HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Demarquelle Tabb posted 16 points and 14 rebounds and Alabama A&M handed Missouri State its seventh straight loss, beating the Bears 59-47 Tuesday night.
Jeremy Crutcher had 12 points, Brandon Ellis came off the bench for 10 and Justan Banks pulled down 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Alabama A&M (3-6) trailed 25-24 at intermission but used a 17-4 run over the first 5:15 of the second half to jump ahead 41-29. The Bulldogs extended their lead to 58-43 behind a Tabb layup with 2:07 left to play.
The Bulldogs held a 39-23 rebounding advantage and dished out 15 assists compared to just eight for Missouri State.
Alabama A&M committed a season-low eight turnovers.
Marshall Marcus led Missouri State (2-9) with 16 points but was the long Bear in double figures. The 6-foot-3 freshman has hit double-figures in six games this season.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Missouri State (2-9) | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| Alabama A&M (3-6) « | 24 | 35 | 59 |
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| Missouri State Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kirk, F | 29 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Marshall, C | 15 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Marshall, G | 32 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| A. Downing, G | 31 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| N. Scheer, G | 23 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Williams | 21 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Simpson | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| G. Thurman | 19 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Aromona | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Pickens | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-47 | 8-12 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 47 | |
| 38.3% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Alabama A&M Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Banks, C | 34 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Crutcher, G | 40 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Tabb, G | 33 | 6-17 | 4-5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| B. Ellis, G | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| G. Hill, G | 25 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Davis | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Long | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Colvin | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Wagner | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. West | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 8-10 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 59 | |
| 40.4% | 80% | ||||||
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