Balanced scoring attack leads Alcorn State past UAPB 79-60

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) Tamarcio Wilson scored 12 points, while Devonte Hampton, Rahamanh Katumbusi II and Marquis Vance added 10 points apiece to help Alcorn State

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) Tamarcio Wilson scored 12 points, while Devonte Hampton, Rahamanh Katumbusi II and Marquis Vance added 10 points apiece to help Alcorn State beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 79-60 Monday night.

It was a career high for the freshman Katumbusi, who averages 1.9 points.

Twelve different Alcorn State players scored as the Braves shot a season-high 54.5 percent (24 of 44) from the field and hit 11 of 19 (57.9 percent) from 3-point range.

Alcorn State (12-12, 10-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) scored the first eight points and a layup by Reginald Johnson made it 15-2 midway through the first half. The Braves led 39-21 at the break.

Vance hit two 3s during an 11-1 run that gave Alcorn State a 64-33 lead, its biggest of the game, with 8:22 left.

Charles Jackson led UAPB (6-21, 4-9) with 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including all four of the Golden Lions' made 3-pointers. They finished 4 of 25 (16 percent) from behind the arc.