MEN’S BASKETBALL HOMECOMING

Bruce Smith Staff Writer

The GC men’s basketball team hosted 3-23 Clayton State for their homecoming game on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Coming off four straight losses, the Bobcats looked to get a big win in front of the larger homecoming crowd.

Despite multiple lead changes throughout the game, the Bobcats would stay strong and eventually come away with a needed victory, 71-68.

With the Bobcats still missing key players in sophomore guards Zyair Greene and Luke Chism, the short-staffed team had some key play- ers step up in the victory.

Freshman guard Brenden Rigsbee continued his breakout season, leading the Bobcats with 24 points and seven rebounds. Rigsbee is embracing the lead role and, despite his age, he has shown great leadership to the team.

“My teammates and coach just keep putting their trust in me, and that really means a lot to me,” Rigsbee said. “The last thing I want to do is let them down, so I am going to keep working at it.”

Rigsbee had a successful night from the charity stripe, going 11 for 12 at the line.

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Other GC students felt that the State of the Union was a joke and ridiculous to watch.

“I think it is funny, all the shade being thrown around, be- cause it is like a reality TV show, but it is just our government,” said senior criminal justice major Rhianna Vidrine. While they may choose to side with one party or another, several GC students agree that no politician should have called out another.

“It is the status quo that you do not do anything during someone’s speech,” said Vidrine.

“I do not think it was right on either side, but especially for Biden, to call out anyone, because he referred to the Democrats as ‘we,’” said senior criminal justice major

Sydney Wilson. “He just kept looking down on the Republicans.”

There have been many outrages by young Americans in the days following the State of the Union. Many have claimed that they have economic concerns and choose not to stand with Biden be- cause of it. They are worried about the debt that the new generation will soon have to take over.

With prices soaring, many GC students seem to feel the same way.

“He excluded college kids, which are a lot of the people that do vote,” Wilson said.

The State of the Union caused a lot more controversy between topics that were already controversial enough. It seems to have further divided the two parties, and GC students seem to want nothing to do with it.