JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Marquiz Baker scored 18 points and Anthony Nieves 17 as Alcorn State defeated Jackson State 51-48 Sunday night after trailing by 10 points at halftime.
Nieves scored nine straight points to cut a 34-24 Jackson State second-half lead to one point before a layup by Marius Myles gave the Braves (4-14, 2-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) a 35-34 lead with 8:39 remaining.
LeAntwan Luckett's dunk with 1:05 left put Alcorn State ahead to stay, 49-48, in a game that featured 11 lead changes and eight ties.
Alcorn State has beaten the Tigers (1-11, 0-3) five straight times.
Jackson State led 28-18 at halftime after shooting 45.8 percent (11 of 24) to the Braves' 21.7 percent (5 of 23). Kelsey Howard scored 12 points for the Tigers during a 13-1 run that wiped out a 15-13 Alcorn State lead.
Howard and Jeff Stubbs finished with 12 points each for Jackson State.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Alcorn State (4-14) « | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| Jackson State (1-11) | 28 | 20 | 48 |
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| Alcorn State Braves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Francis, F | 30 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Starks, F | 20 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Baker, G | 39 | 5-13 | 6-9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| A. Nieves, G | 36 | 5-15 | 4-9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| L. Luckett, G | 29 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Myles | 13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Hampton | 10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Raquil | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Evans | 8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Nicholas | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Hester | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Birdie | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-48 | 14-26 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 51 | |
| 33.3% | 53.8% | ||||||
| Jackson State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Gregory, C | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Howard, G | 31 | 4-8 | 3-7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Stubbs, G | 31 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| D. Taylor, G | 31 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Nelson, G | 24 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Coleman | 31 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Williams | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| P. Williams | 11 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| K. Stewart | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lewis | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Jones | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-45 | 9-15 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 48 | |
| 40% | 60% | ||||||
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