CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Redshirt junior guard Anton Brookshire scored a career-high 28 points with six three-pointers; however, Austin Peay State University's basketball team dropped a 72-68 decision to West Georgia in Atlantic Sun Conference action, Thursday, on Gary Mathews Court at F&M Bank Arena. 

Brookshire, who scored a career-high 25 points exactly a week ago in a win against North Florida, led the game with 28 points. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native also set career marks in made field goals (10), attempted (15), and made three-pointers (6), while tying his personal best with six rebounds as well.

Brookshire was followed in scoring by LJ Thomas' 14 points. Akili Evans led APSU with a career-best seven rebounds, while JaVar Daniel matched his career's best mark with three blocks.

Playing through its defense, West Georgia (3-13, 1-2 ASUN) led 15-6 in through the opening eight minutes while holding Austin Peay (6-10, 1-2 ASUN) to 1-for-11 from the field and 1-for-6 from beyond the arc. Thomas scored APSU's first six points of the ballgame, until a pair of Tate McCubbin free throws and a layup by Quan Lax cut the Wolves' lead to 15-10 midway through the period. 

Brookshire made three of APSU's next four field goals – all from three-point range – to bring the Governors within a point at 22-21. 

After scoring 24 of its first 26 points in the paint, West Georgia connected on back-to-back threes in the final 90 seconds of the opening half, before Isaac Haney capped the period off with a four-point play at the first half's buzzer to make it 34-30 Wolves at the break.

Thomas opened the second half with a 2-for-2 trip at the line, but it was answered by an 18-3 run, as the Wolves connected on their first seven attempts from the field, while holding the Govs to five-straight misses. 

A Brookshire three-pointer ended UWG's scoring run and sparked a 18-6 APSU run, as it trimmed a 17-point deficit to seven points at 60-53 with 7:47 remaining in regulation. 

Brookshire scored APSU's final nine points of the game, with his second make in that run – a driving layup with 1:22 remaining, making it a four-point game with 1:22 remaining. 

After exchanging the game's next four points, Brookshire answered a UWG split trip at the line with a three-pointer with 25 seconds remaining to make it 70-68 in favor of the Wolves. A pair of UWG free throws after an intentional foul was the final points of the afternoon after a pair APSU missed layup was corralled by UWG, who missed the front end of a one-and-one, and a last-second Govs' three-pointer missed its mark.

The Difference

The paint. West Georgia outscored the Governors 44-24 in the painted area, including 24-2 in the first half.

Box Score Bullets

• Austin Peay fell to 0-1 against West Georgia in its first game against the Atlantic Sun Conference's newest member.
• The Governors fell to 3-2 at home this season and to 17-5 all-time at F&M Bank Arena.
• Anton Brookshire's career-high 28 points are the second-most points by a Governor this season, trailing only LJ Thomas' 29 points at Butler, Nov. 8. 
• Anton Brookshire's career-best six three-pointers also are the most by a Governor this season.
• Tekao Carpenter earned his first start as a Governor.
• The Governors' starting five of Quan Lax, Anton Brookshire, Tekao Carpenter, LJ Thomas, and Tate McCubbin is its 14th unique starting five of the season and 13th straight.
• With LJ Thomas' three-pointer with 17:04 remaining in the first half, the Governors extended their program-record streak of consecutive games with a three-pointer to 717 – a stretch that began Feb. 23, 2002.

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