ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) - Davon Usher scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half as Mississippi Valley State earned its first victory of the season, defeating Alabama A&M 79-68 in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game Sunday night.
Darius Tomlin added 15 of his 21 points in the second half, when the Delta Devils (1-11, 1-1) shot 57.1 percent (16 of 28) to expand a 25-24 halftime lead and end a three-game winning streak for the Bulldogs (6-8, 2-1).
Usher made 5 of 8 shots in the second half and all 10 of his free-throw attempts, and he scored nine points during an 18-5 run that gave Mississippi Valley State a 56-41 lead with 8:19 remaining.
Alabama A&M cut the margin to six, 60-54, but the Delta Devils reeled off nine straight points in a 1:11 span, including four by Tomlin.
Jeremy Crutcher and Demarquelle Tabb scored 16 points each for the Bulldogs.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Alabama A&M (6-8) | 24 | 44 | 68 |
| Mississippi Valley State (1-11) « | 25 | 54 | 79 |
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| Alabama A&M Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Banks, C | 19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Tabb, G | 36 | 7-14 | 2-5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| G. Hill, G | 35 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| B. Ellis, G | 32 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| J. Crutcher, G | 29 | 5-11 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Davis | 23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| J. Long | 13 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Colvin | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Houston | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wagner | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-55 | 7-13 | 32 | 10 | 20 | 68 | |
| 47.3% | 53.8% | ||||||
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Ralling, F | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Francis, C | 10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Usher, G | 39 | 7-13 | 10-10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| D. Marshall, G | 22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Johnson, G | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith | 30 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| D. Tomlin | 23 | 8-13 | 5-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| E. Thomas | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Dobbs | 12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| C. Henry | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Samples | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-61 | 18-21 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 79 | |
| 44.3% | 85.7% | ||||||
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