Saturday, February 24, 2007

Davidson/Citadel preview from Post & Courier



WHEN: 1:05 p.m.WHERE: McAlister Field House.RADIO: WQNT 1450-AM
Davidson (25-4, 16-1 SoCon)
HEAD COACH: Bob McKillop (307-217 in 18th year)
PROJECTED STARTERS: G Jason Richards, 6-2, jr. (13.6 ppg, 7.4 apg); G Stephen Curry, 6-0, fr. (20.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg); G Max Paulhus Gosselin, 6-6, so. (5 ppg, 3.2 rpg); F Thomas Sander, 6-8, jr. (14.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg); F Boris Meno, 6-8, jr. (11.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg).
NOTES: Davidson has clinched the SoCon regular-season title, the No. 1 seed for the SoCon Tournament, and an automatic bid to the NIT should it fail to win the tourney championship. ... Davidson has won nine straight games, its last loss by 81-74 to Appalachian State on Jan. 20. ... Davidson beat The Citadel, 79-64, on Jan. 16 ... The Wildcats are coming off a 75-57 win over Furman on Thursday. ... Curry hit 10 of 17 shots and scored 24 points in that game.
The Citadel (7-21, 4-13 SoCon)
HEAD COACH: Ed Conroy (7-21 in first year at Citadel, 45-53 in fourth year overall)
PROJECTED STARTERS: G Kevin Hammack, 6-1, sr. (13.2 ppg, 3.3 apg); G Donny McLendon, 6-0, sr. (12 ppg, 3.3 rpg); G Jonathan Brick, 6-0, so. (2.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg); F J'Mel Everhart, 6-6, sr. (7.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg); F Bryan Streeter, 6-6, fr. (4 ppg, 3.2 rpg).
NOTES: The Bulldogs have lost five straight and 10 of 11. ... Their last win was by 52-49 over Elon on Feb. 5. ... The Citadel is coming off a 50-40 loss at College of Charleston on Thursday night ... The Bulldogs have averaged 49.5 points over their last six games. ... The Citadel has lost 10 straight to Davidson. ... The Citadel could finish anywhere from No. 9 to No. 11 in seeding for next week's SoCon Tournament. ... Today is the final home game for seniors Kevin Hammack, Donny McLendon, J'Mel Everhart and Joseph Thompson

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