CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Nik Cochran scored 18 points to lead five players in double figures, and Davidson built a 16-point halftime lead and went on to defeat The Citadel 72-59 Saturday night to clinch the Southern Conference South Division.
Chris Czerapowicz had 14 points, Jake Cohen 13 and J.P. Kuhlman and Tyler Kalinoski had 10 each for the Wildcats (19-7, 14-1), who have won 10 straight games, including a 75-59 win over College of Charleston on Thursday.
Mike Groselle scored 21 points and P.J. Horgan chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs (6-19, 3-12), who have lost four in a row after a two-game winning streak.
Cochran, who leads the nation in free-throw shooting, made 5 of 5 from the line. He has made 95 of 100 this season.
Davidson was 24 of 47 from the field, 8 of 18 on 3-pointers and 16 of 18 from the line.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Davidson (19-7) « | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| The Citadel (6-19) | 20 | 37 | 57 |
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| Davidson Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Brooks, F | 31 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Cohen, F | 28 | 4-9 | 4-6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| N. Cochran, G | 30 | 5-9 | 5-5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Kuhlman, G | 28 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| C. Czerapowicz, G | 24 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Droney | 28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Kalinoski | 24 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Barham | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Mackay | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Belford | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Tormey | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-47 | 16-18 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 72 | |
| 51.1% | 88.9% | ||||||
| The Citadel Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Horgan, F | 35 | 2-9 | 6-6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Van Scyoc, F | 34 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Groselle, C | 38 | 10-14 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| M. Harris III, G | 33 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Robinson, G | 28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Moore | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Setzekorn | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Jenkins | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Elmore | 3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Q. Marshall | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-44 | 10-11 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 57 | |
| 47.7% | 90.9% | ||||||
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