HOUSTON, Texas -- Birmingham native Alabama State point guard Jamel Waters scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Hornets to a 64-51 win against Alcorn State (Miss.) in the quarterfinals of the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament.
The third-seeded Hornets (19-11) used a 10-0 run which began with 4:45 remaining to go up 14 and with 45 seconds to go and advanced to Friday's league semifinals against No. 2 Texas Southern.
Alabama State's Luther Page added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and junior college transfer Demarcus Robinson and Tony Armstrong scored 10 points apiece.
Marquise Vance led Alcorn (12-19) with 15 points followed by LeAntwan Luckett's 12 as the Braves shot 30.3 percent, including 3-for-13 from 3-point range in their loss to the Hornets this season.
No comments:
Post a Comment