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Kennesaw State fends off New Mexico State 80-77 in Conference USA Tournament quarterfinal

AP
Mar 13, 2025

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Simeon Cottle had 32 points to match his career high and Kennesaw State held off New Mexico State 80-77 in a Conference USA Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night.

Cottle shot 8 for 12 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and 12 of 14 from the free-throw line for the fourth-seeded Owls (19-13), who will play No. 1 seed Liberty in a Friday semifinal.

Adrian Wooley added 17 points for Kennesaw State and he made two free throws with one second left to preserve the victory. Braedan Lue hit three 3-pointers and scored 15.

Peter Filipovity and Robert Carpenter both scored 21 to lead the fifth-seeded Aggies (17-15). Filipovity added six rebounds. Nate Tshimanga finished with 10 points.

Kennesaw State went into halftime tied with New Mexico State 34-34. Cottle scored 13 points in the half. Cottle scored 19 points in the second half to help lead Kennesaw State to a three-point victory.

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1st Half
NMST
Aggies
34
KNSW
Owls
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Owls gains possession)
19:46		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
19:44		Emmanuel Tshimanga defensive rebound
19:21	+2	Dionte Bostick makes two point layup (Christian Cook assists)	2-0
18:58		Adrian Wooley misses two point jump shot
18:56		Christian Cook defensive rebound
18:39		Peter Filipovity turnover (lost ball) (Delaney Heard steals)
18:33		Christian Cook shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
18:33		Simeon Cottle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:33	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-1
18:10		Christian Cook misses two point jump shot
18:08		Adrian Wooley defensive rebound
17:59		Simeon Cottle turnover (lost ball) (Zawdie Jackson steals)
17:35		Zawdie Jackson misses two point jump shot
17:33		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
17:17		Rongie Gordon misses two point jump shot
17:15		Peter Filipovity defensive rebound
17:03		Rongie Gordon blocks Peter Filipovity's two point layup
17:01		Owls defensive rebound
16:49		Emmanuel Tshimanga shooting foul (Adrian Wooley draws the foul)
16:49	+1	Adrian Wooley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-2
16:49		Adrian Wooley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:49		Emmanuel Tshimanga defensive rebound
16:41		Delaney Heard personal foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
16:32		Peter Filipovity misses three point jump shot
16:30		Rongie Gordon defensive rebound
16:17	+3	Braedan Lue makes three point jump shot (Rongie Gordon assists)	2-5
15:48		Peter Filipovity turnover (bad pass) (Braedan Lue steals)
15:37		Emmanuel Tshimanga shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
15:37		TV timeout
15:37	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-6
15:37	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-7
15:08		Nate Tshimanga misses two point jump shot
15:06		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
14:56		Adrian Wooley misses three point jump shot
14:54		Nate Tshimanga defensive rebound
14:43	+3	Robert Carpenter makes three point jump shot (Gabe Pickens assists)	5-7
14:25		Braedan Lue misses three point jump shot
14:23		Gabe Pickens defensive rebound
14:12	+3	Robert Carpenter makes three point jump shot (Gabe Pickens assists)	8-7
14:10		Owls 30 second timeout
14:00		Braedan Lue offensive foul
14:00		Braedan Lue turnover (offensive foul)
13:50	+3	Robert Carpenter makes three point jump shot (Nate Tshimanga assists)	11-7
13:25	+2	Adrian Wooley makes two point jump shot (Frankquon Sherman assists)	11-9
13:08		Robert Carpenter misses three point jump shot
13:06		Nate Tshimanga offensive rebound
12:58	+2	Nate Tshimanga makes two point jump shot	13-9
12:41		Simeon Cottle turnover (bad pass) (Jae'Coby Osborne steals)
12:37		Adrian Wooley shooting foul (Jae'Coby Osborne draws the foul)
12:37		Jae'Coby Osborne misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:37	+1	Jae'Coby Osborne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-9
12:23		Jamil Miller turnover (lost ball) (Gabe Pickens steals)
12:20	+2	Gabe Pickens makes two point layup	16-9
12:00		Adrian Wooley misses three point jump shot
11:58		Robert Carpenter defensive rebound
11:36		TV timeout
11:32	+2	Nate Tshimanga makes two point dunk	18-9
11:15		Frankquon Sherman misses three point jump shot
11:13		Robert Carpenter defensive rebound
10:55		Nate Tshimanga turnover (lost ball) (Adrian Wooley steals)
10:47		Rongie Gordon misses three point jump shot
10:45		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
10:37	+2	Frankquon Sherman makes two point layup (Simeon Cottle assists)	18-11
10:11		Rongie Gordon shooting foul (Emmanuel Tshimanga draws the foul)
10:11		Nate Tshimanga misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:11		Nate Tshimanga misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:11		Adrian Wooley defensive rebound
9:44		Frankquon Sherman misses two point layup
