Six-Seeded Men’s Basketball Season Comes To An End In GCAC Quarterfinals

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – 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.

The Basics: 

• Score
• • #3 Talladega – 67
  • #6 Rust – 60

• Records
• • #6 Rust (11-15, 8-10 Gulf Coast)
  • #3 Talladega (22-6, 10-4 Gulf Coast)

• Location
• • Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Birthright Alumni Hall

• Series History (Since 2008-09)
• • Talladega Leads 9-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2008-09)
• • Talladega (W9) | Rust's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers: 

• Jordin Jackson topped the team in the scoring department by putting 16 on the board courtesy of 6-for-11 (54.5%) while also dishing out half of the club's ten assists to lead all players with five.

• Keron Bailey stole a contest-best three balls on top of a dozen points while Kalub Hunt poured in a solid 15 points on five long range buckets to front the bench production for the Bearcats.

• Xavier Evans was the final student-athlete of note, grabbing seven boards to lead either side in addition to eight points and a 66.7% (4-of-6) field goal percentage.

Next:

• N/A

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