February 4, 2011

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The Citadel Basketball team will be seeking its seventh victory at McAlister Field House this season when it welcomes Upstate rival Wofford on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. The 90th installment of a rivalry that dates back to the 1921 season will feature the SoCon's South Division's third place Terriers and fourth place Bulldogs. The Dogs will be looking to snap an eight-game losing streak to Wofford that dates back to the 2006-07 season and in the process move within two games of third place in the standings. The Citadel has a 45-44 edge in the all-time series, including a 28-22 edge at McAlister Field House.

Sophomore center Mike Groselle notched his fourth career double-double, finishing with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but a series of late free throws gave Furman the 59-55 victory at McAlister Field House on Thursday evening. Alongside Groselle in scoring was Austin Dahn, who also finished with 15 points, and Cameron Wells who tallied 10 points and a team-high four assists. The Paladins win snaps a four-game winning streak by the Bulldogs, who fall to 9-14 overall and 5-6 in Southern Conference action.

BULLDOGS PREPARED WITH TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: The Citadel's recent climb to fourth place, after winning four of their last five games, in the Southern Conference's South Division standings can be accredited to a tough non-conference schedule. The Bulldogs have squared off with seven teams that are in the top five of their conference standings, including Coastal Carolina and St. Mary's (Md.) who sit atop the Big South and Capital Athletic Conference respectfully.

The Dogs have played six teams (New Mexico, Richmond, Clemson, Colorado, James Madison, Coastal Carolina) with an RPI among the top-100 nationally. The six aforementioned teams, along with St. Mary's College (Md.) have all won 15 or more games this season, led by Coastal Carolina who is currently 21-2 overall with a perfect Big South record of 12-0.

Among the 12 non-conference opponents The Citadel has played against two individuals, Justin Harper (Richmond) and Alec Burks (Colorado), that lead the Atlantic-10 and Big XII in scoring respectfully. The Bulldogs have played against seven players that rank in the top eight in scoring, including the second (Jemarco Warren, Charleston Southern), third (Desmond Holloway, Coastal Carolina) and fourth (Nick Barbour, High Point) scorers in the Big South Conference.

MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN CITADEL HISTORY: Sophomore Mike Groselle became the 17th different player, since the 1974-75 season, to notch four or more double-doubles during a season. The Citadel's single-season record for double-doubles belongs to Patrick Elmore, who finished with 11 in the 1989-90 campaign. He grabbed the distinction from Regan Truesdale, who amassed 10 in the 1984-85 season en route to a Bulldog single-season record in points (624). Groselle becomes the first Bulldog since Demetrius Nelson in the 2008-09 season to have four or more double-doubles over the duration of a season. Groselle has created a logjam for 17th place, joining 10 other players, including the likes of Tom Slawson, Ted Mosay, Demetrius Nelson and J'Mel Everhart, all members of the 1,000-point club.

No.	Season	Player	No.	Season	Player
11	1989-90	Patrick Elmore	5	1996-97	Virgil Stevens
10	1984-85	Regan Truesdale	5	1996-97	Kirill Misyuchenko
8	1986-87	Craig Burgess	5	2005-06	Demetrius Nelson
7	1983-84	Regan Truesdale	4	1976-77	Bob Jacobs
7	1987-88	Kent Hill	4	1979-80	Tom Slawson
7	2004-05	J'Mel Everhart	4	1989-90	Robert Dalley
7	2005-06	J'Mel Everhart	4	1990-91	Ted Mosay
6	1975-76	Richard Johnson	4	1994-95	Moncrief Michael
5	1982-83	Regan Truesdale	4	1995-96	Virgil Stevens
5	1985-86	Craig Burgess	4	2004-05	Warren McLendon
5	1994-95	Matt Newman	4	2006-07	J'Mel Everhart
5	1995-96	Matt Newman	4	2008-09	Demetrius Nelson
5	1996-97	Matt Newman	4	2010-11	Mike Groselle

URBANUS SLIDES INTO SIXTH ON SoCON ALL-TIME 3-POINT SHOOTING LIST: The Citadel's all-time leading 3-point shooter, Zach Urbanus, connected on a pair of 3-pointers against Furman on Thursday night to climb to sixth place on the Southern Conference's all-time 3-point list. Urbanus, who entered the season with the most 3-pointers in Citadel history, is the only player in school history to convert 70 or more treys in each of his first three seasons. He is one of three active players, along with Andrew Goudelock (College of Charleston) and Donald Sims (Appalachian State,) to rank among the Southern Conference list for most prolific 3-point shooters. Trailing Western Carolina's Jake Robinson for fifth place on the all-time SoCon list of sharpshooters, Urbanus would need five 3-pointers to take sole possession of fifth place.

Rank	Player, School	3FG Made
1.	Stephen Curry, Davidson	414
2.	Andrew Goudelock, CofC	340
3.	Donald Sims, Appalachian St.	335
4.	Ian Chadwick, Wofford	299
5.	Jake Robinson, Western Carolina	278
6.	Zach Urbanus, The Citadel	274

CITADEL MATCH-UP WITH WOFFORD: The Citadel will look to rebound from a 78-60 loss to Wofford at Benjamin Johnson Arena on Jan. 6. The Bulldogs, seeking the first win against Wofford since Jan. 6, 2007, enter the match-up with a different set of starters that includes Austin Dahn, Mike Groselle, Bo Holston, Zach Urbanus and Cameron Wells.

