Box Score The Chicago State men's basketball team lost to Tarleton 79-60 Saturday afternoon at the Jones Convocation Center in Chicago. The Texans shot 51 percent from the field in the first half en route to building a 19-point lead then topped that by shooting 59 percent in the second half in the 19-point win.
Brandon Betson led the Cougars with 12 points and
Kedrick Green added 10 and those two were the only CSU players in double figures.
Jahsean Corbett was the leading rebounder in the game with 12 and J.J. Harris was the assist leader with four.
The Texans jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Betson hit a three to stop the run and the Cougars cut the lead to 7-6 following a
Favour Chukwukelu three on CSU's next possession. Tarleton responded with a 10-3 run and the Cougars cut the margin to four, 17-13, on a Teddy Bayi Ba Mendeng layup with 7:53 remaining in the first half. The Texans continued their hot shooting with a 12-3 run and 29-16 lead. Corbett and Harris converted layups and
Favour Chukwukelu hit a three to cut the lead to single digits, nine points, 32-23 at the 2:29 mark. The Cougars failed to score for the remainder of the half and the Texans took advantage with a 10-0 run and a 42-23 halftime lead.
The teams exchanged hoops for much of the second half with Tarleton's lead hovering around the 20-point mark with neither team making a run. The Texans were up by as many as 24 and Chicago State cut the margin to 17 (56-39) following a pair of Corbett free throws at the 11:50 mark but Tarleton responded with a 10-3 run and the lead was back to 24 with 7:59 remaining.
The Cougars will be back in action Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. hosting Grand Canyon University at the JCC. Chicago State opened conference play with GCU on Dec. 30 with the Antelopes winning 80-63.
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Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year.
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