MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Lazabian Jackson scored 20 points and Tevin Hammond added five of his 10 points in the final 31 seconds to help Arkansas-Pine Bluff hold off Alabama State 81-77 Saturday night.
Jackson hit 6 of 9 from 3-point range for the Golden Lions (9-13, 8-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference), who have won five of their past six and eight of 10 since snapping a nine-game losing streak.
Hammond's free throw with 31 seconds left put Arkansas-Pine Bluff up 78-74. Joshua Freelove hit a 3 for Alabama State with 25 seconds left, but Hammond hit a free throw and then a layup as the Hornets' last two possessions ended in a turnover and a missed 3-pointer.
Freelove led Alabama State (6-17, 4-6) with 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting, making 6 of 9 3-point attempts. Phillip Crawford added 21 points and nine rebounds.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff's DaVon Haynes and Terrell Kennedy had 13 points each.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9-13) « | 47 | 34 | 81 |
| Alabama State (6-17) | 41 | 36 | 77 |
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| Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Haynes, F | 28 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| T. Kennedy, C | 29 | 3-9 | 6-7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Hammond, G | 38 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| L. Jackson, G | 31 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| D. Broughton, G | 20 | 6-10 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Anderson | 17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Mosley | 17 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Savage | 9 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Floyd | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Whiting | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jones | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Boyd | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-62 | 12-20 | 32 | 22 | 22 | 81 | |
| 48.4% | 60% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Crawford, F | 25 | 8-13 | 5-7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| L. Page, F | 23 | 1-3 | 6-8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Patterson, F | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Freelove, G | 32 | 11-17 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| J. Waters, G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Brown | 30 | 3-9 | 3-6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| D. McDaniel | 26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| R. Watts | 23 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Jefferson | 7 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 26-57 | 19-27 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 77 | |
| 45.6% | 70.4% | ||||||
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