Box Score Cochran, GA - The Knights returned to the court on Tuesday after the Thanksgiving break looking to pick up the non-conference win against the Falcons of Florida College who were receiving votes in the latest NAIA polls. The Knights were coming off a well played exhibition game against the Falcons of the University of Montevallo.
The Knights would start off the game going toe-to-toe with the Falcons as the Knights looked like they would be capable of pulling off the upset. The Knights and Falcons would trade baskets and the lead throughout the first ten minutes as the Knights would lead 19-17 at the midway point in the first half. The Falcons would start to pull away late in the first half as they would start to pound the ball down low against the Knights as the Knights would trail by four points with two minutes remaining in the half but the Falcons would score eight points in the final two minutes and the Knights would trail 40-28 at the halftime break. The second half would start off the way the first half ended for the Knights as they would not score until the 12:27 mark in the second half, a 9:42 scoreless drought. The Knights would be down 20 points by that point and would never recover as the Knights would go on to lose 66-51.
Tyler Willoughby led the Knights with 13 points and six rebounds with
Tristan Harper adding 11 points.
The Knights will look to rebound from the loss as they travel to #15 Stillman College to take on the Tigers on Thursday, December 2nd. That game will tip-off at 8:30 PM EST/7:30 PM CST.