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Cottle's 28 lead Kennesaw State over Jacksonville State 88-82

AP
Jan 10, 2026

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) Simeon Cottle scored 28 points as Kennesaw State Owls beat Jacksonville State Gamecocks 88-82 on Saturday.

Cottle shot 6 for 12 (5 for 9 from 3-point range) and 11 of 12 from the free-throw line for the Owls (10-6, 2-3 Conference USA). RJ Johnson scored 16 points while shooting 5 for 11 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 8 from the free-throw line and added five rebounds. Frankquon Sherman shot 3 of 6 from the field and 6 for 8 from the line to finish with 12 points, while adding eight rebounds.

Mostapha El Moutaouakkil finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Gamecocks (8-8, 3-2). Anthony Bryant added 11 points for Jacksonville State. Emondrek Erkins-Ford had 11 points as did Jacoby Hill.

Cottle scored the final six points for Kennesaw State to finish off the victory.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
JVST
Gamecocks
43
KNSW
Owls
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Iaroslav Niagu vs. Braedan Lue (Owls gains possession)
19:48	+2	Braedan Lue makes two point dunk (Simeon Cottle assists)	0-2
19:36		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. turnover (bad pass)
19:14		Braedan Lue misses three point jump shot
19:12		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. defensive rebound
18:45	+2	Iaroslav Niagu makes two point bank hook shot	2-2
18:17		Braedan Lue turnover (lost ball) (Iaroslav Niagu steals)
17:58		Frankquon Sherman blocks AC Bryant's two point layup
17:56		Kaden Rickard defensive rebound
17:54	+2	Simeon Cottle makes two point layup	2-4
17:54		Iaroslav Niagu shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
17:54		Simeon Cottle misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:54		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
17:41		AC Bryant turnover (back court violation)
17:34		Trey Simpson misses three point jump shot
17:32		Jacoby Hill personal foul
17:30	+2	Kaden Rickard makes two point layup (Frankquon Sherman assists)	2-6
17:11	+3	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes three point jump shot (Jaye Nash assists)	5-6
16:50		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil personal foul
16:39		Jaye Nash personal foul (Kaden Rickard draws the foul)
16:39		Kaden Rickard misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:39		Kaden Rickard misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:39		Braedan Lue offensive rebound
16:38	+2	Braedan Lue makes two point tip layup	5-8
16:20		Kaden Rickard shooting foul (Jacoby Hill draws the foul)
16:20	+1	Jacoby Hill makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-8
16:20		Jacoby Hill misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:20		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil offensive rebound
16:16	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup	8-8
16:16		Frankquon Sherman shooting foul (Mostapha El Moutaouakkil draws the foul)
16:16	+1	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes regular free throw 1 of 1	9-8
16:08		Jacoby Hill personal foul
16:05		Iaroslav Niagu blocks Braedan Lue's two point layup
16:03		Owls offensive rebound
15:57		Simeon Cottle misses two point jump shot
15:55		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
15:41	+2	Frankquon Sherman makes two point layup (Kaden Rickard assists)	9-10
15:18		Iaroslav Niagu turnover (lost ball) (Kaden Rickard steals)
15:09		Frankquon Sherman misses three point jump shot
15:07		Iaroslav Niagu defensive rebound
15:05		Trey Simpson blocks Jaye Nash's two point layup
15:03		Gamecocks offensive rebound
15:05		TV timeout
15:03		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
15:01		Gamecocks offensive rebound
14:55	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup	11-10
14:43	+2	Braedan Lue makes two point jump shot (Kaden Rickard assists)	11-12
14:21		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses three point jump shot
14:19		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
14:12		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil shooting foul (Braedan Lue draws the foul)
14:12	+1	Braedan Lue makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-13
14:12	+1	Braedan Lue makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-14
13:43		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
13:41		Emondrek Erkins-Ford offensive rebound
13:30		Toby Nnadozie misses three point jump shot
13:28		RJ Johnson defensive rebound
13:09	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (Perry Smith Jr. assists)	11-17
12:46		Emondrek Erkins-Ford misses two point jump shot
12:44		Perry Smith Jr. defensive rebound
12:36	+2	RJ Johnson makes two point layup	11-19
12:36		Gamecocks 30 second timeout
12:26		Perry Smith Jr. personal foul
12:19		Perry Smith Jr. personal foul
12:17		Trey Simpson shooting foul
