Brown GCSU
Christian Grier
75
Clayton St. CSU 6-12,0-8 Peach Belt
77
Winner Georgia College GaCol 6-12,1-7 Peach Belt
Clayton St. CSU
6-12,0-8 Peach Belt
75
Final
77
Georgia College GaCol
6-12,1-7 Peach Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Clayton St. CSU 34 41 75
Georgia College GaCol 42 35 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Sam Viebrock, Assistant AD of Communication, samuelviebrock@clayton.edu

Men's Basketball Dropped a 77-75 Contest to Georgia College

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Clayton State University men's basketball team played Georgia College & State University to conclude their road trip on Monday evening.  The Lakers and Bobcats went down to the wire but ultimately, GCSU defeated Clayton State, 77-75.  Emmanuel Jones scored 25 points to lead the team. 
 
The Bobcats started the first half leading 8-3.  Then, Jones and Pitts each buried threes and made the score, 11-9.  The Lakers then continued to shoot the three well as Jones and Matt Brown splashed the ball through the net as the score read, 19-15.  Later in the first half, the Bobcats grabbed the momentum.  At the score, 28-24, the Bobcats went on a 12-0 run and jumped out to a 40-26 lead.  DJ Wright broke up that run and converted an and-one opportunity. 
 
The Lakers scored six of the final eight points of the half, but the Bobcats led, 42-34 going into the halftime break.  Jones led the Lakers with nine points.  The story of the half was that GCSU outrebounded the Lakers, 27-8.  The Lakers were unable to take advantage of nine first half GCSU turnovers.
 
Halftime: Georgia College 42, Clayton State 34
 
Jones and Aaron Pitts gave the Lakers the early offensive advantage at the start of the second half as they combined to score the first seven points and made the score, 42-41.  The Lakers then grabbed the lead.  At the score, 47-44, Pitts and Jones continued the strong offensive attack and tossed in the next nine points and led, 53-49. The two teams then went back-and-forth for the next several minutes and made the score, 62-61 with six minutes left.  Brown and Jones knocked down threes. 
 
The final two minutes of the game was a war at the free throw line, but the Bobcats prevailed over the Lakers, 77-75. 
 
QUICK HITS
  • Jones led the Lakers with a season-high 25 points and added six boards. 
  • Pitts tossed in 17 points.
  • Jojo Bell led the Lakers with seven rebounds. 
  • The Lakers were outrebounded 45-21 in the game.
  • The Lakers only turned the ball over four times in the game. 
  • Clayton State attempted 27 free throws in the game. 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers (6-12 (0-8 PBC)) welcome the Hurricanes of Georgia Southwestern to the Loch on Wednesday, January 29th at 7:30 p.m. Please visit claytonstatesports.com for more information regarding tickets. 
 
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