El Moutaouakkil's 26 lead Jacksonville State past Kennesaw State 77-58

Mostapha El Moutaouakkil scored 26 points as Jacksonville State beat Kennesaw State 77-58 on Saturday night.

The Associated Press
February 8, 2026 at 3:43AM

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Mostapha El Moutaouakkil scored 26 points as Jacksonville State beat Kennesaw State 77-58 on Saturday night.

El Moutaouakkil also contributed seven rebounds for the Gamecocks (13-10, 8-4 Conference USA). Jaye Nash shot 5 of 9 from the field and 8 for 8 from the line to add 19 points. Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. finished with 12 and three steals.

RJ Johnson and Perry Smith Jr. led the Owls (14-9, 6-6) with 12 points apiece. Jaden Harris added 10 points.

El Moutaouakkil led the Gamecocks with 19 points in the first half to help put them up 37-22 at the break. Jacksonville State pulled away with an 8-0 run in the second half to extend a 13-point lead to 21 points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

about the writer

about the writer

The Associated Press

The Associated Press

More from Sports

See More

Juraj Slafkovsky had Slovakia's only two goals four years ago in the first men's hockey game at the Beijing Olympics, a convincing loss to Finland.