MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Ivory White posted a double-double and led Alabama State with 15 points in a 63-61 win over Grambling State 63-61 Thursday night in Southwestern Athletic Conference action.
Alabama State (11-18, 8-9), leading 47-34 at halftime, won despite scoring 16 points in the second half.
White totaled 15 points and 10 rebounds. Phillip Crawford posted a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double and Tramaine Butler added 13 points and Ryan Watts 11.
The Hornets held a 44-26 rebounding edge.
For Grambling (3-24, 3-14), guards Quincy Roberts and Xavier Rogers scored 26 and 20 points, respectively. Six other Tigers scored, none more than three points.
Down 13 at halftime, Grambling rallied late. Rogers' 3-pointer with 59 seconds left cut it to 63-61. Alabama missed two 1-and-1's in the waning seconds, the second with 8 seconds left. The Hornets, with fouls to give, fouled twice before Roberts' long trey bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Grambling (3-24) | 34 | 27 | 61 |
| Alabama State (11-18) « | 47 | 16 | 63 |
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| Grambling Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Wheeler, F | 34 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| P. Roberson, C | 31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| X. Rogers, G | 38 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| Q. Roberts, G | 36 | 7-18 | 10-12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| D. Copeland, G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Dorsett | 18 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Purvis | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Livas | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Danridge | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Higgins | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 12-15 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 61 | |
| 37% | 80% | ||||||
| Alabama State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. White, F | 36 | 4-7 | 4-5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| P. Crawford, F | 20 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| T. Butler, G | 30 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| S. Brown, G | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Middlebrooks, G | 20 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Watts | 22 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| L. Page | 20 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Mason | 19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Price | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| E. Johnson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-53 | 9-18 | 47 | 16 | 16 | 63 | |
| 41.5% | 50% | ||||||
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