retiring in 2003 with a career record of 786-394. He and wife Joyce live in Virginia Beach, Va. JMU basketball fell on generally hard times after the Driesells' departure, averaging just 7.6 wins per season from 2003 to 2008, when current coach Matt Brady was hired. The Dukes went 21-15 in Brady's first season in 2008-09, and have seven regulars back last year's 13-20 team. They are picked fourth in the CAA this season. Â

Bowles powers JMU over winless Citadel JAMES MADISON 74, THE CITADEL 67 By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Sunday, November 21, 2010 Denzel Washington's latest movie is "Unstoppable". So, apparently, are the inside moves of Denzel Bowles. James Madison's 6-10 senior center scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half as the Dukes rallied from 10 points behind for a 74-67 victory over The Citadel before 1,071 fans at McAlister Field House. Photo Gallery

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The Citadel battled James Madison in its home opener Saturday night. With NBA scouts on hand, Bowles hit 10 of 12 shots from the field and spoiled the home debut of Citadel coach Chuck Driesell, who has lost his first three games with the Bulldogs.

"I told our guys, basketball is 40 minutes," said Driesell, whose team led 30-25 at the break and 35-25 early in the second half. "We're at 20 right now, but we've got to find a way to put 40 minutes together, and it starts on the defensive end." The Bulldogs' senior trio of Austin Dahn (18 points), Cameron Wells (17) and Zach Urbanus (16) combined for 51 points and 10 3-pointers, but it wasn't enough to make up for the struggles on defense. After surrendering 40 points on 60 percent shooting in the second half of a 68-61 loss at Charleston Southern on Tuesday, the Bulldogs were mashed for 49 second-half points on 70 percent shooting by the Dukes (1-1), who are picked to finish fourth in the Colonial Athletic Conference this season. Devon Moore scored 14 of his 19 points after the break, and 6-6, 275-pound Rayshawn Goins finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Dukes. "We have an advantage against most teams, we think, with Denzel and Rayshawn able to score inside," JMU coach Matt Brady said. "The Citadel did a great job pushing them too far from the block in the first half, so we talked about our post players not just being rooted down there. We got them to move with some ball screens and diagonal screens, and that made them not so easy to find." Driesell used some 1-2-2 zone and tried to counter with 7-foot Morakinyo Williams and 6-11 Mike Dejworek, but the two transfer post players could do little to slow Bowles and Goins. That left 6-6 Bryan Streeter, 6-8 Matt Clark and 6-4 Daniel Eykyn to contend with JMU's inside strength. "Coach wanted us to get deeper in the post," said Bowles, who got just four shots in the first half, hitting three. "Early on, we were posting up like 17 feet from the basket, and that's not the position he wants us to be in." The Bulldogs will try to snap their three-game skid against visiting High Point on Tuesday night, their last home game before Southern Conference foes Georgia Southern and Davidson come to town the first week of December. "Frustrated, maybe, but definitely not worried," Urbanus said when asked to describe the state of the team. "I think it's evident the kind of team we can have. We just have to continue to get better. We got better in this game in some aspects, and as long as we keep getting better, we are going to be the team we know we can be." Urbanus' trey and Streeter's shot in the lane gave The Citadel a 35-25 lead less than a minute into the second half. But Bowles scored 10 points to key an 18-5 run as JMU seized a 43-40 lead at 13:48. The margin reached eight at 63-55 when Bowles corralled a loose ball and scored in the paint with 5:32 left, and the Bulldogs could get no closer than three after that.

JMU jumped to an early 18-10 lead before the Bulldogs got cranked up, taking off for an 11-1 run and finishing out the half on a 20-7 stretch. Wells got the run started with a sweet drive-and-scoop, and then Dahn, Wells and Urbanus knocked down consecutive 3-pointers for the Bulldogs, who shot 6 of 13 from long range in the first half. The Dukes crawled back ahead at 22-21 on a breakaway dunk from Moore, but Dahn answered with a trey from the top of the key and a long 2-pointer from the same area, giving him 11 points in the first half. Urbanus pump-faked, took a dribble and swished a 17-footer for a 30-25 lead at the break.

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A year ago, I ranked the Top 50 shooters in the country. This year, FOXSports.com has opted to narrow the field to 33, plus we have a brand-new No. 1 marksman in the nation. 1. John Jenkins, 6-4, 220, G, Soph., Vanderbilt — He’s as pure a shooter as there is in the country, and it’s a tough call between him and Clarke. Jenkins was 72 of 149 from downtown as a freshman for an impressive 48.3 percent. 2. Rotnei Clarke, 6-0, 185, G, Jr., Arkansas — We had him as the No. 1 guy entering last Advertisement

season, and he didn’t disappoint. In last year's season opener against Alcorn State, Clarke made 13 of 17 from long distance. He finished the season making 100 of 234 for .427 percent on 3-pointers and canned 83 of 211 (.393 percent) as a freshman. 3. Jared Stohl, 6-2, 165, G, Sr., Portland — In his three-year career, Stohl has made 245 of 541 long-range bombs for an impressive 45 percent. He was 98 of 205 a year ago — good for 47.8 percent. 4. Tommy Freeman, 6-5, 190, F, Sr., Ohio — Has connected on 44.8 percent of his trifectas in his three seasons and was 93 of 195 (47.7 percent) as a junior last year. 5. Jon Diebler, 6-6, 205, G, Sr., Ohio State — After a brutal freshman campaign, Diebler has found his stroke the past two seasons. He made 41.6 percent of his 3s as a sophomore and was 116 of 271 for 42 percent last season. 6. Donald Sims, 6-1, 170, G, Sr., Appalachian State — Has made more than 40 percent of his 3-pointers in each of his three seasons and knocked down 123 from beyond the arc last season while shooting 42.7 percent.

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has made 43 percent of his 3s while at the Citadel. 8. Darius Johnson-Odom, 6-2, 215, G, Jr., Marquette — Shot a sizzling 47 percent last season from deep, his first with the Golden Eagles. Johnson-Odom was 73 of 154 for the year. 9. Austin Freeman, 6-4, 235, G, Sr., Georgetown — He’s always been a terrific shooter but didn’t really show it with the Hoyas until last season, when he was 59 of 133 (44.4 percent) from beyond the arc. Has made 39.3 percent of his trifectas in his three seasons. 10. Andrew Goudelock, 6-2, 200, G, Sr., College of Charleston — Dipped a bit as a junior (97 of 247 for 39.3 percent) but is still at 41.7 percent (265 of 636) on 3-pointers in his career with the Cougars. 11. Rihards Kuksiks, 6-6, 205, G, Sr., Arizona State — The Latvian native had an off year of sorts last season, making 38.4 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc. However, he’s still at 40.5 percent and has Advertisement

made 210 treys in his three years in Tempe. 12. Jimmer Fredette, 6-2, 195, G, Sr., BYU — He’s a do-it-all kind of guy, but one of the things he does extremely well is shoot it from deep. Fredette made 77 of 175 last season for 44 percent. He has made 39.2 percent over his three years at BYU. 13. Mickey McConnell, 6-0, 190, G, Sr., Saint Mary’s — The Gaels' floor leader made more than half of his shots from beyond the arc last season, converting 51 percent (77 of 151) of his attempts. 14. Blake Hoffarber, 6-4, 210, G, Sr., Minnesota — Made nearly 43 percent of his 3s as a freshman before taking a dip (34 percent) as a sophomore. Hoffarber rebounded by going 85 of 182 (46.7 percent) last year. 15. Keiton Page, 5-9, 160, G, Jr., Oklahoma State — Can really stroke it from deep. Has made 137 of 351 from deep in his two seasons in Stillwater — good for 39 percent. 16. LaceDarius Dunn, 6-4, 200, G, Sr., Baylor — An explosive scorer who can make shots from just about anywhere. Dunn’s next 3-pointer will be the 300th of his career. He was 116 of 277 for 41.9 percent last season. 17. Corey Stokes, 6-5, 220, G, Sr., Villanova — His numbers weren’t quite as impressive as his sophomore campaign, when he made 41.8 percent and buried 76 trifectas, but

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Stokes was still 59 of 154 for 38.3 percent a year ago. 18. Ashton Gibbs, 6-2, 190, G, Jr., Pittsburgh — He has made 114 of 282 from downtown in his two seasons with the Panthers, including shooting 43.9 percent his freshman season and 39 percent a year ago. 19. Ravern Johnson, 6-7, 180, G, Sr., Mississippi State — Struggled as a freshman but has made 170 of 414 from 3-point-land the past two seasons. Johnson canned 40.7 percent of his attempts last year. 20. Matt Roth, 6-3, 190, G, Jr., Indiana — Missed nearly all of last season because of injury but is a knock-down guy who made 37.9 percent of his shots from long distance as a freshman. 21. Isaiah Canaan, 6-0, 175, G, Soph., Murray State — Burst onto the scene and made 54 of 112 from deep for a sizzling 48 percent as a freshman. 22. Phillip McDonald, 6-5, 200, G, Jr., New Mexico — The Lobos sharpshooter shot Advertisement

36.6 percent as a freshman and improved a year ago, making 72 of 182 (39.6 percent) from long range. 23. Tyrel Reed, 6-3, 190, G, Sr., Kansas — Made 44 of 93 for 47.3 percent on threeballs a year ago and is at 42.8 percent in his three years in Lawrence. 24. Ben Botts, 6-0, 170, G, Sr., IPFW — He has been accurate all three years of college, making 45 percent his freshman and junior seasons and 42 percent as a sophomore. Has knocked down 176 trifectas in his career. 25. Quinn McDowell, 6-6, 215, F, Jr., William & Mary — Nailed 42.6 percent (58 of 136) of his shots last season and is just one of six players nationally to shoot better than 49 percent from the field, 40 from 3-point land and 80 percent from the line a year ago. 26. Tyler Laser, 6-1, 185, G, Sr., Eastern Illinois — Has made more than 40 percent of his attempts from 3 each of the past two seasons and is 113 of 280 in that span. 27. Deidivas Dulkys, 6-5, 195, G, Jr., Florida State — After struggling as a freshman, the Lithuanian made 71 of 179 shots from deep for a percentage a shade below 40 percent. 28. Tyler Newbold, 6-5, 210, G, Sr., Utah State — Hasn’t had a bad year in his three seasons. Shot 51.5 percent as a freshman, nearly 40 percent as a sophomore and 42 percent last season.

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29. Devon Beitzel, 6-1, 180, G, Sr., Northern Colorado — Made 42 percent as a sophomore and followed it up last season by canning 68 of 153 for a Big Sky-leading 44 percent. advertisement

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The Citadel hangs on for Driesell's first win By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Wednesday, November 24, 2010 What's the best thing about Chuck Driesell's first win as The Citadel's basketball coach? "It will be nice that people stop asking, 'When are you going to get your first win?' " Driesell said, laughing after the Bulldogs' 71-63 victory over High Point before 1,224 fans at McAlister Field House on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs' first win came in their fourth game under Driesell, hired last April to replace Ed Conroy. And it came courtesy of the best present Conroy left behind for his successor, senior guard Cameron Wells. Photo Gallery

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The Citadel played High Point University Tuesday November 23, 2010 at McAlister Field House. Citadel won, 71-63. Wells scored a game-high 25 points and controlled play down the stretch, hitting 11 of 12 free throws even as the Bulldogs' 14-point lead shrank to three in the final minute. The Bulldogs (1-3) made 7 of 8 free throws in the final 29 seconds, including 3 of 4 by Wells, to hold off the Panthers (2-2).

"It's tough to be that player, like Cam Wells, on anybody's team," said Driesell, whose squad travels to Coastal Carolina on Saturday. "When you have to go to that person, and all that pressure is on him, that's tough. But I'm glad we've got him, and he had a great game tonight." It was not a one-man show, however. Wells' running mate, senior guard Zach Urbanus, just missed a triple-double with 10 points, eight rebounds and a career-best eight assists. And each of the Bulldogs' big men chipped in as The Citadel handled the Panthers on the boards, 45-34. Matt Clark scored nine points with six rebounds, Bryan Streeter had eight and seven (despite going 0 of 8 from the foul line), and 7-footer Morakinyo Williams added eight points and seven boards in his best outing as a Bulldog. "The big guys stepped up, and that's what we need," Urbanus said. "They know that it can't be the guards carrying the load every night. If we want to be a championship team, like we want to be, we're going to need our post players. And they know that. We've been putting a lot of pressure on them, and they definitely showed up tonight." The biggest improvement came on defense. After getting torched in the second half of losses to Charleston Southern and James Madison, the Bulldogs limited High Point to 37-percent shooting, including just 8 of 27 in the first half, which ended with The Citadel ahead 33-25. Slashing guard Nick Barbour hit 7 of 11 shots and scored 20 points for High Point, picked to finish fifth in the Big South. But he was the only Panthers player in double figures; the rest of the team shot 13 of 43 (30.2 percent). "More help defense," Wells said. "We kept the pressure up, but we still were there for each other. If somebody got beat off the dribble, somebody stepped up to take a charge. Our team defense was better today." The Bulldogs expanded their eight-point halftime lead to 14 at 39-25 early in the second half and maintained a 13-point margin at 52-39 with 8:04 to play. The Panthers whittled that down to 6461 when Barbour picked off a pass and scored with 52 seconds left. But Clark, a 6-8 senior, made a clutch play when he rebounded a Wells miss and then bounced in two free throws for a 66-61 lead. Urbanus swished two more free throws, then Wells made 3 of 4 to ice the victory. "It feels great," Wells said. "We've been coming to practice every day and working hard, really looking forward to this first win." --Tip-off for Saturday's game at Coastal Carolina is set for 7 p.m. ... Urbanus also matched his career high in rebounds with eight ... Urbanus now has 1,020 points for his career, ranking 27th on The Citadel's career list ... Wells is at 1,575 points, No. 2 behind Regan Truesdale (1,661).

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Growing up the child of a famous college basketball coach, Pam Driesell lost out on anonymity. Even by a coach’s daughter’s standards. Enlarge photo

Take, for example, the class roll. “I used to think if I was Dean Smith’s daughter and you called

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her two sisters, Patti and Carolyn, and brother, Chuck, grew up with everyone, seemingly, on a first-name basis with their father, Lefty, who coached at Davidson, Maryland and, after they were grown, James Madison and Georgia State. Now as adults and parents themselves, Lefty’s middle two children have followed their father’s footsteps into a couple of fish bowls of their own. Earlier this month Pam Driesell was installed as senior pastor at Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church. The same weekend, Chuck Driesell began his first stint as a Division I basketball coach at The Citadel.

