Fort Valley State looks to bounce back from ‘devastating’ loss

FORT VALLEY, Georgia -- The script changed for the Fort Valley State Wildcats in a matter of one quarter in last week’s 27-20 loss to undefeated Alderson Broaddus.

Leading 20-7 heading into the fourth quarter, the Wildcats were on the verge of winning their fourth straight game, which they haven’t done in nearly three years -- before allowing the Battlers to rattle off 20 straight points in the final five minutes.

The loss was a difficult one to swallow after head coach Donald Pittman said his team “played a really good game.”

“That’s why it was so devastating for not only the team but for the fans,” he said. “It would have been a big game for the program.”

But that was last week. Scheduled to travel to Frankfort, Kentucky, for a matchup with Kentucky State on Saturday, the Wildcats will have to bounce back quickly. Playing conference foe Kentucky State, which has three former Fort Valley State assistant coaches on its coaching staff, makes a potential bounce-back victory even sweeter for Pittman.

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