Uncasville, CT- Morehouse played a very close and intense game against West Virginia State for the consolation game at 2pm today. Morehouse kept the game neck and neck during the second half, but the Yellow Jackets pulled through the last minute of the game final score 71-66. 

West Virginia State led for most of the first half as they jumped right into a six-point lead. Morehouse had a late start into the game as they did not score their first points until 17 minutes into the first half when Kalin Bennett shot two free throws. As the game continued Morehouse made sure they stayed close to the Yellow Jackets keeping the score only a three-point difference until Andrew Stewart hit a three pointer at 12:20 tying the game, 14-14. As the 1:56 mark hit the score was tied again, 31-31 until Ahamn Decker made a layup allowing the Maroon Tigers to take the lead making the score 31-33. The Yellow Jacket's quickly responded with a three pointer by Noah Jordan, and they took the lead until the last .25 seconds of the game when Decker made a layup giving us a one-point advantage finishing off the first half with a final score of 35-34.
 
The second half started out slow as neither team scored until 17:38 into the game when WVSU Dwaine Jones made a jumper taking the lead. For the rest of the game, it was neck and neck as there was only a two-point difference. Morehouse and WVSU went back and forth on who was going to take the lead. As the 11 minutes mark hit, the Maroon Tigers kept the lead until 9:14 when Bradlee Lewis tied up the score, 47-47, which did not last long as Decker put Morehouse ahead again. Both teams kept the game extremely close until the last minute of the game when WVSU took the lead by making all their free throws and ended the game with a victory.
 
Decker led the Maroon Tigers with 18 points. Elijah Stewart scored 12 points on the strength of 2-5 three-point shooting.
 
 "We gained travel experience and built connections while continue to grow the Morehouse brand, said Head Coach Douglas Whittler. "We were able to develop a consistent rotation, build some maturity, and chemistry as a group in the face of adversity. The benefits of this trip will be seen as we travel in different environments later in the season in our pursuit to a national title."
 
Morehouse is next in action on Saturday, November 27, as they host their first home game of the season against Miles College at 2pm.