JACKSON, Tenn. – The #9/17 Valdosta State Blazers used a 20-0 second-half run to spoil the Bulldogs' best shooting night of Gulf South Conference play and defeat Union 106-100 in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
CJ Jackson scored 30 in the loss–two points off his season-high–and the Bulldogs, who remain seventh in the conference standings with two games to play, dropped to 12-14 (8-12 GSC).
Union held its largest lead in the blisteringly offensive affair with a 46-36 advantage late in the first half and took a 52-49 margin to the locker room. The Blazers (21-4, 16-3), who have broken 100 on seven occasions and scored 90 points 18 times, won the second period 57-48. Both teams were 19-34 (.559) and made five threes in the second half; the margin was in VSU's 14 made free throws (14-17) to Union's five (5-8).
Isaiah Victor shot 5-7 from three to finish with 17 points,
Parker Applegate hit four of five triples and had 14, and
Jeremiah Littlepage chipped in 10.
VSU's Carlos Hart poured in 23 first-half points and finished with 29, while Braxton Williams scored 20.
Union has lost four straight and seven of eight. For the first time this season on both accounts, the Bulldogs lost when scoring 82 and when shooting better than .400 from beyond the arc. Union finished 12-23 from three (.522).
The Bulldogs will conclude the 2024-25 regular season with stops at Trevecca (18-8, 13-7) on Thursday and Lee (10-13, 6-13) on Saturday.
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