MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Wayne Dedrick scored 21 points, Jaime Smith added 18 and Division II Alabama-Huntsville held on for a 78-75 victory over North Texas in a Preseason NIT game on Monday night.
The Chargers (2-0) will play Kansas State on Tuesday for a spot in the tournament semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
Jordan Williams led the Mean Green (0-2) with 26 points.
Dedrick made one of two free throws to give Alabama-Huntsville a 76-73 lead with 15.9 seconds remaining. North Texas cut the gap to a point with a quick layup, but the Mean Green had to foul, and Xavier Baldwin made both free throws.
A last-second 3-pointer by North Texas' Chris Jones did not connect.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Alabama-Huntsville (1-0) « | 41 | 37 | 78 |
| North Texas (0-2) | 37 | 38 | 75 |
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| Alabama-Huntsville Chargers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Campbell, F | 35 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| C. Blasi, F | 14 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| X. Baldwin, G | 36 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Smith, G | 33 | 4-11 | 6-6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| R. Mack, G | 27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Dedrick | 23 | 7-15 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| A. Donovan | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| G. Gardner | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Carr | 7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 24-61 | 18-23 | 45 | 19 | 24 | 78 | |
| 39.3% | 78.3% | ||||||
| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Franklin, F | 31 | 7-12 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| T. Mitchell, F | 31 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| J. Williams, G | 36 | 8-16 | 7-7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 26 |
| A. Williams, G | 32 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Jones, G | 26 | 3-15 | 7-12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Hardwick | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Holmen | 12 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Overlander | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Coleman | 8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| N. Stojiljkovic | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-64 | 25-33 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 75 | |
| 35.9% | 75.8% | ||||||
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