LORMAN, Miss. (AP) - Jeremy Sledge knocked down three 3-pointers en route to 23 points as Division II's Fort Valley State defeated Alcorn State 86-78 Monday.
Davey Brandon added 18 points and nine rebounds for Fort Valley State and also converted two 3-pointers. Brandon and Sledge combined to go 8 of 8 from the free-throw line.
Fort Valley State (2-3) jumped out to a 35-29 halftime lead behind a 54.2 percent (13 of 24) first-half shooting performance. Alcorn State shot just 32.5 percent (13 of 40) in the first half, including 0 of 7 from 3-point range.
Fort Valley State built a 52-48 second-half lead before Alcorn State rallied to tie the game 58-all with 10 minutes left. But Brandon and Sledge hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Fort Valley State ahead 64-58. Brandon converted a three-point play after Sledge's 3-pointer to put the game away.
LeAntwan Luckett led Alcorn State (1-2) with 17 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Fort Valley State (1-0) « | 35 | 51 | 86 |
| Alcorn State (1-3) | 29 | 49 | 78 |
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| Fort Valley State Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Cooper, F | 18 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Z. Harmon, F | 7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Davey, G | 31 | 7-14 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| A. Bing, G | 27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Sledge, G | 24 | 7-10 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Davis | 19 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| C. Moye | 19 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Hunter | 18 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| D. McCall | 15 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| N. Domineck | 11 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| A. Clanton | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| P. Mullings | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Riley | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Wilson | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-53 | 15-24 | 31 | 7 | 25 | 86 | |
| 58.5% | 62.5% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Raquil, F | 21 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Starks, F | 13 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Nicholas, F | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Evans, G | 36 | 3-15 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| L. Luckett, G | 27 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hampton | 33 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| T. Hunt | 29 | 6-14 | 4-10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| A. Nieves | 26 | 2-10 | 8-10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Myles | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Hester | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Nwosuh | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-75 | 19-33 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 78 | |
| 36% | 57.6% | ||||||
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