By Curtis Ford, Grambling State Associate AD for Athletic Communications
Grambling State guard Kintavious Dozier scored a season-high 30 points to lead Grambling State to a 77-67 win over Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) foe Alabama State at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome on Saturday afternoon.
Dozier was a marksman from behind the arc, scoring 21 of his points from three-point range. He went 9-for-15 from field and 7-of-11 from deep. He added three rebounds and steal to his tally.
Mikale Stevenson was also big on the offensive end for the Tigers, contributing 15 points with four assists, three boards and two steals.
PJ Eason and Antwan Burnett were strong on the glass, both grabbing 10 rebounds apiece in the victory.
Grambling State (7-16 overall, 4-6 SWAC) played from in front for much of game, having a response for every Alabama State run.
Leading 20-18 with 7:25 remaining until halftime, the Tigers began to put pressure on ASU (9-14, 5-5). Dozier knocked down 3-pointer to give GSU a 23-18 cushion. Emeka Nnaji followed that with a transition dunk to make it 25-18.
Grambling State led 38-28 at halftime.
After the Tigers stretched its lead to 43-30 with 16:48 on the left in the game, ASU used an 11-4 run to cut the lead to 47-41. GSU quickly extinguished that run, using a 9-1 spurt, punctuated by another triple from Dozier, to go up 56-42 with 11:19 to go.
Grambling State snagged its largest lead of the game, 65-48, on a layup by Nnaji at the 7:13 mark.
The Hornets did their best to try to keep pace but couldn’t close the gap to any more than five points.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Grambling State shot 48.1 percent from the field (26-of-54) and 42.1 percent (8-of-19) from three-point range. GSU was 17-of-21 at the free throw line (81.0 percent).
- The Tigers grabbed 40 rebounds.
- Grambling State committed 14 turnovers.
- GSU scored 34 points in the paint, 20 bench points, 18 points off turnovers, 17 fastbreak points and 13 second chance points.
- Alabama State shot 41.0 percent from the floor (25-of-61) and 33.3 percent from behind the arc (8-of-24). ASU was 9-of-13 at the charity stripe (69.2 percent)
- The Hornets pulled down 28 rebounds.
- Alabama State committed 10 turnovers.
- ASU scored 28 points in the paint, 24 points off turnovers, 10 bench points, 10 second chance points and seven fastbreak points.
- The Hornets were led by Amarr Knox who scored 17 points with four assists, two rebounds and a steal.
Up Next
Grambling State heads to Huntsville, Ala. to take on Alabama A&M on Monday at the AAMU Event Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
