Trouble In Paradise As Bearcats Fall at Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST, U.S. Virgin Islands – The Rust College men's basketball program took its first ever trip across the water to battle the Buccaneers of the University of the Virgin Islands, falling by a 63-61 tally.

The Basics: 

• Score
• • Virgin Islands – 63
  • Rust – 61

• Records
• • Rust (9-14, 6-10 Gulf Coast)
  • Virgin Islands (7-14, 5-10 Gulf Coast)

• Location
• • Charlotte Amalie West, U.S. Virgin Islands – Sports & Fitness Center

• Series History (Since 2016-17)
• • Series Tied 1-1 (50%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2016-17)
• • Virgin Islands (W1) | Rust's Last Win: January 11, 2024 (76-71)

Rust Top Performers: 

• Catthadious Moore found his All-Conference form at UVI, rattling off his fifth double-double of 2023-24 with a contest-most 15 rebounds as well as 11 points.

• Jordin Jackson did not let any possible jetlag slow him down, shooting 63.6% from the court (7-for-11) en route to a Bearcat-best 18 points on top of four boards.

• Damonte Streate had a scoring spree in just 13 minutes off the pine, dropping a quick 11 points while making half of his six attempts.

• Christopher Hood and Xavier Evans both had a ten in the stat sheet as the former logged that number of points and the latter put that together on the glass.

Next:

Coach White's team will lineup opposite Oakwood for the second time in the last ten days to finish its road schedule on Wednesday night in Huntsville.