NCAA 2025-2026

February 26, 2026

GRAMBLING STATE Logo GRAMBLING STATE United States
71 - 76
BETHUNE-COOKMAN Logo BETHUNE-COOKMAN United States

Match Summary

GRAMBLING STATE lost to BETHUNE-COOKMAN 71-76 on February 26, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. BETHUNE-COOKMAN won by a 5-point margin. Derrius Ward led all scorers with 24 points. GRAMBLING STATE shot 40.6% from the field while BETHUNE-COOKMAN managed 50.0%. GRAMBLING STATE collected 33 rebounds and BETHUNE-COOKMAN grabbed 36. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

Derrius Ward basketball player - G

Derrius Ward G

6'6" - 1.98m

Efficiency Leader

Jakobi Heady basketball player - SF

Jakobi Heady SF

6'6" - 1.98m

71

GRAMBLING STATE

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
0 * Derrius Ward 40:00 24 9/21 5/10 4/11 2/4 3 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 19
1 * Roderick Coffee Iii 39:00 18 7/19 5/10 2/9 2/3 2 2 6 4 3 0 0 3 0 16
21 * Devyn Franklin 37:00 8 4/9 4/9 0/0 0/2 5 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 13
5 * Jimel Lane 33:00 9 4/9 3/8 1/1 0/0 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 8
11 * Jamil Muttilib 26:00 9 3/6 2/3 1/3 2/2 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 10
3 Rickey Ballard 22:00 3 1/5 1/4 0/1 1/2 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 9
23 Mekhi Fitts 02:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1
7 Saliou Seye 01:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 200:00 71 28/69 20/44 8/25 7/13 19 14 15 12 16 6 0 12 0 74
76

BETHUNE-COOKMAN

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
0 * Jakobi Heady 40:00 20 6/11 4/8 2/3 6/6 5 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 26
5 * Quentin Heady 32:00 10 4/8 4/7 0/1 2/3 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 14
3 * Seneca Willoughby 27:00 4 1/4 0/0 1/4 1/2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3
23 * Daniel Rouzan 25:00 15 7/14 7/13 0/1 1/1 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 3 0 13
25 * Tyler Andrews 20:00 2 1/2 1/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
1 Arterio Morris 28:00 15 7/12 7/11 0/1 1/2 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 11
4 Ariel Bland 23:00 8 4/8 4/8 0/0 0/3 4 5 7 2 3 1 0 1 0 17
11 Jordan Johnson 05:00 2 1/3 1/2 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200:00 76 31/62 28/50 3/12 11/17 25 11 14 11 19 4 0 12 0 85

* Players marked with * are starters.