12:17	+1	Thomas Tut makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-19
12:17	+1	Thomas Tut makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-19
12:08		Braedan Lue misses two point jump shot
12:06		Emondrek Erkins-Ford defensive rebound
11:51		Braedan Lue shooting foul
11:51		TV timeout
11:51		Emondrek Erkins-Ford misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:51	+1	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-19
11:40	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (RJ Johnson assists)	14-22
11:19	+2	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes two point hook shot	16-22
11:01		Trey Simpson turnover (lost ball) (Emondrek Erkins-Ford steals)
10:43		Iaroslav Niagu misses two point layup
10:40		Iaroslav Niagu personal foul
10:40	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-23
10:40	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-24
10:24		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:22		RJ Johnson defensive rebound
10:16		Jaye Nash blocks RJ Johnson's two point layup
10:14		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
10:12	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (Frankquon Sherman assists)	16-27
9:58	+3	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaye Nash assists)	19-27
9:39		RJ Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:37		Kaden Rickard offensive rebound
9:29	+2	Kaden Rickard makes two point layup	19-29
9:13	+3	Jaye Nash makes three point jump shot (Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. assists)	22-29
8:58		Frankquon Sherman misses two point layup
8:58		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. defensive rebound
8:47	+3	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. makes three point jump shot (AC Bryant assists)	25-29
8:32		Kaden Rickard misses three point jump shot
8:30		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. defensive rebound
8:24		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
8:22		RJ Johnson defensive rebound
8:10		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
8:10	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-30
8:10	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-31
7:59		Thomas Tut turnover (bad pass)
7:59		TV timeout
7:49	+3	Trey Simpson makes three point jump shot (Kaden Rickard assists)	25-34
7:17	+2	Aitor Anabitarte makes two point layup (Emondrek Erkins-Ford assists)	27-34
7:02		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
7:00		Emondrek Erkins-Ford defensive rebound
6:54		Kaden Rickard personal foul
6:54	+1	Jaye Nash makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-34
6:54	+1	Jaye Nash makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-34
6:43		Trey Simpson misses three point jump shot
6:41		AC Bryant defensive rebound
6:23		AC Bryant misses two point layup
6:21		Frankquon Sherman defensive rebound
6:11		Aitor Anabitarte blocks RJ Johnson's two point layup
6:09		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
6:00	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (RJ Johnson assists)	29-37
5:36		Simeon Cottle shooting foul
5:36		Jaye Nash misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:36		Aitor Anabitarte turnover (lane violation)
5:18		Frankquon Sherman turnover (bad pass)
4:54		Jaye Nash turnover (lost ball) (Simeon Cottle steals)
4:43		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
4:43	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 3	29-38
4:43	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 3	29-39
4:43	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 3 of 3	29-40
4:29	+2	Aitor Anabitarte makes two point layup (Jaye Nash assists)	31-40
4:17		Frankquon Sherman turnover (bad pass) (AC Bryant steals)
4:13	+2	Toby Nnadozie makes two point layup (Jaye Nash assists)	33-40
3:55		Trey Simpson misses three point jump shot
3:53		AC Bryant defensive rebound
3:40		Toby Nnadozie turnover (bad pass) (Simeon Cottle steals)
3:21		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
3:19		Emondrek Erkins-Ford defensive rebound
2:56		Frankquon Sherman personal foul
2:56		TV timeout
2:56	+1	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-40
2:56	+1	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-40
2:44	+3	RJ Johnson makes three point jump shot (Simeon Cottle assists)	35-43
2:15	+3	AC Bryant makes three point jump shot	38-43
2:05		Amir Taylor misses two point layup
2:03		AC Bryant defensive rebound
1:54	+3	AC Bryant makes three point jump shot	41-43
1:37	+3	Trey Simpson makes three point jump shot (Braedan Lue assists)	41-46
1:14	+2	Toby Nnadozie makes two point jump shot (Aitor Anabitarte assists)	43-46
0:58		Trey Simpson misses three point jump shot
0:56		Toby Nnadozie defensive rebound
0:29		AC Bryant misses two point layup
0:27		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
0:16		Owls 30 second timeout
0:02		Trey Simpson misses three point jump shot
0:00		Owls offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
JVST
Gamecocks
39
KNSW
Owls
42

