Jefferson lifts Texas Southern over Alabama A&M 74-64
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Demontrae Jefferson scored 23 points shooting 6 for 9 and made all nine of his fouls shots and Zach Lofton scored 15 points and Texas Southern beat Alabama A&M 74-64 on Monday for its fourth straight win.
Texas Southern (18-11, 14-2 Southwestern Athletic) never trailed. De'Ederick Petty buried a 3 for Alabama A&M and brought the Bulldogs to within 17-15 with 11:19 left before halftime, but the Tigers went on to outscore them 24-15 and led 41-30 at halftime.
Jefferson, Lofton and Kevin Scott combined for 9 for 15 shooting with each going 3 for 5 before intermission. Scott finished with 13 points.
The Bulldogs rallied and closed to 56-53 on Quinterian McConico's layup with 11:25 to play but never got closer. McConico led Alabama A&M (2-25, 2-14) with 18 points shooting 9 for 14 and Petty added 17 points.
The Tigers stayed in first place a game ahead of Alcorn State (13-3) and the two teams square off in Houston on Friday.
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Points | 0 | 0 |
Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
Offensive | 0 | 0 |
Defensive | 0 | 0 |
Team | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 0 | 0 |
Steals | 0 | 0 |
Blocks | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fouls | 0 | 0 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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Texas Southern 17-11 | 74.1 PPG | 38.1 RPG | 11.7 APG |
Alabama A&M 2-24 | 61.9 PPG | 36.0 RPG | 11.4 APG |
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