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Photos By: Demonte Rule & Dominique McCraney
Dominique McCraney
Graduate Assistant
The Jackson State men’s basketball team fell 61-65 to the Arkansas State Red Wolves in the second game of the season Monday night at the Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center. The game was JSU’s head coach Wayne Brent’s second game as a collegiate head coach.
At halftime, the Tigers and Red Wolves were tied 33-33, but JSU was outscored 32-28 in the second half. Brandon West recorded his first double –double of the season, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. He went 6-11 from the field and also had four blocked shots. Three other Tigers scored in double figures. Julysses Nobles finished with 13 on 6-12 shooting. Jeffery Stubbs contributed 12 points and went 5-10 from the floor. Javeres Brent scored 11 points and went 2-2 from the free throw line.
Cameron Golden led Arkansas State in scoring with 16 points. He went 5-5 free throws. Melvin Johnson III followed with 13 points. JSU out-rebounded Arkansas State 46-32.
Freshman Kenneth Wachira said, “Character defines your personality, but since we lost, it doesn’t’ mean our character is that of losers. The future is still bright for the team.”
Coach Wayne Brent feels good about his team.
“I feel pretty good in spots. In the last four minutes, I didn’t think we executed well. We missed a couple of free throws. We got to go back and try to work on executing in the half court sets at the end of games. We got to make free throws count,” said Brent.
In the first half JSU shot 44.1% (15-34) from the field and Arkansas State connected at a 44.8% rate (13-29). In the second half JSU at a 37.9% (11-29) and Arkansas State made 30.8% of its field goal attempts (8-26).
JSU returns to action on Thursday, Nov. 14 against the Air Force Academy Falcons in Colorado at 7:00 p.m.
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