FAMU Rattlers Complete Sweep With 78-73 Win Over MSU

BALTIMORE, Maryland – The Florida A&M University Men’s Basketball team moved one step closer to locking up the sixth seed in next week’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Monday night with a 78-73 win over fourth place Morgan State at Hill Fieldhouse.

FAMU (13-16, 8-7 in MEAC) can now finish no worse than sixth place with one game remaining, and are alive for the fifth seed depending on Thursday’s final slate of games.

Seniors Jamie Adams and Reggie Lewis were the big guns again for FAMU, heading a quartet of Rattlers scoring in double figures Monday night.

Adams finished with a game-high 23 points, along with eight assists, five rebounds and three steals, going four of eight from three-point range, while Lewis added 17 points, including a trio of three pointers in six tries.

Trey Kellum added 13 points and a team high seven rebounds, with Jomari Bradshaw rounding out the foursome with 12 points.

The Rattlers led 41-33 at the half, overcoming an 8-0 start by Morgan State (12-15, 10-5 in MEAC), taking their first lead on the second of two layups by Bobby King, 14-12 with 12:33 left in the half.

A Lewis three-pointer with 8:10 left gave FAMU the lead at 20-17, igniting a 21-16 finishing flurry by the Rattlers.

Morgan regained control of the game early in the second half, on a dunk and layup by Shaquille Duncan for a 47-43 lead with 16:37 to play, starting a back-and-forth sequence in which the game was tied seven more times down the stretch.

Bradshaw’s three-pointer with 2:16 left tied the game for the 12^th and final time at 71-71, then after a Morgan free throw gave them a 72-71 lead, Jamie Adams nailed a three-pointer for a 74-72 edge with 1:39 to play.

Reggie Lewis hit a layup and a pair of foul shots with a Morgan basket in between, to close out the game.

WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will close the regular season at home Thursday night against archrival Bethune-Cookman at 8 p.m. 

Official Basketball Box Score

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Official Basketball Box Score
Florida A&M vs MORGAN STATE
3/3/2014 7:30 p.m. at HILL FIELD HOUSE, BALTIMORE,MD


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VISITORS: Florida A&M 13-16, 7-8 MEAC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
23 BRADSHAW,Jomari..... f  5-13   1-4    1-2    1  1  2   4  12  1  1  0  3  24
24 KING,Bobby.......... f  4-4    0-0    0-1    0  1  1   3   8  0  0  1  0  19
25 KELLUM,Trey......... f  5-9    0-0    3-4    5  2  7   3  13  1  1  3  0  23
03 ADAMS,Jamie......... g  8-18   4-8    3-4    1  4  5   2  23  8  5  0  3  37
12 LEWIS,Reggie........ g  6-10   3-6    2-2    0  1  1   0  17  3  1  0  1  35
01 CONNER,Willie.......    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   3   0  0  2  0  0   4
04 SPILLER,Richie......    0-2    0-2    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  1  2  0  1   7
15 BULLARD,D'Andre.....    1-2    0-0    0-0    0  4  4   0   2  2  0  0  1   7
20 NELSON,Greg.........    0-2    0-2    0-0    1  1  2   2   0  0  0  0  0   6
21 CRAWFORD,Pierre.....    0-1    0-0    3-4    1  2  3   1   3  0  0  0  0  15
33 DAVIS,Walter........    0-0    0-0    0-0    1  4  5   1   0  0  1  1  0  14
42 ODI,Onyekachukwu....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   4   0  0  0  0  0   9
   TEAM................                         3     3
   Totals..............   29-62   8-23  12-17  13 20 33  25  78 16 13  5  9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-34 44.1%   2nd Half: 14-28 50.0%   Game: 46.8%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-14 28.6%   2nd Half:  4-9  44.4%   Game: 34.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-8  87.5%   2nd Half:  5-9  55.6%   Game: 70.6%    4


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HOME TEAM: MORGAN STATE 12-15, 10-5 MEAC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
11 HUBBARD,Anthony..... f  7-19   0-1    6-10   5  1  6   1  20  2  1  0  0  33
12 HEATH,Thair......... f  2-2    0-0    0-0    1  3  4   2   4  2  0  0  0   7
50 CHILES,Ian.......... c  6-9    0-0    6-7    2  5  7   3  18  3  4  3  0  23
05 BLACK,Justin........ g  3-9    2-5    1-5    1  3  4   2   9  3  6  0  2  30
22 BOZEMAN,Blake....... g  0-5    0-5    0-0    1  0  1   1   0  2  2  0  0  30
01 PRETLOW,Donte.......    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   0  3  1  0  3  18
10 MATEY,Emmanuel......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   2
13 CHILDS-HARRIS,Torin.    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   3
21 THOMAS,Kyle.........    1-3    1-2    0-0    0  0  0   0   3  1  0  0  0   5
34 BLOSSOM,Cedric......    3-6    0-0    3-3    1  2  3   0   9  1  2  0  1  25
44 DUNCAN,Shaquille....    5-6    0-0    0-2    4  5  9   3  10  1  2  3  0  24
   TEAM................                         4  1  5
   Totals..............   27-61   3-13  16-27  19 21 40  14  73 18 18  6  6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0%   2nd Half: 15-36 41.7%   Game: 44.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-6  33.3%   2nd Half:  1-7  14.3%   Game: 23.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-12 58.3%   2nd Half:  9-15 60.0%   Game: 59.3%    6


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Officials: Earl Watson, Raymond Styons, Leon Haskins
Technical fouls: Florida A&M-None. MORGAN STATE-None.
Attendance: 1009
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Florida A&M...................   41   37  -   78
MORGAN STATE..................   33   40  -   73
Morgan State "Senior Night"

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