Alcorn State Survives Against Alabama State, 61-60

Filed under Game Recap on January 21st, 2012

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On January 21st in their own building, the Braves won a nail-biter over the Hornets, 61-60, in SWAC play.

Some notes about this matchup: The Braves maintain a great home court advantage, but the Hornets were hot, having won 4 out of their last 5. Last year, Alcorn State was 0-2 against Alabama State. Over the last four years, the Braves have a record of 3-6 with a record of 1-4 at Davey Whitney Complex. Since 1980, the Alcorn State record against Alabama State is 31-35.

Alcorn State was able to best Alabama State in assists and free throw shooting.

The Braves got 86% shooting from free throw line, compared to 71% for the Hornets. Alcorn State was able to spread the ball over the floor better, with 11 assists to seven for Alabama State.

Xavian Rimmer was the leading scorer for the Braves, shooting 57% for 13 points in 27 minutes. Anthony Nieves added a game-high five assists.

ASU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Tramaine Butler 31 19 6 1 2 0 3 B+ Stephawn Brown 33 10 4 3 1 1 2 B Ivory White 25 12 2 0 1 1 0 C P. Crawford 19 4 2 0 1 0 0 C Joshua Mason 21 2 2 1 0 0 0 C- Ryan Watts 23 10 0 0 1 0 4 C- J. Jefferson 9 0 3 0 0 1 1 D+ J. Middlebrooks 14 0 0 1 3 0 1 D+ Luther Page 21 3 1 1 0 0 2 - Anthony Price 4 0 1 0 0 0 0

ALCORN Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Anthony Nieves 30 12 3 5 2 0 2 B Michael Starks 14 6 3 1 0 1 0 B Xavian Rimmer 27 13 3 1 2 0 1 B Twann Oakley 35 10 4 3 0 0 2 B Ian Francis 28 8 4 1 1 1 0 C K. McDonald 31 11 1 0 2 0 3 D K. Sullivan 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 D- J. Hawkins 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 - M. Sanders 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

The Braves now sit at 5-14. Their SWAC record improves to 2-5, good enough to bump them up to 7th place.

The Braves now set their sights on Alabama A&M at home on January 23rd.

• The top two scorers (Xavian Rimmer and Anthony Nieves) accounted for 40.9% of the points.
• This is the 6th game at home this season--Alcorn State has a 12.7 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• Ian Francis has led the team in rebounding in 10 out of 19 games this season.
• Xavian Rimmer has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• The Braves have won 3 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2006, Alcorn State has won 18 close games.

• The Hornets have lost 1 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
• Tramaine Butler accounted for 31.6% of the team's points.
• This was the 1st foul out of the season for Jeff Middlebrooks.
• The top two rebounders (Tramaine Butler and Stephawn Brown) accounted for 47.6% of the rebounds.
• Tramaine Butler has led the team in scoring 5 times in 18 games this season.

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Tags: Xavian Rimmer, Anthony Nieves