THE HILL | The Alabama A&M University men's basketball team will look to open the season with back-to-back wins when it hosts Mississippi University for Women on Friday at the AAMU Event Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will stream on SWAC TV.
 
Alabama A&M (1-0) opened its second season under head coach Donte' Jackson with a 90-57 victory over Oakwood on Monday. The Bulldogs turned a three-point lead into a 46-22 halftime advantage, outscoring the Ambassadors 34-13 over the final 15 minutes of the first half. AAMU added a 16-0 run in the second half.
 
Sami Pissis and Jalen Carruth scored 15 points apiece to lead five Bulldogs in double figures. Diovion Famakinde added 14 points and five rebounds, and Devin Brown came off the bench to record a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Stephaun Walker added 11 points and nine rebounds, while Bilal Abdur-Rahman finished with nine points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
 
Mississippi University for Women enters its first season under head coach Bernard Hopkins. The Owls return two starters from a team that won its first St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship and earned the program's first NCAA Division III tournament berth last season. MUW fell to Emory in the opening round.
 
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Alabama A&M travels to Chicago to face DePaul on Monday in its first road game of the regular season. Tipoff against the Blue Demons is set for 8 p.m. from Wintrust Arena and streamed on Tru TV.
 
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