ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Jamie Adams scored a career-high 28 points as Florida A&M took an 89-77 victory from Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference-rival South Carolina State Monday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Adams was 8-of-17 shooting and made a career-best six 3-pointers on 10 attempts, helping the Rattlers (5-14, 2-3) make 8 of 18 from long range.
Rattlers' freshman Trey Kellum pitched in 18 points and 11 rebounds for his second double-double.
Despite Kellum's efforts, South Carolina State (4-14, 0-5) won the rebound battle 46-30 and collected 24 second-chance points to the Rattlers' 10.
The Bulldogs committed 16 turnovers, though, leading to 18 Florida A&M points.
Matthew Hezekiah led South Carolina State with 21 points, while Khalif Toombs added 17 and Darryl Palmer 15.
The Bulldogs have now dropped 11 straight since beginning 4-3.
The Rattlers used a 24-4 run near the end of the first half for a 42-35 halftime lead.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida A&M (5-14) « | 42 | 47 | 89 |
| South Carolina State (4-14) | 35 | 42 | 77 |
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| Florida A&M Rattlers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Bradshaw, F | 26 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| M. Teal, F | 12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Adams, G | 39 | 8-17 | 6-7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| T. Kellum, G | 29 | 7-10 | 4-5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| R. Lewis, G | 23 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Bullard | 25 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Abdul-Aleem | 18 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| O. Odi | 12 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| W. Davis | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Fabiyi | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Badejo | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-66 | 17-23 | 30 | 11 | 23 | 89 | |
| 48.5% | 73.9% | ||||||
| South Carolina State Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Palmer, F | 21 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| M. Hezekiah, C | 35 | 9-16 | 3-3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| S. Mitchell, G | 32 | 3-12 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| K. Toombs, G | 32 | 3-8 | 9-13 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| P. Myers, G | 24 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Radovic | 21 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Black | 12 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Joint | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Linton | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Campbell | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Henry | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-60 | 21-32 | 46 | 11 | 18 | 77 | |
| 43.3% | 65.6% | ||||||
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