ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Darryl Palmer scored 18 points and South Carolina State broke its 15-game losing streak with a 72-70 victory over North Carolina A&T Saturday night.
The Bulldogs (4-18, 1-9) gave interim coach Murray Garvin his first win since replacing Tim Carter earlier this month. South Carolina State also ended a 25-game losing streak in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games.
The Bulldogs led 34-31 at halftime, thanks to Palmer - who grabbed 12 rebounds - and Khalif Toombs and Adama Adams, who scored 15 points apiece.
NC A&T (13-13, 6-5), which got 18 points from Jean Louisme and 11 each from Adrian Powell and Austin Witter, kept it close throughout the second half.
NC A&T's Lamont Middleton's two foul shots with 0:37 left cut it to 69-67. But free throws from three different Bulldogs made it 72-67 with 0:14 left. Witter hit a trey, but Toombs' two last-second missed foul shots didn't matter.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Carolina A&T (13-13) | 31 | 39 | 70 |
| South Carolina State (5-18) « | 34 | 38 | 72 |
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| North Carolina A&T Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Powell, F | 39 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| A. Witter, F | 31 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| B. Beckford, F | 30 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Louisme, G | 26 | 6-12 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| L. Middleton, G | 23 | 2-11 | 4-5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Underwood | 31 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| D. Upchurch | 9 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| W. Siverand | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Buck | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. King | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-63 | 9-13 | 42 | 15 | 24 | 70 | |
| 39.7% | 69.2% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Palmer, F | 33 | 6-14 | 5-8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| D. Joint, F | 24 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Hezekiah, C | 33 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Toombs, G | 30 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| S. Mitchell, G | 16 | 1-5 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Adams | 26 | 4-4 | 5-7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| P. Myers | 11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| L. Radovic | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Black | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| P. Henry | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-61 | 19-31 | 41 | 13 | 15 | 72 | |
| 39.3% | 61.3% | ||||||
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