The Citadel Sports Network

Despite hitting just 3 of his last 20 shots, Wells' Bulldogs have won two straight heading into tonight's rematch at College of Charleston

Listen live tonight as The Citadel travels across town to face College of Charleston at 7pm. The Cougars boast the nation’s 17th longest home court winning streak (12), but the Bulldogs are the last team to beat the Cougars in their house, 72-58 last February.

Our coverage begins at 6:30, tipoff at 7. Listen live and free by clicking the link on the right side of this page!

Bryan Streeter celebrates after the sixth of Zach Urbanus' seven three-pointers

Cameron Wells missed 17 of 20 shots in The Citadel’s last two games. And the Bulldogs won both of them.

Once upon a time, that would not have been possible. But the Bulldogs are finding new contributors as the Southern Conference basketball season heads down the stretch.

Junior guard Zach Urbanus scored a season-best 24 points, and Austin Dahn and Bo Holston made big plays in crunch time as The Citadel held off Chattanooga, 68-60, before 2,063 fans Saturday night at McAlister Field House.

Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s article here

Sophomore Bo Holston provided a big lift, registering career highs in rebounds (9) and points (7)

The Bulldogs snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Mocs, with the help of Zach Urbanus (career high tying 24 points and seven 3FGM), Bo Holston, Cameron Wells and more.

Click below for coach Ed Conroy’s postgame thoughts:

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Listen LIVE and FREE tonight as the Bulldogs battle the Mocs from McAlister Field House. Coverage begins at 6:30, tipoff at 7pm. Click the link on the right side of the page to listen live.

Austin Dahn dropped in 15 points to help the 'Dogs past Samford Thursday night

In many ways, it was the shot that set the tone for The Citadel’s basketball season.

Keegan Bell’s “Saved by the Bell” buzzer-beater gave Chattanooga a 56-54 win over the Bulldogs on Jan. 14, the most dramatic moment in a string of Southern Conference games that have gone down to the wire for the Bulldogs.

Citadel players have not forgotten Bell’s miracle.

Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s preview here

Tommy Laurendine

The Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins has hired a couple of assistants well-versed in the triple-option to oversee the Bulldogs’ switch to that attack.

Tommy Laurendine, offensive coordinator at Lenoir-Rhyne for the past two seasons, is the Bulldogs’ new offensive coordinator, Higgins confirmed. And former VMI offensive line coach Bob Bodine will be the assistant offensive coordinator.

Laurendine replaces Dave Cecchini, who ran the Bulldogs’ spread-option attack for the last five years.

Continue reading the Post and Courier article here

Freshman guard Ben Cherry netted a career best nine points, including hitting the game tying and go-ahead three-pointer in the second half.

With Samford defenders hounding Cameron Wells’ every dribble, The Citadel needed someone else to play the hero Thursday night.

Guard Ben Cherry, a walk-on freshman, was the unlikely candidate.

Cherry connected on three huge 3-pointers down the stretch, and Bryan Streeter’s rebound basket with 12 seconds remaining lifted The Citadel to a 61-57 win over Samford before 1,440 fans at McAlister Field House.

Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s article here

Samford has dropped three straight while head coach Jimmy Tillette recovered from his January 23rd seizure. Tonight, he'll be back on the Samford bench for the first time since the incident.

Looking back, Samford basketball coach Jimmy Tillette says he was lucky that it happened the way it did.

“I could have been in the shower and hit my head, I could have been driving,” Tillette said. “If it had to happen, it was a good venue for it.”

As it was, the scene on the night of Jan. 23 at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum was scary enough. Tillette, 59, suffered a seizure and collapsed during the second half of his team’s 70-67 win over UNC Greensboro.

Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s preview here.

While Tillette returns for Samford, the same cannot be said for The Citadel’s announcer, Darren Goldwater, who had hoped to return to form in time for tonight’s game. Danny Reed will again fill-in behind the mic as Goldwater continues to recuperate from last week’s hospital stay in Savannah.

Burke High School football standout Del’Javon Simmons knows there will be an assimilation process now that he has signed to play for The Citadel.

The dapper three-sports star began the process by wearing an argyle sweater vest as he arrived at the Charleston County School District Building on Wednesday morning to sign a national letter of intent. His sweater had swatches of blue, a shade very similar to the “Citadel Blue” worn by the school’s athletic teams.

Continue reading Phillip Bowman’s article from the Post and Courier here

For Jeff Hartsell’s article on the Bulldogs complete signing class, the first in the ‘Dogs transformation to the triple-option offensive attack, click here.

There will be no Ed Conroy and Friends show tonight at the Kickin’ Chicken. The show will return to its usual day and time (Tuesday nights, 7-8pm) next week, following the Bulldogs stretch of three games in five days.

We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to getting back on the air Thursday night against Samford.