NCAAB Game Recap - Texas Southern at Alabama A&M
Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:30 PM EST

Stetsn
57
FlGlf
87
F
Okla
63
Kansas
73
F
NJIT
66
Lipsco
97
F
JU
74
NFla
77
F
KennSt
80
USC-Up
78
F
UNC
43
UVA
53
F
WVU
62
Baylor
71
F
Mia-FL
61
VaTec
66
F
ULM
72
CoCar
77
F
UL
77
App
62
F
VMI
68
WCU
81
F
ETSU
66
UNCG
72
F
Samf
79
Mercer
88
F
Chat
76
Citad
85
F
Savan
74
NCC
73
F
BethC
73
NCAT
70
F
MD-ES
69
How
79
F
Copp
66
Morg
71
F
Troy
67
TexAr
82
F
USA
64
TxSt
90
F
GASt
67
ArkSt
78
F
TXSo
74
AlaAM
64
F
Gram
80
MsVl
84
F
JackSt
62
ArkPB
51
F
Norf
59
Hamp
63
F
GaSo
54
ArkLR
56
F
PVAM
77
ASU
58
F

Feb 27, 2017, 8:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

Texas Southern

41

33

74

Alabama A&M

30

34

64

Jefferson lifts Texas Southern over Alabama A&M 74-64
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:04 PM

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Demontrae Jefferson scored 23 points shooting 6 for 9 and made all nine of his fouls shots and Zach Lofton scored 15 points and Texas Southern beat Alabama A&M 74-64 on Monday for its fourth straight win.

Texas Southern (18-11, 14-2 Southwestern Athletic) never trailed. De'Ederick Petty buried a 3 for Alabama A&M and brought the Bulldogs to within 17-15 with 11:19 left before halftime, but the Tigers went on to outscore them 24-15 and led 41-30 at halftime.

Jefferson, Lofton and Kevin Scott combined for 9 for 15 shooting with each going 3 for 5 before intermission. Scott finished with 13 points.

The Bulldogs rallied and closed to 56-53 on Quinterian McConico's layup with 11:25 to play but never got closer. McConico led Alabama A&M (2-25, 2-14) with 18 points shooting 9 for 14 and Petty added 17 points.

The Tigers stayed in first place a game ahead of Alcorn State (13-3) and the two teams square off in Houston on Friday.

Leaders

Texas Southern PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
D. Jefferson 23 0 3 3 2 0
Z. Lofton 15 0 2 2 0 0
Alabama A&M PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
Q. McConico 18 0 1 6 0 0
D. Petty 17 0 0 2 0 0

Team Comparison

TXSo AlaAM
Points For 74 64
Field Goals 26/53-49% 22/44-50%
Three Pointers 5/13-38% 5/12-42%
Free Throws 17/18-94% 15/23-65%
Offensive Rebounds 7 8
Defensive Rebounds 16 19
Rebounds 24 28
Blocks 2 1
Steals 5 2
Turnovers 3 11
Personal Fouls 22 21
Technical Fouls 1 0
Ejections 0 0

2016-17 Reg Season - TXSo Leads Series 2-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Mon Jan 30 AlaAM 47 @ TXSo 92 Q. McConico 12 Z. Lofton 21
Mon Feb 27 TXSo 74 @ AlaAM 64 D. Jefferson 23 Q. McConico 18

Game Information

Stadium: Elmore Gymnasium, Normal, Alabama
Attendance: 0
Game Time: