Men’s hoops tops Clayton St.
On Feb. 5, the Georgia College men’s basketball team was on the road to face Clayton St. and defeated the Lakers 75-66.
“The guys played as a team, I was really proud of the way we shared the ball and the overall team defense that we had,” Assistant Coach Mark Gainous said. “I thought it was probably the best game we played all year.”
When both teams stepped out onto the court for the first half, it was the Bobcats that first took the lead, but Clayton St. was right behind them. For the beginning of the first half, both teams were playing aggressively and the score was close, but the Bobcats led in points.However, when 15:56 remained in the half, and the two teams were tied 8-8, the Lakers sank a three-pointer that gave them their first lead of the game with the score at 11-8. The Bobcats did not give Clayton St. a chance to make a large point gap and were able to take back the lead when junior forward Mike Augustine sank a three-pointer with 12:24 remaining to give Georgia College control of the game once again.
As soon as the Bobcats took the lead, they began to spread the point gap over the Lakers. When 47 seconds remained in the half, Georgia College took their first 10-point lead when senior forward Josh Hurst sank a three-pointer that made the score 38-28 favor of the Bobcats. When halftime arrived Georgia College led Clayton St. with a score of 38-32.
“I think our greatest strength was teamwork. Our communication and our talk on defense were really good,” Gainous said. “It felt like everybody was on the same page, all 13 guys that were there.”
At the start of the second half, the Lakers began to step their game up and when 18:22 remained in the game, they only trailed the Bobcats by two with a score of 38-36. Once Clayton St. trailed Georgia College by two points, both teams continued to play aggressively and the game score remained close. However, as the clock began to run out,
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