STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Matt Van Scyoc hit five 3-pointers en route to 21 points as The Citadel got off the Southern Conference schneid with a 70-55 defeat of Georgia Southern Saturday night.
Scyoc hit 7 of 11 from the field and attempted eight 3-pointers. Mike Groselle added 15 points and eight rebounds while Marshall Harris III had 11 points and six assists for the Bulldogs (4-13, 1-6).
The Citadel shot 60 percent (24 of 40) from the field and hit 9 of 17 3-point attempts. The Bulldogs held Georgia Southern (8-11, 2-4) to 35.7 percent (20 of 56) shooting.
C.J. Reed paced the Eagles with 13 points.
The Citadel trailed 18-12 with 5:49 left until halftime, but P.J. Horgan's free throws sparked an 18-4 Bulldog run for a 31-22 halftime lead.
Scyoc opened the second half with a 3-pointer, and The Citadel built the lead to 59-41 on Roselle's layup with 7:25 left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| The Citadel (4-13) « | 31 | 39 | 70 |
| Georgia Southern (8-11) | 22 | 33 | 55 |
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| The Citadel Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Horgan, F | 32 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Groselle, C | 37 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| M. Van Scyoc, G | 36 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| M. Harris III, G | 30 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Moore, G | 24 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jenkins | 12 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| L. Miller | 10 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| S. Elmore | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Robinson | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Setzekorn | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Q. Marshall | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-40 | 13-16 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 70 | |
| 60% | 81.3% | ||||||
| Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ferguson, F | 33 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| K. Dunnican, F | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Reed, G | 33 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Bussey, G | 30 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| C. Roberts, G | 27 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Holmes | 24 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Baskerville | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Baynham | 13 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| S. Mike | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Daniels | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-56 | 8-11 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 55 | |
| 35.7% | 72.7% | ||||||
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