ATLANTA (AP) - Patrick Miller scored 14 points and handed out eight assists as Tennessee State defeated South Alabama 68-57 in a nonconference game Monday.
Miller, who also had four steals, scored 12 points in the second half when the Tigers (1-3) righted themselves after surrendering a 12-point halftime advantage.
Augustine Rubit, who led the Jaguars (2-1) with 21 points, scored eight in the first 2:45 of the second half to bring South Alabama within three points, 36-33.
A jumper by Kharon Butcher and a 3-pointer and layup by Miller stretched Tennessee State's lead to 51-39 with 10:52 remaining.
South Alabama got within eight, 51-43, on layups by Mychal Ammons and Rubit, but Tennessee State regained a 12-point lead on a jumper by Michael Green and an M.J. Rhett dunk, with an assist from Miller.
The game was part of a four-team, three-day round-robin portion of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Alabama (2-1) | 24 | 33 | 57 |
| Tennessee State (1-3) « | 36 | 32 | 68 |
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| South Alabama Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rubit, F | 30 | 7-10 | 7-7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Carter, F | 19 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Ammons, G | 36 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| F. Goldstein, G | 28 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Conner, G | 13 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Allen | 29 | 0-6 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Stevens III | 21 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| X. Roberson | 20 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| V. Juricek | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-49 | 17-28 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 57 | |
| 36.7% | 60.7% | ||||||
| Tennessee State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Covington, F | 26 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| M. Rhett, F | 20 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| P. Miller, G | 38 | 4-9 | 5-6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Harris, G | 30 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| T. Fredrick, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Cyphers | 24 | 1-9 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| K. Butcher | 18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| K. Thornton | 17 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| M. Green | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Dockery | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Wellian | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Gaither | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McClung | 1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-61 | 13-19 | 46 | 14 | 22 | 68 | |
| 41% | 68.4% | ||||||
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