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Final vs USA
Sidney Jackson
79
Alabama A&M AAMU 2-7,0-0 SWAC
89
Winner South Alabama USA 6-4,0-0 Sun Belt
Alabama A&M AAMU
2-7,0-0 SWAC
79
Final
89
South Alabama USA
6-4,0-0 Sun Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Alabama A&M AAMU 27 52 79
South Alabama USA 49 40 89

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Jordan Benson

Second Half Surge Not Enough to Defeat South Alabama

MOBILE __ A rough shooting night cost the Alabama A&M men's basketball team as they fell on the road to South Alabama, 89-79, in the Mitchell Center on Tuesday night.

The Bulldogs (2-7) found themselves down big in the first half, shooting a lowly 27.8 percent (10-for-36) from the field and 0-for-8 from behind the arc, while the Jaguars (6-4) shot 19-for-34 (55.9 percent) and made 3-of-9 (33.3 percent) of their three-pointers in the period to end the half with a 49-27 lead.

After finding themselves down by as much as 30 points early in the second half, the Bulldogs were able to cut into the lead multiple times in the final frame, getting it down to 10 over a stretch, however could not muster enough stops in a row to get it down within single digits.

Freshman guard Garrett Hicks led the team in scoring, finishing with a career-high 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Fellow freshmen Cameron Alford scored 13 with five rebounds, his eighth double-digit scoring output of the year, while forward Jalen Johnson also added 13 points and six rebounds in the loss.

Post Game Notes
  • A&M starters: Cameron Tucker, Garrett Hicks, Cameron Alford, TJ Parham, EJ Williams
  • The Bulldogs shot 27-for-69 (39.1 percent) from the field as a team for the game, 3-for-17 (17.6 percent) from the three-point line and 22-for-26 from the charity stripe (84.6 percent).
  • South Alabama out rebounded the Bulldogs 41-29, with the Jaguars grabbing 10 offensive rebounds to score 12 second chance points, while the A&M grabbed 13 offensive boards for a total of ten second chance points.
  • Turnovers: A&M forced South Alabama into 20 turnovers and scored 28 points off of the miscues, while the Jaguars scored 14 points off nine Bulldog turnovers.
  • Five A&M players reached double figures, a new high for the Bulldogs in a game led by career-highs by the starting backcourt in Hicks (16) and fellow freshmen Cameron Tucker (11). Forward Jalen Johnson and guard Cameron Alford also scored each scored 13, while Brandon Houston scored 10 off the bench.
  • Bench: The Jaguars edged out the bench scoring over the Bulldogs 34-33; Johnson (13) and Houston (10) were leading scorers off the bench for A&M.

Up Next
Alabama A&M returns to Elmore for a matchup against North Alabama on Friday, Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. before hitting the road to face Notre Dame on Dec. 29 for the last non-conference matchup of the 2019-20 season.
 
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