ASU Hornets Win in Overtime at Prairie View

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas  -- Luther Page only scored four points in the game, but his field goal with 13 seconds left in overtime gave the Hornets a 88-87 lead and the Hornets held on for a 90-87 overtime win, breaking a two-game losing streak and earning a split on their final regular season road trip.

 The game ended even at 77 after two Andre Adams free throws with five seconds left sent the game into the extra period where the Hornets outscored the Panthers 13-10.

"It was a very tough ball game to say the least," Head Coach Lewis Jackson said.  "Give PV credit they played very hard and put pressure on us all night.  But I give our guys credit.  They didn't hang their heads tonight and they continued to fight even when we were down and it was looking dim.  They kept attacking the basket and it happened for us.  That is what happens when you play hard."

In the overtime period Jamel Waters scored six of his 10 points, and his two free throws after picking up a steal with less than two seconds left sealed the win.

Bobby Brown evened his career-high with 22 points to lead six Hornets in double digits.  DeMarcus Armstrong and Maurice Strong scored 11 while Tony Armstrong also scored 10 along with Waters.  Waters had another all-around solid game as he finished with a game-high nine assists and three steals.

"The last three or four ball games we got off to a bad start so we changed the lineup tonight" Jackson said.  "Bobby was able to come in and give us some big minutes and he hit some big shots especially when we were down three late in the game and he hit a three."

The Hornets finished the game shooting 51 percent (30-59) from the field and hit eight of 23 three point field goals for 35 percent.  The Hornets were solid at the free throw line connecting on 22 of their 29 charity shots for 76 percent.

ASU (16-11/10-6 SWAC) out rebounded PVAMU 37-33 with Brown leading the way with 13.  It was the second double-double of his career.

PVAMU (8-20/6-10) shot 52 percent (30-58) from the field with Montrael Scott leading the way with a game-high 25 points.  John Brisco scored 24 and Demondre Chapman scored 22.

PVAMU carried a slim 35-34 lead into the locker room at halftime with Chapman leading the way with 11 points.  PVAMU shot 46 percent from the field and hit four of their eight free throw attempts.  Their lead could have been even more had they been able to hit free throws.  They attempted 16 in the first half, but only made seven.

Brown led the Hornets with 14 first half points as ASU shot 48 percent from the field.  They only got to the free throw line four times, but only made two.

The Hornets had 17 rebounds which was the same as PVAMU, but their downfall was 10 first-half turnovers against an aggressive Panther full court press.

ASU will be home for the final two regular season games of the season.  It will be a short week in the SWAC and the Hornets will host Grambling State Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.

"When you stay together as a team and the team is working and they keep believing in what they are doing things will happen for you," Jackson said.  "We have had some trouble in this second nine but it was a great win."

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