MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – At halftime, the Georgia College Bobcats held a slight one point lead over the visiting University of Montevallo Falcons. However, the talent of the 10th ranked team in the nation took over in the final 20 minutes, and the Falcons left Milledgeville with an impressive 77-66 win.
The Falcons left a lot of points on the floor in the first half. In the first 20 minutes, the Falcons were only 4-13 (30.8%) from the free throw line. Ironically, the Falcons shot exponentially better from three-point range, making 50% of their long range shots.
Leading the charge for the Falcons' offense in the first half was Shykeem Jackson, who made three of the four three-pointers he attempted.
Montevallo was down by one at halftime, but came out of the locker room on fire. To start the half, they outscored Georgia College 21-5. Jackson hit two three-pointers and had 10 points during the run.
The Bobcats were never able to catch back up with the Falcons. After the initial surge, the Falcon lead stayed in the double digits the rest of the way. When the buzzer finally sounded, the Falcons had their sixth straight win overall, and their fifth straight win on the road, by the final score of 77-66.
In all, Jackson had 19 points on the night to lead Montevallo. He was 5-8 from beyond the arc and 7-10 from the field.
Larry Slaughter thrived in his new starting role and was second on the team in scoring. Slaughter hit all seven all of his field goal attempts and had 16 points overall.
Ryan May made 50% of his shots from the field and converted on all three of his free throws for a total of 13 points.
Senior Orlando Brazier was the fourth Falcon to score in double digits. He scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds. He was tied with Slaughter for the team lead in rebounds.
The Bobcats' Terrell Harris was the leading scorer in the game. Harris had 22 points on 9-15 shooting.
Montevallo will finally return home this Saturday, February 8th. This will be in the first home game in more than three weeks for the team.
They will square off with Clayton State at Trustmark Arena in a Peach Belt matchup.
Tip-off is scheduled for approximately 3:30 p.m.
