The Citadel at Western Carolina

W. Carolina was wondering what it would do for points in the paint after graduation robbed them of their interior scoring. The answer to that is two-fold. They don't need it against Citadel, but they have found a nice surprise in JC transfer Arnold Gore. Gore has lifted the offense by scoring 15ppg, and pulling down 5 boards. Antonio Russell has picked up where he left off last year, and leads Carolina with 16.2ppg. This will be the 1st home game vs a D-1A opponent, and they will be ready to romp, as they took out Citadel last year as a -8 by 26. Citadel is just not a good team, and they haven't been for quite some time now. It is hard to imagine but they have managed just an 8-45 mark on the road in the last 4+ years, still looking for their 1st this year. What is even more stunning is they not only have lost 45, but 38 of the 45 losses have been by double digits! They are shooting just 39% as a team, while surrendering 47%, and they have been utterly awful at the line, conne cting on just 57%. When you have a team that has found its way in the loss column 45 times in 53 games, and of those 45 losses, 38 are by double digits, there is only value on one side!