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Who lives under more watchful eyes than a minister? Where are expectations higher than for the son of a coach making his start in the same conference as his famous father? But for the two Driesells, the question of “Is your father Lefty?” has become part of the answer. Ah, no wonder. This is what you can become when you grow up with a father like Lefty. Path to the pulpit Pam Driesell’s entire childhood was intertwined with basketball. In one of her earliest baby photos, at 4 weeks old, somebody is holding her up next to a sports page, with a Davidson College

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“Cats upset Wake Forest” headline lauding her father’s first game as a college coach at Davidson. Another 785 wins followed before Driesell retired in 2003. He finished ninth all-time in wins among Division I coaches. With the wins, pressures and expectations grew. In a career that could have pulled him further away from his family -- toward his players, recruits and fan obligations -- she and Chuck went with him. They tagged along on recruiting trips, speaking engagements and practices. They were both a fixture at Maryland practices,

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They heard about how he quit his $6,200-a-year job at a Ford assembly plant to coach junior varsity basketball at his own Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., for half the salary. How he sold World Book Encyclopedias door-to-door to make ends meet and sold more sets than anybody else in the state of Virginia one summer. In the early years at Davidson, when he had a recruiting budget of $500 -- before he went back to the president to ask for more again and again -- he slept on a mattress in the back of his station

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wagon on recruiting trips. He took his father’s pistol for protection. “I’d pull up in the filling station and sleep,” Lefty said. “And then get up in the morning and use the bathroom and shave and take off where I was going.” When Pam graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary, she was told only six percent of ministers fit the profile of “church planter,” someone who develops a new church. No surprise, she fell into the six percent.

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They eventually moved to Malcom Bridge Middle School’s cafeteria, “the holy lunch room.” Eleven years later, the church had 500 members and a new sanctuary. “Money is only one resource,” Pam said. “There are people, there are your own creative energies, there’s your own commitment and persistence and hard work. If you have a vision for something, you just go after it. There are no obstacles too big to overcome. And those are the things I learned from my dad.”

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then build your life in accordance with it.” Search aj The coaching track Chuck learned about his father’s “I must” from inside the huddle. The third of Driesell’s four children, and only son, was a fixture on the bench “since he could sit up,” Lefty said. He went from ball boy to player at Maryland to nine-year assistant coach to Driesell at James Madison. The only reason he didn’t follow his dad to Georgia State was because of a nepotism rule. Chuck was 12 or 13 when he returned to his seat on the Maryland bench after a timeout at an ACC tournament game to find a bent-up metal chair. His father had taken exception to an official’s call, kicked his chair and swapped it out for one he could actually sit in -- Chuck’s. His dad taught him in order to be successful in coaching and in life, he needed elephant skin, something he learned a thing or two about playing, albeit sparingly, for his father at Maryland.

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“He was a better player than I played him,” Lefty said. “[The late Marquette coach] Al McGuire always said ‘If somebody’s going to beat out my son, he’s going to be a whole lot better than him.’ I felt the other way around.” Thick skin was something Lefty preached and lived. Chuck had just begun his coaching career at the Naval Academy Preparatory School and was home for the summer in 1986, when the earlymorning call came that Bias, the Maryland star player, had been rushed to the hospital. Chuck, swept up in the commotion, went to the hospital, too. Bias was pronounced dead from what was determined later to be a cocaine overdose. It was two days after he had been drafted No. 2 overall by the Boston Celtics. In one of the biggest sports firestorms then or since, his father was forced to resign at Maryland four months later, after 17 years at the helm. “People lost sight of the fact that a young man passed away, and my dad was really close to him,” Chuck said. “It was like losing a son to him.” Two years later, his father took a job coaching at JMU and took Chuck with him. In the face of the most public hardship, Lefty taught his children to keep going. And through what Pam calls a time of “profound sadness” in their family, Chuck never lost his desire to coach. Twenty years later, at age 43, Chuck went back to Maryland as an assistant coach, helping to soothe old wounds. There he earned a reputation as a great recruiter like his father. It’s what helped him land the job at The Citadel. “Now I’ve got to do something with it,” said Chuck, whose dad was on the court in warm-ups for his first three practices and in coat-and-tie in the second row for his first game, a loss at Richmond. “That’s the beauty of this profession. Everybody knows whether you’re doing well or not.” Chuck said watching his father at JMU from the perspective of an assistant coach helped him learn to recruit. If a home visit wasn’t going well, Chuck said, his father would ask a kid to show him his room, and they’d wind up sitting on his bed talking. If a mother was cooking, he’d take his jacket off and help. “He’d be putting his hands in the food, tasting it,” Chuck said. “He had a way about him. He wanted to make everybody feel comfortable. That’s just who he is.” Chuck lost his first three games, but he signed seven players on the first day of signing period Nov. 10. Pride in the name When Pam Driesell, the single mother of two grown sons, divorced, she took back her maiden name. Even if she remarries, she plans to keep it that way. “It’s a source of identity,” she said.

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Her father kids her that people come up to him in the airport now and say, “Aren’t you Pam’s dad?” He and his wife, Joyce, travel often from their home in Norfolk to visit the four kids and 11 grandkids, including three of Patti’s, a nutritionist in Alpharetta, and three of Carolyn’s, a housewife in Philadelphia who recently had a baby. From the first pew at Trinity on Nov. 14, as his daughter was installed as pastor of a congregation of 2,200, Lefty got to see the fruits of his unusual brand of fatherhood and if he was looking closely, the imprint he’s left on her. “Trinity is a beautiful place,” he said. “I told her that’s like getting the Duke job.” The stakes get higher, but Pam is eager for them. And when anyone she meets these days asks if she’s related to Lefty? “I love it,” she said. “I love talking about my growing up years and the very, very positive influence of my dad on who I am and who I’m still becoming.”

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The pre-Christmas start to the Southern Conference basketball schedule typically finds teams still searching for an identity.

"It's an interesting time of year," said Citadel coach Chuck Driesell, whose Bulldogs (14) begin SoCon play today against Georgia Southern (2-5) and Saturday against Davidson, with both games at McAlister Field House. "Teams have played such different types of schedules, it's hard to get a read on where everybody is." The read on Driesell's Bulldogs, however, is right there in the numbers. The Citadel has been a first-half monster -- holding halftime leads in four of five games -- and a second-half mouse. In the first 20 minutes of their five games, the Bulldogs are allowing foes an average of 29.6 points on 42.3-percent shooting. After halftime, those numbers blow up to 41.6 points on 58 percent shooting from the field.

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Charleston Southern, James Madison and Coastal Carolina all used second-half surges to deal losses to the Bulldogs. Even in a 71-63 victory over High Point, the Panthers shot much better in the second half (44.4 percent) than the first (29.6). "We have to stop letting people score too easily against us," Driesell said. "We can't allow that to happen. But even with that happening, we've been in these games. We just have to find a way to win on the defensive end." Driesell doesn't foresee a drastic change in strategy. An emphasis on fundamentals and a better use of bench players should help in the late stages of games, he said. "You might go to a zone once in a while to protect the paint," he said. "But in man-toman defense, you have to stop your man. We have to take pride in that. If you need help, a teammate provides it and then gets back to his man. We just have to work at it. "It's what kind of condition you are in mentally and physically and how hard you can play. In the first half, we are right up there in the league in field-goal percentage defense. We need to maintain that mentality in the second half, but we are breaking down." In a 72-64 loss at Coastal Carolina on Saturday, guards Cameron Wells and Zach Urbanus each played 39 minutes, Austin Dahn 37 and Bryan Streeter 31. The most minutes off the bench were 13 each from center Morakinyo Williams and forward Dan Eykyn. "We've got to look at the guys who are playing a lot of minutes and how they are doing at the end of games," Driesell said. "We need to find guys who can provide not just minutes, but quality minutes, and they are all working hard to be that guy." Post defense is another concern. Coastal's 6-7 Chad Gray torched the Bulldogs for 27 points on 13-of-15 shooting, and James Madison's 6-10 NBA prospect, Denzel Bowles, hit 10 of 12 shots for 20 points in a 74-67 win. Georgia Southern's post threat is 6-8 senior Rory Spencer, who is averaging 16 points and 6.2 rebounds while shooting 46.7 percent from the field in the absence of AllSoCon guard Willie Powers, who injured his knee in preseason and is out for the year. "That hasn't stopped them from playing hard," Driesell said of the Eagles. "They are very talented and as athletic as any team we'll play this year." Share this story:

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Driesell is the man who made basketball important at Davidson, Wildcats coach McKillop freely admits. And today, the man who built on Lefty's legacy at Davidson will face the left-hander's son, The Citadel coach Chuck Driesell.

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Before Stephen Curry and Bob McKillop at Davidson, before the 43-game win streak and the 16.8 seconds, there was Lefty Driesell.

It's enough to make a guy feel old. "When you've been around as long as I have," said the 60-year-old McKillop, "these kinds of things tend to happen." Chuck Driesell was just 5 years old when his dad, now retired and living in Virginia Beach, Va., coached the last of his nine seasons at Davidson, in 1968-69. By then, Lefty had turned a tiny school near Charlotte into a national powerhouse, complete

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Photo by Alan Hawes Citadel coach Chuck Driesell and the Bulldogs play host today to SoCon foe Davidson, a team his father, Lefty, coached from 1960-69.

with top 10 rankings, five Southern Conference titles, three appearances in the NCAA tournament and two trips to the Elite Eight. All of this at a school that had no appreciable basketball tradition -- at least, until Lefty upset Wake Forest of the mighty ACC in his very first game.

"What Lefty did at Davidson is one of the greatest stories in college basketball," McKillop said Friday. "I know that as a player who played against his team, and I know it now that his torch of success has been passed on. I witnessed it, I've talked to alums and players who were a part of it, and it's one of the great stories of college basketball."

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In the 40 years since Lefty left Davidson to make Maryland "the UCLA of the East," the Wildcats have had good seasons and bad. But it's easy to draw a direct line from Lefty and players such as Mike Maloy (still the only Davidson player to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated) and Terry Holland (who went on to coach Davidson and Virginia) straight through to Curry and McKillop, who shaped their own golden era. McKillop, in fact, played against Lefty's final Davidson team when he was a freshman at East Carolina. It was Curry, of course, who led McKillop's Davidson teams to 43 straight SoCon victories from 2007-09, and to within 16.8 seconds of a win over Kansas and a berth in the Final Four in 2008. The top-seeded Jayhawks won, 59-57, despite 25 points from Curry, and went on to win the national championship. "We've never lost sight of what Lefty accomplished here, and I've always tried to embrace the player of that time, the fans and alumni of that time," McKillop said. "And it's remarkable that those players and alums have been so gracious and generous to me. Lefty created an army here, and we've tried to be caretakers of it." Chuck Driesell has some childhood memories of Davidson, but had a more recent encounter with McKillop's Wildcats when he was an assistant at Maryland. The Terps faced Curry, then a sophomore, and Davidson in the 2007 NCAA tournament and escaped with an 82-70 win, despite 30 points from Curry. "Bob is a tremendous coach," Chuck Driesell said. "When you've been in the business as long as he has, you are doing a lot of things right. His guys play hard and smart, and they play together." McKillop is now in year two of the post-Curry era, and his 3-4 Wildcats have only one senior -- his son, point guard Brendan McKillop. But sophomores J.P. Kuhlman and Jake Cohen and freshmen Tom Droney, Clint Mann and De'Mon Brooks have plenty of promise. "Right now, we don't have the experience we'd like to have in this conference," said McKillop, whose team lost, 82-73, at College of Charleston on Thursday. "It's such a veteran league. I don't think I've ever seen the conference with so many junior and senior starters. For us, it's a process of learning as we get better, and we've taken some great strides forward these first three weeks." TODAY'S GAME Who: Davidson (3-4, 0-1) at The Citadel (2-4, 1-0) When: 3:05 p.m. Where: McAlister Field House Share this story:

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Dogs hold on for win By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Tuesday, December 7, 2010 After seizing a 16-point lead with less than seven minutes to play, The Citadel needed a clutch 3-pointer by Cameron Wells to survive with a 72-64 victory over Division III St. Mary's on Monday night in front of 1,127 fans at McAlister Field House. An eight-point win over a D-III squad won't impress many, even if the Seahawks are ranked No. 14 in the nation and got a career night from senior guard Alex Franz, who scored a game-high 25 points.

file Wells Least impressed of all was Citadel coach Chuck Driesell, whose team was outscored in the paint, 38-30, by a smaller and less athletic team. After the Bulldogs took a 64-48 lead with 6:45 left, they were outscored 16-8 the rest of the way. "Our defense, to me, was disappointing the entire game," said Driesell, who got 15 points from Zach Urbanus as the Bulldogs improved to 3-5. "For whatever reason, we haven't found a toughness to be a good defensive team. Good defensive teams are tough; they don't let teams score easily in the paint. And if you look at our shot chart the last several games, teams are beating us in the paint, and tough defensive teams don't let their man drive right by you. "Me and my staff, we're going to really have to do a good job to find the guys that can play the kind of defense that we are going to play at The Citadel during my tenure, however long that might be. There's got to be somebody on this team that wants to play some defense and play it the right way."

