CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Cleon Roberts scored 20 points, and Georgia Southern led by 18 points at halftime and rolled past The Citadel 78-57 in a Southern Conference game on Thursday night.
Eric Ferguson had 14 points, Brian Holmes 11 and C.J. Reed 10 for the Eagles (11-15, 5-8), who snapped a two-game losing streak. Georgia Southern avenged a 70-55 loss to The Citadel on Jan. 19, which snapped the Bulldogs' 12-game losing streak.
P.J. Horgan had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Marshall Harris III scored 10 points for the Bulldogs (6-18, 3-11), who have lost three in a row after a two-game winning streak.
Georgia Southern shot 29 of 55 from the field and 12 of 22 on 3-pointers. The Citadel shot 21 of 53 and 3 of 16.
The Eagles led 47-29 at halftime and opened the second half with an 18-4 spurt for a 65-33 advantage.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Georgia Southern (11-15) « | 47 | 31 | 78 |
| The Citadel (6-18) | 29 | 28 | 57 |
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| Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Baskerville, F | 17 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Baynham, F | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Holmes, G | 35 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| C. Roberts, G | 34 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| C. Reed, G | 32 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ferguson | 23 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| T. Bussey | 18 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Dunnican | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Daniels | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Mike | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Rives | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 29-55 | 8-12 | 34 | 14 | 21 | 78 | |
| 52.7% | 66.7% | ||||||
| The Citadel Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Horgan, F | 34 | 7-10 | 5-8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| M. Van Scyoc, F | 29 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Groselle, C | 30 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Harris III, G | 34 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Moore, G | 19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Robinson | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Elmore | 11 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Setzekorn | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Jenkins | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Q. Marshall | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-53 | 12-24 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 57 | |
| 39.6% | 50% | ||||||
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