GARLAND, Texas (AP) - Christian Williams scored 22 points to lead Jackson State to a 66-59 win over Alabama State on Thursday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament.
Williams was 6 of 13 from the field for the game for the second-seeded Tigers. Jeff Stubbs scored 18 points. Willie Readus and Derrell Taylor had seven rebounds apiece.
No. 5 seed Alabama State led 31-30 at halftime and shot 41 percent from the field for the game, while Jackson State shot 36.5 percent. But the Hornets had 12 turnovers, and Jackson State (11-17) had the advantage in rebounding 40-35.
Phillip Crawford had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Hornets (10-22). Denaell McDaniel had 15 points, and Joshua Freelove added 11. Bobby Brown had a team-high 11 rebounds.
Jackson State will play the winner of the Thursday night match between Alcorn State and Prairie View on Friday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Alabama State (10-22) | 31 | 28 | 59 |
| Jackson State (11-17) « | 30 | 36 | 66 |
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| Alabama State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Crawford, F | 35 | 6-13 | 6-9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| S. Patterson, F | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Freelove, G | 40 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| D. McDaniel, G | 31 | 6-10 | 3-7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| R. Watts, G | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Brown | 28 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Waters | 21 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| L. Page | 4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 23-56 | 11-20 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 59 | |
| 41.1% | 55% | ||||||
| Jackson State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Readus, F | 20 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Lewis, G | 34 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Williams, G | 31 | 6-13 | 7-7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| K. Howard, G | 27 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| P. Williams, G | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stubbs | 24 | 4-11 | 9-11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| D. Taylor | 20 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Coleman | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Stewart | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Nelson | 4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Demouchet | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-52 | 23-27 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 66 | |
| 36.5% | 85.2% | ||||||
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