Braves Return from Break with Flight to Santa Clara
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Braves Return from Break with Flight to Santa Clara

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – In the final non-conference game of the year, the Alcorn State University men's basketball program will travel far west to play against Santa Clara at 4 p.m. (CT) on Sunday at the Leavey Center.
 
It's the first game in nine days for Alcorn (4-6), which took off for the holidays.
 
In their last outing, the Braves notched a 122-71 home win over Ecclesia. Six student-athletes scored in double-figures as Alcorn posted its highest scoring total since 1984-85. Junior Arne Morris netted a career-high 16 points and was 4-for-4 from beyond-the-arc.
 
Alcorn has four student-athletes averaging in double-figures. At the top is senior Maurice Howard, a Preseason All-Conference First-Team selection with 14.4 points per game. Howard ranks sixth all-time in school history in assists (258) and 37th in scoring (1,091 points). He's made more threes than anyone in school history with 238.
 
Senior Corey Tillery is second on the team in scoring with 12.2 points per game. He registered season-highs of 21 points and eight rebounds at Tulane on 9-of-18 shooting.
 
Junior Troymain Crosby, a Preseason All-Conference Second-Team selection, averages 12.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He posted 19 point, 9 rebound performance at Little Rock.
 
Senior Deshaw Andrews is Alcorn's fourth double-figure scorer with 11.7 points per game. The forward is shooting .486 (18-37) from long-range.
 
The Braves rank first in the SWAC in several categories including scoring defense (71.7 ppg), three-point percentage (.371), threes made per game (10.3) three-point percentage defense (.298), offensive rebounds (13.4 orpg), defensive rebounds (27.2 drpg), assists (15.3 apg) and assist:turnover ratio (1.03).
 
Individually, Howard leads the conference in threes made per game (3.3), while Andrews is first in free throw percentage (.871).
 
Santa Clara (12-2) is having a strong season. Its only losses this year are to Stanford and Nevada. The Broncos have wins over Washington State and California. Most recently, Santa Clara defeated Mississippi Valley State 100-71.
 
The Broncos are a perfect 12-0 at home this year, and have won 14 in a row at the Leavey Center dating back to last year. Santa Clara is off to its second-best start in school history with a 12-2 overall record.  Guglielmo Caruso averages team-highs of 12.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
 
The game can be heard live on 91.7 FM or wprl.org with Charles Edmond on the call.
 
NOTES
- Alcorn is 0-2 all-time against Santa Clara, but it's the first game under head coach Montez Robinson. The last meeting came in 2012-13 with Luther Riley as Alcorn head coach.
 
- Alcorn has been a second half team this year. It's outscored the opposition 399-340 in the second half.
 
- The Braves looking for their first non-conference win over a Division I opponent since 2012-13 when they 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.
 
- 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 22-game road skid.
 
- Alcorn's leading rebounder is junior Kobe Wilson with 5.8 rebounds per outing. He ranks third in the SWAC in offensive rebounding (2.2 orpg). Wilson registered his first career double-double with career-highs of 14 points and 12 rebounds against Paul Quinn.
 
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