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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford men’s basketball team ended the regular season with a 75-66 win over The Citadel on Saturday night at Benjamin Johnson Arena. Both teams shot over fifty percent from the floor in the game. It was the final home game for seniors Corey Godzinski and Junior Salters, who were honored prior to the game.
Wofford has won ten in a row and is 23-8 on the season and 15-3 in the SoCon. The ten-game winning streak is the longest in Wofford’s NCAA Division I history. The Citadel is 15-15 overall and 9-9 in the conference. The Terriers have secured sole possession of the Southern Conference South Division title.
The Terriers were led by Noah Dahlman with 18 points and Tim Johnson with 10 points and eight rebounds. The leading scorer for the Bulldogs was Cameron Wells with 22 points and Harrison DuPont added 16 points and seven rebounds.
“The guys enjoyed themselves and got a win over a gritty club,” said head coach Mike Young. “They had won five in a row before their last two games. Cameron Wells was exceptional and they have good pieces around him. I thought we did what we needed to do, but our field goal percentage defense was not great. We out-rebounded them and did enough good things to win. We go 15-3 in the league and we are taking a pretty good team to Charlotte next week with a chance to do something really cool.”
The Terriers scored the first four points of the game and had a 10-3 lead after two free throws by Noah Dahlman at 14:48. The Citadel quickly scored the next five points to cut the lead to 10-8. The Bulldogs were only down one point after a three by Cameron Wells at 12:04 with a 12-11 score. Kevin Giltner answered with a three and after another three by Corey Godzinski the Terriers had a 23-17 lead at the 7:41 mark.
A three by Junior Salters pushed the advantage to 30-19 for the Terriers with 5:15 on the clock. With Wofford holding a 32-21 lead with 3:43 remaining in the half, The Citadel answered with an 8-2 run that included two three pointers to make it a 34-29 game. Jamar Diggs hit a bucket with four seconds left to give the Terriers a 36-29 lead at the half.
Wofford scored first with a bucket from Tim Johnson to open the second half, but the Bulldogs stayed close and after a three by Zach Urbanus the lead was down to 42-38 three minutes into play. After trading buckets for a 46-42 score, Wofford used a 7-0 run to take a 53-42 lead at the ten minute mark.
Jason Dawson hit a three to give Wofford a 56-44 lead and two free throws by Kevin Giltner made it a 58-44 advantage with eight minutes remaining. Noah Dahlman hit a lay-up and free throw at the six-minute mark for a 65-50 lead, the largest of the night. Wofford was able to keep the lead in double-digits until a three by Cameron Wells with 54 seconds on the clock cut it to 74-66. Cameron Rundles made one-of-two free throws with 29 seconds left for the final score of 75-66.
Wofford shot 52.2% from the floor and were 50.0% from three. From the free throw line, the Terriers were 77.8%. The Citadel was 52.9% overall and were 38.9% from behind the arc. They were 50.0% from the line. Wofford had a 29-24 lead on the boards and had 15 assists on 24 made baskets.
Noah Dahlman scored in double-figures for the 31st time this season and has a streak of 44 games with ten or more points. With the victory, the Terriers have 23 wins on the season which is the most since the 1963-64 season when Wofford had 24 victories. It marks only the eighth 20-win season in school history and the first since the 1993-94 season. Wofford has won 16 of their last 17 games dating back to December 30.
The Terriers will next play on Saturday, March 6 in the second round of the Southern Conference Tournament. The game will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 2:00 pm game, at approximately 4:30 pm.