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Particularly hard to guard was Franz, a skinny 6-1, 180-pounder from Catonsville, Md. He pumped in 11 of 18 shots, including 3 of 7 from 3-point range, and sparked the 9-0 run that pulled the Seahawks to within three in the final minutes. Down by 67-55, Franz sank a 3-pointer, then dished to Sam Burum (15 points) for a bucket. Kyle Jarczynski and Burum scored on offensive rebounds to make it 67-64 with 65 seconds left. Driesell turned the game over to Wells, the all-Southern Conference guard who scored just two points in a loss to Davidson on Saturday. Wells tried to drive, but backed off after three Seahawks converged on him, and swished a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left for a 70-64 lead. Franz drove the lane to pass, but lost the ball, and Austin Dahn hit two free throws with 10 seconds left to ice it for The Citadel. "I was trying to get to the hole and create a play," Wells said. "But they stepped up. I saw the clock was running down, so I knew I had to get up a shot." Wells bounced back from his Davidson debacle -- he fouled out after playing just 19 minutes in the 68-53 loss -- with 14 points, four rebounds and three assists against St. Mary's, which pressed most of the game and forced 15 Citadel turnovers. The Bulldogs had five players in double figures, as Dahn and Bryan Streeter scored 11 points each and sophomore Mike Groselle had his third strong performance in a row with 10 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes. In his last three games, the 6-8 Groselle is 13 of 20 from the field for 29 points and 14 rebounds. Still, it's defense and final exams that will occupy the Bulldogs between now and a trip out West that starts with a Dec. 17 game at Colorado. St. Mary's shot 45.8 percent against the Bulldogs, battled them even on the boards (34-34) and grabbed 11 offensive rebounds to nine for The Citadel. Burum, a 6-8 senior, made 7 of 12 shots. The Citadel held leads of 13 points early in the first half, 12 late in the half, 15 early in the second half and 16 late in the game, and allowed St. Mary's back in it each time. "Our offense is still not as clean and crisp as it could be," Driesell said. "But you win championships on defense, and we haven't bought into that yet. Hopefully, these next 11 days we will buy in a little more into being the kind of defensive team I want them to be." Notes When Cameron Wells next plays in McAlister Field House, he will almost certainly be The Citadel's all-time leading scorer. He is 38 points shy of The Citadel's career record of 1,661 points held by Regan Truesdale (1981-85). Wells will likely break the record during the Bulldogs' four-game road trip to Colorado, New Mexico and the Las Vegas Classic … Zach Urbanus is tied for No. 23 on the career list with 1,068 points, the same as Steve Fishel (1970-73) … And with 899 points, Austin Dahn is 101 points shy of joining Wells and Urbanus in the 1,000-point club. St. Mary’s (Md.) 30 34—64

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The Citadel 39 33—72 3-Point Field Goals — St.Mary’s 5-16 (Fitzpatrick 0-3, Spencer 1-3, Franz 3-7, Davenport 1-1, Queen 0-2); Cit 5-13 (Urbanus 3-5, Wells 1-1, Dahn 1-4, Clark 0-1, Morabbi 0-1, Eykyn 0-1). Steals — St. Mary’s 11 (Franz 3, Burum 3); Cit 6 (Urbanus 2, Wells 2). Blocks — St.Mary’s 2 (MacAuley, Burum); Cit 1 (Wells). Turnovers — St. Mary’s 21 (Fitzpatrick 4); Cit 15 (Dahn 6). Technicals — None. A — 1,127.

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Two days after getting lit up by one All-Southern Conference guard, Davidson turned out the lights on another one.

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The Citadel standout Cameron Wells fouled out after 19 minutes of action with a career-low two points, and the Bulldogs could not make up for his absence. They lost, 68-53, to the Wildcats on Saturday afternoon before 1,188 fans at McAlister Field House. "It's difficult when you have your best player on the bench," Citadel basketball coach Chuck Driesell said. "Especially when he's the guy who provides a lot of your scoring and who you run your offense through. But that's when other players need to step up and make shots and run the offense really well. And we broke down." Davidson coach Bob McKillop said his Wildcats (4-4, 1-1 SoCon) learned a lot from the 33-point torching put on them Thursday night by College of Charleston guard Andrew Goudelock in an 82-73 Cougars victory.

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Wells, averaging a team-best 18.3 points coming in, was held to 1-of-7 shooting before picking up his fifth foul with 14:52 left in the game. It was just the 10th time in 102 career games that the 6-1 senior failed to score in double figures, and six of those occurred in his freshman season. Wells had scored in double figures in 70 of his last 74 games. "Certainly, you learn to play defense when you match up with some of the guys we've played against," said McKillop, whose team was led by 21 points and 12 rebounds from 6-10 sophomore Jake Cohen. "With the

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The Citadel dropped a 68-53 decision to Davidson on Saturday in Southern Conference basketball action at McAlister Field House.

Wells, who is now 53 points shy of The Citadel's career scoring mark, never got untracked in his final home game against Davidson. He missed 5 of 6 shots in the first half (though he did have six assists), then picked up his fourth foul with 17:32 left in the game and the Bulldogs down 38-28. Driesell went with freshman guard DeVontae Wright (no points, three turnovers in 18 minutes) as long as he could before putting Wells back in with 15:05 left and the Bulldogs behind 41-31.

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Thirteen seconds later, Wells bumped Davidson guard Nik Cochran on an inbounds play for his fifth foul, tugging out his jersey in frustration as he headed to the bench.

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Senior guard Zach Urbanus scored 12 points with seven rebounds and five assists for The Citadel, and Austin Dahn scored 11 points. Even a career night from 6-8 sophomore Mike Groselle (13 points on 5 of 7 shooting) could not make up the difference as The Citadel shot 19 of 58 (32.8 percent) from the floor with 18 turnovers.

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"He's got to learn to play with three fouls and with four," Driesell said. "That's why I put him back in. We were down 10, and I was afraid that the game would get away from us and it would be difficult for us to get back in it, even with Cam on the court. Good players need to learn how to play with four fouls, and hopefully that will be a learning lesson for Cam."

Davidson turned those turnovers into 21 points as sophomore guard J.P. Kulhman scored 13 and freshman Tom Droney 10. "You could just see how not having Cam affected us," Urbanus said. "No excuses -we still have the talent to get it done. But there's a lot less penetration, a lot less open looks for Austin and I without him out there." After Wells fouled out, the closest The Citadel got was 53-45 on a Bryan Streeter bucket with 6:50 left. The Bulldogs had a 26-23 lead in the first half before going the final 6:11 of the half without a basket, giving Davidson a 30-26 lead at the break. The Citadel hosts St. Mary's at 7:05 p.m., the Bulldogs' last home game until a Dec. 31 contest with Chowan. After a two-week break, The Citadel heads west for games at Colorado (Dec. 17), New Mexico (Dec. 19) and the Las Vegas Classic (Dec. 22-23).

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Citadel's Groselle growing into game BY JEFF HARTSELL,

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The Citadel center Mike Groselle made the game of basketball look simple on Saturday against Davidson. Fed the ball down low, the 6-8, 230-pounder simply turned and put it in the basket -five times, for a season-best 13 points. "Big men need to learn how to use angles, how to get to the basket quickly," said coach Chuck Driesell, whose team hosts nationally ranked Division III squad St. Mary's tonight. "And Mike knows how to do that, has a good feel for it, and has gotten better at it." Groselle's outing was a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing 68-53 loss to the Wildcats, and could mean more minutes for the sophomore from Plano, Texas, as Driesell pieces together his frontcourt rotation. He averaged 1.6 points in six minutes per game coming in, but hit his first five shots and played 19 minutes against Davidson. "I did OK," he said afterward. "But it doesn't really matter how (an individual) plays if we don't get the win. I could score 40 points, and it wouldn't matter."

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Groselle, whose younger brother, 6-10 Geoffrey, signed with Creighton last month, averaged 13.8 points for his career at Plano West High and was recruited by former Citadel coach Ed Conroy and his staff. They liked his potential as a freshman, but he was limited by a balky ankle and played in only 14 games. He flashed that potential in an early win over Maryland-Eastern Shore, making all four shots from the field and 6 of 6 free throws for 14 points. This season, Groselle might be the most physically transformed of the returning Bulldogs, with blond hair sprouting where his knob haircut was, and more muscle definition. "I'm proud of Mike," Driesell said. "He's been working hard and he's been wanting an opportunity to get on the court. And when he got it (against Davidson), he took advantage of it.

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"Mike's a solid post player. He's good with his back to the basket, and he's getting better with his footwork. ... When he gets an angle on somebody, he knows how to get to the basket and use his right and left hand. And he can make free throws." Groselle had six points and seven rebounds in 15 minutes of Thursday's win over Georgia Southern, and could be playing his way into the primary backup role behind Bryan Streeter. "Mike does a great job of sealing guys off and has a nice touch," senior guard Zach Urbanus said. "He's giving us a great spark off the bench, and we're going to continue to feed him the ball when he's open." CITADEL BASKETBALL TONIGHT'S GAME Who: St. Mary's at The Citadel

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Top Dog Wells digs for more By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Friday, December 31, 2010 When Cameron Wells was a freshman at The Citadel, his forays into the lane frequently ended with twisting shots that were high on degree of difficulty and low on field-goal percentage. A reporter asked former Bulldogs basketball coach Ed Conroy, "Don't you want Cam just to pull up sometimes and take a simple jumper?"

AP The Citadel's Cameron Wells became the school's all-time leading scorer on Dec. 23, passing Regan Truesdale. "I don't know," Conroy said. "I'd hate to put a lid on Cam and what he can do." Three years later, Wells, a 6-1 senior from Houston, is the all-time leading scorer in Citadel history with 1,670 points. He passed Regan Truesdale's 25-year-old record of 1,661 points in The Citadel's last game, a 59-55 loss to SIU- Edwardsville on Dec. 23 at the Las Vegas Classic. He will take the court at home for the first time since breaking the record when the Bulldogs host Chowan at 3 p.m. today at McAlister Field House. Currently averaging 14.4 points per game and with at least 20 games left in his career, Wells is on pace to finish his career with 1,958 points and has an outside shot at becoming the program's first 2,000-point scorer.

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In typically modest fashion, Wells immediately starts talking about his teammates when asked about the record. "I think of it as a team award," he said before practice Thursday. "I mean, I couldn't have done it without Zach (Urbanus) or Austin (Dahn), all the freshmen we came in with. It just shows that hard work pays off." For a player with aspirations for a pro career, the hard work is really just beginning. During the Bulldogs' grueling nine-day, four-game road trip before Christmas, Citadel coaches played Wells tape of NBA guards like Rajon Rondo, Steve Nash and Deron Williams in an effort to show him how he can get even better. "We wanted to show him some pros, guys who come down and use ball screens, guys that can get their team into transition," Citadel coach Chuck Driesell said. "We wanted him to see where they catch the ball, how they use a screen, how they turn the corner, how they get into the paint and then some of the decisions that they make. "We feel like Cam can do that, that he has that kind of ability. In our offense, we set those kinds of screens for him, so we wanted him to see how those guys handle it, because they are really good at it. They are really good at reading the defense and taking their man off the screen. There is so much to that ball-screen offense that you can't just pick it up like that. You have to work at it and study it, and I think it has helped him." Wells' scoring average is down slightly from last year, when he scored 17.2 points per game, due in large part to a 68-53 loss to Davidson on Dec. 4, when Wells fouled out with only two points. But he's shooting better from 3-point range (33.3 percent to 26.2) and averaging more assists per game (4.6 to 4.1). "You've always got to get better, and I think that's what Coach is trying to do for me," Wells said. "He sees potential, I guess, and just wants me to improve my game any way I can." Driesell, hired last spring to succeed Conroy, heard a lot about Wells before he started coaching him. "I've been very impressed with him as a player and as a person," Driesell said. "He's skilled and has a good feel for the game, all those things that people told me. He's a go-to guy, and if he doesn't score it, he gets it to someone who will. Coming in, I felt pretty good that I had a player like that in Cam, and he's been that for us." NBA scouts have been checking on Wells this season. Could a player from The Citadel have a shot at the league? "That's always tricky, trying to figure out who will make it," Driesell said. "People would ask us last year at Maryland about Greivis Vasquez, is he going to make it? And here's a guy who was ACC player of the year. "If the team wins, that's such a huge part of a young man making it to the pros. I'm convinced that because we had the kind of year we did last year at Maryland, Vasquez went where he did in the draft (No. 28, to Memphis). So if we have a good year and Cam has a good stat line, yeah, I think he's got a shot."

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Wells deflects all that talk, saying he's only worried about this season. At 4-8, the Bulldogs are not off to a great start, but in many ways they already are a much different team than they were six weeks ago. The emergence of 6-8 sophomore Mike Groselle, who has averaged 15 points over the last six games, gives the 4-8 Bulldogs an inside threat as they face road games at Clemson, at Wofford and at Furman to start the new year. "Mike has certainly stepped up and given us an inside presence," Driesell said. "And since we are an inside-out offense, that's huge for us." --The Citadel will honor Wells for becoming the top scorer in school history before the Jan. 13 home game against Chattanooga. TODAY'S GAME Who: Chowan at The Citadel When: 3 p.m. Where: McAlister Field House

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Wells, Dogs avoid upset to Chowan By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Saturday, January 1, 2011 THE CITADEL 67, CHOWAN 53 Tied at halftime with Chowan, The Citadel Bulldogs held a locker-room discussion on New Year's Eve at McAlister Field House. "We talked about what kind of team we want to be this season," said coach Chuck Driesell. At the least, the Bulldogs resolved not to be the kind of team that loses to a struggling Division II squad. The Citadel scored the first 12 points of the second half and opened up a 22-point lead before settling for a 67-53 victory before 1,095 fans. Cameron Wells scored 22 points as the Bulldogs improved to 5-8 despite shooting 13.6 percent from 3-point range and 54.1 percent from the foul line. With five of the next six games on the road starting Sunday at Clemson, Citadel players realize they'll have to shoot much better as Southern Conference play begins in earnest. "We got a lot of good looks in that first half, shots we all know we are capable of making," said guard Zach Urbanus, who scored 10 points despite going 1 of 6 from 3point range. "We knew we had to pick it up and play harder in the second half, and I think we did a good job of that, of being more aggressive and being more confident in our play." The Bulldogs made just 3 of 22 from 3-point range against Chowan (1-7), dragging their percentage from long distance down to 29.6 for the season. The Citadel is averaging just 4.7 3-pointers per game, after shooting 35.4 percent and nailing 7.2 treys per game last year. "That should be a weapon for us, but it hasn't really been so far," Driesell said. "Part of it might be a confidence thing. We're confident in practice, but when we play somebody else, we haven't been able to knock them down. But when we do, we'll be that much better." An eight-day layoff after a taxing nine-day, four-game cross-country road trip certainly may have contributed to Bulldog rust. The Citadel made 6 of its first 7 shots against Chowan, then missed 19 of 21 and went the final 9:11 of the first half without a field goal.

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That allowed the Hawks to close the half on a 12-2 run for a 26-26 tie at the break, prompting the locker-room discussion. "If we want to be at a championship level, which is what we talk about, then we have to put it out there on the floor," Driesell said. "A lot of times we practice at a championship level, then we get out here and allow the opponent to take us out of what we've been working on. If you are going to be a champion, you can't do that." The message seemed to sink in, as the Bulldogs opened the second half with a 28-6 run for a 54-32 lead. The Hawks never got closer than 14 after that. Chowan coach Dan DeRose, frustrated by his team's 12-3 lead in fouls at the time, was hit with two quick technicals and ejected with 16:38 left in the game. The Citadel ended up making 20 of 37 from the foul line to 10 of 19 for Chowan, which got 16 points and 11 rebounds from sophomore forward Quinton McDuffie. Bryan Streeter had 11 points and six rebounds for The Citadel. -- Citadel forward Mike Groselle had his string of double-figure scoring games snapped at six, but he still had eight points and 10 rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench ... Groselle did not start due to a book-keeping error ... Center Morakinyo Williams did not dress with an ankle injury. He's missed the last five games ... At 1-1 in the Southern Conference, the Bulldogs are currently tied for fourth in the SoCon South with Davidson, behind Furman, Wofford and College of Charleston, all 2-0 in the league. Half: Tied, 26-26. 3-Point Field Goals — Chowan 3-17 (Brown 0-6, Williams 0-1, Rhodes 2-5, McDuffie 1-4, Alston 0-1); Citadel 3-22 (Urbanus 1-6, Wells 1-3, Dahn 1-6, Conley 0-1, Morabbi 0 -2, Wright 0-1, Pandak 0-2, Holston 0-1). Steals — Chowan 3 (Williams, McGlone, Allen); Citadel 8 (Wells 3). Blocks — Chowan 2 (Tyree, Hassle); Citadel 1 (Wells). Turnovers — Chowan 11 (Brown 3); Citadel 15 (Wright 3). Technicals — Chowan 2 (Team); Citadel None. A — 1,095.

