CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Mike Groselle scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead The Citadel to a 68-57 victory over Furman in a Southern Conference game on Thursday night.
P.J. Horgan and Dylen Setzekorn came off the bench to score 11 points each for the Bulldogs (8-20, 5-12), who had lost five of six games coming in. The Citadel swept the season series, beating Furman 84-79 on Feb. 2.
Larry Wideman scored 17 points, Colin Reddick had 14 and 10 rebounds, and Bryant Irwin scored 12 for the Paladins (6-22, 3-14), who lost their ninth consecutive game.
The Bulldogs outscored the Paladins 43-14 in the paint.
The Citadel led 30-22 at halftime, but Furman's Bobby Austin made a 3-pointer to cut the Bulldogs' advantage to 48-46 with 8:51 left. The Citadel pushed the advantage to 12 points at 64-52 on Groselle's layup with 3:05 remaining and cruised home from there.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Furman (6-22) | 22 | 35 | 57 |
| The Citadel (8-20) « | 30 | 38 | 68 |
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| Furman Paladins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Ferrara, F | 40 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Irwin, F | 40 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| C. Reddick, F | 39 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| B. Austin, G | 40 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| L. Wideman, G | 39 | 6-18 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Chuisseu | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. O'Neill | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-53 | 9-14 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 57 | |
| 37.7% | 64.3% | ||||||
| The Citadel Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Van Scyoc, F | 27 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| S. Elmore, F | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Groselle, C | 38 | 12-19 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| M. Harris III, G | 33 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| R. Robinson, G | 33 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Horgan | 33 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| D. Setzekorn | 13 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Moore | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Jenkins | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Marshall | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-60 | 8-12 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 68 | |
| 45% | 66.7% | ||||||
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