ATLANTA, Georgia -- The
Tennessee State men's basketball team notched its first win of the season with a
68-57 victory over the Jaguars of South Alabama.
Junior guard Patrick
Miller led the Tigers in points, assists and steals with 14, eight
and four, respectively.
Miller also had five of TSU's 46 rebounds. The
Tigers had 15 more rebounds than their opponents.
TSU
won the tip and within three seconds Covington had his first points of the game.
The bucket set the tone early for the Tigers, as they started the game on a 13-2
run.
During the run, guards Jay
Harris and Patrick Miller combined for 11 of the team's
points. Harris was 3-3 in the stretch with a three-pointer.
South Alabama's Mychal Ammons got the Jaguars
within six at 16-10 with a strong drive in the lane. The layup was just two of
his half-high nine points during the period.
The
Tigers kept a large cushion through the next seven minutes, and eventually went
up by nine when a missed three by Jordan
Cyphers was tip-slammed home by Michael
Green.
A
layup from Kellen
Thornton with 2:30 left in the first period gave the Tigers a
13-point lead- their biggest of the half.
Another layup from Thornton made the score 36-24
in favor of TSU heading into the break.
TSU
shot 45 percent from the floor during the first half which was nearly 15 points
higher than its season average.
USA
came out strong to start the second period and went on an 11-2 run to cut the
TSU lead to three. The Tigers were 0-6 from the field during the run.
With
the lead down to just a couple, the Tigers came roaring back with a 13-4 run
that was sparked by a pair of buckets from Robert
Covington.
Covington finished the game with nine points and
a team-high 10 rebounds.
After a bucket by South Alabama made the
score 51-43, the TSU defense held pat and didn't allow the Jaguars to make a
field goal for the next nine minutes.
During those nine minutes, DeShawn
Dockery drained a three and Miller assisted Rhett on an alley-oop.
Those scores, plus a handful of others, allowed TSU to extend its lead to as
many as 21 with just minutes to go in the game.
USA
ended the game on a 10-0 run, but it wasn't nearly enough, as TSU walked away
with an eleven-point victory.
The
Tigers will turn right around and play Georgia State tomorrow at 7 p.m. TSU then
wraps up the week with a game against Monmouth on Wednesday at 11
a.m.
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