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Citadel seniors get their last shot at a major upset today By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Sunday, January 2, 2011 Citadel seniors have accomplished a lot during their basketball careers: the military school's second 20-win season and first postseason bid in 2009, and the winningest twoyear stretch in Bulldogs history. Two of them, Cameron Wells and Zach Urbanus, have cracked the 1,000-point club, and a third, Austin Dahn, will join them before season's end, making them just the third trio of classmates to do so in school history.

Russ Pace The Citadel's Zach Urbanus and the Bulldogs battle the Tigers today at 4 p.m. in Clemson. There are still a lot of blank spots on the resumes, however, and among them is an upset victory over one of college basketball's "big boys" -- a team from one of the six BCS leagues. Bulldogs seniors are 0-10 in such games in their careers, and today's 4 p.m. game at Clemson is their last chance to get one, barring a postseason meeting of some kind. Remarkably, it's also their first chance to play an ACC team, though they have lost to teams from the SEC, Big Ten, Big East, Big 12 and Pac-10.

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"We know that if we play to our full potential, to our full ability, that it is a game we can win," Urbanus said. "We're going in there expecting to play well, expecting to play hard and expecting to get a win, and nothing less." There is one game that both Urbanus and Wells point to as inspiration heading into today's game with the 10-4 Tigers, who are 4-0 against Southern Conference teams this season. That game is the Bulldogs' 69-56 loss to a 12th-ranked Michigan State team on Dec. 7, 2009, at McAlister Field House. Backed by a home crowd of 5,194, The Citadel held a four-point lead late in the first half and trailed by four at halftime before falling by 13 to a team coming off an appearance in the national championship game. "Games like that show that when we play at our best, and play hard for 40 minutes, that we can hang with these teams," Urbanus said. "In that Michigan State game, we played well for 30 minutes or so, and that's why we didn't get the win. "If we play well for 40 minutes, we can beat one of those teams. We know that." One equalizing factor in David vs. Goliath matchups is the 3-point shot, as College of Charleston showed in its 91-78 upset of Tennessee on Friday. The Cougars shot a sizzling 14 of 25 from 3-point range against the Vols. In that game against Michigan State last year, The Citadel shot 12 of 20 from long distance, including 8 of 11 in the first half. The Bulldogs have not often showed the same explosiveness from 3-point range this season. They made 11 of 27 in a 74-67 loss to James Madison on Nov. 20, and averaged 6.7 treys per game over a six-game stretch starting with that contest. But in the last five games, the Bulldogs are making just 3.4 3-pointers per game, shooting 25 percent from long distance over that stretch. That includes a 3-of-22 showing in a 6753 win over Division II Chowan on Saturday. "We've shot enough (3-pointers) for it to make a difference, it's not like we're not shooting them," coach Chuck Driesell said. "We've just got to find a way to be a bit more confident out there on the court, and those shots will fall." SoCon teams have three other wins over teams from BCS conferences this season, and the 3-point shot played a huge role in each. Davidson made 11 of 28 in a 70-67 win over Nebraska of the Big 12, and Samford was an amazing 18 of 33 in a 79-68 win over Auburn of the SEC. Furman was a modest 7 of 15 from 3-point range in a 91-75 win over South Carolina of the SEC, but Justin Dehm made all five of his 3-point tries. Clemson is allowing foes to shoot 31.8 percent from 3-point range, ranking fifth in the ACC, and the Tigers lead the ACC in scoring defense (59.3 ppg) and are sixth in field goal percentage defense (.404). In four wins over Southern Conference teams this season, Clemson has allowed an average of 63.5 points and 6.75 3-pointers per game, on 36.9-percent shooting.

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Clemson gets defensive in victory over Bulldogs By Travis Sawchik <a href="mailto:tsawchik@postandcourier.com">tsawchik@postandcourier.com</a> Monday, January 3, 2011 CLEMSON -- Following Clemson's 69-54 victory over The Citadel on Sunday, Tigers coach Brad Brownell corrected a misconception about his coaching philosophy. "As much as everyone wants to write about my motion offense and style and all of those sorts of things â&#x20AC;Ś I'm a defensive coach," Brownell said. "If you go back and look at my records, look at my teams. We are usually among the better defensives teams in the league and sometimes one of the better defensive teams in the country." The Citadel (5-9) can corroborate the statement as Clemson (11-4) limited the Bulldogs to 33 percent shooting from the floor and held Bulldogs star Cameron Wells to 4 of 16 shooting (12 points). He also had seven turnovers. Clemson defended Wells with a variety guards and defenses, including double-teams. Chuck Driesell's team had 18 turnovers and just eight assists. "(Wells) is very good at handling pressure," Driesell said. "They just kept throwing guys at him; small, quick guys that don't foul ... It's great experience for Cam. I don't think he'll see anything like that again." Clemson has won six straight games and hopes its improved defensive play carries over to its ACC opener Saturday when the Tigers host Miami. The Tigers have limited five of their last six opponents to less than 40 percent shooting. While the Tigers are 0-3 against power-conference teams this season, Stitt, who knocked down back-to-back 3s to give Clemson a 52-36 lead in the second half, believes they are improving in their first year under Brownell on the cusp of ACC play. "It just comes with a new coaching style," said Stitt, who scored a team-best 16 points. "With our old style, it was more pressing, a lot more possessions, the pace was a lot different. (Now) it is a game of possessions. We know we have to win possessions. It's more intensity in half-court defense." The Citadel will be back in the Upstate on Thursday when the Bulldogs resume Southern Conference play against Wofford and then play at Furman on Saturday. The Citadel next plays at home on Jan. 13 against Chattanooga.

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Terriers clamp down on Dogs' trio of guards By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Friday, January 7, 2011 SPARTANBURG -- Before and after Thursday's game against The Citadel, Wofford basketball coach Mike Young talked about the "utmost respect" he has for the Bulldogs' senior guards. "When you've got three players like that, who've been in as many big games as they have, that's cause for concern," Young said. The Terriers' defensive focus on Cameron Wells, Zach Urbanus and Austin Dahn paid off in a big way. Wofford forced 16 turnovers and held the Bulldogs to a season-worst 7.1 percent shooting from 3-point range in a 78-60 victory before 1,401 fans at Benjamin Johnson Arena.

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The Terriers are just 6-8 overall, but are 3-0 in the SoCon heading into a Saturday showdown with College of Charleston, also 3-0 in the South Division. The Bulldogs fell to 5-10 overall and 1-2 in the SoCon, and are at Furman (10-4, 2-1) on Saturday at 4 p.m. Young entered the game complaining about the Terriers' defense, but it was Wofford's helping man-to-man and sticky zone that disrupted The Citadel's offense, particularly on the perimeter. Wells scored 17 points, but he and Urbanus and Dahn combined for eight turnovers and made just 1 of 13 from long distance. The team was 1 of 14. "They pressured us really well and made some the passes we normally make a little bit harder," said Wells, who has 11 turnovers in the last two games, including seven in Sunday's loss at Clemson. "Our offense definitely got slowed down a little bit." Said Young, "I thought we did a fabulous job on those three. Our ball pressure bought us some time against Wells as he tried to read those screens they set for him, and that was a big part of the game." For long stretches of the game, the Bulldogs' offense was reduced to one-on-one forays by Wells, sketchy 3-point tries and offensive rebounds from 6-8 sophomore Mike Groselle, who led The Citadel with 19 points and 16 rebounds. The Bulldogs' offense was so bogged down that they registered just seven assists on 22 baskets, though Groselle grabbed 10 offensive rebounds and fared well in his matchup with the 6-6 Dahlman, who had nine boards to go with his 15 points. "I was looking forward to playing him," said Groselle, who has two straight doubledoubles and three for the season. "I think I did better in the first half. He didn't have as many of his famous duck-ins and angles. But he got me some in the second half." Two early offensive fouls on Wells hurt the Bulldogs in the first half. It was 13-8 when Wells picked up his second foul, with coach Chuck Driesell asking an official, "What did he do?" Wells went to the bench for about 1:40, and the Terriers scored six straight points during that time for a 19-8 lead with 10 minutes left in the first half. The Bulldogs never got closer than nine points after that. "That really hurt us," Driesell said. "And we just didn't have enough to get back in the game after that." Reserve guard Kevin Giltner scored 13 points as Wofford's bench outscored The Citadel's, 21-7. Cameron Rundles and Jamar Diggs scored 12 points each and Brad Loesing had 10 points, three assists and four steals. The Citadel got to within 35-25 at the half, but Wofford scored on six of its first seven possessions to start the second half to open up a 46-27 lead in the first four minutes. The lead reached 20 in the final minutes.

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Notes --Driesell said backup guard Cosmo Morabbi will be out 4 to 6 weeks with a broken finger. He had a pin put in the broken bone on Thursday ... With Morabbi out, freshman guard DeVontae Wright played 16 minutes. He was 0 of 6 with a turnover and four points ... Center Morakinyo Williams (foot) was dressed out Thursday but did not play.

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Scoring droughts put Dogs in deep hole versus Paladins Staff report Sunday, January 9, 2011 GREENVILLE -- The Citadel lost its third straight basketball game on Saturday at Furman, falling, 88-67, in a Southern Conference game at Timmons Arena.

Richard Shiro/Greenville News Amu Saaka and the Paladins outbattled Mike Groselle (right) and the Bulldogs on Saturday. The Bulldogs, 5-11 overall and 1-3 in the SoCon, next play at home Thursday at 7 p.m. against Chattanooga, which beat UNC Greensboro, 70-65, on Saturday to improve to 4-0 in the league. "This is a new system, and we have to build some confidence," first-year Citadel coach Chuck Driesell said after the game. "You do that by winning games, and we'll do that. "Nothing great is achieved without some adversity, and we're going through that right now. But tournaments are won in February and March, and that's what we are building for."

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Amu Saaka scored 20 points and Jordan Miller had 18 to lead Furman (11-4, 3-1), which scored the first 10 points of the second half to pull away after grabbing a 37-26 halftime lead. Cameron Wells scored 22 points for The Citadel, while Zach Urbanus had 12 and Mike Groselle 11 before fouling out with 8:19 to play. Down by 21 in the second half, the Bulldogs closed to within 55-47 with 11:12 left on two free throws by Wells. But Furman scored the next five points and went on a 19-5 run to ward off the threat, and to rebound from Thursday's 76-72 loss to College of Charleston. The Citadel led early, 16-12, but a disturbing trend of first-half scoring droughts continued, putting the Bulldogs in a 14-point hole. The Bulldogs went about six minutes without a point and missed eight of nine shots with five turnovers during a 19-3 Furman run. The Paladins' lead reached 35-21 on a Bryson Barnes layup with 1:34 left, and it was 37-26 at the half. "We got off to a pretty good start," Driesell said. "I was excited about how we were playing. We were confident, and then the tide changed. They went to a 2-3 zone and we haven't seen that all year. I was a little surprised, and I think our guys were, too. It bothered us." Barnes hit all three of his shots for seven points in the first half, and five Furman forwards combined to make 13 of 19 shots for 27 points in the first 20 minutes.

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'Goofball' Mocs good fit in SoCon By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Thursday, January 13, 2011 Chattanooga basketball coach John Shulman affectionately calls his players "goofballs" for their penchant for making the occasional silly play. But his goofballs also are good enough to be just one of two teams unbeaten in Southern Conference play heading into the Mocs' game tonight at The Citadel. Chattanooga is just 8-8 overall, but its 4-0 record in league play is tops in the SoCon North Division and matches that of SoCon South leader College of Charleston. The Mocs are "playing their best ball of the season," said Citadel coach Chuck Driesell. "Chattanooga is a very explosive team that can score points in bunches," he said. "Our defensive effort will have to be one of the best of the season in order for us to get the win." The Mocs own an impressive non-conference road win over Marshall (No. 54 in one RPI ranking) but also lost at home to Georgia State and got drilled by 32 at Austin Peay. In SoCon play, however, Chattanooga has knocked off North Division rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Elon and UNC Greensboro. "I really don't know where we are as a team," Shulman said this week. "I think we're OK. I think we're a good team, but we're not anything better than a good team with a lot of work to do. "The best thing that we are doing is winning, but we have to get a lot better. I hope our kids aren't getting tricked by our 4-0 stat. I hope they understand we have to get a lot better." The Mocs returned three starters from last year's 15-18 team that was just 6-12 in the SoCon, and have gotten a big boost from 6-5 junior guard Omar Wattad, a transfer from Georgetown. After sitting out last season, Wattad is averaging a team-best 14 points per game while shooting 37 percent from 3-point range. Point guard Keegan Bell, who came over from Vanderbilt two years ago, runs the show and averages 6.1 assists per game. The Citadel (5-11, 1-3), meanwhile, has lost three straight games, suffering first-half scoring droughts at Clemson, Wofford and Furman.

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At Wofford, the Bulldogs were down 13-8 when Cameron Wells picked up his second foul and went to the bench. Wofford scored six straight points to kick off an 18-8 run that decided the game. At Furman, the Bulldogs were ahead 16-12 at about the same point when the Paladins scored 14 straight to break it open. Driesell said his team needs to get off to a good start and control tempo to have a chance. "This team has been working hard and showing some signs of improvement in certain areas," he said. "But more importantly, this team needs some confidence. You get that by winning basketball games, and we need to put together a good 40 minutes and come out with a win." With guard Cosmo Morabbi (finger) and center Morakinyo Williams (foot) sidelined, the Bulldogs have been working with a short bench. The Citadel bench players were outscored by a combined 53-18 at Wofford and Furman.

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Wattad's career night helps Mocs survive Dogs By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Friday, January 14, 2011 CHATTANOGA 69, THE CITADEL 68 On the bench during the timeout, Austin Dahn had a feeling the basketball was going to come his way. "I was telling myself in the huddle that I was ready," said The Citadel's 6-4 senior. "I knew Cam (Wells) would draw in the defenders, and I was ready to knock it down." But Dahn's open 3-pointer from the right corner bounced off the rim with 4 seconds left, and Chattanooga survived for a 69-68 victory over The Citadel on Thursday night before 1,653 fans at McAlister Field House.

