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Texas Southern men's basketball upped its winning streak to three games after holding off a furious Alcorn State comeback Saturday evening inside the H&PE Arena.
Both teams were neck-to-neck to open the game as it was setting up to become the typical Alcorn State-TSU battle down to the wire. However, the Tigers set the tone defensively and took ownership of the game on the defensive end which fueled their offense from that point as they outscored ASU 19-4 over the next eight minutes as five Tigers scored. TSU also held ASU scoreless during a seven-minute stretch during the run.
TSU would only allow one more field goal from that point as they closed out the half with a bang en route to a 34-12 score.
Alcorn State opened the second half on an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 34-23 with 17:07 left. They would get as close as 10 (35-25) a minute later but TSU took control as Jaylen Wysinger scored five points to spark a 14-5 run as TSU led comfortably (49-30) at the 11:02 mark.
The Braves wouldn't go away as they countered with a 16-6 run to trail 55-46 with 5:21 left. TSU's Duane Posey would excite the crowd with a huge dunk to lead 57-46 but once again ASU kept chiseling away at the lead. With 38 seconds left, ASU recorded a jumper to draw within 61-57 but was forced to foul on the defensive end to save clock. Jaylin Jackson-Posey would hit 1-of-2 free throws but Posey came up huge with an offensive rebound which led to an ASU foul as TSU would hit all four of its free throws to seal the game.
Zaire Hayes led TSU with 16 points followed by 11 from Wysinger and 10 by Posey. Posey added three blocks while Kenny Hunter had six boards and two blocks.
TSU will host Jackson State on Monday at 3 p.m. inside the H&PE Arena.
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