Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Alabama State chops down Mike Davis-led Texas Southern 79-73 in OT

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State earned its 79-73 overtime victory against Texas Southern Monday night the hard way.

The Hornets, picked to finish seventh among 10 SWAC teams in the preseason, trailed by a dozen at the half did most of their damage on the inside against the league's most imposing figure---6-foot-10 high-major transfer senior Aaric Murray.

Redshirt freshman Tony Armstrong and junior Maurice Strong combined for 40 points and 16 rebounds as the Hornets improved to 13-7 (7-2) and a perfect 10-0 at home.

"Our intent was to try to make it difficult for him to catch the ball in good scoring position," ASU coach Lewis Jackson said of Murray, the SWAC's leading scorer. "They did such a good job of spreading us out. It was hard for us to get to him in and double-team him. But in addition to that, we just wanted to try to tire him out, run him, make him play defense and things like that."

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