Wells is the catalyst for The Citadel offensive unit with 113 points in seven career meetings with Wofford. Wells has knocked 49-of-97 (50.5%) of his field goal attempts, resulting in a pair of 20 plus point games in He is followed by Urbanus, who has 79 points on 26-of-65 (40%) shooting from the floor. Dahn rounds out the Dogs probable starters scoring threats with 42 points to go along with three steals on the defensive end. Forward Bo Holston has one career meeting with the Terriers, finishing with two points last season at Wofford on Feb. 27. Fellow post player Mike Groselle tallied his third career double-double (19 points, 16 rebounds) in an earlier meeting with Wofford. His only other appearance was limited to three minutes on Jan. 21, 2010. He was held scoreless in that meeting.

Urbanus leads five Citadel players with multiple 3-pointers, hitting 15-of-39 (38.5%) from beyond the arc. On four separate occasions Urbanus has knocked down two or more treys, including a 5-for-7 outing in the series of meetings with Wofford. Other sharpshooters with multiple 3-pointers against Wofford include Dahn (9-33), Wells (4-16), Daniel Eykyn (3-6) and Matt Clark (2-2). The best free throw percentage also belongs to Urbanus (100%, 12-12), while backcourt teammate Cameron Wells leads the team in free throws made and attempted (21-26).

The Bulldogs offense has been sparked by the efforts of Urbanus and Wells who have 24 and 15 assists respectively. Classmate Bryan Streeter is third on the team, and leads probable reserves, with seven assists. On the defensive end, The Citadel is led by Wells' 32 rebounds (26 defensive) and reserves Streeter and Eykyn have grabbed 25 rebounds each. Groselle has the most offensive boards (10) of any active Bulldog.

PREVIEWING WOFFORD (12-11 Overall, 9-3 SoCon)

TERRIERS UNABLE TO WEATHER COUGARS IN SECOND HALF (Feb. 3): The Wofford men's basketball team had a lead at the half but the rest of the game was all College of Charleston in a 79-54 defeat at Carolina First Arena on Thursday night. The Terriers led 34-32 at the break, but the Cougars outscored Wofford 47-20 in the second half, which included six three pointers.

Wofford is 12-11 on the season and 9-3 in the Southern Conference and the College of Charleston is 16-7 overall and 9-2 in SoCon play. The Cougars move into first place in the Southern Conference South Division. The Terriers were led by Noah Dahlman with 22 points and nine rebounds. The Cougars were led by Andrew Goudelock with 25 points and Antwaine Wiggins with 13 points. Trent Wiedeman had eight rebounds for Charleston.

The Cougars opened the game with two three pointers. Wofford answered with a couple of buckets from Noah Dahlman, however the College of Charleston had a 12-4 lead four minutes into the game. The Terriers scored the next six points to make it a two-point game three minutes later.

The game was tied at 21, 23, 25, and 27 before the Terriers took their first lead of the game at 29-27 with 3:32 left in the first half on a bucket by Noah Dahlman. The Cougars regained the lead with a three by Andrew Lawrence, but Dahlman answered again to take a one-point lead. After Tim Johnson hit a bucket and free throw, the lead was four points. The College of Charleston added one more bucket before the break and the Terriers had a 34-32 half time lead.

To open the second half, the Terriers turned it over twice and Andrew Goudelock hit two three pointers to take a 38-34 lead. The Cougars had an 8-0 run to begin the half and were up 40-34 three minutes into play. The College of Charleston continued to push the ball and the run was extended to 18-5 as the Cougars were up 52-39 with under twelve minutes to go in the second half.

College of Charleston kept hitting shots and outrebounding the Terriers on both ends of the court as they took a 60-42 lead with 7:28 left in the game. The Cougars kept up the pace and Wofford could not keep up down the stretch and the final score was

Wofford shot 44.0% from the floor and was 25.0% from three. From the free throw line, the Terriers were 57.1%. College of Charleston was 46.9% overall and was 38.5% from behind the arc. They were 100.0% from the line. Wofford was outrebounded for the first time in seven games by a 38-26 margin.

Noah Dahlman became Wofford's NCAA Division I all-time scoring leader with a bucket at 11:11 in the first half. He has moved into sixth place on the all-time scoring list with 1,806 points, moving ahead of Ian Chadwick (1,789 from 1997-2001). Nathan Parker saw his first action of the season after missing time due to a shoulder injury. The Terriers lost their first game of the season after leading at the half. Taylor Wagener had a career-high five points in the game.

DAHLMAN NAMED SoCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Feb. 1): Wofford's Noah Dahlman has been named the Southern Conference Player of the Week for all games played January 25-31 the league office announced Tuesday. Dahlman averaged 28.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and shot 73 percent from the floor as the Terriers knocked off Appalachian State (74-65) and Western Carolina (75-66) last week.

A senior from Braham, Minnesota, Dahlman opened the week with a team-high 23 points at Appalachian State. He was 9-of-16 from the field against the Mountaineers and added six rebounds, three assists and three steals in 33 minutes of action. He followed that performance with a game-high 34 points against the Catamounts. Dahlman connected on 15-of-17 field goal attempts, grabbed four rebounds and added three assists against Western Carolina. It was the third time this season he has scored at least 30 points.
Dahlman ranks third in the league in scoring (20.6 ppg) and leads the Southern Conference in field goal percentage (.630). He is third in the SoCon with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game. Nationally, he is second in field goal percentage (63.0%) and 16th in scoring. This is his second SoCon Player of the Week honor this season and the fifth of his career.

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