GORDON STATE, Ga. (Interstat) — Gordon State held off East Georgia State 71-65 in a men’s junior college basketball game Wednesday night. The Highlanders avenged a one-point loss to the Bobcats from earlier this season.

The game was close throughout, with Gordon State taking a narrow 71-65 lead by the final buzzer. The victory improved the Highlanders’ season record to 8-13, while the Bobcats fell to 9-17.

Key individual performances, though not detailed in available statistics, were noted from players including Gordon State’s Christian Burnett and Donovan Hand, and East Georgia State’s Alfonzo Ross and Chibueze Irojanma. The result defied a national statistical projection that had forecast a much higher-scoring overtime contest.