JACKSON, Miss. – Louisiana Christian had a big first half at Tougaloo Tuesday night, but the Wildcats had a rough finish in a 79-76 road loss.

Tougaloo improved to 8-4 by overcoming a 20-point (45-25) halftime advantage by LCU (3-9), which was hit by 63 percent shooting in a 54-point second-half effort by the home team.

The real damage happened in the final 9:42. The Wildcats led 65-45 but Tougaloo erupted to outscore LCU 34-9, including a 12-0 run over 94 seconds to take the lead with 1:36 left.

Edwards, Miss., native Devin Carter roared off the Wildcats’ bench and delivered a point per minute, dropping a contest-high 25. He drained 6-of-9 from beyond the 3-point arc.

Chukwuemeke Nwaoshai almost put together his second double-double in-a-row, scoring 10 points and recording a game-most nine boards.

Drew Tebbe went 3-for-3 on 3-pointers and scored 12 for the Wildcats.

TOUGALOO WOMEN 59, LCU 47:  A season-low scoring total included just 6-of-15 free throw accuracy by the Lady Wildcats (2-8). Tougaloo improved to 5-6.

Princis Goff led LCU with 11 points. Kylei Leblanc grabbed a game-best 12 rebounds for the visitors.

The LCU teams are home Thursday night and Saturday afternoon at H.O. West Fieldhouse in Red River Athletic Conference games against Paul Quinn (Thursday, 5:30 women’s game, 7:30 men) and Southwest (Saturday, women at 1, men at 3).