Gallaudet started the 2009 portion of their schedule tonight against Capital Athletic Conference opponent Hood College, and despite a strong effort from Sekoe White, who scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Gallaudet lost their third game of the season, 84-63 to go to 7-3 on the season.

The loss snapped Gallaudet's three game winning streak.  The game was close for much of the first half until a late 7-0 run by Hood late in the second half, led to a 41-29 halftime lead that Gallaudet never recovered from. Hood jumped to a quick start in the second half, and despite several rallies by the Bison, Gallaudet was never able to get the game in single digits the rest of the way.

The main difference in the game was field goal shooting, which saw Hood shoot 32-66 from the floor, and Gallaudet 25-76. Hood made 9-19 three-pointers, while Gallaudet made just 5 of 26. Gallaudet was outrebounded for one of the few times this year by the much bigger Hood team, which featured a pair of 6-6 players who made the inside a tough place for the Bison to score tonight.

Johnny Jackson, Jr. played a solid game, scoring 11 points in 19 minutes of play and grabbing 5 rebounds.

After the game, Gallaudet Head Coach Jeb Barber said there was a simple explanation for what went wrong tonight.  He said, "We had to do three things tonight.  We had to play hard.  We had to play smart.  We had to play together.  We only did one of those three - we played hard tonight."

Coach Barber will gather his team for practice tomorrow and work on their next game which is Saturday, January 10 at 4 pm vs. Stevenson College in the Field House.  "We need to work on the other two things starting tomorrow.  We're confident we will have a good practice tomorrow. We need to do a better job of sharing the ball on offense and being unselfish with the basketball."