THE HILL | Bol Kuir,
London Riley and
Aaron Smith notched career highs as the Alabama A&M University men's basketball team reached triple digits for the third straight game with a 103-69 victory over Fisk on Wednesday night at the AAMU Event Center.
Alabama A&M, which opened the season by scoring more than 100 points against Oakwood and Arkansas Baptist, led 56-31 at the break against Fisk and cruised in the second half to improve to 3-0 to begin the season.
Riley scored 11 of his career-best 17 points in the first half, while adding two rebounds and two assists.
Chad Moodie recorded his first double-double of the season, with 12 points and 11 boards, with five assists, four blocks and one steal.
Aaron Smith poured in a career-high 12 points, three boards and one steal, while
AC Bryant also added 12 points, seven boards and three assists. Kuir tossed in a career-high 10 points, three boards and one steal.
Doyel Cockrill led Fisk (2-3) with a game-high 22 points, one block and one steal. Soloman Mustafa-Reid added 13 points, eight boards, two blocks, one assist and one steal, while Justin McNelkan recorded 12 points and two boards.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a slow start by both teams, Saliou Seye gave the Maroon and White an 8-2 lead after a 3-pointer and fastbreak dunk with just under 17 minutes to play in the opening half
- A trey by Doyel Cockrill II and jumper by Soloman Mustafa-Reid trimmed the margin to just one, 8-7, with 16:16 remaining
- AAMU responded with a 14-0 run, capped by an AC Bryant jumper, in pushing the lead to 22-7 with 12:31 left
- Layups by Moodie and Bilal Abdur-Rahman stretched Alabama A&M's lead to 36-14 with 7:29 remaining
- A Moodie dunk extending the AAMU advantage to 41-18 with 5:46 left
- Alabama A&M continued to stretch the margin, pushing the lead to 56-31 at the break
- A thunderous dunk by Moodie, followed by a triple by Riley extended Alabama A&M's lead to 72-45 with just over 12 minutes to play
- AAMU got a layup by EJay Greer with 7:55 remaining as AAMU pushed the margin to 86-57 with 7:55 remaining
- Fisk could not rally down the stretch as Alabama A&M won its third straight game by triple digits
GAME NOTES
- Alabama A&M shot 50 percent (40-of-80) from the field and 80.0 percent (12-of-15) from the free-throw line
- AAMU grabbed 47 rebounds, including 29 on the defensive glass
- London Riley scored 17 points, two rebounds and two assists
- Chad Moodie recorded his first double-double of the season, with 12 points and 11 boards, with five assists, four blocks and one steal
- Aaron Smith poured in a career-high 12 points, three boards and one steal
- AC Bryant also added 12 points, seven boards and three assists
- Bol Kuir tossed in a career-high 10 points, three boards and one steal.
- AAMU finished with 48 points in the paint, 44 bench points, 23 points off 22 Fisk turnovers, 18 fastbreak points and 13 second-chance points
- Fisk went 23-of-62 shooting (37.1 percent) and 13-of-21 (61.9 percent) from the charity stripe
- Fisk grabbed 37 rebounds, with 14 coming on the offensive glass
- Doyel Cockrill poured in a game-high 22 points, one block and one steal.
- Soloman Mustafa-Reid added 13 points, eight boards, two blocks, one assist and one steal
- Justin McNelkan recorded 12 points and two boards.
- Fisk finished with 39 bench points, 24 points in the paint, 17 points off 14 AAMU turnovers, 12 second-chance points and six fastbreak points
UP NEXT
Alabama A&M takes to the road for a pair of games, starting on Saturday with a trip to Nashville, Tenn. to visit Tennessee State. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. from the Gentry Center and streamed on ESPN+.
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