LORMAN, Miss. (AP) - Raymond Penn scored 14 points and dished out four assists to help Texas Southern defeat Alcorn State 57-48 Friday and snap an 11-game losing streak.
Penn made 5 of 12 shots from the field and Omar Strong had 11 points and five rebounds for Texas Southern (2-13, 1-1), which hadn't won since Nov. 26 against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Anthony Nieves led Alcorn State (3-14, 1-1) with 24 points and LeAntwan Luckett had 18 but the pair combined to shoot 38.4 percent (15 of 39) from the field. Alcorn State, which led 31-29 at halftime, shot 35.5 percent (11 of 31) in the first half but dipped to 20.7 percent (6 of 29) after intermission.
Texas Southern outscored Alcorn State 28-17 in the second half, when the Tigers hit just 28 percent (7 of 25) shots from the field but made 13 free throws after converting just one in the first half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas Southern (2-13) « | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Alcorn State (3-14) | 31 | 17 | 48 |
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| Texas Southern Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Sturdivant, F | 25 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Sutton, C | 18 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| O. Strong, G | 36 | 3-12 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| R. Penn, G | 33 | 5-12 | 3-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| D. Ellington, G | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Gibbs | 32 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| A. Clayborn | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Johnson-Danner | 17 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| E. Blackwell | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-51 | 14-22 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 57 | |
| 37.3% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Alcorn State Braves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Nicholas, F | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Raquil, F | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Luckett, G | 39 | 6-18 | 4-7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| A. Nieves, G | 39 | 9-21 | 4-5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| M. Baker, G | 32 | 0-10 | 2-6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Evans | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| I. Francis | 21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Starks | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| T. Birdie | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Myles | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Hester | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-60 | 10-18 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 48 | |
| 28.3% | 55.6% | ||||||
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