CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Kentucky State University men's basketball team got off to a slow start and never rebounded, falling to host Johnson C. Smith, 90-59, Friday in the second game of the JCSU Tip Off Tournament in the Brayboy Gymnasium.
The Golden Bulls scored 16 of the game's first 20 points behind hot shooting, and unfortunately, Kentucky State couldn't get itself on track offensively. The Thorobreds shot just 21.7 percent (5-of-23) from the floor in the first half in falling behind by 22 at the break.
Shooting in the second half improved as Kentucky State converted 43.8 percent from the floor and 25 percent from the three-point line.
Three players – senior
Damarri Moore (Brooklyn, N.Y.), senior
Grant Goode (Matawan, N.J.) and senior
Shaq Athie (Cincinnati, Ohio) – finished with nine points each for the Thorobreds. Athie added five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Junior
Kevin Wharton-Price (Pittsburgh, Penn.) finished with eight points and a team-high five assists. Senior
Jordan Little (Jersey City, N.J.) pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Kentucky State (1-1) plays Livingstone College 3 p.m. Saturday in the JCSU Tip-Off Classic.
