The USC Salkehatchie Indians men's basketball team had hoped for better results when they left for Florida earlier in the week. USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett explained, "We had high expectations going into the shootout, I knew it was going to be a tough road but I thought we could pull one game out."
The Indians lead against the #8 team in the NJCAA on Wednesday night before finally falling 80-70 to Chipola College.
On Thursday afternoon, the Indians would let turnovers and a terrible day from the free-throw line do them in. The Indians committed 22-turnovers against Pensacola Jr. College and was only 14-24 from the free-throw line.
"We committed too many turnovers today, I thought we could overcome the ones in the first half but as the game progressed, we just dug a hole we couldn't climb out. It will get better and I can't wait to get into Region X play and see how things go from there," said coach Travis Garrett.
Leading the Indians on Thursday night was Darnell Jackson with 13-points and 8-rebounds.
Nate Drayton 11-points, 6-rebounds and Javaris Jacob had 10-points and 9-rebounds.
The Indians are now 5-10 on the season with the two losses this week, they will be back in action January 6th at HOME at 7:00 pm against Middle Georgia.