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Frankquon Sherman turnover (bad pass)
19:39		Jacoby Hill turnover (lost ball) (Frankquon Sherman steals)
19:35		Frankquon Sherman offensive foul
19:35		Frankquon Sherman turnover (offensive foul)
19:13		Braedan Lue blocks Mostapha El Moutaouakkil's two point layup
19:11		Frankquon Sherman defensive rebound
18:53	+3	Trey Simpson makes three point jump shot (Simeon Cottle assists)	43-49
18:36	+3	AC Bryant makes three point jump shot (Jacoby Hill assists)	46-49
18:16	+2	Kaden Rickard makes two point layup	46-51
18:01	+2	Jacoby Hill makes two point reverse layup	48-51
17:51	+2	Braedan Lue makes two point dunk (Simeon Cottle assists)	48-53
17:29		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
17:27		Jacoby Hill offensive rebound
17:18		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:15		Braedan Lue personal foul
17:10	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point hook shot	50-53
16:54		Braedan Lue misses two point layup
16:52		Braedan Lue offensive rebound
16:44		Braedan Lue misses two point layup
16:44		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
16:31		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses three point jump shot
16:29		Frankquon Sherman defensive rebound
16:20		Kaden Rickard turnover (bad pass) (Iaroslav Niagu steals)
16:15		Simeon Cottle blocks Jacoby Hill's two point layup
16:13		Gamecocks offensive rebound
16:08		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses two point layup
16:06		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil offensive rebound
16:06		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses two point layup
16:04		Perry Smith Jr. defensive rebound
15:53		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil shooting foul
15:53		TV timeout
15:53	+1	Perry Smith Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-54
15:53		Perry Smith Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:53		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
15:27		Frankquon Sherman shooting foul
15:27	+1	AC Bryant makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-54
15:27	+1	AC Bryant makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-54
15:10		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
15:08		Trey Simpson offensive rebound
15:06		AC Bryant personal foul
14:57		AC Bryant shooting foul (RJ Johnson draws the foul)
14:57		RJ Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:57	+1	RJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-55
14:38		AC Bryant turnover (bad pass)
14:15		Iaroslav Niagu shooting foul (RJ Johnson draws the foul)
14:15	+1	RJ Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-56
14:15	+1	RJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-57
13:49		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
13:47		RJ Johnson defensive rebound
13:39	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (RJ Johnson assists)	52-60
13:24		Braedan Lue personal foul
13:22		Jacoby Hill misses two point jump shot
13:20		Perry Smith Jr. defensive rebound
13:06		Perry Smith Jr. misses two point layup
13:04		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
12:45	+2	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes two point layup	54-60
12:22	+2	Perry Smith Jr. makes two point hook shot	54-62
12:06	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup	56-62
12:06		Braedan Lue shooting foul (Mostapha El Moutaouakkil draws the foul)
12:06	+1	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes regular free throw 1 of 1	57-62
11:56	+2	RJ Johnson makes two point layup	57-64
11:31	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup	59-64
11:19		Owls 30 second timeout
11:19		TV timeout
11:01		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. shooting foul
11:01		TV timeout
11:01		RJ Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:01	+1	RJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-65
10:45		RJ Johnson blocks Jacoby Hill's two point layup
10:43		Perry Smith Jr. defensive rebound
10:20		Owls 30 second timeout
10:17		RJ Johnson misses three point jump shot
10:15		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
10:02		Trey Simpson blocks Mostapha El Moutaouakkil's two point layup
10:00		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
9:52		RJ Johnson misses two point layup
9:50		Kaden Rickard offensive rebound
9:43	+2	RJ Johnson makes two point layup (Kaden Rickard assists)	59-67
9:25		Simeon Cottle personal foul
9:11	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup	61-67
8:50	+2	Perry Smith Jr. makes two point layup (RJ Johnson assists)	61-69
8:41		RJ Johnson personal foul
8:41	+1	Jaye Nash makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-69
8:41		Jaye Nash misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:41		Perry Smith Jr. defensive rebound
8:32		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