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do a better job of not letting one guy hurt us. He shot it as well as anybody I've seen all year." Wells, honored before the game for becoming The Citadel's all-time leading scorer, had 17 points to lead four Bulldogs in double figures. Dahn and Zach Urbanus scored 15 each, and sophomore center Mike Groselle had 12 points and nine rebounds. The Citadel led by seven early in the second half, but a hook shot by the 6-5 Wattad gave the Mocs a 69-66 lead with 2:03 left, setting up the end game. Wells hit a free throw and then drove for a bucket to make it 69-68 with 1:07 left. Good defense forced a Wattad miss and the Bulldogs got the ball back with 23 seconds left. "We ran one of our go-to plays," Driesell. "It was an inside look to Groselle, and if that's not there, we bring Cam off a couple of screens and let him do his thing." Wells drove the lane and got the ball to Dahn, who at that point was 3 of 9 from 3-point range. But he missed, and Urbanus' 40-foot heave at the buzzer was short. "We want Austin shooting that shot," Driesell said. "He's a good shooter and he played well tonight. That's a shot he can make and a shot I want him to take." Said Dahn, "Cam made a good pass and I thought I would knock it down. I just didn't." Dahn said losing at the buzzer hurt worse than blowout losses at Wofford and Furman last week, but at least the Bulldogs were in this one. They shot 56.5 percent in the second half, made 9 of 20 from 3-point range and had 16 assists against only eight turnovers. It was the first time since a 72-64 win over Division II St. Mary's on Dec. 6 -- nine games ago -- that Wells, Urbanus, Dahn and Groselle all scored in double figures in the same game. "We were just glad to be in the game," Wells said. "We kind of got blown out early in the last two. But we were in this game. We just need to execute down the stretch and we'll be fine." Said Dahn, "We made progress. We played really hard and we shot it well for the first time in a while. And we held them under their average. We should have pulled it out." They'll get another chance to beat an unbeaten SoCon team Saturday at rival College of Charleston (11-5, 4-0). --Citadel center Morakinyo Williams (foot) played for the first time since Dec. 6, though it was just for two minutes ... Guard Cosmo Morabbi (finger) and freshman Barry Smith (illness) did not dress ... The Bulldogs' former all-time leading scorer, Regan Truesdale, was on hand to honor Wells, and former Citadel football star Andre Roberts also was in attendance after his rookie year with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.

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Citadel looks to extend 'road' streak over rival By Tommy Braswell <a href="mailto:braswell@postandcourier.com">braswell@postandcourier.com</a> Saturday, January 15, 2011 Since Carolina First Arena opened at the beginning of the 2008-09 season, the College of Charleston has lost only six times and claimed some impressive victims in 34 home games over the past 2 1/2 seasons. But as proud as the Cougars are of their record, The Citadel is equally proud of its mark at Carolina First Arena. The Bulldogs are unbeaten there and going for win No. 3 when the teams meet at 2 p.m. today in a regionally televised Southern Conference game. Not only is The Citadel 2-0 at Carolina First, the Bulldogs have won three of their last four meetings with the Cougars. That fact isn't lost on either team, although both are riding different paths going into the contest. The Cougars are 4-0 in the SoCon and 11-5 overall, while The Citadel is 5-12 overall and 1-4 in the league under first-year coach Chuck Driesell. Citadel senior guard Austin Dahn said it would be big for the Bulldog seniors to walk away with a 3-0 record at CFA. "They are our crosstown rival, and to be able to say you never lost there, that would be nice," Dahn said. "Beating them there, winning at their place and kind of shutting their fans up, it was pretty sweet." Added fellow senior Cameron Wells: "It's always good to win a road game. You beat them at their home and on their rims, that's always a great feeling, whether it's your rival or not." Cougars senior guard Donavan Monroe said today's game is Charleston's biggest game of the season, simply because every conference game is big. But the Cougars don't have to be reminded that it's also a rivalry game. "We're not forgetting what they did to us last year, and the year before that. We're going into the game with a chip on our shoulder," Monroe said. College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins, now in his fifth season at the school, said when he came to town someone said the rivalry was dead. The Cougars had been

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dominant in recent years (29-6 since 1990), but Cremins said the game is always a battle and that's great for basketball in the city. "Good for them," Cremins said when asked about the Bulldogs' record at CFA. "They play tough here. They deserve the wins. We had to fight to get our win over (at The Citadel's McAlister Field House) last year. It's been a battle." One thing that has made the rivalry so good, Cremins said, is something that permeates the Southern Conference -- outstanding seniors. He pointed to the Bulldogs' trio of senior starters, Wells, Dahn and Zach Urbanus, along with his own seniors, Monroe, Andrew Goudelock and Jeremy Simmons. "I can't remember a league with so many outstanding seniors," Cremins said. "They are such great, great players. Look at every team and the senior class is incredible. "Cameron Wells can do a lot of things. He could play for anybody. Those two shooters (Urbanus and Dahn) are a nightmare. And they've got some big guys." Wells is The Citadel's career scoring leader with 1,760 points, Urbanus has 1,159 and Dahn 976. Goudelock (2,063) is 72 points away from tying Ken Gustafson's record (2,135 from 1971-75) for first place on the College of Charleston's career scoring list. Monroe has totaled 1,109 points and Simmons has 938 points and is Charleston's fifth all-time leading rebounder with 632. Driesell said The Citadel will have to play even better than they did in Thursday's 69-68 home loss to Chattanooga, also unbeaten in the league. "He's done a great job with this team and has them playing extremely well," Driesell said. "It's going to be a challenge, but one we are looking forward to." Cremins feels the same. "I've told our team we can beat anybody and we can lose to anybody. I believe that," Cremins said. "We expect a tough game. We have great respect for The Citadel. They never give up. They will fight to the end." Jeff Hartsell contributed to this story. Today marks the 85th game between the College of Charleston and The Citadel. The Cougars lead the all-time series, 45-39. Last 10 regular season results: RESULT DATE LOCATION Citadel 72, Charleston 65 Feb. 8, 2010 Carolina First Arena Charleston 61, Citadel 55 Jan. 9, 2010 McAlister Field House Citadel 72, Charleston 58 Feb. 14, 2009 Carolina First Arena Citadel 72, Charleston 63 Jan. 24, 2009 McAlister Field House

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Charleston 63, Citadel 48 Feb. 4, 2008 John Kresse Arena Charleston 69, Citadel 46 Jan. 14, 2008 McAlister Field House Charleston 50, Citadel 40 Feb. 22, 2007 John Kresse Arena Charleston 74, Citadel 62 Jan. 9, 2007 McAlister Field House Charleston 72, Citadel 52 Feb. 16, 2006 McAlister Field House Charleston 77, Citadel 65 Jan. 14 , 2006 John Kresse Arena *-Southern Conference Tournament

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Cougars put clamps on The Citadel College of Charleston 87, The Citadel 66 By Tommy Braswell Saturday, January 15, 2011

Photo by Alan Hawes College of Charleston's Trent Wiedeman dunks in front of The Citadel's Mike Groselle during the first half Saturday afternoon at the Carolina First Arena. The Citadel’s unbeaten streak at the College of Charleston’s Carolina First Arena is now a thing of the past. The Cougars poured it on in the second half Saturday and cruised to an 87-66 win before a crowd of 5,162 and a regional television audience, the third largest crowd at Carolina First Arena since it opened for the 2008-09 season. Senior guard Andrew Goudelock scored 29 points, 22 in the second half, as Charleston (12-5, 5-0 Southern Conference) built up a 34-point lead to remain unbeaten in the SoCon heading into a huge road battle on Monday at North Division leader Chattanooga. The fact that The Citadel (5-13, 1-5 SoCon) was 2-0 at Carolina First Arena heading into Saturday’s matchup was not lost on the College of Charleston. “There was a lot of talk about them beating us in this building the last two years, so we wanted to be ready,” College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins said. “We have great respect for those guys and what they do over there ... but they came in here the last two years and whipped our butts. We were trying not to let that happen again.

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“I’m glad we played well and glad we got a little bit of a jinx off our back because we didn’t want them to be 3-0 in our new building. (Former Cougars coach) John Kresse might have killed me.” College of Charleston got off to a quick start against The Citadel, with sophomore forward Willis Hall scoring nine points to lead the Cougars to a 12-4 start. Charleston went ahead by as many as 13 points in the first half but was unable to put the Bulldogs away. Cameron Wells kept The Citadel in the game, hitting 8-of-10 first-half free throws on the way to a 16-point first half, and the Bulldogs managed to pull within 39-31 at intermission. Wells, who led the Bulldogs with 26 points, hit a fallaway jumper to start the second half and got The Citadel within six points. But the Cougars responded and broke things open. Antwaine Wiggins hit a pair of 3-pointers during a 10-0 run that gave Charleston a 59-42 lead with 131/2 minutes left. Charleston continued to light up the scoreboard, eventually going up 87-53 with just under four minutes remaining, allowing Cremins to empty his bench. “They hits some 3s. That’s a heck of a ballclub right there, but we knew that coming in,” said first-year Citadel coach Chuck Driesell. “I give them a lot of credit. They are a very, very good basketball team. I told my guys don’t’ worry about anything. We put everything we could out there. We’ll have another shot at them, and we’ve got to learn from what happened out there tonight and move on to the next game.” Wells said it wasn’t just Goudelock. “He played great today. He hit a couple of tough 3s. He was on his game today, but I think their whole team was,” Wells said. “Wiggins hit a couple of big 3s in the second half that put them up pretty big. They rebounded well and played an all-around great game.” Wiggins, who has been maligned in the past for his outside shooting, hit 4 of 6 from beyond the arc Saturday and has hit better than 41 percent of his long-range shots this season. “It’s something I worked on a lot this summer,” Wiggins said. “Whenever my teammates get me wide open shots, it makes it harder for other teams to play defense against us.” “I don’t know what got into him,” Cremins said of Wiggins. “That gave us a tremendous boost. Everyone’s going to key on Goudelock. If Wiggins can make some shots, it really enables us to be more balanced.” Cremins said the league scheduling was an advantage for the Cougars, who last played a week ago at Wofford while The Citadel was coming in off a heart-breaking, 69-68, home loss to Chattanooga on Thursday. “Had they won that game it might have made a difference. Today, we were fortunate,” Cremins said.

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Driesell, whose team travels to Samford on Monday, said he appreciated Cremins’ thoughts, but would not use the quick turnaround as an excuse. “I think maybe a couple of shots here or there, a couple of breaks and we keep it close and the outcome might could have been different,” Driesell said. “They made big shots. They weren’t easy. A lot of them we were right on them. We had a couple of breakdowns, but for the most part they made some really big shots.” With his 29 points, Goudelock pulled to within 43 points of tying Ken Gustafson (2,135 from 1971-75) for the school’s career scoring lead. Goudelock also four rebounds and seven assists. Wiggins and Donavan Monroe each added 12 points while Jeremy Simmons had 10 points. Hall had nine points and nine rebounds. Mike Groselle was the only other Citadel player to reach double figures, capitalizing on 7 of 8 shooting from the floor for 15 points and nine rebounds.

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Goudelock leads College of Charleston past rival Citadel By Tommy Braswell <a href="mailto:braswell@postandcourier.com">braswell@postandcourier.com</a> Sunday, January 16, 2011 The Citadel's unbeaten streak at the College of Charleston's Carolina First Arena is now a thing of the past. The Cougars poured it on in the second half Saturday and cruised to an 87-66 win before a crowd of 5,162 and a regional television audience, the third-largest crowd at Carolina First Arena since it opened for the 2008-09 season. Senior guard Andrew Goudelock scored 29 points, 22 in the second half, as Charleston (12-5, 5-0 Southern Conference) built up a 34-point lead to remain unbeaten in the SoCon heading into a huge road battle on Monday at North Division leader Chattanooga. Photo Gallery

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The College of Charleston defeated The Citadel on Saturday afternoon at the Carolina First Arena, 87-66. The fact that The Citadel (5-13, 1-5 SoCon) was 2-0 at Carolina First Arena heading into Saturday's matchup was not lost on the College of Charleston. "There was a lot of talk about them beating us in this building the last two years, so we wanted to be ready," College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins said. "We have great respect for those guys and what they do over there ... but they came in here the last two years and whipped our butts. We were trying not to let that happen again.

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"I'm glad we played well and glad we got a little bit of a jinx off our back because we didn't want them to be 3-0 in our new building. (Former Cougars coach) John Kresse might have killed me." College of Charleston got off to a quick start against The Citadel, with sophomore forward Willis Hall scoring nine points to lead the Cougars to a 12-4 start. Charleston went ahead by as many as 13 points in the first half but was unable to put the Bulldogs away. Cameron Wells kept The Citadel in the game, hitting 8-of-10 first-half free throws on the way to a 16-point first half, and the Bulldogs managed to pull within 39-31 at intermission. Wells, who led the Bulldogs with 26 points, hit a fallaway jumper to start the second half and got The Citadel within six points. But the Cougars responded and broke things open. Antwaine Wiggins hit a pair of 3-pointers during a 10-0 run that gave Charleston a 59-42 lead with 13 1/2 minutes left. Charleston continued to light up the scoreboard, eventually going up 87-53 with just under four minutes remaining, allowing Cremins to empty his bench. "They hits some 3s. That's a heck of a ballclub right there, but we knew that coming in," said first-year Citadel coach Chuck Driesell. "I give them a lot of credit. They are a very, very good basketball team. I told my guys don't' worry about anything. We put everything we could out there. We'll have another shot at them, and we've got to learn from what happened out there tonight and move on to the next game." Wells said it wasn't just Goudelock. "He played great today. He hit a couple of tough 3s. He was on his game today, but I think their whole team was," Wells said. "Wiggins hit a couple of big 3s in the second half that put them up pretty big. They rebounded well and played an all-around great game." Wiggins, who has been maligned in the past for his outside shooting, hit 4 of 6 from beyond the arc Saturday and has hit better than 41 percent of his long-range shots this season. "It's something I worked on a lot this summer," Wiggins said. "Whenever my teammates get me wide open shots, it makes it harder for other teams to play defense against us." "I don't know what got into him," Cremins said of Wiggins. "That gave us a tremendous boost. Everyone's going to key on Goudelock. If Wiggins can make some shots, it really enables us to be more balanced." Cremins said the league scheduling was an advantage for the Cougars, who last played a week ago at Wofford while The Citadel was coming in off a heart-breaking, 69-68, home loss to Chattanooga on Thursday. "Had they won that game it might have made a difference. Today, we were fortunate," Cremins said.

