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Grambling Upsets Colorado in Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Game
HOUSTON, TX – The Grambling State Tigers (2-0) recorded the primary main HBCU vs. Energy 5 males’s basketball upset of the season by defeating the Colorado Buffaloes (1-1) 83-74 in a Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Sequence recreation.
Grambling led 46-32 at halftime from a stable defensive effort by Carte’are Gordon. The junior ahead had 14 factors, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists, and a steal in opposition to the Buffaloes.
A stingy Tigers protection created a 20-point lead within the first half and compelled 19 turnovers.
Coach Donte Jackson had 4 gamers in double figures, Gordon (14), Coward (19), Christon (17), and Lewis (15) on the night.
The G-Males shot 50% from the sphere, 41.2% from past the arc, and 66.7% on the free throw line.
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Conversely, Colorado punched in 41.4% from the ground, 26.3% from three-point vary, and 73.1% from the charity line.
The Tigers by no means trailed regardless of permitting Colorado to drag inside 7 factors with 55 seconds on the clock. Grambling made them pay for fouling as they buried their free throws and by no means seemed again.
Cowart, Gordon, and Christon had been clutch down the stretch within the large win for Coach Jackson and the Tigers basketball program.
Arizona State might be Grambling’s subsequent opponent within the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Sequence at ASU Wells Fargo Area for an 8 PM CT tip-off on Tuesday, Nov. 22.
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