2023-24 Men's Basketball News
Six-Seeded Men’s Basketball Season Comes To An End In GCAC Quarterfinals
March 02, 2024
The #6 seed Rust College men's basketball program led the #3 seed Talladega Tornadoes as late as ten minutes left in regulation before their grasp began to slip as they eventually bowed out of the GCAC Tournament by a 67-60 margin.
Hood’s Late Free Throws Help Bearcats Hold Off Bulldogs
February 26, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program fell behind 70-69 with 16 seconds left, Christopher Hood sank two clutch free throws four ticks later, then Fisk’s game-winning three rimmed out at the buzzer as Coach White’s crew enters the conference tournament as winners of three out of their last four with a 71-70 squeaker in the finale.
Evans & Hood Drop 25+ Each As Men Take Down Oakwood
February 22, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program rode the hot shooting hands of Xavier Evans and Christopher Hood along with stellar two-way play from Catthadious Moore to a road win on Wednesday evening, 88-80.
Trouble In Paradise As Bearcats Fall at Virgin Islands
February 16, 2024
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.
Bearcats Dethrone Ambassadors Behind Brown’s 20 Points
February 13, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program handled its business on Monday night, handing the Ambassadors a 76-60 defeat.
Men Can’t Hold Onto Lead As Philander Gets Hot Late
February 11, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program was ahead by nine at the break, but the Panthers woke up with a 47-point second half to seize the win, 75-68.
Bearcats Fall To Wildcats In Overtime
February 09, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program had a pair of student-athletes contribute double-doubles, however, the Blue and White came up just shy to Wiley in a three-point, overtime setback.
Men Start Winning Streak Behind Brown’s Double-Double
February 03, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program has strung together back-to-back triumphs for the first time in two months after slaying the Knights from Southern University of New Orleans, 67-60.
Bearcats Break Out Of Funk With Dominant Win Over Dillard
February 01, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program tied for its largest margin of victory on the season and erased a four-game losing streak in impressive fashion on Thursday evening, scorching the Bleu Devils for a 24-point, 81-57 win.
Bearcats Put Scare In Tougaloo, Bulldogs Ride Hot Shooting To Win
January 30, 2024
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.
Arkansas Baptist Needs Overtime To Knock Off Rust
January 26, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program had three separate student-athletes record double-doubles in a contest that needed extra time to decide the outcome as the Buffaloes from ABC captured the victory over the Blue and White during a 69-68 seesaw battle.
Bearcats Experience Déjà Vu In Same Score Loss To Talladega
January 23, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program last stepped foot on the court on January 12 and lost to the Tornadoes by a final of 62-51 at home, the two teams squared off again in Alabama on Monday night yet the score was a mirror image of the previous one, also falling by a score of 62-51 on the road.
One-Loss Tornadoes Blow By Men’s Basketball
January 12, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program ran into a buzzsaw known as the Talladega Tornadoes on Friday evening, falling by a final score of 62-51.
Hot Shooting Lifts Rust Over Virgin Islands
January 11, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program shot better than 50% from the field (30-for-57, 52.6%) and saw four of its five starters score in double-figures as it welcomed the University of the Virgin Islands to the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference with a 76-71 triumph in Northern Mississippi.
Khalil Brown Brings Home GCAC Newcomer of the Week
January 08, 2024
The Rust College men’s basketball program finally got on the board regarding the conference’s weekly awards as Khalil Brown scored the first one for the guys during the 2023-24 campaign by snagging himself the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Week accolade.
Panthers Pounce On Bearcats
January 07, 2024
The Rust College men's basketball program outshot the homestanding Panthers by eight percent (44.4% to 36.1%) from the field and just under 20 percent (41.2% to 21.4%) from deep, but it was not enough to overcome Philander Smith during an 82-73 loss.