Bearcats open December schedule vs. DAR at Wallace State CC:
GDW Analysis: Cullman Bearcats went 8 & 0 for their November schedule. Half of their victories were at neutral sites. The Bearcats beat Decatur 70 to 51 on Veterans Day at Wallace State. During Thanksgiving week, the Bearcats visited Guntersville's gymnasium three times and defeated Section, Gardendale and Fort Payne. Now to open the December segment of the 2025/26 schedule, the Bearcats are back at Wallace State on Monday to play DAR out of Marshall County. Tip time from Tom Drake Coliseum is 3:30 p.m. The game will be live on cullmanbearcats.com
DAR is 4 & 2 and on a 3 game winning streak. The Patriots have claimed victory against Fyffe, Skyline and Brindlee Mountain to stop a losing skid that had the Patriots fall to Boaz and Whitesburg Christian. Coach Stu Stuedeman has seen his squad display up tempo play from neutral sites with the 'Cats scoring 282 points from playing once at Wallace State and three at Guntersville HS. That's an average of 70.5 points a game. The 'Cats have used steady scoring from the backcourt in Sam Dorough and Gray Hopper plus working the ball inside to big man Brooks Loftin. The three combined for 55 points to outscore Section 78 to 68 on Thanksgiving Eve. Dorough ripped the cords for 19, Hopper scored 22 and Loftin tossed in 14. Owen Graves and Max Brooks added 19 points between them. Graves netted 11 and Brooks had 8. Following the battle with DAR, the 'Cats invade rival Hartselle Friday for a showdown with a Tiger squad that took 2nd place in the recent Hanceville Thanksgiving Tournament. Hartselle scored wins against Hanceville and Cold Springe before the Tigers lost in the title game of the 42nd annual event to undefeated Corner 59 to 53. Game time is to be at 7:15 on December 5. This contest will be available on cullmanbearcats.com
Photo of Cullman Bearcats' Grayson Gay vs. Gardendale in the Supreme Courts Thanksgiving Classic November 25 at Guntersville HS. Photo courtesy of Supreme Courts.
