GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jean Louisme scored 18 points and Adrian Powell 16 as North Carolina A&T overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to knock off Eastern Kentucky 78-67 on Wednesday.
Austin Witter had 12 points and nine rebounds, and Lamont Middleton added 12 points and eight assists for the Aggies (5-7).
Mike DiNunno led Eastern Kentucky (9-2) with 22 points, including 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range, Marcus Lewis scored 14 and Glenn Cosey had 11.
Eastern Kentucky still led 37-29 at halftime, but the Colonels shot 29.6 percent from the field (8 of 27) in the second half to North Carolina A&T's 64 percent (16 of 25). The Aggies shot 55.3 percent for the game (26 of 47).
Trailing 37-20 in the first half, A&T scored the last nine points and the first three in the second half, and finally caught the Colonels at 44-all. The Aggies led 63-50 with 3:46 to go.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Kentucky (9-2) | 37 | 30 | 67 |
| North Carolina A&T (5-7) « | 29 | 49 | 78 |
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| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Stutz, F | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Muff, F | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Cosey, G | 40 | 2-8 | 5-5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 38 | 5-13 | 7-8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| T. Johnson, G | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lewis | 30 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| C. Walden | 26 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Johnson | 21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| R. Parsons | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 16-18 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 67 | |
| 39.2% | 88.9% | ||||||
| North Carolina A&T Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Powell, F | 36 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| A. Witter, F | 28 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| B. Beckford, C | 23 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| L. Middleton, G | 38 | 2-4 | 8-10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Louisme, G | 31 | 6-10 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Underwood | 24 | 0-2 | 8-8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Buck | 7 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Behohn-Tolly | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Smith | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| K. King | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-47 | 24-30 | 34 | 19 | 20 | 78 | |
| 55.3% | 80% | ||||||
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