Arkansas Baptist Needs Overtime To Knock Off Rust

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – 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.

The Basics: 

• Score (Overtime)
• • Arkansas Baptist – 69
  • Rust – 68

• Records
• • Rust (6-10, 3-6 Gulf Coast)
  • Arkansas Baptist (5-11, 1-0 Continental)

• Location
• • Little Rock, Arkansas – Buffalo Event Center

• Series History (Since 2021-22)
• • Arkansas Baptist Leads 3-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2021-22)
• • Arkansas Baptist (W3) | Rust's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers: 

• Jordin Jackson had the less common double-double consisting of points and assists, tallying 12 of the former plus ten of the latter on top of five rebounds.

• Catthadious Moore claimed both a dozen rebounds (game-high) and points to put together another double-double on 6-of-11 (54.5%) shooting.

• The third and final player with double-double vision was Xavier Evans, logging 11 points and 11 boards in addition to a pair of dimes.

• Khalil Brown led the Bearcats in scoring with a solid 16 courtesy of six buckets while Keron Bailey was the most productive reserve on the evening by contributing seven points as well as four rebounds in just 16 minutes.

Next:

• Back to GCACtion on Saturday afternoon when the Bearcats host the defending conference champions from Tougaloo College at 4 p.m. inside the W.A. McMillan Center.