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Driesell, whose team travels to Samford on Monday, said he appreciated Cremins' thoughts, but would not use the quick turnaround as an excuse. "I think maybe a couple of shots here or there, a couple of breaks and we keep it close and the outcome might could have been different," Driesell said. "They made big shots. They weren't easy. A lot of them we were right on them. We had a couple of breakdowns, but for the most part they made some really big shots." With his 29 points, Goudelock pulled to within 43 points of tying Ken Gustafson (2,135 from 1971-75) for the school's career scoring lead. Goudelock also four rebounds and seven assists. Wiggins and Donavan Monroe each added 12 points while Jeremy Simmons had 10 points. Hall had nine points and nine rebounds. Mike Groselle was the only other Citadel player to reach double figures, capitalizing on 7 of 8 shooting from the floor for 15 points and nine rebounds. 3-Point Goals -- Citadel 2-9 (Eykyn 1-2, Urbanus 1-2, Wells 0-2, Dahn 0-3); CofC 13-31 (Goudelock 6-11, Wiggins 4-6, Lawrence 2-5, Scott 1-2, Carlton 0-1, Campbell 0-1, Turok 0-2, Monroe 0-3). Steals -- Citadel 5 (Wells 3); CofC 9 (Lawrence 3, Wiedeman 3). Blocks -- Citadel 0; CofC 5 (Simmons 4). Turnovers -- Citadel 16 (Wells 6); CofC 13 (Wiggins 4). Technicals -- None. A -- 5,162. Reach <strong>Tommy Braswell </strong>at 937-5591.

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1/19/2011

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Wells fuels Citadel's comeback: Senior helps Bulldogs end five-game losing streak Staff report Tuesday, January 18, 2011 THE CITADEL 61, SAMFORD 50 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Down by 13 points early in the second half at Samford, The Citadel basketball team seemed destined for its sixth straight loss on Monday night. But senior guard Cameron Wells had other ideas. Wells scored 22 points, including 10 straight during the decisive stretch, as The Citadel roared back for a 61-50 win at Samford, snapping a five-game skid with its first road win of the season. The Bulldogs improved to 6-13 overall and 2-5 in the Southern Conference heading into Thursday night's home game with Appalachian State.

File Cameron Wells "It was a great team win," Citadel coach Chuck Driesell said after his team outscored Samford, 38-19, in the second half. "Confidence is a big part of any sport, and we didn't have a lot of confidence. This game will give us some and maybe help us in our next game."

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The 10 straight points by Wells gave The Citadel a 47-43 lead with 4:42 left in the game. Samford (10-8, 2-4) was within 51-48 before Zach Urbanus and Austin Dahn hit clutch 3pointers in the final minutes. "It feels great," Driesell said. "I feel really good for our guys. They've been working so hard, and sometimes that goes unnoticed when you are not winning." Samford, averaging a SoCon-best 9.9 3-pointers per game, shot just 7-of-33 (21.2 percent) from long distance. Andy King made 4-of-8 to lead Samford with 18 points. "I was disappointed in our defense in the first half," said Driesell, whose team trailed by 31-23 at the break. "I think what you saw in the second half is that these guys said, 'Hey, we've got to play better defense all the way around.' " Wells played 40 minutes and hit 8 of 14 shots with eight rebounds and two assists. Urbanus also played 40 minutes and made all six of his free throws for 13 points. Urbanus has played all 120 minutes of the last three games, and Wells has played 116 of 120. "I was really proud of Cam," Driesell said. "He played an exceptional game. He never game out, so I know he had to be tired, but it never showed. He didn't force any shots and ended up with a phenomenal night." Junior Bo Holston got his first start and finished with four points and seven rebounds before fouling out after 28 minutes of action. Forwards Daniel Eykyn and Bryan Streeter were the only bench players to see action; they combined for nine points and seven rebounds.

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Urbanus playing Iron Man role By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Thursday, January 20, 2011 Though he doesn't wear the cool red armor or have repulsor rays shooting out of his palms, The Citadel's Zach Urbanus has been something of an Iron Man this season. Urbanus, a senior guard, has played 271 out of a possible 280 minutes in seven Southern Conference basketball games heading into tonight's matchup with Appalachian State. That's 96.8 percent of available minutes, the highest figure in the SoCon by a good stretch. In the last three games, Urbanus has not missed a minute, playing all 40 minutes against Chattanooga, College of Charleston and Samford. Tired, Zach? "I enjoy it," Urbanus said Tuesday, a day after he scored 13 points in a 61-50 victory at Samford. "I get tired at times, but I just have to suck it up. I want to be out there as much as possible, so I don't have any complaints." Urbanus is not the only Bulldog forced to play major minutes in recent games. Backcourt mate Cameron Wells played 40 minutes against Chattanooga and at Samford, and sat out only four minutes of Saturday's loss at College of Charleston, giving him 116 out of 120 minutes in the last three games. The Bulldogs' backcourt depth has been hampered by the broken finger suffered by junior guard Cosmo Morabbi, who has missed the last five games and could be out for at least three more weeks. With freshman DeVontae Wright not yet ready for heavy duty (he's played nine minutes in the last four games), Urbanus and Wells will carry the load for the foreseeable future. "So far, they've handled it well," coach Chuck Driesell said. "They both played well against Samford in what was our third game in five days. They didn't show any signs of fatigue. We're counting on them doing that. With the loss of Cosmo, we don't have a lot of experience right now to give them a breather." Driesell said the time between games will be more important in keeping the backcourt duo as fresh as possible.

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1/20/2011

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"We practice the same as everyone else, but the coaches manage our minutes in practice," Urbanus said. "They get us in and out, and then it's just a matter of stretching and icing and everything." The Citadel used only seven players in Monday's win over Samford, with junior Bo Holston earning his first start and seniors Dan Eykyn and Bryan Streeter coming off the bench. "When you come into a new program, sometimes you think you know who your best guys and combinations are," Driesell said. "But really, you do have to learn these guys, and we're finding that out. Bo has been working hard; we thought he gave us a better matchup against Samford than some other guys. "A lot of teams have really been pressing us on the perimeter, and Bo is probably better than some other guys at handling that. We're just trying to find the combination that fits best for us." TODAY'S GAME Who: App State (8-9, 4-3) at The Citadel (6-13, 2-5) When: 7:05 p.m. Where: McAlister Field House MAJOR MINUTES The Citadel's Zach Urbanus leads the SoCon in minutes played in league games. The top five: Player, School G Min. Avg. 1. Zach Urbanus, Citadel 7 271 38.7 2. Keegan Bell, Chatt 7 263 37.6 3. Donald Sims, App St 7 261 37.3 4. Ben Drayton, GSU 6 222 37.0 5. Omar Wattad, Chatt 7 248 35.4

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1/20/2011

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Blistering Bulldogs play 'best' By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Friday, January 21, 2011 THE CITADEL 81, APP STATE 63 Twenty games into the season, The Citadel basketball team finally played the way new coach Chuck Driesell has been hoping for. Bulldogs fans didn't even wait until the final buzzer to celebrate, standing for a rousing ovation in the final minutes as The Citadel finished off an 81-63 rout of Appalachian State before 1,519 at McAlister Field House. Offense? The Bulldogs scored a season-best 81 points on a season-best 61.8 percent shooting. Defense? They held Appalachian State 13 points under its average and limited the Mountaineers to 41.4 percent shooting, 29.6 percent in a 41-25 first half. App State star Donald Sims was 9 of 16 for 28 points, but the rest of his team went 15 of 42 (35.7 percent) for 35 points. That included a miserable 0 of 6 for zero points by Charleston Southern transfer Omar Carter, who came in averaging 16.5 points. "Best I've seen our guys play together," said Driesell, whose team has won two straight to improve to 7-13 overall and 3-5 in the Southern Conference. "They played with confidence, played with some chemistry. I was really proud of the how they played tonight." Four Citadel players scored in double figures as the Bulldogs sliced up a porous App State defense for 18 assists on 34 baskets, and made 7 of 16 from 3-point range. Senior guard Cameron Wells filled his stat line with 19 points, six rebounds, six assists and 40 minutes. Senior guard Zach Urbanus played 40 minutes for the fourth game in a row and hit 5 of 8 from long distance for 17 points. Efficient center Mike Groselle scored 18 points in 23 minutes, hitting 9 of 12 shots. And then there was junior Bo Holston, who hit all seven of his shots, including a buzzerbeating 3-pointer late in the game, for a career-best 15 points in his second career start. The Citadel is 2-0 with Holston in the starting lineup; he's only played in seven of 20 games this season.

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"He's been playing well," Wells said. "He's really the key on defense, mainly. He's long, he's athletic, he gets some steals and deflections. He's been a big part of it for us." At a bouncy 6-4, Holston plays at the top of the Bulldogs' 2-3 zone and fills a role similar to those of John Brown and Harrison DuPont on the last two Citadel teams. "I've just tried to keep working hard in practice," said Holston, who averaged 13.2 minutes in 21 games last year. "And when I got my chance, I didn't want to let it pass me by." App State coach Jason Capel, whose team dropped to 8-10 overall and 4-3 in the SoCon, lamented his team's lack of "energy and focus." That was apparent from the start, as App State fell behind by 6-0, 23-10 and 32-13 right off the bat. Down by 16 at the half, the closest the Mountaineers could get was 12 in the second half. Urbanus responded with a 3-pointer off a pass from Wells, and the lead reached 23 late in the game. The Citadel goes for a third straight win Saturday against visiting Western Carolina. Appalachian State is at College of Charleston.

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1/24/2011

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The Citadel Basketball / Bulldogs' Bo knows patience and hard work By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Saturday, January 22, 2011 Through The Citadel's first 18 basketball games this season, Bo Holston's stat line looked like this -- five appearances for a grand total of 32 minutes on the court, and two points. That's not the kind of season a junior who has put in 2-plus years of sweat equity on the practice floor would hope for. But seemingly out of nowhere, the 6-4, 190-pound junior has emerged to start the last two games. Not coincidentally, the Bulldogs (7-13, 3-5 SoCon) have won back-to-back games for the first time this season heading into tonight's game with Western Carolina (8-11, 43) at McAlister Field House. Holston got his first career start in Monday's 61-50 win at Samford, and came through with four points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes. Then he turned in a breakout performance in Thursday's 81-63 victory over Appalachian State, hitting all seven of his shots for a career-high 15 points, with five rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes. "Probably high school," Holston said when asked the last time he had a game like that. "It's been a while." Holston came to The Citadel in 2008 from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Md. His father, Joe Holston, played basketball from 1978-82 at Tulane, where he's sixth on the career assists list and led the Green Wave in assists for three straight seasons. Bo played in only three games as a freshman on the Bulldogs' 20-win team in 2008-09, then cracked the rotation as a reserve last year, playing in 21 games, including the final 11 Southern Conference games. But this year, Holston was buried on the bench with first Matt Clark and then Bryan Streeter getting starts at the forward spot as first-year coach Chuck Driesell searched for a winning combination. "It was hard, because I wanted to play and help the team out in any way possible," Holston said. "But I tried to keep working hard and keep my head up and wait for my chance."

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With the 6-6 Streeter now spelling 6-8 sophomore Mike Groselle in the post and Holston in the lineup and at the top of a 1-2-2 zone defense, Driesell seems to have hit upon a solid seven-man rotation, at least for now. "Bo is a great kid, and a classic example for all those kids out there who don't play a lot," Driesell said. "You've got to be patient and you've got to keep working and take advantage of the opportunity when it presents itself, and that's what Bo did. "He brings some different things to the table. As a staff, we are always trying to learn our players and different combinations. Guys are figuring that out today all across the country. We're giving up a little height, but gaining some more athleticism with Bo out there."

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Wells pours in 27 points as The Citadel wins 3rd straight game By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Sunday, January 23, 2011 In Thursday's blowout win over Appalachian State, Citadel basketball fans gave the Bulldogs a standing ovation in the final minutes of the game. In Saturday's blowout win over Western Carolina, the standing O came in the first half. The Bulldogs turned a nearly flawless first half into a 68-46 rout of the Catamounts, winning their third straight game before a crowd of 2,143 at McAlister Field House.

Photo by Alan Hawes The Citadel's Cameron Wells scored 27 points against Western Carolina. Cameron Wells scored a season-high 27 points as the suddenly potent Bulldogs improved to 8-13 overall and 4-5 in the Southern Conference. Since trailing by 13 early in the second half at Samford on Monday, The Citadel has rallied to beat Samford by 11 points, trounced App State by 18 and pounded Western Carolina (8-12, 4-4) by 22. The last Citadel team to win three straight SoCon games by double digits was the 20-win team of 2008-09, one of two 20-win teams in Bulldogs history. "Every player, every team at some point finds something deep down inside," first-year Citadel coach Chuck Driesell said. "And they decide it's not about anything other than what we do on the court, how hard we play and how bad we want it.

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"It was a different ballclub in the second half at Samford, more energy, more togetherness, and that's carried over." Senior Austin Dahn, who scored 13 points Saturday to become the 29th player in school history with 1,000 career points, said it was just a matter of time before the Bulldogs absorbed Driesell's philosophies. "Just over time, we have bought into the system," said Dahn, who joined fellow seniors Wells and Zach Urbanus in the 1,000-point club. "Our system on offense and defense has changed a lot from the last two years, and we are buying into it, and everyone is playing really hard. "Any time you have a new coach and everything changes, it's going to take time. This week, it's really starting to click." There's no better evidence of that than Saturday's first half, when the Bulldogs shot a sizzling 67.9 percent, held WCU to 21.7 percent, outrebounded the Catamounts 21-10 and grabbed a 43-15 halftime lead. Western Carolina scored the first two baskets of the game, which means it was outscored 43-11 the rest of the half. The Bulldogs' lead reached 30 during a 16-1 run near the end of the half. "That felt great," Dahn said. "We work really hard in practice, and to have it pay off like that, it was really nice." The Bulldogs have reduced their dependence on the big three of Wells, Urbanus and Dahn. On Thursday, they beat App State by 18 even though Dahn fouled out with no points in 14 minutes. On Saturday, they won despite 1-of-8 shooting from Urbanus. Wells compensated by hitting 9 of 13 shots and all seven free throws for his 27, and center Mike Groselle was 7 of 9 shooting for 15 points and six rebounds. The game got a little sloppy in the second half, with The Citadel committing 14 of its 20 turnovers in the final 20 minutes. But WCU, led by 13 points from Harouna Mutombo, could only get as close as 16. "They are starting to get comfortable with what we are trying to do," Driesell said. "They aren't thinking as much as reacting, and I think that's a big part of it. But by no means are we a finished piece of work." The Citadel will go for a fourth straight win at Davidson on Wednesday. The Wildcats won at The Citadel, 68-53, in December, but have lost three straight and six of seven to slide to 8-11 overall and 2-6 in the SoCon.

