Box Score Cochran, GA - The Knights were back at home on Monday as they hosted the Mariners from the College of Coastal Georgia. The Knights and Mariners had already played once this season with the Knights coming out on top the first time around.
The Knights would start the game with seven straight points as they would take the early lead. The Knights would look strong as they would continue to increase their lead throughout the first half. The Knights lead would hold steady around ten points for a majority of the first half before opening up to 14 points at halftime. The Knights would come out of the halftime break and increase their lead to 19 points as they look poised to easily take the game from the Mariners. The Mariners would slowly chip away as the Knights lead as the lead was cut to five points with 10 minutes left to play. The Knights would give up the lead with 8:11 remaining and would never retake the lead as they could not reignite their shooting. The Knights would have a shot in the final seconds to tie the game and force overtime but would miss a layup and would lose the game 67-65.
Tyler Willoughby led the Knights with 18 points as
Juwan Johnson would add 14 points and
Tristan Harper would add 12 points.
The Knights will look to solve their offensive woes as they host the Tigers from Voorhees College on Thursday, November 11th. That game will tip-off at 7:30 PM EST/6:30 PM CST.