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Jalen Bates is one of eight seniors playing their final home game.
Jalen Bates is one of eight seniors playing their final home game.
Posted: Feb 06, 2025

Men's Basketball battles HBCUAC leader Tougaloo in Senior Night Showdown

In a climactic showdown at Alumni Gymnasium on Thursday, the Wiley University men's basketball team will host Tougaloo College in its home finale.

Seniors Bobby Baker III, Tre Booker, Jalen Bates, Demarius Pitts, Raymond Guillory, Taj Toney, Treagan Lockett and Devon Barshow will be honored before the game. It will be streamed on the Wiley University channel on Urban Edge Network. Fans can view online or the free application can be downloaded on their favorite streaming devices. Live statistics are available and the link is listed in the men's basketball schedule on wileyathletics.com.

The Wildcats (8-10, 6-7 HBCUAC) is looking to end a two-game losing skid. They enter Thursday, ranked seventh in the HBCUAC standings and are looking for their first win against Tougaloo since 2021 and first as conference opponents. Pitts returned to the lineup on Monday after missing the two previous games and supplied 12 points. Cortez Collins provided 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench. Jalen Bates recorded a team-high eight rebounds and five assists.

The Bulldogs (17-7, 11-3 HBCUAC) are in a three-way tie for the lead in the conference standings. Rodney Felton averaged 15 points and seven rebounds per game last week. Antonio Patterson followed with 13.7 points and five rebounds per game.

Wiley trails 16-13 in the series. It is 8-4 against the Bulldogs at Alumni Gymnasium.

For more coverage on the Wildcats visit https://wileyathletics.com/sports/mbkb/index

 

About Wiley University Athletics
 Wiley University sponsors 12 varsity sports, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field and baseball. It competes in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) and the Continental Athletic Conference for men's and women's soccer.

 

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