GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Bruce Beckford scored 16 points and Austin Witter again paced North Carolina A&T's post play as the Aggies defeated Florida A&M 64-56 Monday night in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference action.
The win was the second straight and fourth in five games for North Carolina A&T (13-12, 6-4), which got eight points and 13 rebounds from Witter. The senior set a career high with 14 boards against Bethune-Cookman on Saturday, and has had double-digit rebounds in three straight games after managing fewer than 10 rebounds in 12 straight contests.
Adrian Powell added 11 points and Lamont Middleton 10 for the Aggies.
Muhammad Abdul-Aleem notched 16 points off the bench for the Rattlers (6-18, 3-7). Jamie Adams added 13 points but was just 2 of 10 from 3-point range as Florida A&M connected on just 6 of 23 from deep.
North Carolina A&T won despite shooting just 39.3 percent (22 of 56).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida A&M (6-18) | 26 | 30 | 56 |
| North Carolina A&T (13-12) « | 30 | 34 | 64 |
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| Florida A&M Rattlers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Powell, F | 27 | 3-8 | 8-9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| B. Beckford, F | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Middleton, G | 28 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| A. Witter, G | 26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Louisme, G | 17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Buck | 19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Siverand | 19 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Underwood | 18 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Stewart | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Upchurch | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| K. King | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Abdullah | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Behohn-Tolly | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Butler | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-50 | 13-18 | 46 | 13 | 22 | 68 | |
| 48% | 72.2% | ||||||
| North Carolina A&T Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Bradshaw, F | 25 | 1-10 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Teal, F | 18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| T. Kellum, F | 15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| R. Lewis, G | 31 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Adams, G | 25 | 2-14 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Abdul-Aleem | 26 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Davis | 24 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Bullard | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| O. Odi | 16 | 0-1 | 2-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Badejo | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Fabiyi | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bush | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13-57 | 13-29 | 34 | 6 | 16 | 40 | |
| 22.8% | 44.8% | ||||||
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