Bearcats Put Scare In Tougaloo, Bulldogs Ride Hot Shooting To Win

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – The Rust College men's basketball program nearly toppled one of the best programs in the conference on Saturday, however, the visitors shot 60% (30-for-50) from the court and 45.5% (5-of-11) from long range to escape the W.A. McMillan Center with a nail biting 77-75 outcome.

The Basics: 

• Score
• • Rust – 75
  • Tougaloo – 77

• Records
• • Rust (6-11, 3-7 Gulf Coast)
  • Tougaloo (16-4, 8-2 Gulf Coast)

• Location
• • Holly Springs, Mississippi – W.A. McMillan Center

• Series History (Since 2004-05)
• • Tougaloo Leads 18-7 (28%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2021-22)
• • Tougaloo (W6) | Rust's Last Win: February 8, 2021 (88-78)

Rust Top Performers: 

• Khalil Brown was the best player in the gym most of the day, shooting 53.8% on 7-for-13 for a contest-high 19 points and eight rebounds.

• Xavier Evans stepped on the floor as one of the starting five and proceeded to never leave as played the entire 40 minutes while contributing 13 points, a Bearcat-best three steals and the afternoon's only multi-block effort (2).

• Jordin Jackson logged a match-most four assists in addition to 14 points during a 5-of-10 (50%) showing.

• Catthadious Moore tied with Evans for the steals lead at three and just missed cracking double-figures in the scoring department with nine.

Next:

• Head Coach Howard White's men host DU on Thursday evening for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff on campus.