MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Denzell McDaniel scored 16 points and Ryan Watts netted eight of his 10 points during a key early run as Alabama State topped Jackson State 70-66 Wednesday night in each team's Southwestern Athletic Conference opener.
Alabama State (3-11) used a 9-0 run in the second half to take a 39-34 lead. Jackson State (1-9) tied it at 43-all on Dundrecous Nelson's 3-pointer with 8:39 left and again at 45-all on Sydney Coleman's layup seconds later, but then McDaniel drained a 3 for the Hornets and Jackson State never touched the lead again.
To open, the Hornets went without a field goal until Joshua Freelove drained a 3-pointer roughly 5 minutes in. The Hornets trailed 14-3 after Kenny Demouchet's layup for Jackson State, but then Watts hit consecutive 3-pointers and scored eight straight during a 10-0 run to close the gap.
Nelson finished with 27 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Jackson State (1-9) | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| Alabama State (3-11) « | 25 | 45 | 70 |
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| Jackson State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Gregory, C | 11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Nelson, G | 26 | 9-18 | 7-14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| D. Taylor, G | 26 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Howard, G | 23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Stubbs, G | 22 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Coleman | 29 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Williams | 25 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| P. Williams | 24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Stewart | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| K. Demouchet | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Lewis | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-58 | 10-20 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 66 | |
| 44.8% | 50% | ||||||
| Alabama State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Patterson, F | 21 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| S. Brown, F | 14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| P. Crawford, F | 13 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Waters, G | 33 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Freelove, G | 27 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McDaniel | 27 | 3-6 | 7-10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| L. Page | 22 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| B. Brown | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Watts | 17 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Jefferson | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Price | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-52 | 20-31 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 70 | |
| 40.4% | 64.5% | ||||||
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