By Curtis Ford, Grambling State Associate AD for Athletic Communications
GRAMBLING — Grambling State University easily disposed of Alabama A&M on Thursday night, defeating the Bulldogs 67-51 on Willis Reed Court at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Center.
GSU (10-20 overall, 7-10 SWAC) was locked in offensively shooting 55.3 percent from the field (26-of-47) and dominating the paint outscoring AAMU 40-18 underneath the basket.
James Flippin followed his stellar performance on Monday with an 18-point outing on Thursday. The junior forward from Milwaukee, Wisc. shot 80 percent from field going 8-of-10. He also snagged two rebounds.
Kintavious Dozier also scored in double-figures for the Tigers adding 11 points with three assists, two rebounds and a steal.
With Grambling State leading 9-7 with 11:57 remaining in the first half, the Tigers used a 14-3 run sparked by an Ernest Ross layup and capped by a bucket by Dozier to take a 23-10 lead with 5:30 on the clock.
Louis Hutchinson pushed the advantage to 27-12 with a deep 3-pointer at the 4:10 mark. The Bulldogs briefly cut GSU’s lead to single digits, 27-18, but the Tigers quickly pushed its advantage back to double figure before the end of the half.
Flippin closed the first half scoring with a turnaround jumper on a feed from Dozier to make it 35-19 heading into the half.
Alabama A&M was never able to threaten Grambling State in the second second half as the Tigers maintained a double-digit lead for the entirety of the period. Antwan Burnett gave GSU a 52-34 lead, its largest of the night, on a layup with 10:08 left in the contest.
The Bulldogs never got closer than 11 points in the closing 10 minutes of the game as the Tigers cruised to the 67-51 win.
AAMU was paced by Sailou Seye and Dylan Mclean who scored 10 points apiece.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Grambling State shot 55.3 percent from the field (26-of-47) and 40.0 percent (4-of-10) from three-point range. GSU was 11-of-13 at the free throw line (84.6 percent).
- Grambling State grabbed 26 rebounds.
- GSU committed 11 turnovers.
- The Tigers scored 40 points in the paint, 25 bench points, 13 points off turnovers, 13 fastbreak points and seven second chance points.
- Alabama A&M shot 32.7 percent from the floor (17-of-52) and 27.3 percent from behind the arc (6-of-22). BCU was 11-of-16 at the charity stripe (68.8 percent)
- The Bulldogs pulled down 23 rebounds.
- Alabama A&M committed 14 turnovers.
- AAMU finished with 18 points in the paint, 15 fastbreak points, 14 points off turnovers, 14 bench points and six second chance points.
Up Next
Grambling State takes on Alabama State on Saturday for Senior Day at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
