Alcorn Posts Dominant 103-56 Victory over Concordia

LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University men's basketball program registered its largest margin of victory in 18 seasons when it cruised to a 103-56 win over Concordia on Saturday at the Davey L. Whitney Complex.
 
The 47-point win was Alcorn's largest margin of victory since 1999-00 when it topped Belhaven 95-44.
 
The Braves (1-6) led by 20, 46-26, at the half when they erupted for 57 more points in the second frame. Alcorn shot 35-68 (.515) from the field for the game.
 
Senior Reginal Johnson paved the way with 20 points and five rebounds. Junior Dante Sterling recorded 14 points, and seniors Avery Patterson and A.J. Mosby netted 10 points apiece. Sophomore Yalen Reed flirted with a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds.
 
Concordia (3-3) was led by Que Hall who scored nine points off the bench.
 
The Braves led 7-5 early when they went on a big 15-0 run which included three-pointers by sophomore Maurice Howard and Johnson, and a fast-break "and-one" by senior Juwan Henderson to go up 22-5 at the 11:08 mark. Alcorn extended the advantage to 32-12 after a pair of free throws by Sterling with 6:38 left.
 
Alcorn's biggest lead of the half came after a lay-up by junior TyQuaylon Smith which made it 36-15 with 5:17 to go. Howard drilled a three-pointer with 24 seconds left as the Braves were on top 46-26 at the break.
 
Early in the second half, Reed threw down a big dunk in transition on a feed from Mosby to put Alcorn ahead 56-28 with 18:01 remaining. A jumper and three-pointer by Mosby made it a 71-37 game at the 12:48 mark.
 
Still up 77-41, Alcorn went on a 9-0 spurt which included three-pointers by Sterling and Johnson to lead 86-41 with 8:53 remaining. The Braves went up by over 50 after a driving lay-up by Henderson with 6:26 left.
 
Alcorn's biggest lead of the game, 102-46, came after a three-pointer by Henderson with 2:33 to go.
 
The Braves will hit the road Wednesday when they travel to Tulane for a 7 p.m. tip. Alcorn's next home game is next Friday when it hosts Rust College at 7 p.m.
 
NOTES
- The Braves scored over 100 points for the first time since 2011-12 when they defeated Atlanta Christian 106-101 in double overtime. It was the first time Alcorn scored over 100 in regulation since 2000-01 when they topped Jackson State 106-76 in the first round of the SWAC Tournament.
 
- Alcorn is now 12-3 at home over the last two seasons.
 
- Johnson notched his fourth consecutive double-figure scoring game. He reached 20 points for the sixth time in his career. It was his 55th career double-digit scoring game. Johnson made four three-pointers in the game which was a career-high.
 
- Sterling, who was coming off a career-high 15 points against Yale, scored his third double-figure scoring game of the year. Sterling has etched at least six points and made at least one three-pointer in every game this year.
 
- Mosby etched his 22nd career double-figure scoring game, fifth this year and third in a row. He also finished with season-highs of seven rebounds and six assists.
 
- Patterson submitted his fifth career double-figure scoring game and second this year.
 
- Sophomore Devon Brewer tallied a career-high nine points. It topped his previous best of five against Creighton this season. Brewer also matched his career-high with five rebounds.
 
- The Braves made 13 three-pointers which was a season-high. They were 13-29 (.448) for the game.
 
Quoting Alcorn head coach Montez Robinson
Opening Statement
"I was really pleased with the effort and energy our guys played with. We rebounded the ball well, and that was one of the keys in our pregame. We had three guys with at least seven rebounds which is great. We also wanted to run our opponents off the three-point line and I thought we did a pretty good job with that."
 
On subbing a lot of guys
"I wanted to play a lot of guys tonight and let everyone get a feel for the game. I wanted to see what some guys could do off the bench. I wanted to do that in previous games, but today I made sure to get everyone an opportunity and see if I could get a spark out of anyone. I saw some things from some guys who hadn't normally been getting in, and maybe they'll start getting into our rotation."
 
On Reginal Johnson coming off the bench
"He scored 20 points in 17 minutes. Maybe that's where he should be at. I thought this was a game for us to maybe try something different and put him back in his old role coming off the bench. I don't know if we'll keep him there and he'll still have to rebound better. Though, I was really pleased with his production in just 17 minutes."
 
On Devon Brewer's career-high
"He had nine points but he probably should have had at least 15. There were three or four passes that sort of fumbled off his hands. Though, I was really pleased with his effort. He played a great game. The same could be said for Yalen Reed who played very aggressively."
 
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