Kennesaw State Owls at South Carolina Upstate Spartans
· NCAA Men's Basketball
73 - 79
Cunningham hits half-dozen 3-pointers, leads Upstate to win
Cunningham was 6 of 7 from the arc while Philip Whittington added 19 points, Josh Cuthbertson 10 points and Ramel Thompkins 11 rebounds for the Spartans (15-9, 5-2 Atlantic Sun), who have won four of their past five games. Upstate made 10 of 18 3-pointers.
Aubrey Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Owls (9-14, 3-4). Nick Masterson added 14 points and Kendrick Ray 10.
Cuthbertson scored the game's first points but Kennesaw State then took the lead for the rest of the first half and held it until Cunningham's basket gave Upstate a 45-44 lead with 13:40 remaining. Malik Moore's 3-pointer gave Upstate the lead for good at 54-51 with under nine minutes left.
Masterson made two free throws to cut it to 77-73 with 16 seconds left but Whittington added a pair right after that.
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Statistics
 KENN |
 UPST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-59 | FG | 28-61 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 6-19 | 3PT | 10-18 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 56 |
| 11-21 | FT | 13-20 |
| 52 | Free Throw % | 65 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 15 | Assists | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 19 | Fouls | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Capacity:
2025-26 Conference USA Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 17-3 | - | 26-8 |
| Sam Houston | 13-7 | 4 | 22-12 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11-9 | 6 | 20-14 |
| Western Kentucky | 11-9 | 6 | 18-14 |
| Middle Tennessee | 11-9 | 6 | 17-15 |
| Kennesaw State | 10-10 | 7 | 21-14 |
| Jacksonville State | 10-10 | 7 | 15-17 |
| New Mexico State | 8-12 | 9 | 16-16 |
| Missouri State | 8-12 | 9 | 16-18 |
| Florida International | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
| UTEP | 7-13 | 8 | 11-20 |
| Delaware | 6-14 | 11 | 10-21 |
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |