NCAAB

The Citadel Bulldogs at East Tennessee State Buccaneers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
The Citadel Bulldogs
10-18, 3-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
84 - 82
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
23-6, 12-2 Home

Najdawi hits late 3, scores 24; The Citadel beats ETSU 84-82

The Citadel (10-18, 5-11 Southern Conference) snapped a five-game skid against the Buccaneers (23-6, 14-2), who have lost two of their last three overall after winning 16 in row. ETSU remains alone atop the conference standings, one game ahead of UNC Greensboro (13-3), which beat Wofford 76-66 on Tuesday.

ETSU's David Burrell hit a 3, Mladen Armus made a layup and Burrell's alley-oop dunk off a lob from Jalan McCloud made it 76-all, but Najdawi's 3-pointer from the left side put the Bulldogs in front for good 25 seconds later. Johnson made four straight free throws to make it 83-77 with nine seconds left.

Bo Hodges had 16 points, Burrell added 15 with 10 rebounds and Armus scored 14 for ETSU. The Bucs made just 8 of 15 free throws.

The Citadel hit 13 3-pointers and made 19 of 23 (83 percent) from the foul line.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 84 - 82
2nd 0:01 Devontavius Payne Steal. 84 - 82
2nd 0:01 Devontavius Payne made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalan McCloud. 84 - 82
2nd 0:05 David Burrell Defensive Rebound. 84 - 79
2nd 0:05 Kaelon Harris missed Free Throw. 84 - 79

Statistics

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26-59 FG 33-69
44 Field Goal % 48
13-36 3PT 8-27
36 Three Point % 30
19-23 FT 8-15
83 Free Throw % 53
38 Rebounds 39
12 Offensive Rebounds 15
26 Defensive Rebounds 24
15 Assists 25
5 Steals 12
3 Blocks 2
18 Turnovers 14
0 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 14
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 24
6 Fast Break Points 16
20 Points in Paint 48
14 Fouls 21
8 Largest Lead 11

Game Information

Venue: Freedom Hall (TN)

Location: Johnson City, TN
Attendance: 4,911 | Capacity:

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
East Tennessee State 13-5 - 23-11
Mercer 11-7 2 19-13
Wofford 11-7 2 19-13
Samford 11-7 2 18-14
Furman 10-8 3 22-13
Western Carolina 10-8 3 15-16
UNC Greensboro 9-9 4 15-19
Chattanooga 7-11 6 13-19
The Citadel 7-11 6 11-22
VMI 1-17 12 6-26
Full Standings