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CLARK_GSU
75
Grambling GSU 11-18,8-8 SWAC
78
Winner Alabama St. ALST 10-21,8-10 SWAC
Grambling GSU
11-18,8-8 SWAC
75
Final
78
Alabama St. ALST
10-21,8-10 SWAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Grambling GSU 40 35 75
Alabama St. ALST 35 43 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Alabama State defeats Grambling State, season ends short of tournament

Hornets win final two regular season games, finish one game back for eighth spot

MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State used a late second half push and four players in double figures to defeat Grambling State 78-75 in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play in the regular season finale.

The two teams were tied at 69-all with 2:47 to play before E.J. Clark knocked down a pair of free throws to give Alabama State a two-point lead. After Grambling State tied the game at 71-all with 2:11 to play, Clark knocked down a corner three to give the Hornets a 74-71 lead. The Tigers would get it to two before Clark knocked down four straight free throws over the final 25 seconds for the win.

Trace Young led Alabama State with 21 points off the bench, connecting on 7-of-9 shots from the floor including four three-pointers. Clark finished with 20 including knocking down all seven free throws, while Gerald Liddell finished with 15 and Kenny Strawbridge 14 (with eight rebounds).

Alabama State finished the night shooting 49.0 (24-of-49) percent from the floor and 38.1 (8-of-21) from beyond the arc, while also shooting 84.6 (22-of-26) percent from the free throw line. Meanwhile, Grambling State (11-19, 9-9 SWAC) finished the night shooting 45.9 (28-of-61) percent from the floor and 42.9 (9-of-21) percent from beyond the arc.

Cameron Christon led the Tigers with 21 points.

Alabama State (8-21, 8-10) doubled up their conference wins from a season ago but came up a game short of the conference tournament after a Jackson State victory over Mississippi Valley State on Saturday night.

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