9:42		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
9:42	+2	Frankquon Sherman makes two point layup	18-13
9:35		Simeon Cottle blocks Zawdie Jackson's two point layup
9:33		Aggies offensive rebound
9:16		Christian Cook misses two point jump shot
9:14		Ricardo Wright defensive rebound
9:09		Ricardo Wright misses three point jump shot
9:05		Aggies defensive rebound
8:49		Frankquon Sherman shooting foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
8:49		Peter Filipovity misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:49	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-13
8:38		Ricardo Wright misses three point jump shot
8:36		Braedan Lue offensive rebound
8:31		Dionte Bostick blocks Adrian Wooley's two point layup
8:29		Owls offensive rebound
8:23		Emmanuel Tshimanga blocks Braedan Lue's two point layup
8:21		Ricardo Wright offensive rebound
8:14		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
8:12		Peter Filipovity defensive rebound
8:10		Frankquon Sherman personal foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
8:08		Ricardo Wright blocks Peter Filipovity's two point layup
8:06		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
8:01	+2	Simeon Cottle makes two point layup (Ricardo Wright assists)	19-15
7:39	+2	Peter Filipovity makes two point layup	21-15
7:39		Ricardo Wright shooting foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
7:39		TV timeout
7:39		Peter Filipovity misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:39		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
7:27		Rongie Gordon misses three point jump shot
7:25		Christian Cook defensive rebound
7:12		Zawdie Jackson turnover (lost ball) (Braedan Lue steals)
6:56		Braedan Lue turnover (lost ball) (Dionte Bostick steals)
6:47	+2	Zawdie Jackson makes two point jump shot (Dionte Bostick assists)	23-15
6:32		Dionte Bostick shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
6:32	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-16
6:32		Simeon Cottle misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:32		Jae'Coby Osborne defensive rebound
6:07		Robert Carpenter misses two point jump shot
6:05		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
5:58	+3	Ricardo Wright makes three point jump shot (Adrian Wooley assists)	23-19
5:32	+2	Nate Tshimanga makes two point jump shot (Gabe Pickens assists)	25-19
5:20		Christian Cook personal foul
5:18	+3	Braedan Lue makes three point jump shot (Adrian Wooley assists)	25-22
5:00		Robert Carpenter misses three point jump shot
4:58		Owls defensive rebound
4:44		Braedan Lue misses two point jump shot
4:42		Jae'Coby Osborne defensive rebound
4:22		Ricardo Wright shooting foul (Nate Tshimanga draws the foul)
4:22	+1	Nate Tshimanga makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-22
4:22	+1	Nate Tshimanga makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-22
4:16		Nate Tshimanga personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
4:05		Braedan Lue turnover (lost ball) (Gabe Pickens steals)
3:47		Braedan Lue blocks Nate Tshimanga's two point jump shot
3:45		Adrian Wooley defensive rebound
3:38	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (Braedan Lue assists)	27-25
3:26		Aggies 30 second timeout
3:26		TV timeout
3:13		Ricardo Wright shooting foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
3:13	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-25
3:13	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-25
2:53	+3	Adrian Wooley makes three point jump shot (Jamil Miller assists)	29-28
2:27		Robert Carpenter misses three point jump shot
2:25		Aggies offensive rebound
2:09	+3	Robert Carpenter makes three point jump shot (Peter Filipovity assists)	32-28
1:58		Adrian Wooley misses two point layup
1:56		Braedan Lue offensive rebound
1:43		Peter Filipovity personal foul (Braedan Lue draws the foul)
1:43	+1	Braedan Lue makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-29
1:43	+1	Braedan Lue makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-30
1:26		Robert Carpenter misses three point jump shot
1:24		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
1:17		Zawdie Jackson shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
1:17	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-31
1:17	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-32
1:01		Dionte Bostick turnover (bad pass)
0:50		Adrian Wooley offensive foul (Nate Tshimanga draws the foul)
0:50		Adrian Wooley turnover (offensive foul)
0:34		Dionte Bostick misses two point layup
0:32		Robert Carpenter offensive rebound
0:32		Rongie Gordon shooting foul (Robert Carpenter draws the foul)
0:32		Robert Carpenter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:32		Robert Carpenter misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:32		Jamil Miller defensive rebound
0:07		Gabe Pickens personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
0:07	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-33
0:07	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-34
0:02	+2	Gabe Pickens makes two point layup	34-34
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NMST
Aggies
43
KNSW
Owls
46

