Daytona Beach, Fla.  – Three Wildcats combined for 65 points, but the Alabama State attack was too much to overcome as B-CU fell to the Hornets, 89-78, Monday night at Moore Gymnasium.
 
How It Happened
 
A tight first half saw neither team lead by more than six and featured six lead changes. The Wildcats (7-20, 5-10 SWAC) entered the half up, 37-32. Joe French, Marcus Garrett, and Kevin Davis combined for 31 of the Wildcats 37 points in the half.
 
Alabama State (7-20, 6-9 SWAC) fell behind as much as eight as Joe French hit a three just out of the halftime break to go ahead 40-32. With 14 minutes remaining, a 15-1 Hornets run put Alabama State up, 61-50, and they never surrendered the lead again.
 
Moore Gymnasium brought an electric crowd to the nationally televised game.
 
"The atmosphere in the gym is one of the best I've seen, and I've been in a lot of gyms," Wildcats head coach Reggie Theus said after the game.
 
Joe French led the Wildcats with 25 points. He, Marcus Garrett, and Kevin Davis combined for 65 of the Wildcats' 78 points.
 
"I'm proud of our guys and the way they compete," Theus said. "We score enough points"
 
Notes

• B-CU shot 49 percent from the field in the game.
• 15 Wildcats shots came off of assists – Marcus Garrett dished out nine.
• Joe French made 5-10 three-pointers in the game
• The Wildcats scored 20 points off turnovers and 36 points in the paint.

 
Up Next
The Wildcats hit the home stretch of the 2022 season as they head on the road for three more to close things out on the regular season. Next, the Wildcats will travel to Baton Rouge to take on Southern on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m.
 
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