Men's Basketball | 11/26/2019 8:35:00 AM

Braves Go Back to Work at Little Rock

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Alcorn State University men's basketball program will be in action Wednesday evening in a 6:30 p.m. road contest at Little Rock at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
The Braves (2-4) were off from competition over the weekend. The last time they took the court they routed Our Lady of the Lake 92-56 at home last Thursday.
 
The Braves have been a second half team this year. They've outscored the opposition 231-209 in the second half.
 
Alcorn has been taking advantage of its opportunities at the free throw line. The team leads the SWAC in free throw percentage (.730). The Braves also rank first in the conference in three-pointers made per game with 9.3, led by senior Corey Tillery's 2.7 threes per outing.
 
Senior Deshaw Andrews leads the Braves in scoring with 12.5 points per game and is 19-of-21 (.905) from the free throw line. He's coming off a season-high 20 points in the win over OLLU. Andrews has reached double-figures in five of six games.
 
Alcorn's leading rebounder is junior Kobe Wilson. He ranks third in the conference in rebounding with 8.0 per game. He registered his first career double-double with career-highs of 14 points and 12 rebounds against Paul Quinn.
 
Senior Maurice Howard returned from injury against OLLU after missing the previous two games. He averages 11.0 points per game and ranks second in the SWAC in three-point percentage (.357) and assist:turnover ratio (2.2). The Preseason All-Conference First-Team honoree ranks seventh in school history in assists (246) and 39th in scoring (1,017 points).
 
Little Rock is off to a 3-3 start. It has wins over Missouri State, Southwest Baptist and Central Arkansas. It has losses to Illinois State, Memphis and NC State.
 
Markquis Nowell leads the Sun Belt Conference in scoring (20.2 ppg), steals (3.6 spg) and minutes playing (39.8), while ranking second in assists (5.2 apg) and fourth in free throw percentage (.913). The sophomore scored 28 points at Illinois State and has played 40 minutes in five of six games.
 
Wednesday's game can be heard live for free on 91.7 FM or wprl.org with Charles Edmond on the call.
 
NOTES
- Wednesday will be the 12th time Alcorn has faced Little Rock, and the first since 2003-04. The Braves have three wins in the all-time series, the last coming in 1991-92.
 
- Alcorn is going for its first non-conference win over a Division I opponent since 2012-13 when it topped Samford 69-65 in overtime. However, all wins from 2012-13 were vacated by the NCAA. Prior to that season, the last DI non-conference win was against Jacksonville State 70-68 in 2003-04.
 
- Junior Troymain Crosby, a Preseason All-Conference Second-Team selection, averages 12.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Crosby ranks third in the conference in free throw percentage with a .850 mark.
 
- Alcorn's last road win came on Feb. 17, 2018 when it defeated Alabama A&M 80-60. The Braves are looking to snap a 21-game road skid.
 
- Senior Devon Brewer has turned away 68 career blocks, and is attempting to become just the ninth player in school history to reach the 80-block plateau. He missed the team's last game against OLLU due to injury.
 
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