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2015-2016 BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 20152015 the16 citadel schedule game ONE Date Opponent SCHEDULE- Location Time Nov. 6 Erskine (Exh.) Charleston, S.C. W, 118-73 Nov. 14 at Butler Indianpolis, Ind. 7:30 p.m. The Citadel bulldogs Nov. 17 Stetson Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. Record: 0-0 (0-0 SoCon) Nov. 19 Mid-Atlantic Christian^ Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. 2014-15 Record: 11-19 (6-12 SoCon) Nov. 21 at Presbyterian Clinton, S.C. 7 p.m. Head Coach: Duggar Baucom, First Season Record at The Citadel: 0-0 (.000) Career Record: 188-178 (.514) Nov. 25 vs. Georgia Southern^ Spartanburg, S.C. 7 p.m. Nov. 27 vs. Bob Jones^ Spartanburg, S.C. 7 p.m. Nov. 28 vs. USC-Upstate^ Spartanburg, S.C. 2 p.m. No. 22 BUTLER BULLDOGS Dec. 2 at Air Force USAF Academy, Colo. 9 p.m. Record: 0-0 Dec. 5 College of Charleston Charleston, S.C. 1 p.m. 2014-15 Record: 23-11 (12-6 BIG EAST) Dec. 8 Voorhees Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. Head Coach: Chris Holtmann, 2nd Season Dec. 16 at Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. 2 p.m. Nov. 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Hinkle fieldhouse Dec. 29 at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. 7 p.m. Jan. 2 Chattanooga* Charleston, S.C. 1 p.m. Jan. 5 at Samford* Birmingham, Ala. 8 p.m. FAST FACTS Jan. 9 Mercer* Charleston, S.C. 1 p.m. Jan. 14 Wofford* Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. • The Citadel launches its 116th basketball season next Saturday at No. 22 Jan. 16 Furman* Charleston, S.C. 1 p.m. Butler. Jan. 21 at Western Carolina* Cullowhee, N.C. 7 p.m. • Duggar Baucom is the 30th head coach to take over at the helm of Jan. 23 at ETSU* Johnson City, Tenn. 4 p.m. Bulldogs basketball and sixth since 1974. Jan. 28 UNCG* Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. • The last time The Citadel won its season opener was an 84-76 win over a Jan. 30 VMI* Charleston, S.C. 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at Chattanooga* Chattanooga, Tenn. 7 p.m. Baucom-coached VMI team on Nov. 10, 2012. Feb. 6 at Mercer* Macon, Ga. 4:30 p.m. • The Citadel is seeking its first ever win over a Top 25 team. Feb. 8 Samford* Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. • This is the first time since 2010 that the Bulldogs haven’t opened the Feb. 11 at Furman* Greenville, S.C. 7 p.m. season at the All-Military Classic and the first time they have opened a Feb. 13 at Wofford* Spartanburg, S.C. 7 p.m. season against a Top 25 team since facing No. 1 Duke to launch the 1988- Feb. 18 ETSU* Charleston, S.C. 6 p.m. 89 campaign. Feb. 20 Western Carolina Charleston, S.C. 1 p.m. • Coach Baucom welcomes back three key contributors from the 2014-15 Feb. 25 at UNCG* Greensboro, N.C. 7 p.m. season (Brian White, Quinton Marshall and Warren Sledge) who have a Feb. 27 at VMI* Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. combined 98 starts and racked up a combined 1,202 points in their careers March 4-7 SoCon Tournament Asheville, N.C. TBA at The Citadel • Coach Baucom added two graduate transfers. P.J. Boutte and Derrick ^ - USC Upstate Classic * - Southern Conference Game Henry, to the roster during the offseason to help ease the transition to a new system. Boutte and Henry have played in 95 and 79 games, respectively. COVERAGE THE CITADEL PRObABLE STARTERS • Fox Sports 2 Pos. Name No. Class PPG RPG APG Notes G P.J. Boutte 1 Gr. 5.7 2.4 2.9 Transferred from IUPUI - play-by-play: Alex Faust G Warren Sledge 5 Jr. 3.1 1.5 3.0 2.1 Ast./TO ratio - color: Dickey Simpkins F Brian White 32 Jr. 7.1 4.3 0.3 Scored 214 total points last season F Quinton Marshall 33 Sr. 6.0 3.2 1.2 Added 11 blks. and 14 stl. in 2014-15 • Audio: Sports Radio 1450 AM C Zane Najdawi 35 Fr. - - - Nose for the offensive glass • Website: citadelsports.com THE CITADEL KEY RESERVES • Twitter: @citadelhoops Pos. Name No. Class PPG RPG APG Notes • Instagram: @citadelhoops G Quayson Williams 2 Fr. - - - Quick, versatile scorer G Matt Frierson 3 Fr. - - - Lights out spot up shooter C Tom Koopman 11 Jr. 1.7 1.4 0.2 70 percent FT shooter G Tim Broom 13 So. 0.4 0.3 1.3 Seven steals in 14 games played G Derrick Henry 15 Gr. 4.4 1.7 0.6 Transferred from Winthrop F Connor Schroeder 22 Fr. - - - Has range, hard-nosed defender F Qwandell Newton 24 Fr. - - - Lengthy and athletic forward *Statistics from 2014-15 season page 1 - GAME 1 VS BUTLER EMRBACE THE PACe 2015-16 quick facts INSIDE THE SERIES GENERAL INFORMATION Location .......................................................Charleston, S.C. Series Record: 0-0 Founded .......................................................................1842 Enrollment ...................................................................2,300 Series at The Citadel: 0-0 Affiliation ..................................................... NCAA Division I Conference ............................................................ Southern Series at Butler: 0-0 Colors ..............................................Citadel Blue and White Nickname................................................................ Bulldogs Neutral Site: 0-0 Stadium .................................McAlister Field House (6,000) President .................. Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. (USAF, Ret.) Largest Margin of Victory: N/A Faculty Athletic Representative .....Chip Taylor (Tennessee, 1996) Current Streak: N/A Athletic Director ............................ Jim Senter (Tulsa, 1985) Mailing Address .................................McAlister Field House .............................171 Moultrie St., Charleston, S.C. 29409 PACe = points & Possessions Athletic Department Phone .......................... 843-953-5070 Athletic Department Website ....................... CitadelSports. • Coach Baucom’s teams at VMI led the nation in scoring six TEAM INFORMATION times in the past eight seasons, averaging 91.8 points per 2014 Record ....................................11-19 (6-12, T7th SoCon) game during those six seasons. Lettermen Returning/Lost .............................................. 5/7 •The Citadel’s school record for average points per game is Starters Returning/Lost .................................................. 2/3 85.0 PPG, set by the 1990-91 team. Newcomers .................................................................... 10 • The Bulldogs have not averaged more than 75 points per COACHING STAFF game since the 1995-96 campaign (75.3 PPG). Head coach ................Duggar Baucom (UNC Charlotte, 1995) • The Citadel piled up 118 points in its exhibition win over Record at The Citadel ........................................ 0-0 (1st year) Erskine and made 21 three-pointers. Although the game Overall Record ...........................................188-178 (12 years) Associate Head Coach ...... Daniel Willis (Lenoir-Rhyne, 2001) doesn’t count for official statistics, the Bulldogs would have Asst. Coach/RecruitingCoord. ... Ryan Mattocks (Duke, 2011) scored 100 points for the 39th time in school history, with Assistant Coach ...................................Willie Bell (VMI, 2009) the last time coming on Nov. 25, 2013 vs. Montreat (109-64). Director of Operations ............... Bill Morosco (Florida, 2012) The team’s 21 made three-point field goals would have tied Assoc. Dir. of Strength & Conditioning .. Stephen Reich (Georgia Tech, a school record set in 2007. 2011) Athletic Trainer .................Zach James (South Carolina, 2013) • In the rout of Erskine, The Citadel had 94 possesions. For perspective, Coach Baucom’s VMI team led the nation in PROGRAM HISTORY possessions per game during the 2014-15 seaon with 80.1. First Year of Basketball .............................................1900-01 All-Time Record .......................................... 945-1,287 (.423) The Citadel ranked 343rd out of 351 Division I teams in that Venue .................................... McAlister Field House (6,000) category last season with 61.6 possesions per game. Opened ...................................................1939 (77th season) • The high-flying offense starts with pressure defense, and the Bulldogs forced 31 turnovers behind 19 steals. The 19 MEDIA RELATIONS steals would have ranked third all-time in program history. INFORMATION TREYSON Assistant AD/Media Relations................. Derek Satterfield ...................................................... ([email protected]) • Freshman sharpshooter Quayson Williams made his Associate Director of Media Relations/MBB .....R.J. Layton presence felt during Friday’s exhibition win over Erskine, ........................................................([email protected]) pouring in 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the floor, Assistant Director of Media Relations ........Haley Shotwell including five three-pointers. ................................................... ([email protected]) • Williams will be eyeing The Citadel’s freshman record for three-pointers made in a season - 79 by Austin Davis in 08-09. page 2 GAME 1 VS BUTLER - EMRBACE THE PACe The citadel Roster No. Name Pos. Height Class HS or Prev. School/Hometown 1 P.J. Boutte G 5-9 Gr. IUPUI/Indianapolis, Ind. 2 Quayson Williams G 5-11 Fr. Eastern Guilford/Greenboro, N.C. 3 Matt Frierson G 6-1 Fr. Chapelgate Academy/Laurel, Md. 5 Warren Sledge G 6-3 Jr. Keller Central/Keller, Texas 11 Tom Koopman C 6-8 Jr. Weert, Holland 13 Tim Broom G 6-2 So. Sandalwood/Jacksonville, Fla. 14 Tommy Olds G 5-10 Jr. Westwood/Blythewood, S.C. 15 Derrick Henry G 6-3 Gr. Winthrop/Covington, Ga. 21 Bobby Duncan F 6-4 Sr. Fayetteville Christian/Fayatteville, N.C. 22 Connor Schroeder F 6-7 Fr. Miller School/Blacksburg, Va. 24 Qwandell Newton F 6-6 Fr. First Baptist Academy/Naples Fla. 32 Brian White F 6-8 Jr. John Marshall/Richmond, Va. 33 Quinton Marshall F 6-5 Sr. Leesville Road/Raleigh, N.C. 35 Zane Najdawi F 6-7 Fr. Cosby/Midlothian, Va. 40 Garrett Mullis C 6-8 Fr. St. James/Murrells Inlet, S.C. The citadel coaching staff Head Coach: Duggar Baucom; First Season Associate Head Coach: Daniel Willis; First Season Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Ryan Mattocks; First Season Assistant Coach: Willie Bell; First Season Director of Basketball Operations: Bill Morosco; First Season Graduate Assistant: Matt Grossenbach; First Season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Duggar Baucom: DOOG-er BOW-come P.