Men's Basketball Central: Sunday, December 21 Results
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Sun, December 21, 2014
Evansville def Alabama State 81-63
Box Score Jamel Waters and Luther Page scored 13 points each, but it was not enough as a cold second half of shooting the basketball cost Alabama State in an 81-63 loss at Evansville. ASU (3-5) came out in the second half and built on its two point halftime lead by scoring the second half's first six points building a 57-49 lead with 15 minutes left in the game. It was at that time the Hornets suddenly went cold against Evansville's zone defense and had trouble scoring over the final 15 minutes as they finished the second half only shooting 20 percent from the field. As cold as ASU was in the second half a jump shot from DeMarcus Robinson had the Hornets only trailing 69-62 with six minutes left in the game, but Evansville (9-2) outscored the Hornets 12-1 over the final six minutes to push the lead out to the final score. Maurice Strong and Robinson finished the game in double digits with 10 points each while Strong and Page led ASU's rebounding efforts with seven each. The Purple Aces top two scorers again led the home team as Egidiju Mockevicius had a game-high 25 points and completed his double-double with 12 rebounds, and D.J. Balentine had 20 points. The Hornets took a slim 49-47 lead into halftime after outscoring the hosts 18-9 over the final four minutes of the first half. Page led the first half comeback with 10 points off the bench. Waters had nine while Strong and Robinson added eight points each. Balentine and Mockevicius combined to score 25 of the Purple Aces 47 points with Balentine's 14 leading the way. UTEP def Alcorn State 78-45 Box Score EL PASO, Texas -- Vince Hunter scored 16 points and had three steals to help UTEP beat Alcorn State 78-45 in the Sun Bowl tournament on Sunday night. Cedrick Lang added 13 points and Omega Harris scored 10 for UTEP (7-4). The Miners scored the first eight points of the game and a pair of free throws by Harris gave them a 17-3 lead with 13 minutes left in the half. After a 3-pointer by Alcorn State's Reginald Johnson made it 23-9 about 3 minutes later, Julian Washburn hit a 3 and Hunter made a layup before a 3-pointer by Lew Stallworth pushed the UTEP lead to 31-9. The Braves trailed by at least 20 the rest of the way. The Miners committed a season-low five turnovers while forcing 19 by Alcorn State. Johnson and Marquis Vance led Alcorn State (1-9), which shot just 32 percent from the field, with 12 points apiece. |
SWAC: Mens Basketball Central: Sunday, December 21 Results
