PINE BLUFF, Ark. | Kintavious Dozier scored 26 points, but it wasn't enough as the Alabama A&M University men's basketball team dropped the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opener, 95-83, to Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday at H.O. Clemmons Arena.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff was red-hot from the floor in the second half, shooting 70.8 percent from the floor and pulled away early as Alabama A&M could not recover from the big deficit.
The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak for Alabama A&M and gave Arkansas-Pine Bluff its first win over the Bulldogs since 2019.
Dozier went 8-of-16 from the floor to lead AAMU with 26 points, three assists, one rebound and one steal.
Koron Davis added 17 points, four boards, two steals and one assist, while
PJ Eason posted a double-double of 16 points and 11 boards, with one block, one assist and one steal.
Jaquan Scott paced Arkansas-Pine Bluff with 24 points, eight boards, one assist and one steal. Quion Williams chipped in 20 points, three boards and five assists, while Alex Mirhosseini tossed in 16 points, three boards and five assists. Milhan Charles and Trevon Payton each scored 10 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Alabama A&M (7-7 overall, 0-1 SWAC) grabbed an early 9-6 lead after a
PJ Eason layup, but Arkansas-Pine Bluff used an 8-3 run, capped by an Ahmad Johnson triple to take a 14-12 advantage with 13:55 remaining in the first half.
Back came the Bulldogs, using a 7-3 run to grab a 19-17 lead after a Dozier bucket with 11:37 left and stretched the advantage to 27-23 after an Eason basket with just over eight minutes to play.
A pair of Jaquan Scott free throws tied the game at 27, but AAMU got a trey and layup by
Gabe Kincy, followed by a jumper by Eason to give the Bulldogs a 36-29 advantage with just over five minutes left.
Back came the Golden Lions, closing the half on a 12-5 run, as the two teams entered the break tied at 41.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4-10, 1-0) began the second half on a 10-2 run, capped by a Milhan Charles dunk with 18:18 remaining, but Alabama A&M closed the gap to 55-52 after a
Koron Davis jumper with just over 15 minutes to play.
The Golden Lions answered and pushed the lead to 64-54 after a Scott bucket with just under 13 minutes remaining.
Buckets by Quion Williams and Ramel Lloyd Jr. stretched UAPB's advantage to 78-63 with just over six minutes to play and Alabama A&M could not recover over the final five minutes.
GAME NOTES
- Alabama A&M shot 48.3 percent (28-of-58) from the floor and 82.1 percent (23-of-28) from the free-throw line
- The Bulldogs grabbed 30 rebounds, with 18 coming on the offensive glass
- Kintavious Dozier registered 26 points, three assists, one rebound and one steal
- Koron Davis added 17 points, four boards, two steals and one assist
- PJ Eason posted a double-double of 16 points and 11 boards, with one block, one assist and one steal
- Alabama A&M finished with 44 points in the paint, 20 second-chance points, 16 bench points, 14 points off 10 UAPB turnovers and three fastbreak points
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff went 32-of-56 shooting (57.1 percent) and 21-of-26 (80.8 percent) from the charity stripe
- The Golden Lions grabbed 28 rebounds, with 14 coming on the defensive glass
- Jaquan Scott recorded 24 points, eight boards, one assist and one steal
- Quion Williams chipped in 20 points, three boards and five assists
- Alex Mirhosseini tossed in 16 points, three boards and five assists
- Milhan Charles and Trevon Payton each scored 10 points
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff finished with 38 points in the paint, 17 second-chance points, 13 bench points, 10 points off 10 AAMU turnovers and eight fastbreak points
UP NEXT
Alabama A&M closes out its two-game SWAC road swing on Monday with a trip to Itta Bena, Miss. to take on Mississippi Valley State. Tip-off against the Delta Devils is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex.
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