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Better late than never for Bulldogs By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Senior guard Cameron Wells can't put his finger on what's clicking for The Citadel basketball team about two-thirds of the way through the season. He just hopes it continues tonight at Davidson. "I'm not really sure," Wells said after he scored 27 points in Saturday's 68-46 demolition of Western Carolina, the Bulldogs' third straight victory. "I think we're just paying more attention to detail, buckling down on offense and defense, and we're executing." It's easy to pinpoint the time when the Bulldogs (8-13, 4-5 in the Southern Conference) began their turnaround. That was early in the second half at Samford on Jan. 17, when The Citadel trailed by 13 points. The Bulldogs came back to win that game, 61-50, and followed up with convincing wins over Appalachian State (81-63) and Western Carolina. Over the last three games, The Citadel has shot 55.9 percent from the field, including 17 of 42 from 3-point range, while holding foes to 34.5 percent shooting and 15 of 70 from long distance. The reasons for the turnaround seem to be a mix of getting fed up with losing, and finally adjusting to new coach Chuck Driesell and his system. "We've finally shown what we are capable of," said senior guard Zach Urbanus. "We've known it all along, and we've shown signs of here it here and there. Now, we've shown that we can put it together for 40 minutes." Individual improvement has played a role, as well. For example, senior guard Austin Dahn bounced back from one of his worst games against App State -- he fouled out with no points in just 14 minutes -- with one of his best of the season against Western Carolina. After reviewing tape of about 60 shots he'd taken in recent games, Dahn showed much better shot selection against the Catamounts, hitting 5 of 6 for 13 points and becoming the 29th player in school history with 1,000 career points. "He didn't take any tough shots," Driesell said. "Not bad shots, but tough shots with guys hanging in his face. He's been looking at some film to see why he's not making shots. It's

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not that he can't make shots, but he's been taking tough shots. He was patient and I think he will grow from that." When The Citadel lost to Davidson 68-53 on Dec. 4, neither center Mike Groselle nor forward Bo Holston were in the starting lineup. The Bulldogs are now 3-0 with the 6-4 Holston starting, and the 6-8 Groselle has blossomed into an all-conference level player. Groselle had a coming-out of sorts in that first game against Davidson, coming off the bench for 13 points. Since that game, Groselle has scored in double figures in 13 of 15 games, averaging 13.9 points over that stretch. "We've settled on a nice rotation, and guys are playing well together and are picking each other up," Driesell said. "It tells me we are a balanced team and we've got some weapons besides Austin, Cam and Zach." After Furman's win over Wofford on Monday, the Bulldogs are in fourth place in the SoCon South Division. The Citadel is three games behind the Paladins and Terriers, tied for second at 7-2, at the midway point of the 18-game league slate. The top two teams in each division receive first-round byes in the SoCon Tournament, set to return this year to Chattanooga. Davidson (8-11, 2-6) is in fifth place in the South, and mired in a slide of three straight losses and six in seven games. "There is no consistency in what we are doing," Davidson coach Bob McKillop said after the most recent loss, by 77-70 at Elon last Thursday. "Winning (would) take care of that."

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1/26/2011

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Beware of 'luckier' Bulldogs By Gene Sapakoff gsapakoff@postandcourier.com Wednesday, January 26, 2011 All of a sudden The Citadel has a basketball team again, a real honest-to-goodness threat to carry serious momentum into the Southern Conference tournament and mess up the bracket in Chattanooga, Tenn. Yes, the same bunch drummed out of Carolina First Arena by the College of Charleston in a 21-point loss just 11 days ago, rides a three-game win streak into tonight's game at Davidson. Not three garden-variety Citadel squeakers, either. All by double digits: 61-50 after trailing by 13 points at Samford, an 81-63 rout of Appalachian State and Saturday night a 68-46 dismantling of Western Carolina. The Bulldogs led the Catamounts by 30 points in the first half. The McAlister Field House crowd of 2,143 rose in near shock to offer a standing ovation as the Bulldogs jogged to the locker room up 43-15 at halftime. OK, we all agree this is weird. Possible explanations: Serious menu changes over at the mess hall. First-year head coach Chuck "Son of Lefty" Driesell has been sandbagging all along. Or maybe the answer is tied to a Lefty Driesell bobblehead smiling inside a certain McAlister Field House office. Samford and son The proud father and the busy son talk by phone every single day. Not far away is postcard-sized version of a favorite family saying: "The harder I work, the luckier I get." "My dad gave that to me when I was a player at Maryland," Driesell said. "He gave it to all of us in frames, and I've given it to all the players I've coached."

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The Citadel at 8-13 overall and 4-5 in SoCon games isn't about to break into NCAA tournament seeding conversations just yet. But among conference teams only Furman has a longer win streak (four) than the Bulldogs take to Davidson, where Lefty Driesell parlayed his Wildcats coaching glory into a long stint at Maryland. "I'm a little bit like you, I'm sitting on the bench and I'm just ... Well, I knew it was coming," Chuck Driesell said of the first half against Western Carolina. "As a coach you always feel your team is getting better and better, and we were. But against the College of Charleston it didn't look like it. But each practice it kept getting better, and each game. All we really needed was a win." Strangely, it came at Samford in The Citadel's third game in five days. But now, look out. The glass is Citadel blue and half full. The offense sputtered a lot as Driesell and his staff tweaked a faster approach that didn't seem to fit Citadel personnel. But starting at Samford, something "clicked." SoCon goal "I've had people say to me, 'I thought you guys were going to really run,' " Driesell said. "We're trying, but I think people put a bigger emphasis on that than what we're really doing. There are teams that deliberately try not to run, and that's not us. If we have a break, we're going to get out and go. Have we been great at it? No, it's a work in progress." Early on, adaptation looked like a struggle for the Bulldogs. Now it's opposing coaches who must deal with career scoring leader Cameron Wells and teammates Zach Urbanus, Austin Dahn and Bryan Streeter -- the key holdovers from the back-to-back good teams Ed Conroy coached before leaving for Tulane -- in a different and evolving system that erases old scouting reports. Mix in the contributions of sophomore center Mike Groselle and The Citadel might have something. Just in time for a strong second-half stretch drive to the SoCon tournament? "That's what we're shooting for, and we talk about that," Driesell said. "These guys, they've won before and they know what it feels like to win. They haven't won the conference championship and that's a goal we've set for ourselves." The Bulldogs are "luckier." But check the mess hall just in case. Reach Gene Sapakoff at gsapakoff@postandcourier.com or 937-5593.

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Big 1st half keys Citadel's fourth win in row Staff report Thursday, January 27, 2011 THE CITADEL 85, DAVIDSON 75 DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Citadel blitzed Davidson with another smoking first half, then hung on for its fourth straight victory on Wednesday night, taking an 85-75 win over the Wildcats at Belk Arena. Cameron Wells scored 28 points as the Bulldogs improved to 9-13 overall and evened their Southern Conference record at 5-5. The stumbling Wildcats lost their fourth straight to fall to 8-12 overall and 2-7 in the conference.

File Cameron Wells The Citadel hit its first nine shots and shot 70 percent in the first half to seize a 46-24 lead by halftime, a performance similar to the Bulldogs' 43-15 first half in Saturday's 68-46 win over Western Carolina. "A great first half, and we've been able to do that the last several games," said Citadel coach Chuck Driesell. "Getting off to a good start is important, and we've done that. If we can keep playing like that every half â&#x20AC;Ś but I'm not greedy. We beat a good team here tonight." The Citadel survived despite having two starters, Bo Holston and Austin Dahn, foul out. Mike Groselle scored 13 points and Zach Urbanus 11, and Daniel Eykyn came off the bench to hit 7 of 8 free throws in the late going for 12 points.

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"The Citadel deserves all the credit in the world," said Davidson coach Bob McKillop. "They made big plays at big times, and they diced us up and dissected us with a very efficient offense. They got us on our heels and gave us a couple of body blows that that kept us on our heels." Down by 24 early in the second half, Davidson managed to make a game of it in the second half, closing to within eight in the final minute. "We didn't give up, and there was such a temptation to do that," McKillop said. "We had not played very well, but we kept fighting and fighting." Davidson climbed to within 66-52 on JP Kuhlman's 3-pointer, and Holston fouled out with 7:20 left. The Wildcats got it down to 66-56, but Wells came back with seven straight points. He banked in a 3-pointer and then hit a pullup jumper to make it 71-56, then sank a long jumper to keep the lead at 73-59 with 4:03 left. The Wildcats could get only as close as 79-71 in the final minute. "That's what big-time players do," Driesell said of Wells, who was 9 of 13 from the floor and 9 of 10 from the foul line. "I have a lot of respect for Cam. He made some great shots and kept the lead comfortable for us." Nik Cochran hit 5 of 9 from 3-point range for 21 points to lead the Wildcats, who beat The Citadel, 68-53, back in December. Jake Cohen added 18 points and Kuhlman 13 for Davidson. The Bulldogs now have eight days off and get five of their next six games at home, starting with Furman on Feb. 3 and Wofford on Feb. 5. The Post and Courier's Jeff Hartsell compiled this report. 3-Point Field Goals -- Citadel 5-11 (Holston 0-1, Urbanus 3-6, Wells 1-2, Dahn 0-1, Eykyn 1-1); Davidson 9-30 (Cohen 1-1, McKillop 1-7, Kuhlman 2-8, Droney 0-1, Cochran 5-9, Downing 0-1, Czerapowicz 0-3). Steals -- Citadel 6 (Urbanus 2, Wells 2); Davidson 5 (Cochran 2). Blocks -- Citadel 2 (Groselle, Wells); Davidson 2 (Mann, Brooks). Turnovers -- Citadel 12 (Groselle 4); Davidson 9 (Droney 3). Technicals -None. A -- 3,458.

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By Ron Green Jr. rgreenjr@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 DAVIDSON Another Driesell won another basketball game at Davidson on Wednesday night. This time it was Chuck Driesell, son of former Wildcats' coach Lefty Driesell, who coached his resurgent Citadel team to an 85-75 Southern Conference victory over Davidson in Belk Arena. The first-year Citadel coach, whose father coached nine years at Davidson in the 1960s, toured the campus and found the old arena where he attended summer camp with Pete Maravich as his counselor. Then he watched his team play a nearly flawless first half, building a 22-point lead at the break, then holding off Davidson's comeback effort, handing the Wildcats their seventh loss in eight games. "My dad loves his nine years here and he talks about them often," Driesell said. "But this was different. This was The Citadel versus Davidson." The first half was a wreck for the Wildcats, who hadn't played since a loss at Elon six days earlier. The Citadel shot 70 percent in the first half, regularly getting shots from close range, while Davidson's offense sputtered against the Bulldogs' changing defenses. The Wildcats shot just 29 percent before the break. "It was a combination of their execution and us being on our heels hoping we would stop them," Davidson coach Bob McKillop said. By the time the Wildcats (8-12, 2-7) found a rhythm, they were stuck in a 24-point hole early in the second half. Davidson closed to within eight points of the Bulldogs (9-13, 5-5) in the final minute. "We came out and defensively, we weren't there," said Nik Cochran, who led Davidson with 21 points. "They were hitting some tough shots, but we can't get down like that and think we can come back." The Wildcats made it uncomfortable for the Bulldogs in the closing minutes, creating turnovers and carving away at the deficit.

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However, they never found an answer for Citadel guard Cameron Wells, who scored 28 points, hitting nine of 13 from the field. He hit the critical shot, banking in a 3-pointer with 5 minutes, 58 seconds remaining after Davidson had cut what had been a 24-point second-half deficit to 10. "I'm proud of our guys that when everything was going wrong for us, they manufactured the toughness to compete over those last 16 minutes," McKillop said. "They did a marvelous job." Subscribe to The Charlotte Observer.

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Zone defense, lineup change key for Dogs By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Thursday, February 3, 2011 In watching tape of The Citadel for the last few days, Furman coach Jeff Jackson has seen a much different basketball team than the one his Paladins clubbed less than a month ago. These Bulldogs have won four straight games while holding foes to an average of 58.5 points on 36.3-percent shooting. Those Bulldogs allowed Furman to shoot 59.3 percent in an 88-67 loss at Furman on Jan. 8. Jackson, whose Paladins (16-6, 8-3 Southern Conference) come to McAlister Field House for a rematch today, points to a couple of changes implemented by first-year Citadel coach Chuck Driesell since the teams' first meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a move to more zone defense, and the insertion of 6-4 junior Bo Holston in the starting lineup. The zone, particularly a 1-2-2 look with either Holston or 6-4 Austin Dahn at the top, has bolstered the interior defense for The Citadel (9-13, 5-5) while still making it tough on outside shooters. The Bulldogs have held foes to 24 percent from 3-point range in the last four games. 'They've gone to more of a multiple approach on defense with more zone,' Jackson said. 'They are trying to do things to force you to beat them from the perimeter, and it's worked well for them.' Of course, Furman might be better equipped to attack the zone than any team in the league. The Paladins lead the SoCon in 3-point shooting at 39 percent, but also have an arsenal of inside scorers. Player of the year candidate Amu Saaka has an all-court game, and six Furman frontcourt players combined to go 21 of 30 from the floor against the Bulldogs last month. 'That's what makes them so good,' Driesell said. 'They can score inside and outside.' The other factor Jackson pointed to was the emergence of Holston, who did not play in 13 of the Bulldogs' first 16 games, and scored just two points in the first 18. Holston has averaged 7.5 points and 5.2 rebounds the last four games. Jackson said Holston also has opened up the floor for senior guard Cameron Wells, who has scored 56 points in the last two games, and has made 34 of 55 shots (62 percent) in the last four.

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'The smaller lineup, with four perimeter guys, has opened up the floor and created more avenues of penetration for Wells,' Jackson said. 'It's allowed him to get to the basket, and that creates more opportunities for Austin Dahn and Zach Urbanus on the perimeter.' Driesell said the Bulldogs have used a week off since an 85-75 win at Davidson to 'tweak some things. It was a chance to add some wrinkles guys haven't seen before as you go through the league for the second time.' As for the Paladins, they've won five of their last six and are in the thick of the battle for the South Division crown along with College of Charleston and Wofford. They bounced back from a 24-point loss at Western Carolina with an 81-61 win at Appalachian State. 'We didn't spend much time brooding about the Western Carolina loss,' Jackson said. 'We just said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hey, it was a bad night and Western Carolina played really well.' We moved on to the next game and were able to play with great energy at App State.' Read The Citadel blog at www.postandcourier.com/blogs/bulldog_bites and follow Jeff Hartsell on Twitter @CitadelWriterJH.

