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Both No. 9 The Citadel and No. 7 UNC Greensboro moved into Friday’s quarterfinal action with a pair of victories to open the 2026 Southern Conference Tournament at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville.
In the first matchup, there were 21 lead changes before No. 9 The Citadel advanced to the second day of the tournament for the first time since 2022 with an 88-85 win over No. 8 seed Chattanooga.
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The Citadel was led by Sola Adebisi and Kenyan Davis, who posted 26 and 20 points, respectively. Ed Conroy garnered his first SoCon Tournament win since his first stint as the Bulldogs’ head coach back in 2010, as the Bulldogs downed the reigning NIT Champion.
The win sees The Citadel improve to 11-21 overall, and they will move into Saturday’s first quarterfinal matchup against No. 1 overall seed and SoCon Regular Season Champion East Tennessee State (21-10) at noon on Saturday. The No. 8 seed UTC concluded its 2025-26 campaign with a disappointing 13-19 overall record.
In the second matchup, UNCG fourth-year head coach Mike Jones got his first win in the Harrah’s Cherokee Center as the head coach of the Spartans, as UNCG posted an 84-70 win over No. 10 seed VMI, thanks to 29 points from freshman guard KJ Younger and a 19th double-double of the season from Justin Neely, who added 14 points and 10 rebounds, as the Spartans advanced in the Southern Conference Tournament with a win for the first time since cutting down the nets in 2021.
With the win, UNCG improves to 14-18 overall and will face off against No. 2 seed Wofford (19-12) in Saturday’s second quarterfinal clash slated for 2:30 p.m. EST at Harrah’s Cherokee Center. VMI sees a difficult season come to an end with a 17th-straight loss, as the Keydets conclude the 2025-26 season with a 6-26 overall record.
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How The Citadel and UNCG Prevailed in the SoCon Openers
Chattanooga and The Citadel both came out and found the 3s to be falling early. Sola Adebisi had a big first half for the…
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