THE HILL | The Alabama A&M University men's basketball team suffered its first home loss of the season as Chattanooga shot nearly 47 percent from behind the 3-point line in a 73-66 victory on Sunday afternoon from the AAMU Event Center.
Koron Davis paced Alabama A&M wwith a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, along with two steals and one assist.
Kintavious Dozier added 17 points, five boards and four assists, while
PJ Eason recorded a double-double of 11 points and 11 boards.
Jordan Frison led Chattanooga with 27 points, on 8-of-13 shooting, along with nine rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals. Jikari Johnson tossed in 17 points, five boards and one block.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Alabama A&M (6-6) jumped out to a 7-2 advantage after a
Sami Pissis jumper with just under 17 minutes to play in the opening half, but Chattanooga used a 15-7 run over the next six minutes to grab a 17-14 lead after a Billy Smith triple with 11:08 remaining.
The Mocs (6-7) stretched their lead to 29-22 after a three-point play by Jordan Frison with 5:25 left, but the Bulldogs continued to battle back, trimming the margin to the 29-25 after a layup by
Tajden Davis with 4:39 remaining.
Chattanooga got a trey by Smith to push the advantage to 37-29 with 1:24 left, but back-to-back buckets by
Gabe Kincy and Pissis cut the deficit to 37-33 at the half.
The Bulldogs got five straight points from
Koron Davis to begin the second half to close the gap to just one point, 39-38, with 18:19 remaining, but back came the Mocs as Brennan Watkins caught fire with back-to-back triples to give Chattanooga a 47-41 advantage with 15:25 left.
Alabama A&M cut the deficit to four points, 47-43, with just over 14 minutes to play, but Chattanooga used a small 7-0 run, capped by a pair of Frison free throws to push the advantage into double digits, 54-43, with 12:05 remaining.
The Bulldogs went cold from the floor, going more than six minutes without a bucket from the floor before a Kincy trey snapped the drought as AAMU cut the deficit to 58-51 with 7:33 left.
A Dozier layup trimmed the margin to 69-64 with 1:31 remaining, but that would be as close as the Bulldogs would get as Chattanooga sealed the game at the foul line.
GAME NOTES
- Alabama A&M shot 40.0 percent (22-of-55) from the floor and 73.9 percent (17-of-23) from the free-throw line
- The Bulldogs grabbed 36 rebounds, including 27 on the defensive glass
- Koron Davis registered a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, along with two steals and one assist
- Kintavious Dozier added 17 points, five boards and four assists
- PJ Eason recorded a double-double of 11 points and 11 boards
- Alabama A&M finished with 32 points in the paint, 12 second-chance points, 11 fastbreak points, seven points off eight Chattanooga turnovers and six bench points
- Chattanooga went 22-of-52 shooting (48.1 percent) and 11-of-16 (68.8 percent) from the charity stripe
- The Mocs grabbed with 35 rebounds, with 30 coming on the defensive glass
- Jordan Frison recorded 27 points, on 8-of-13 shooting, along with nine rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals
- Jikari Johnson tossed in 17 points, five boards and one block
- Chattanooga finished with 28 bench points, 24 points in the paint, 14 fastbreak points, eight second-chance points and eight points off eight AAMU turnovers
UP NEXT
Alabama A&M closes out its non-conference slate on Tuesday, December 30 as the Bulldogs play host to Fisk College. Tip-off against the Bulldogs is scheduled for 5 p.m. from the AAMU Event Center and streamed on SWAC TV.
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