2016-17 Georgia Southwestern Men's Basketball News
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82 GSW Student-Athletes Named To PBC Presidential Honor Roll
June 28, 2017Baseball accounted for the most honorees (17). Women's cross country had the highest percentage of its roster on the list (77.78%). -
GSW Goes Out With Guns Blazin'
February 22, 2017The men's basketball team had every intention of playing the role of spoiler in a must-win game for Columbus State on Wednesday evening in the Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center by jumping out to a 15-point first half lead, but CSU rallied to defeat the Hurricanes, 88-75. GSW had its best night of the season from long range, draining 11 of 22 attempts (50 percent) from beyond the arc, but it wasn't enough to hold off the Cougars.
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Silenced On Senior Night, 63-53
February 15, 2017The men's basketball team suffered a 63-53 loss on its Senior Night in the Storm Dome Wednesday against Georgia College. GSW had two of its five starters held scoreless, but Cameron Clayton notched a game-high 18 points while Tyrone Wooten and Cameron Dozier added 14 and 11 points respectively. Wooten pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds to post his fourth double-double in the last six games.
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Clayton State Holds Off GSW, 64-63
February 11, 2017
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The One That Got Away
February 08, 2017The GSW men's basketball team suffered an 88-83 defeat Wednesday evening against the University of North Georgia in Memorial Hall after holding an 18-point lead early in the second half.
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Montevallo Hands Hurricanes A Homecoming Loss, 74-68
February 04, 2017GSW suffered a 74-68 defeat Saturday afternoon against the University of Montevallo in the Storm Dome. Devin Watson dropped in 22 points behind 8 of 13 shooting and added six rebounds along with a game-high three blocks to lead GSW. Tyrone Wooten added 15 points and a team-best seven boards. Brandon Price scored 12 points.
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BP Sinks FT; 'Canes Knock Off Division Leader
February 01, 2017Senior guard Brandon Price sank a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds remaining to lift the Hurricanes past Young Harris, 66-65, in the Storm Dome Wednesday evening.
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Scrappy Effort Can't Buy Victory
January 30, 2017The men's basketball team struggled from long range Monday evening in the Storm Dome, making just one of 17 attempts from beyond the arc, but a scrappy defensive effort kept the Hurricanes within striking distance of Columbus State before running out of time in a 60-54 loss.
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Hurricanes Offense Struggles At Georgia College
January 28, 2017
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Clayton State Snaps Hurricanes Winning Streak
January 25, 2017The men fell behind by 16 points early in the first half and could never recover as Clayton State upended the Hurricanes, 90-62, in a Peach Belt matchup Wednesday evening in the Storm Dome.
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Had It, Shuffled It, Won It In OT
January 21, 2017Sophomore guard Devin Watson poured in a career-high 25 points Saturday evening in the Storm Dome as the Hurricanes held off the University of North Georgia in overtime, 95-89. North Georgia knocked down three consecutive 3-pointers in the closing 16 seconds of regulation to force extra time, but Rakeem Hicks sank a 3-pointer in OT and threw down a big follow-up in the closing minute to help get the win.
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Price & Dozier Storm The Pirates Coffers
January 16, 2017Cameron Dozier scored 18 points in the first half. Brandon Price scored 18 in the second half. Together the senior guards helped lead GSW past Armstrong State University, 83-72, on Monday afternoon in Alumni Arena.
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USC Aiken Pulls Away From GSW In Second Half
January 14, 2017
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Falcons Swoop In, Pluck Victory From Hurricanes
January 11, 2017The GSW men suffered a 66-63 defeat Wednesday evening against the University of Montevallo in Trustmark Arena. Tevin Wise led the Hurricanes in scoring for the second straight game. Wise dropped in 22 points behind 8 of 13 shooting, including 6 of 11 from beyond the arc. Brandon Price added 21 points. Cameron Clayton pulled down a career-best 10 rebounds.