8:30		Iaroslav Niagu defensive rebound
8:23		Trey Simpson shooting foul (Mostapha El Moutaouakkil draws the foul)
8:23	+1	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-69
8:23		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:23		Trey Simpson defensive rebound
8:20		Jacoby Hill personal foul
8:00		RJ Johnson misses two point layup
7:58		Iaroslav Niagu defensive rebound
7:49		TV timeout
7:44		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil turnover (traveling)
7:32	+2	Frankquon Sherman makes two point layup	63-71
7:17	+2	Iaroslav Niagu makes two point layup	65-71
7:03		Iaroslav Niagu shooting foul
7:03	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-72
7:03		Frankquon Sherman misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:03		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
6:42	+2	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes two point layup	67-72
6:17	+2	RJ Johnson makes two point layup	67-74
5:58	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup (Emondrek Erkins-Ford assists)	69-74
5:34	+2	Kaden Rickard makes two point layup	69-76
5:15		Kaden Rickard shooting foul (Jacoby Hill draws the foul)
5:15		Jacoby Hill misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:15	+1	Jacoby Hill makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-76
5:02		Kaden Rickard misses two point jump shot
5:00		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil defensive rebound
4:43		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses three point jump shot
4:41		Owls defensive rebound
4:28		Simeon Cottle misses two point jump shot
4:26		AC Bryant defensive rebound
4:18	+3	Jacoby Hill makes three point jump shot (Jaye Nash assists)	73-76
3:51		Trey Simpson turnover (bad pass) (Jaye Nash steals)
3:45		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
3:43		Trey Simpson defensive rebound
3:22	+2	Frankquon Sherman makes two point layup	73-78
3:08		Trey Simpson shooting foul (Mostapha El Moutaouakkil draws the foul)
3:08		TV timeout
3:08		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:08	+1	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-78
2:53		Iaroslav Niagu blocks Frankquon Sherman's two point layup
2:51		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
2:41		Trey Simpson misses three point jump shot
2:39		Jaye Nash defensive rebound
2:25	+3	Jacoby Hill makes three point jump shot (Jaye Nash assists)	77-78
2:09		Iaroslav Niagu shooting foul (Frankquon Sherman draws the foul)
2:09		Frankquon Sherman misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:09	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-79
1:54		Emondrek Erkins-Ford misses two point hook shot
1:52		Frankquon Sherman defensive rebound
1:51		Jacoby Hill personal foul
1:51	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-80
1:51	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-81
1:39		Jaye Nash turnover (lost ball) (Kaden Rickard steals)
1:18		Jaye Nash personal foul
1:18	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-82
1:18	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-83
1:09		Simeon Cottle personal foul
1:09		Jacoby Hill misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:09	+1	Jacoby Hill makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-83
1:08		Simeon Cottle turnover (lost ball)
0:55	+2	Emondrek Erkins-Ford makes two point layup	80-83
0:53		Gamecocks 30 second timeout
0:51		Kaden Rickard turnover (bad pass) (Jaye Nash steals)
0:48		Toby Nnadozie misses two point layup
0:48		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil offensive rebound
0:48		Toby Nnadozie misses two point layup
0:46		RJ Johnson defensive rebound
0:43		Mostapha El Moutaouakkil personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
0:43	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-84
0:43	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-85
0:38		Frankquon Sherman shooting foul
0:38		Jacoby Hill misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:38		Jacoby Hill misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:38		Trey Simpson defensive rebound
0:30		Jaye Nash personal foul (RJ Johnson draws the foul)
0:30		RJ Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:30	+1	RJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-86
0:20		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
0:18		Gamecocks offensive rebound
0:18		AC Bryant misses three point jump shot
0:16		AC Bryant offensive rebound
0:10	+2	Mostapha El Moutaouakkil makes two point layup (Jacoby Hill assists)	82-86
0:10		Gamecocks 30 second timeout
0:09		Toby Nnadozie personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
0:09	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-87
0:09	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-88
0:05		Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
0:00		End of period

Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. turnover (out of bounds)