LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University Braves basketball team (1-4) travels to Fort Worth, Texas for a Tuesday night game against the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University.
Alcorn comes into the contest after a tough 49-81 loss to Big 10 opponent, Michigan State University. To defeat TCU, Braves such as
Jeremiah Gambrell and Jermiah Kendall will need career nights. For the season, Kendall leads Alcorn with 18.5 points and 10 rebounds per game.
Byron Joshua has been the offensive initiator with 2.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Against the Spartans,
Jeremiah Gambrell led the way for Braves with 12 points and two rebounds. He was followed by Kendall with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
ASU will be dealing with a Horned Frog team (4-0) fresh off an 86-52 win over Southwestern Athletic Conference opponent, Mississippi Valley State University. JaKobe Coles is the point leader for TCU with 15.3 points per game. He is followed by Micah Peavy and Jameer Nelson, Jr. with 13. 3 points per game. Another top player is Emanual Miller with 12.5 points per game while also averaging 6.3 rebounds per game. Rounding out the scorers is Avery Anderson, III with 11.5 points per game. Ernest Udeh, Jr. is also hitting the boards hard for TCU with 6.5 rebounds per game. In their last outing, Rayquan Brown had the hot hand with 17 points while Kameron Mahan recorded a team high six rebounds. Donovan Sanders kept the offense moving with three assists and two steals.
Tip off is set for 7 p.m. at Schollmaier Arena. Fans can watch the action on ESPN+.
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