Alcorn Goes for Season Sweeps over MVSU, UAPB
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Alcorn Goes for Season Sweeps over MVSU, UAPB

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LORMAN, Miss. – Returning home after a three-game road swing, the Alcorn State University men's basketball program will host Mississippi Valley State at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Davey L. Whitney Complex.
 
In the first meetings this year, Alcorn (10-12, 6-5 SWAC) posted lopsided victories over MVSU (2-21, 2-9 SWAC) and UAPB (3-20, 2-9 SWAC). The Braves defeated MVSU 105-73 and UAPB 82-54.
 
Alcorn's 105 points against the Delta Devils were the most its scored against a SWAC opponent since 2011-12. Junior Troymain Crosby registered a career-high 27 points. Seniors Maurice Howard and Corey Tillery both turned in double-doubles.
 
Against the Golden Lions, senior Deshaw Andrews notched a career-high 30 points in the win and the Braves shot 10-for-15 (.667) from beyond-the-arc.
 
Alcorn has four student-athletes averaging in double-figures. All four shoot over 83 percent from the free throw line. Howard averages a team-high 14.1 points per game.  In addition to his scoring and three-point shooting, he ranks fifth in the school record book in assists with 306. Howard has scored 1,255 career points with a career-high of 31 at Texas Southern this year.
 
Andrews scores 12.5 points per game and leads the SWAC in free throw percentage with a .838 mark. Tillery scores 12.8 points per outing and is already No. 6 in Alcorn single-season history in three-pointers made with 63. Crosby is second on the team in scoring and averages 13.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He missed Alcorn's last game at Grambling State due to a thigh injury.
 
Freshman Dominic Brewton is coming off his best game of the year. Starting in-place of an injured Crosby, Brewton stepped up with a career-high 23 points at GSU. He was 8-of-11 from the field and drilled a couple three-pointers.
 
MVSU is coming off a 67-61 win over AAMU. Both of MVSU's victories this year were against the Bulldogs to complete a season sweep. Michael Green is one of the league's top scorers and averages 17.1 points per game.
 
UAPB will try and snap an eight-game skid. Its last win came on Jan. 13 over Alabama State on the road 61-56. In conference games, Markedric Bell averages 10.7 points per outing. He recorded nine points and six rebounds in the first meeting between the two teams this year.
 
Both games can be heard live for free on 91.7 FM or wprl.org with Charles Edmond on the call. They can also be watched on Braves All-Access with a subscription.
 
NOTES
- Alcorn ranks 26th in the country in three-point percentage with a .372 mark. Individually, Howard ranks 29th in the nation at a .405 clip. Howard has made more threes than anyone in school history with 263.
 
- The Braves have won 9 of the last 10, and 13 of the last 15 home games at the Davey L. Whitney Complex. Alcorn has outscored the opposition 707-511 at home this year.
 
- Alcorn head coach Montez Robinson is in his fifth season at the helm. He carries a 45-38 SWAC record.
 
- The Braves are 69-38 all-time against MVSU and 8-3 under Robinson.
 
- Alcorn is 43-24 all-time against UAPB and 7-2 under Robinson.
 
- The Braves are 9-0 (5-0 SWAC) on the season when leading at halftime.
 
- Howard was named the front-runner for SWAC Player of the Year by ESPN on Feb. 4. Howard and Andrews are both on the Dos Equis 3X3U Watch List. They are 2 of 10 from the SWAC on the list.
 
- Alcorn's leading rebounder is junior Kobe Wilson with 6.1 rebounds per outing. He ranks fourth in the SWAC in blocks (1.0 bpg) and top-five in rebounding and offensive rebounding (2.1 orpg).
 
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