Box Score JACKSON, Tenn. - Cold shooting played a big role as the Freed-Hardeman Lions dropped their third straight contest, losing to Tougaloo (Miss.) College on Friday night, 67-55, at the Union Thanksgiving Classic.
FHU shot just 30.8 percent from the field for the game and 25.7 percent in the second half while Tougaloo (7-1) shot 43.1 percent for the game and converted on 18 of its 23 free throw attempts.
The Lions led 25-24 at the 4:49 mark in the first half after a 3-pointer by
Daniel Gravatt. But the Bulldogs went on a 12-3 run to take an eight-point lead before a pair of
Jesse Moulton free throws sent FHU into halftime down by six.
Ken Bingham's 3-pointer early in the second half got Freed-Hardeman within five points at 37-32, but Tougaloo rolled off eight straight points to go up by 13. The Bulldogs extended that lead to as many as 19 as FHU went eight straight possessions without a point in the middle of that stretch.
A late run got the Lions (2-3) within seven points at 62-55, but it would be as close as they would get as Tougaloo hit its free throws down the stretch.
Freed-Hardeman was without head coach Jason Shelton, who missed the game due to illness. Assistant coach Ryan Parnell filled in for the sixth-year coach.
Kyle Teichmann was the only Lion to reach double figures, scoring 14 points to go along with six rebounds.
FHU faces No. 8 McKendree (Ill.) University tomorrow at 2:00 PM in its final game of the classic.
