<p>HAYS - For the second time in three days the Fort Hays State men's basketball team came up on the short end of a two-point game. After losing to rival Washburn on a last second shot Thursday, the Tigers (0-2) lost 68-66 to Emporia State Saturday at Gross Coliseum when Kaleb Hammeke's long heave from just inside the mid-court stripe bounced off the backboard.</p><p>The game was tight throughout with 12 ties and 14 lead changes and neither team leading by more than four.</p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/933714589&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/11-20-20-fhsu-mark-johnson" title="Mark Johnson Postgame Interview 112020" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Mark Johnson Postgame Interview 112020</a></div></div><p>Jared Vitztum hit two free throws to put the Tigers up 58-54 with just over five minutes to play but the Hornets (2-0) got a key offensive rebound following a missed free throw with 434 seconds left then eventaully hit a pair of foul shots with 23 seconds to play and held off the Tigers the rest of the way.</p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/933714520&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/11-21-20-fhsu-vitzum" title="Jared Vitztum Postgame Interview 112020" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Jared Vitztum Postgame Interview 112020</a></div></div><p>Vitztum led all scoring with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Alvin Thompson added 11 pionts.</p><p>The Hornets were led by guards Austin Downing and Jumah'Ri Turner. Downing hit a couple of free throws with 11 seconds left to push the Hornet lead to three and scored 19. Turner added 18 points and Mason Thiessen added 11.</p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/933714541&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/11-21-20-fhsu-men-highlights" title="FHSU MBB vs. Emporia State Highlights 112020" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">FHSU MBB vs. Emporia State Highlights 112020</a></div></div><p>The Tigers are now off for two weeks before traveling to Kearney to play the Lopers on December 5.</p>

🏀 Tigers lose nail-biter to Hornets