Men's Basketball | 1/20/2017 10:31:00 AM

Braves Hit the Road to Face Alabama State

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Coming off a decisive 82-64 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, the Alcorn State University men's basketball program will kick-off a road weekend on Saturday when it heads to Alabama State for a 5 p.m. affair at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
 
Alcorn (6-11, 3-3 SWAC) defeated the Golden Lions by using a balanced scoring attack. Four different Braves scored in double-figures including junior A.J. Mosby who flirted with a triple-double with 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
 
Junior Reginal Johnson leads the team with 15.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting .527 from the field. He's scored at least 12 points in 15 of the last 16 games, and has pulled down at least five rebounds in 16 of the last 17 contests.
 
Senior Marquis Vance also nearly averages a double-double with 10.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. He's tallied 62 career double-figure scoring games and nine double-doubles.
 
The Braves are looking for their second straight road win. They beat Jackson State 63-50 on Jan. 11 after Vance hit a clutch three-pointer late in the second half to flip the momentum back in Alcorn's favor after the Tigers were attempting a comeback.
 
ASU (4-13, 2-3 SWAC) is coming off a 57-55 road win over rival Alabama A&M. The Hornets also have a 73-69 home win over Grambling, but have fallen to Jackson State 63-60, UAPB 71-63 and MVSU 73-70.
 
Rodney Simeon leads the team with 10.9 points per game. Tony Armstrong is also a big contributor with 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per outing.
 
The game will feature two of the top rebounding teams in the SWAC. Alcorn leads the league with a +6.8 rebounding margin while Alabama State is third at +3.6. The Braves and the Hornets are the top-two squads in offensive rebounds.
 
Alcorn will close out the weekend at Alabama A&M at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
 
NOTES
- The Braves and the Hornets split the season series last year, each winning at home. Alcorn is looking to win at ASU for the first time since Jan. 26, 2009.
 
- The win over UAPB improved Alcorn's home record to 5-2 where it has outscored the opposition 549-434.
 
- In conference games, the Braves lead the league in field goal percentage defense (.378), three-point field goal percentage defense (.257) and rebounding margin (+6.8). They are second in the SWAC in scoring margin (+4.7), assists (13.8 apg) and offensive rebounds (13.0 orpg).
 
- In SWAC games, Johnson leads the league in rebounding with 9.3 per contest. The team's "sixth man", Johnson had a monster performance against Mississippi Valley State where he put up 28 points and 16 rebounds, both were career-highs.
 
- Vance is Alcorn's newest member of the 1,000-point club after he surpassed the mark against Blue Mountain on Nov. 22, 2016.
 
- In conference-only games, senior Denzel Dulin is second on the team in scoring with 10.5 points per affair. He's registered at least eight points in every conference game this year and reached double-figures in three of the last five. Dulin ranks ninth in league games in three-point percentage (.438). He scored a career-high 20 points at Colorado State on Nov. 27 which upped his previous best of 16 set in the game before against Blue Mountain.
 
- Mosby has notched four consecutive double-figure games. He's the only Brave to start in every game this year. In league games, Mosby ranks third in the SWAC in assist:turnover ratio (2.0) and top-five in assists (3.3 apg).
 
- Senior DeAndre Davis is coming off a season-high 15 points against UAPB. He's grabbed at least seven rebounds in each of the last three games. Davis returned to the lineup for conference play after missing the previous nine games with a hand injury. He posted 12 points and five rebounds against Texas Southern in his first game back.
 
- Junior Juwan Henderson has gotten his hands on eight steals over the last two games. He grabbed a career-high five steals against MVSU which is the most by a Brave in a single game this season.
 
- Freshman Yalen Reed has been one of Alcorn's most accurate shooters this year. He comes off the bench and is shooting 22-for-37 (.595) on the year.
 
- The Braves are 6-1 this season when leading at half and 4-0 when holding the opposition to under 60 points, and 4-0 when scoring over 80 points.
 
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