ATLANTA, Ga. | Horace Wyatt III logged a game-high 19 points but the Clark Atlanta men's basketball team fell short to Albany State 65-58 on Monday night inside Epps Gymnasium.

THE BASICS 
Score: Albany State - 65  | Clark Atlanta - 58
Records: Panthers 6-16 | Golden Rams 7-15 
Date: January 30, 2022 
Location: Atlanta, Ga. | Epps Gymnasium 
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HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Demetrius Headspeth and Dez'Mond Perkins combined for CAU's first eight points to give the Panthers an 8-6 advantage at the 15:14 mark in the first half.
• Both teams traded scores until they were tied at 12 apiece with 11 minutes to play until halftime.
• Gwarren Douglas threw down back-to-back dunks to put CAU back in front 16-12 with under 10 minutes left in the half.
• ASU closed out the half on a 17-3 run to hold a 29-19 advantage going into halftime.
• Albany State opened the second half with three made three-pointers to take a 38-25 lead just under two minutes into the half.
• Clark Atlanta faced a deficit of as much as 14 points in the second half but was able to cut the margin to three points (55-52) with six minutes left in regulation.
• ASU ended the game on a 10-6 and escaped with a 65-58 road win over Clark Atlanta.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Horace Wyatt III registered a game-high 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field, 8-of-12 from the foul line, and 1-of-1 from three-point land.
• Dez'Mond Perkins added 13 points and tied for a team-high in rebounds with nine total.
• Demetrius Headspeth contributed 11 points and nine rebounds. Headspeath also had two steals and two blocks on the defensive end.
• Justin Longstreet and Kye Jeremiah handed out two assists apiece.
• The Panthers shot 40 percent from the field, 11 percent from three, and 67.7 percent from the charity stripe.

NEXT UP
The Clark Atlanta men's basketball team returns to action on Saturday, February 4th, as they head to Savannah, Georgia to take on Savannah State at 4 p.m.