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Paladins snap Dogs' win streak By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Friday, February 4, 2011 FURMAN 59, THE CITADEL 55 Sticky zone defenses neutralized two of the top scorers in Southern Conference basketball on Thursday night at McAlister Field House. But Furman's Amu Saaka had a little more help than did The Citadel's Cameron Wells, and the Paladins eked out a 59-55 victory before 2,289 fans, snapping the Bulldogs' win streak at four games. The Bulldogs had two chances to take the lead or tie in the final minute, but couldn't convert on either, falling to 9-14 overall and 5-6 in the SoCon. Furman, led by 12 points each from Noah States and Darryl Evans, is 17-6 overall and 93 in the SoCon heading into a South Division showdown on Saturday at first-place College of Charleston (16-7, 9-2). The Citadel hosts Wofford (12-11, 9-3) on Saturday. The Citadel lost to Furman despite holding the Paladins to 13 points below their average on 39.6-percent shooting, utilizing 2-3 and 1-2-2 zones for most of the game. Saaka, an NBA prospect averaging 17.4 points, was held to 10 on 3 of 12 shots. "We played such good defense," said Citadel coach Chuck Driesell. "Our defense was good enough to win the basketball game. We just had a poor shooting night." Some credit for that goes to Furman's zone, mostly a 2-3. The Bulldogs could not shoot the Paladins out of the strategy, hitting just 5 of 26 from 3-point range. Wells, averaging 17.5 points, scored 10 and made 5 of 15 shots. Austin Dahn and Mike Groselle led the Bulldogs with 15 points each. "I felt like we've been shooting good in practice the last couple of days," said Wells, whose team had not played since an 85-75 win at Davidson eight days ago. "I don't think we were rusty. We felt good coming out here." Furman led by eight in the second half before Urbanus and then Dahn finally hit from 3point range to cut it to 51-49 and get the crowd into it. Wells finessed a tough fastbreak jumper and then came back with another jumper, and it was 56-55 with 1:23 left.

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When Evans was called for a charge with 57 seconds left, the Bulldogs had a chance to take the lead. Wells came off a ball screen and took a quick 17-footer that rattled out with 44 seconds left. "They were sliding on the high screen, going behind it, and Cam had just hit one like that," Driesell said of Wells' shot. "That's a shot Cam is very good at, and I'd take that all day long. Right in the middle of the floor, that's the easiest shot on the court." After Saaka made two free throws for a 58-55 lead with 29 seconds left, Wells passed up what looked like an open 3-pointer at the top of the key and dished to Dahn on the right wing. The 6-4 senior was well guarded and missed a 25-footer with 7 seconds left. Furman's States made one free throw with 5 seconds left to ice it. Wells acknowledged that he might have had an open look at the tying 3-pointer. "I thought he might have, too," Driesell said. "We didn't necessarily need a 3 there, but we needed a two-pointer pretty quick. I wanted him to come off a screen and get into the paint as quick as he could, and if he couldn't, we needed a 3. I think he thought Austin had a better one. You live and learn." Groselle added 10 rebounds to his 15 points for his fourth double-double of the season. Urbanus, Dahn and Wells each went the entire 40 minutes as Citadel reserves played just 21 of 200 minutes. Urbanus made just 2 of 14 shots, 2 of 11 on 3-pointers. The Citadel's 10 turnovers helped Furman to a 14-7 edge in points off turnovers. Brandon Sebirumbi was the fourth Paladin in double figures with 11 points, and Justin Dehm's five points were enough to give him 1,000 for his career.

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Old school works for Dogs' Groselle By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Saturday, February 5, 2011 If you filmed Citadel center Mike Groselle in black and white, you might think you were watching some 1950s highlight reel of the Minneapolis Lakers. "(Teammate) Morakinyo Williams says I play so old school, he has no idea where I'm going," said Groselle, the Bulldogs' 6-8, 230-pound sophomore. "I don't really jump when I shoot it." Old school works for Groselle, who has emerged as one of the biggest surprises in Southern Conference basketball this season. Despite not starting the first eight games of the season, Groselle is averaging 11.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, ranking second in the SoCon with a field goal percentage of 63.4. Groselle scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season in Thursday's 59-55 loss to Furman, snapping a four-game win streak for the Bulldogs. Since he joined the starting lineup Dec. 17, he's scored in double figures in 13 of 15 games. Pretty good for a guy who rarely shoots from beyond 5 feet from the basket, relying on a variety of bank shots, putbacks and short shotput jumpers. "He uses his body well, because he has to," said Citadel coach Chuck Driesell, whose Bulldogs (9-14, 5-6) host Wofford (12-11, 9-3) tonight at McAlister Field House. "He's not the greatest athlete, not the quickest or the fastest, but he plays the hardest. He's got a good touch and nice hands. He's got the ability to get the ball when it's loose up there, and he's not afraid of contact." Groselle, from Plano, Texas, learned his down-and-dirty style in one-on-one contests with his younger brother, Geoffrey, now a 6-10 senior at Plano West High School who has signed to play basketball at Creighton. "Playing with him is like the dirtiest basketball imaginable," Mike said. "Sometimes we had to quit because we got so frustrated with each other." Mike Groselle averaged 13.8 points for his career at Plano West, and was named the team MVP. But as of the final week of his senior year, he had no Division I offers, until former Citadel assistant Ronnie Hamilton stopped by for a visit.

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"I had never really heard of The Citadel," Groselle said. "They had never called me. But Coach Hamilton said they had a spot for me. I came on a visit and I liked the guys and the coaches." Groselle provided a glimpse of his efficient game as a freshman when he went 4 of 4 from the floor and 6 of 6 from the foul line for 14 points in a win at Maryland-Eastern Shore. But an ankle injury limited him to 14 games and hampered his off-season workouts. That, combined with the coaching change from Ed Conroy to Driesell, kept Groselle off the radar in the early going. But he scored 22 points in his first start at Colorado, and hasn't slowed down since. "I always believed in myself," said Groselle, who has a 3.698 grade-point average and is majoring in civil engineering. "My stepdad and mom always told me, when you get your chance, you have to show them what you've got. And when I did get my chance, I tried to make the most of it." Groselle's emergence is good news for Driesell, who will lose as many as 10 seniors from this year's team, including the top scorer in school history (Cameron Wells) and two 1,000-point scorers (Zach Urbanus and Austin Dahn). At least he'll have a certain old-school post player to build around. "That's big time for us," Driesell said. "He's going to be a really good player in this league."

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Cold-shooting Bulldogs drop second straight WOFFORD 74, THE CITADEL 60 By Jeff Hartsell <a href="mailto:jhartsell@postandcourier.com">jhartsell@postandcourier.com</a> Sunday, February 6, 2011 Whatever mojo The Citadel basketball team had cooked up during its four-game win streak has gone up in smoke this week in two games at McAlister Field House. The Bulldogs lost their second in a row on Saturday night, shooting 36.4 percent and committing 17 turnovers in a 74-60 loss to Wofford before 2,206 fans. Photo Gallery

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The Citadel takes on Wofford Saturday at McAllister Field House. During their four straight wins, the Bulldogs averaged 73.7 points and made a sizzling 57.4 percent of their shots. In losses to Furman and Wofford, those numbers are down to 57.5 points and 37.3-percent shooting. An eight-day layoff after the fourth straight win apparently didn't help. Neither did effective zone defense from Furman and physical man-to-man D by Wofford (13-11, 103 Southern Conference).

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"Maybe the eight days had a little something to do with it," said Bulldogs coach Chuck Driesell, whose team slid to 9-15 overall and 5-7 in the SoCon. "I'm not making any excuses, but we'll certainly look at the film and try to figure it out, because we need to put the ball in the hole. "We're a better team when we are scoring early and getting off to a good start. That makes our defense better, as well." The Citadel's defense was reasonably effective in the first half, holding Wofford to 42 percent shooting and a 31-24 halftime lead. But as the Bulldogs struggled to score and were forced to press, Wofford took advantage by making 15 of 22 shots and scoring 43 points in the second half. Noah Dahlman was 9 of 12 and scored 22 points for the Terriers, who rebounded from a 79-54 loss at College of Charleston on Thursday. Guard Cameron Rundles was 4 of 5 on 3-pointers and scored 19. Cameron Wells led four Citadel players in double figures with 16 points. But he, Zach Urbanus (11 points), Mike Groselle (10) and Bo Holston (11) were just 13 of 34 from the floor. "We think we have the best defensive team in the league, and we were discouraged by how we defended on Thursday against a high-octane offense," Wofford coach Mike Young said. "We had to come in here tonight and take care of Cameron and Urbanus, and I thought we did a masterful job on Mike Groselle." The 3-point shot has disappeared from the Bulldogs' arsenal in the last two games. The Citadel averaged 5.5 treys and shot 41.5-percent from long range during the win streak; it was 8 of 35 (22.8 percent) against Furman and Wofford. "It's pretty simple," Urbanus said. "It's just hitting shots, really. I think we are doing the same things, the mindset is the same, we're moving the ball well. It just comes down to people making shots, and that definitely includes myself. "The good news is that we know we are capable of making those shots as long as we keep moving the ball and playing unselfishly." Urbanus, Wells and Dahn have logged heavy minutes in recent games as Driesell has stuck with a seven-man rotation. Urbanus had played all but two minutes of the previous seven games, and both he and Wells rank in the top five in the SoCon in minutes played. But the players said that has little to do with the scoring slump, and Driesell said he's likely to stick with the seven-man rotation, at least until sophomore guard Cosmo Morabbi (broken finger) returns. There's no rest for the weary, as the Bulldogs are at UNC Greensboro on Monday. "It's been successful for us for a while," Driesell said of the seven-man rotation. "You can't panic just because you lose two games and start looking for new rotations, new solutions. Cosmo hopefully will be back within a week or two, and maybe somebody will pop up in practice."

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Bulldogs' skid hits 3 straight Staff report Tuesday, February 8, 2011 UNC Greensboro 86, The Citadel 74 GREENSBORO, N.C. -- UNC Greensboro forward Brian Cole is a 6-8 sophomore who entered Monday night's game against The Citadel averaging 5.1 points in about 12 minutes per game, modest numbers for a reserve with two starts this season. But in the first half Monday night, Cole went all superstar on the Bulldogs. He scored 20 of his game-high 24 points in the first 20 minutes, and the Spartans blitzed The Citadel, 86-74, at Greensboro Coliseum.

File Chuck Driesell Cole hit 4 of 6 shots from 3-point range, including three straight during a key first-half run, as the Spartans handed The Citadel its third straight loss. The Bulldogs fell to 9-16 overall and 5-8 in the Southern Conference. UNCG, which started the season with 15 straight losses, is now 5-18 and 5-8. Cole, from Dacula, Ga., hit 10 of 16 shots overall en route to a career high. "We knew he could shoot and would shoot it," Citadel coach Chuck Driesell said. "And he made a bunch tonight. He set the tone for them and got them out to a lead, and we haven't been real good when we get behind." The Bulldogs, who had struggled to score in losses to Furman (59-55) and Wofford (7460), actually put up decent numbers against UNCG.

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Mike Groselle led four players in double figures with 20 points. Zach Urbanus broke out of a mini-slump with 16 points, Austin Dahn added 15, and Cameron Wells surged late for 14. The Citadel shot a respectable 45.2 percent, even though the Bulldogs hit just 5 of 21 from 3-point range. But for The Citadel's defense, there was no stopping UNCG, which ranks second in the SoCon in scoring offense at 79.6 points per game. Kyle Randall hit 8 of 10 shots for his 20 points and Trevis Simpson made 7 of 10 for 15 as UNCG shot 56.1 percent from the field and made 8 of 20 (40 percent) from 3-point range. "I give Cole a lot of credit," Driesell said. "He hit some great shots. UNCG is a good team when they are in their flow and making those kind of shots. They are hard to beat." When Cole hit the third of three straight treys in the first half, The Citadel trailed by 15. The UNCG lead reached 18 in the second half before the Bulldogs whittled it down to 10 twice in the final minutes. They could get no closer. "Our offense has a tendency to break down when we get behind," Driesell said. "Our confidence gets a little low, and we can't be that way. We've got to get beyond that if we are going to win the tournament, and that's what we want to do." Urbanus played 40 minutes for the sixth time in nine games and hit 7 of 14 shots after making just 4 of 20 in the previous two games. Dahn made 3 of 9 on 3-pointers, but Wells was just 5 of 15 from the field and missed all five from long distance. "It looked like we got winded a little, so we're going to have a tough week of practice and be a better team by the time we play Elon," said Driesell, whose Bulldogs host the Phoenix on Saturday. The Spartans riddled the Bulldogs' zone defenses for 48 points in the first half, the most given up by The Citadel in an opening half this season. UNCG shot 55 percent in the first half, including 6 of 12 from 3-point range. Cole's second and third 3-pointers gave UNCG leads of 41-26 and 44-29 late in the half. The shooting of Urbanus (13 first-half points) and Groselle (11) kept the Bulldogs in it, and Dahn scored five late points as The Citadel cut the deficit to 48-36 at the break. The Post and Courier's Jeff Hartsell compiled this report. 3-Point Field Goals — Citadel 5-21 (Dahn 3-9, Urbanus 2-6, Wells 0-5, Eykyn 0-1); UNCG 8-20 (Williams 0-1, Henry 0-1, Randall 2-2, Evans 1-4, Van Dussen 0-3, Simpson 1-3, Cole 4-6). Steals — Citadel 7 (Wells 3); UNCG 4 (Randall 2). Blocks — Citadel 1 (Groselle); UNCG 0. Turnovers — Citadel 11 (Dahn 3, Groselle 3); UNCG 9 (Randall 3). Technicals — None. A — 2,481.

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Hot Cole warms up after his warm-up • Article • Comments Tuesday, February 8, 2011 (Updated 7:29 am) By KEITH TOLBERT Special to the News & Record GREENSBORO — With Brian Cole bombing away from the outside in the first half and Kyle Randall taking the ball to the rim in the second half, the UNCG offense was almost unstoppable in an 86-74 win over The Citadel on Monday. Cole scored a career-high 24 points, 20 of those in the first half when he hit four 3pointers, and finished 10-of-16 from the field. Randall was 8-of-10 from the field and added five assists with three turnovers to keep the Spartans lead from being threatened. "I actually missed every shot in the shootaround," Cole said. "I just needed one to get me going. I got into a rhythm and it felt good so I just let it go." With UNCG (5-18, 5-8) leading 21-18, Cole scored 14 points, including three straight 3-pointers and 11 straight at one point, in the final 6 minutes of the half to help the Spartans lead 48-36 at the break.