MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Phillip Crawford finished 12 of 17 for a career-high 29 points and 17 rebounds as Alabama State held on to beat Mississippi Valley State 73-65 Monday.
Jamel Waters scored 11 points and Shawntez Patterson added 10 to help Alabama State (8-16, 5-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference) snap a three-game losing streak.
Trailing at halftime 40-27, Mississippi Valley State fought back to take a 54-53 lead on Davon Usher's jumper with 6:49 remaining.
After Usher's 3-pointer gave the Delta Devils a 59-56 advantage, Patterson's 3-pointer sparked a 7-0 run for Alabama State to give the Hornets the lead 65-59 with 4:26 left.
Mississippi Valley State (3-18, 3-8) would cut the deficit to 69-64 on Ervin Thomas' dunk with 1:14 to go, but Waters made a layup and Ryan Watts converted two free throws down the stretch to seal the victory for the Tigers.
Usher led the Delta Devils with 19 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mississippi Valley State (3-18) | 27 | 38 | 65 |
| Alabama State (7-17) « | 40 | 33 | 73 |
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| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Thomas, F | 40 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| B. Ralling, F | 12 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Tomlin, G | 32 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| D. Marshall, G | 22 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Henry, G | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Samples | 23 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Smith | 18 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Usher | 16 | 6-10 | 5-7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Francis | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Dobbs | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-59 | 11-18 | 31 | 7 | 22 | 65 | |
| 40.7% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Alabama State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Crawford, F | 31 | 12-17 | 5-6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| L. Page, F | 17 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Waters, G | 36 | 3-9 | 5-7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| S. Patterson, G | 26 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Freelove, G | 17 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McDaniel | 34 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Watts | 19 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| B. Brown | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Jefferson | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-57 | 16-24 | 41 | 11 | 18 | 73 | |
| 47.4% | 66.7% | ||||||
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