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Braedan Lue blocks Peter Filipovity's two point jump shot
19:50		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
19:22		Emmanuel Tshimanga blocks Adrian Wooley's two point layup
19:20		Peter Filipovity defensive rebound
19:07		Christian Cook misses three point jump shot
19:05		Emmanuel Tshimanga offensive rebound
18:59		Emmanuel Tshimanga turnover (lost ball) (Rongie Gordon steals)
18:51	+2	Simeon Cottle makes two point layup	34-36
18:25		Zawdie Jackson misses two point layup
18:23		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
18:11	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (Braedan Lue assists)	34-39
17:41	+2	Christian Cook makes two point jump shot	36-39
17:27	+2	Adrian Wooley makes two point layup	36-41
17:08		Braedan Lue blocks Zawdie Jackson's two point layup
17:06		Zawdie Jackson offensive rebound
17:05		Delaney Heard shooting foul (Zawdie Jackson draws the foul)
17:05		Zawdie Jackson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:05	+1	Zawdie Jackson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-41
16:49		Christian Cook personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
16:35	+3	Braedan Lue makes three point jump shot (Simeon Cottle assists)	37-44
16:20		Delaney Heard personal foul (Zawdie Jackson draws the foul)
16:01		Gabe Pickens misses three point jump shot
15:59		Rongie Gordon defensive rebound
15:51	+3	Adrian Wooley makes three point jump shot	37-47
15:41		Aggies 30 second timeout
15:41		TV timeout
15:29		Braedan Lue blocks Christian Cook's three point jump shot
15:27		Aggies offensive rebound
15:27		TV timeout
15:20		Robert Carpenter misses two point layup
15:16		Braedan Lue defensive rebound
15:04	+2	Simeon Cottle makes two point jump shot (Adrian Wooley assists)	37-49
14:45	+2	Nate Tshimanga makes two point layup (Christian Cook assists)	39-49
14:13		Robert Carpenter personal foul (Braedan Lue draws the foul)
14:05	+2	Braedan Lue makes two point jump shot	39-51
13:44		Nate Tshimanga misses two point layup
13:42		Robert Carpenter offensive rebound
13:42	+2	Robert Carpenter makes two point tip dunk	41-51
13:42		Rongie Gordon shooting foul (Robert Carpenter draws the foul)
13:42	+1	Robert Carpenter makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-51
13:37		Gabe Pickens personal foul (Adrian Wooley draws the foul)
13:29		Adrian Wooley turnover (bad pass) (Jaden Harris steals)
13:08	+3	Peter Filipovity makes three point jump shot (Robert Carpenter assists)	45-51
12:48		Robert Carpenter blocks Braedan Lue's two point layup
12:46		Braedan Lue offensive rebound
12:44		Braedan Lue turnover (lost ball) (Peter Filipovity steals)
12:41		Adrian Wooley personal foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
12:38		Peter Filipovity misses two point layup
12:36		Robert Carpenter offensive rebound
12:36		Robert Carpenter misses two point tip layup
12:34		Delaney Heard defensive rebound
12:28		Peter Filipovity personal foul (Frankquon Sherman draws the foul)
12:28		Simeon Cottle flagrant 1 (Jae'Coby Osborne draws the foul)
12:28		Simeon Cottle turnover
12:28		TV timeout
12:28	+1	Jae'Coby Osborne makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	46-51
12:28		Jae'Coby Osborne misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
12:09		Peter Filipovity misses two point layup
12:07		Jae'Coby Osborne offensive rebound
12:06		Jae'Coby Osborne misses two point layup
12:04		Peter Filipovity offensive rebound
12:02		Frankquon Sherman personal foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
12:02		Jaden Harris misses two point jump shot
11:58		Peter Filipovity offensive rebound
11:58	+2	Peter Filipovity makes two point tip layup	48-51
11:58		Frankquon Sherman shooting foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
11:58	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 1 of 1	49-51
11:46		Braedan Lue misses two point layup
11:44		Jae'Coby Osborne defensive rebound
11:28		Emmanuel Tshimanga misses two point layup
11:22		Peter Filipovity offensive rebound
11:22	+2	Peter Filipovity makes two point tip layup	51-51
11:22		Owls 30 second timeout
11:09	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (Rongie Gordon assists)	51-54
10:57	+2	Gabe Pickens makes two point layup	53-54
10:46		Gabe Pickens personal foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
10:33		Jamil Miller misses two point layup
10:31		Jamil Miller offensive rebound
10:31	+2	Jamil Miller makes two point layup	53-56
10:22		Jaden Harris misses three point jump shot
10:20		Emmanuel Tshimanga offensive rebound
10:09		Jump ball. Zawdie Jackson vs. Jamil Miller (Jamil Miller gains possession)
10:09		Zawdie Jackson turnover (lost ball) (Jamil Miller steals)
9:59		Simeon Cottle misses three point jump shot
9:57		Aggies defensive rebound
9:39	+2	Emmanuel Tshimanga makes two point jump shot (Nate Tshimanga assists)	55-56
9:24		Braedan Lue misses three point jump shot
9:22		Owls offensive rebound
