NORMAL, Ala. (AP) - Aaron Clayborn scored 18 points and Texas Southern held off Alabama A&M 64-62 Saturday.
The Tigers (14-14, 13-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference) led 58-46 with 7:56 remaining, but allowed eight consecutive points over the ensuing 2 1/2 minutes. Omar Strong ended the run with a layup for a 59-56 advantage with 3:34 left.
After a Bulldogs' layup made it 59-58, Texas Southern ran off four straight points for a 63-58 lead with 2:02 left.
Alabama A&M's Nicholas West hit 1 of 2 free throws to make it 63-62 with 9 seconds remaining. The Tigers' Law Johnson-Danner grabbed the rebound from the miss, was fouled and hit 1 of 2 at the line to end the scoring.
Clayborn was 9-of-11 shooting. Ray Penn added 11 points and Fred Sturdivant 10.
Brandon Ellis led the Bulldogs (9-17, 5-10) with 16 points and Jeremy Crutcher added 1.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas Southern (14-14) « | 29 | 35 | 64 |
| Alabama A&M (9-17) | 30 | 32 | 62 |
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| Texas Southern Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Sturdivant, F | 31 | 4-6 | 2-5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Clayborn, F | 29 | 9-11 | 0-1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| L. Johnson-Danner, G | 38 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| O. Strong, G | 38 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Penn, G | 36 | 5-14 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Gibbs | 17 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| K. Sutton | 11 | 1-1 | 2-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 25-51 | 11-24 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 64 | |
| 49% | 45.8% | ||||||
| Alabama A&M Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Crutcher, G | 40 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| B. Ellis, G | 40 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Long, G | 37 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Tabb, G | 32 | 5-13 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| J. Wagner, G | 10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Hill | 28 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Lanier | 7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| N. West | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Banks | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-58 | 7-11 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 62 | |
| 43.1% | 63.6% | ||||||
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