Men's Basketball | 11/21/2016 1:40:00 PM

Braves Set for Home Contest against Blue Mountain College

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LORMAN, Miss. – Coming off a 45-point victory, the Alcorn State University men's basketball program will look to cap off an unbeaten home-stand Tuesday when it hosts Blue Mountain College at 7 p.m. at the Davey L. Whitney Complex.
 
Alcorn (1-2) defeated Selma University 93-48 in its home opener Friday. Six different student-athletes scored in double-figures for the Braves. Alcorn won its home opener for the sixth year in a row.
 
Senior Marquis Vance is five points away from reaching 1,000 in his career. He's scored in double-figures in every game this season and averages team-highs of 14.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
 
On the season, Alcorn leads the SWAC in assists per game (13.7), blocks per game (5.0) and rebounding margin (+9.3). The Braves have not been outrebounded in a game this year as Vance leads the conference with his 8.0 mark.
 
BMC (2-1) has posted wins over Bryan College 55-50 and Morthland College 78-65 this season. It fell to Brescia University 86-83 and to South Alabama in an exhibition 88-35.
 
Jay Howard leads the team with 12.3 points per game and he primarily comes off the bench. He's one of three Toppers who average in double-figures along with Conner Helvig who scores 11.0 per outing and Anfernee Floyd with 10.3. Floyd also grabs 12.0 rebounds per game to complete his double-double average.
 
The game can be heard via radio on 91.7 WPRL FM with Charles Edmond as the voice of the Braves.
 
NOTES
- The Braves are looking to beat Blue Mountain for the second straight year after coming out on top 68-60 last season.
 
- With a win Tuesday, Alcorn would have a .500 overall record after four games for the first time since 2013-14.
 
- Vance was the only player in the SWAC to register a double-double on opening night as he tallied 12 points and 11 rebounds against Loyola-Chicago. He followed it up with a team-high 19 points against Evansville on Monday.
 
- Junior Reginal Johnson is coming off back-to-back double-figure scoring games. He neared a double-double against Selma with 14 points and eight rebounds. Johnson has been the team's sixth-man and averages 11.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He's third in the SWAC in field goal percentage with a .593 mark.
 
- Junior Avery Patterson made his first appearance of the season Friday and shot a red-hot 4-4 from three-point range and registered 14 points.
 
- Head coach Montez Robinson is in his second season at the helm. He inherited a squad that went 6-26, 4-14 SWAC in 2014-15 and more-than tripled the team's win total last season. Robinson was a finalist for both the 2016 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year and 2016 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year awards.
 
- Robinson coached Alcorn to its first winning SWAC season (13-5) since 2006-07 when it went 10-8. The 13 conference wins were the most since 2001-02 when the Braves finished 20-10, 16-2 SWAC and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
 
- Vance was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second-Team.  His career-high is 30 points against Grambling State on Feb. 9, 2015. He's also scored at least 24 points two other times.
 
- Alcorn has already signed a pair of student-athletes to its 2017-18 roster. It added Troymain Crosby, a 6-4 combo guard from Laurel, Mississippi, and Rolando Rodgers, a 6-9 power forward from the British Virgin Islands. Both players will have four years of eligibility at Alcorn.
 
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