The Citadel 48, Mocs 46

FOUR FACTORS (plus two)

eFG%
Mocs- 34.9%
The Citadel- 57.5%
Advantage- The Citadel

TO%
Mocs- 15.0%
The Citadel- 31.8%
Advantage- Mocs

OR%
Mocs- 34.2%
The Citadel- 27.3%
Advantage- Mocs

FTRate
Mocs- 30.2%
The Citadel- 10.0%
Advantage- Mocs

FT%
Mocs- 56.3%
The Citadel- 50.0%
Advantage- Mocs

3PtRate
Mocs- 39.6%
The Citadel- 52.5%

PLAYER RATER

Overall

1) Jahmal Burroughs 20.9
2) Drazen Zlovaric 18.7
3) Dontay Hampton 16.6
4) Keegan Bell 11.1
5) Ricky Taylor 5.5
6) Lance Stokes 5.0
7) Jared Bryant 3.4
8) Rico White 0.6
9) Omar Wattad -6.1

Per 40

1) Dontay Hampton 31.6
2) Jahmal Burroughs 29.8
3) Drazen Zlovaric 26.6
4) Lance Stokes 18.2
5) Keegan Bell 13.0
6) Jared Bryant 11.3
7) Ricky Taylor 8.4
8) Rico White 1.6
9) Omar Wattad -9.7

ANALYSIS

Wow. That was painful. Very painful. The Mocs were struggling early, but took a one point lead into halftime when Dontay Hampton hit a falling away three at the buzzer. It was a dramatic shot that should have given the Mocs a huge momentum boost heading into the locker room. It didn't really. The Mocs came out and fell back behind pretty quickly. But the Mocs responded and took a seven point lead, 43-36 with just under six minutes left. The Mocs should have been able to put it away from there.

And, like has become the norm, this year, they could not put it away. It ended with Keegan Bell missing two threes, after the team had started the game 3 of 19 from three point range.

There is something interesting here. Look at the Four Factors section above. The Mocs turned the ball over at a significantly lower rate, they came up with a much higher rate of offensive rebounds, and they got to the free throw line more frequently. On top of that, they shot a better percentage from the free throw line (though they hardly were lighting it up). They probably shot too much from three point range considering they only made 3 of 21 from three point range. The Citadel shot over 50% of their shots from three point range. The Mocs really outplayed The Citadel in all facets, except for shooting.

This happened against Appalachian State too. The Mocs are playing an interesting brand of basketball. They are winning a lot of categories that they should be winning, but they aren't making shots at a high rate, and they are allowing their opponents to make too many shots. Will the Mocs ever start shooting better? At this point, maybe not.

Groselle scored eight points and collected 15 rebounds, so he had a good game, but not a great game. The Mocs certainly controlled him, at least scoring-wise. They held him to 3 of 3 shooting from the field. Lawrence Miller did score 15, which was the hot shooter of the night. But the Mocs defense on Groselle was very admirable.

This was painful, and assures the Mocs of the 6N seed. They will be playing in the last game on Friday night at the SoCon Tournament. For a team that started off thinking they were the favorite to win the North....ouch.

GO MOCS!