AMERICUS, Ga. (November 18, 2019) - Despite battling to the final buzzer, the Albany State University men's basketball team dropped its fourth loss of the season 75-66 tonight at Georgia Southwestern University. ASU moves to 1-4 on the young season while the Hurricanes improved to 3-0 with the victory.
 
How It Happened
Albany State University started the game strong with a 9-0 run holding GSW scoreless until the 17:26 mark in the first half. 
 
The Golden Rams continued to build its lead 25-15 with 8:37 left in the half. GSW continued to fight coming within one point with 1:37 left in the half.
 
The Golden Rams continued to fight to take a 33-30 lead at halftime. 
 
Keeping the same momentum, the Golden Rams secured a 41-37 lead with 15:47 left in the contest. The Hurricanes answered with tying the 41 all at the 14:34 mark. Both teams would then go back and forth to secure the lead with the Golden Rams tying the game 53 all at the 10:21 mark.
 
GSW then used a 10-0 run to grow its lead to 71-61 lead with 00:57 seconds left in the game. The Golden Rams continued to fight adding five points over the remaining seconds of the contest with GSW taking a 75-66 victory. 
 
Leading the Golden Rams 
-Randy McClure scored 15 points making 7-10 from beyond the arc. He also dished out four rebounds and one assist. 
-Napoleon Harris and Jarmarcis Nunally added 11 points each respectively. 
-Joshua Jerome finished with 10 points and three rebounds.  

Leading Georgia Southwestern 
-Jamari Dean finished the contest with a double-double performance with 18 points and 16 rebounds. 
-Soloman Thomas contributed 17 points. 

 
Up Next
The Golden Rams will return home to host Georgia College on Wednesday, November 20^th. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.