MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rashad Hassan scored 19 points and Deven Williams had 18 to lead Savannah State to a 59-54 victory over Alabama State on Friday night.
The Hornets tied the game for the final time at 50-50 with 2:37 remaining on Stephawn Brown's 3-pointer from the top of the key.
Savannah State took the lead for good with just over two minutes to play and extended it to 55-51 with 1:18 left in the game on a 3-pointer by Williams. A three-point play by Joshua Freelove brought the Hornets (0-4) to within one at 55-54 with 55 seconds remaining, but the Tigers (3-1) held on for the victory.
Freelove led Alabama State with 17 points.
Savannah State led 9-2 and 19-6 in the first half, but Alabama State came back to within two, trailing 25-23 at the break.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Savannah State (3-1) « | 25 | 34 | 59 |
| Alabama State (0-4) | 23 | 31 | 54 |
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| Savannah State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Smith, F | 27 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Hassan, F | 25 | 8-11 | 3-3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| P. Blackman, G | 27 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Smith, G | 21 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Wilson, G | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Louis | 20 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Williams | 16 | 4-10 | 6-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| P. Hendley | 14 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| K. White | 11 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Burger | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Spears | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Davis | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Montgomery | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-60 | 13-17 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 59 | |
| 33.3% | 76.5% | ||||||
| Alabama State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Page, F | 36 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Coleman, C | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| S. Brown, G | 36 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| R. Watts, G | 17 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Price, G | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Freelove | 28 | 7-14 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| B. Brown | 25 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Waters | 25 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| D. Miller | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Mason | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-47 | 7-10 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 54 | |
| 46.8% | 70% | ||||||
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