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A Wise Decision
January 09, 2017GSW junior guard Tevin Wise sank 5 of 10 shots from beyond the arc Monday evening in the Storm Dome en route to a game-high 23 points to lead the Hurricanes past Flagler College, 84-74, in Peach Belt Conference action.
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Road Woes Continue In Double Overtime Setback
January 06, 2017GSW suffered an 83-78 double overtime defeat Friday evening against Lander University in Finis Horne Arena. The Hurricanes won the battle on the boards for only the second time this season (44-43), made more shots (29-26), and hit more 3-pointers (13-8), but Lander held a substantial edge in free throws made (23-7) and bench points (24-5).
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'Canes Rusty After Layoff
January 05, 2017
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Price Goes For 30 In Loss To UNC Pembroke
December 19, 2016Senior guard Brandon Price scored a game-high 30 points on Monday afternoon in the Storm Dome, but it wasn't enough as the Hurricanes dropped a Peach Belt Conference tilt against UNC Pembroke, 78-62. Price scored 17 consecutive points for GSW in the second half as the Hurricanes tried to mount a comeback after falling behind by 21.
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Dozier Does It Again
December 17, 2016Cameron Dozier scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Hurricanes past Francis Marion, 80-76, Saturday afternoon in the Storm Dome. It was the Peach Belt Conference opener for both schools. GSW improved its record to 3-1 at home, 3-5 overall, as the Hurricanes never trailed en route to their second consecutive victory and the first conference win for first-year head coach Ben Hicks.
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Double Vision
December 14, 2016Double-doubles by senior guards Cameron Dozier and Tyrone Wooten spurred GSW to a 74-63 victory over Fort Valley State on Wednesday evening in the Storm Dome. Dozier poured in 24 first-half points en route to a game-high 30 to go with his 11 rebounds and Wooten posted a game-high 14 boards to go with 11 points.
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Big Second Half From Price And Watson Can't Close Gap
December 12, 2016Devin Watson topped his career-best scoring night in one half on Monday night as he poured in 16 points over the final 20 minutes at Emmanuel, but it wasn't enough to help the Hurricanes overcome a seven-point halftime deficit and GSW fell, 83-73. Brandon Price added 13 in the second half.
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Division I Panthers Pounce On GSW
December 10, 2016The Hurricanes took a break from their regular season schedule to face NCAA Division I foe Georgia State University on Saturday afternoon in the GSU Sports Arena. The size and strength of the Panthers proved to be too much for the Hurricanes to overcome as Georgia State rolled to an 83-52 victory.
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Warhawks On The Warpath, Defeat GSW, 88-63
November 29, 2016
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Middle Georgia Wins The Final 10 Minutes, Defeats GSW, 78-71
November 21, 2016In a game that saw seven ties and 11 lead changes, neither side was able to open a double-digit lead and most stat categories were close to even. Rebounds favored Middle Georgia, 43-41. Assists were even, 15-15. GSW committed one more turnover, 17-16. The Hurricanes made one more field goal, 30-29. The glaring difference was at the charity stripe where the Knights made 11 more than GSW.
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Price Drops 31; Canes Fade In Closing Minutes At Albany State
November 19, 2016
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Can't Beat That Price
November 15, 2016Senior Brandon Price went 6-6 in free throws and was 5-8 from behind the arc.
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Men's Basketball To Meet Georgia State During Regular Season
September 19, 2016
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Branch Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach
August 23, 2016Georgia Southwestern head men's basketball coach Ben Hicks has announced the hiring of Russell Branch as his assistant coach for the 2016-17 season.
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Gunjina Signs With Pro Basketball Team In Spain
August 25, 2016Less than a year removed from his final collegiate game, former GSW men's basketball standout Jure Gunjina has signed a contract to play for C.B. Peñas Huesca of the Leb Oro league.
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Thomas Selected For Athletes In Action New Zealand Tour
July 06, 2016Former men's basketball standout Chandler Thomas has been selected to participate in the 2016 Athletes in Action New Zealand Basketball Tour from July 24 through August 14. The team is made up of 10 players from 10 different universities from across the United States.