9:22		Zawdie Jackson personal foul (Jamil Miller draws the foul)
9:14		Jamil Miller misses three point jump shot
9:12		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
8:59	+2	Simeon Cottle makes two point jump shot	55-58
8:36		Robert Carpenter misses three point jump shot
8:34		Zawdie Jackson offensive rebound
8:26		Jump ball. (Aggies gains possession)
8:26		Rongie Gordon personal foul (Nate Tshimanga draws the foul)
8:26		Nate Tshimanga misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:26		Jamil Miller defensive rebound
8:05	+3	Simeon Cottle makes three point jump shot (Adrian Wooley assists)	55-61
7:44	+3	Christian Cook makes three point jump shot (Zawdie Jackson assists)	58-61
7:20		TV timeout
7:10		Ricardo Wright misses three point jump shot
7:08		Nate Tshimanga defensive rebound
6:51		Christian Cook misses three point jump shot
6:49		Adrian Wooley defensive rebound
6:32		Adrian Wooley turnover (bad pass) (Christian Cook steals)
6:23	+3	Robert Carpenter makes three point jump shot (Christian Cook assists)	61-61
6:05		Jamil Miller misses two point layup
6:03		Owls offensive rebound
6:03		Robert Carpenter personal foul (Jamil Miller draws the foul)
6:03		Jamil Miller misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:03		Gabe Pickens defensive rebound
5:40	+2	Robert Carpenter makes two point hook shot	63-61
5:26		Jae'Coby Osborne shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
5:26	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-62
5:26	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-63
5:10		Robert Carpenter misses two point jump shot
5:08		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
4:51		Peter Filipovity personal foul (Frankquon Sherman draws the foul)
4:51	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-64
4:51	+1	Frankquon Sherman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-65
4:39		Braedan Lue personal foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
4:39	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-65
4:39	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-65
4:18	+2	Adrian Wooley makes two point layup (Simeon Cottle assists)	65-67
3:58		Peter Filipovity turnover (lost ball) (Simeon Cottle steals)
3:32		Gabe Pickens personal foul (Ricardo Wright draws the foul)
3:32		TV timeout
3:32	+1	Ricardo Wright makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-68
3:32		Ricardo Wright misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:32		Jae'Coby Osborne defensive rebound
3:22	+2	Peter Filipovity makes two point layup	67-68
3:02		Adrian Wooley misses two point jump shot
2:59		Frankquon Sherman offensive rebound
2:48	+3	Ricardo Wright makes three point jump shot (Simeon Cottle assists)	67-71
2:37		Frankquon Sherman personal foul (Peter Filipovity draws the foul)
2:37	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-71
2:37	+1	Peter Filipovity makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-71
2:26		Nate Tshimanga personal foul (Adrian Wooley draws the foul)
2:26	+1	Adrian Wooley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-72
2:26	+1	Adrian Wooley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-73
2:16	+3	Gabe Pickens makes three point jump shot (Peter Filipovity assists)	72-73
1:57		Simeon Cottle misses two point layup
1:55		Nate Tshimanga defensive rebound
1:46		Christian Cook misses three point jump shot
1:44		Simeon Cottle defensive rebound
1:35		Owls 60 second timeout
1:26	+2	Braedan Lue makes two point layup	72-75
1:10	+2	Peter Filipovity makes two point jump shot	74-75
0:52		Jae'Coby Osborne shooting foul (Simeon Cottle draws the foul)
0:52	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-76
0:52	+1	Simeon Cottle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-77
0:49		Aggies 30 second timeout
0:34		Gabe Pickens misses three point jump shot
0:32		Aggies offensive rebound
0:30		Braedan Lue personal foul (Robert Carpenter draws the foul)
0:30		Robert Carpenter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:30	+1	Robert Carpenter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-77
0:19		Christian Cook personal foul (Rongie Gordon draws the foul)
0:19		Rongie Gordon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:19	+1	Rongie Gordon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-78
0:16		Aggies 30 second timeout
0:08		Robert Carpenter misses three point jump shot
0:06		Jae'Coby Osborne offensive rebound
0:03	+2	Jae'Coby Osborne makes two point layup	77-78
0:03		Adrian Wooley shooting foul (Jae'Coby Osborne draws the foul)
0:03		Jae'Coby Osborne misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:03		Jamil Miller defensive rebound
0:01		Nate Tshimanga personal foul (Adrian Wooley draws the foul)
0:01	+1	Adrian Wooley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-79
0:01	+1	Adrian Wooley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-80
0:01		Christian Cook misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

Christian Cook misses three point jump shot