Alcorn St. 51, Jackson St. 48

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JACKSON, Miss. -- Marquiz Baker scored 18 points and Anthony Nieves 17 as Alcorn State defeated Jackson State 51-48 Sunday night after trailing by 10 points at halftime.

Nieves scored nine straight points to cut a 34-24 Jackson State second-half lead to one point before a layup by Marius Myles gave the Braves (4-14, 2-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) a 35-34 lead with 8:39 remaining.

LeAntwan Luckett's dunk with 1:05 left put Alcorn State ahead to stay, 49-48, in a game that featured 11 lead changes and eight ties.

Alcorn State has beaten the Tigers (1-11, 0-3) five straight times.

Jackson State led 28-18 at halftime after shooting 45.8 percent (11 of 24) to the Braves' 21.7 percent (5 of 23). Kelsey Howard scored 12 points for the Tigers during a 13-1 run that wiped out a 15-13 Alcorn State lead.

Howard and Jeff Stubbs finished with 12 points each for Jackson State.

	ALCN	JKST
Points	51	48
FG Made-Attempted	16-48 (.333)	18-45 (.400)
3P Made-Attempted	5-17 (.294)	3-14 (.214)
FT Made-Attempted	14-26 (.538)	9-15 (.600)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)	20 (0/0)	20 (0/0)
Largest Lead	3	11

ALCN

JKST

Points

FG Made-Attempted

16-48 (.333)

18-45 (.400)

3P Made-Attempted

5-17 (.294)

3-14 (.214)

FT Made-Attempted

14-26 (.538)

9-15 (.600)

Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)

20 (0/0)

Largest Lead

	ALCN	JKST
Points	M. Baker 18	K. Howard 12
Rebounds	I. Francis 9	S. Coleman 7
Assists	M. Baker 3	C. Williams 2
Steals	M. Baker 2	C. Williams 2
Blocks	M. Starks 3	S. Coleman 5
Team Stats: Alcorn State \| Jackson State

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Jan 6, 2013	ALCN 51, @JKST 48	Recap
Feb 2, 2013	JKST 84, @ALCN 71	Recap

DATE

GAME

LINKS

» Jan 6, 2013

ALCN 51, @JKST 48

Recap

Feb 2, 2013

JKST 84, @ALCN 71

Recap

ALCN	JKST
01/08 @GRAM 8:30pm 01/12 MVSU 6:00pm 01/14 ARPB 8:45pm 01/19 @AAMU 6:30pm 01/21 @ALST 6:00pm	01/08 SOU 8:30pm 01/12 @TXSO 9:00pm 01/14 @PV 9:00pm 01/19 @GRAM 6:30pm 01/26 MVSU 8:30pm
Complete Schedule: Alcorn State \| Jackson State

TEAM	CONF W-L	TOTAL W-L
Southern University	15-3	23-9
Texas Southern	16-2	17-14
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	15-3	16-14
Prairie View A&M	8-10	15-19
Jackson State	9-9	11-18
Alabama A&M	6-12	11-20
Alabama State	8-10	10-22
Alcorn State	8-10	10-24
Mississippi Valley State	5-13	5-23
Grambling State	0-18	0-28
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