Coaching Legacy of Jimmy Price (CH2K8)

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Alcorn State Shocks Nebraska in Lincoln

LINCOLN, Ne. – When the 1-7 Alcorn State Braves made the trip to Lincoln to take on the 6-3 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big 12 conference, no one had any doubt about the outcome of this game. However, Alcorn State shocked the basketball world by dealing the Cornhuskers an embarrassing 69-65 home loss. This win marks new Alcorn State head coach Jimmy Price’s first win as a college coach.

“It feels great,” said Coach Price after the game. “We were so close a couple times in our first seven, really we should have never been 0-7 in the first place. But man it feels good to get that first win, and against a power conference team when no one gave us a chance.”

Despite playing a competitive first half, Alcorn State would enter halftime down 8 with the score 31-23 in favor of Nebraska. However, the Braves fought closer throughout the second half, and were eventually able to sink enough free throws in the closing minutes to pull off the upset.

Russell Jimenez led Alcorn State with a career high 28 points, though he did put up 25 shots to get them, shooting 9-25. Chris Drayton added 17 points including some clutch free-throws near the end of the game. Craig Dearman added 9 points (on 4-5 shooting) and 11 rebounds. For Nebraska, 6’11”, 270-pound senior center Domonic Lang really threw his weight around down low. He racked up 29 points and 14 rebounds. Sophomore forward Dave King also had 12 points.

Alcorn State has Sunday off before returning to the road to face off against New Mexico St (7-6).

Alcorn State Braves at Nebraska Cornhuskers
Dec 29, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alcorn State (1-7)	23	46	69
Nebraska (6-4)	31	34	65

Alcorn State Braves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Riddick	26	1-3	0-0	2-3	1	3	0	0	0	4
C. Drayton	26	5-13	1-4	6-6	3	3	0	0	0	17
R. Jimenez	28	9-25	4-16	6-7	5	2	0	0	2	28
C. Dearmon	29	4-5	0-0	1-1	11	1	0	0	2	9
F. Harrington	27	2-5	0-0	2-2	8	3	1	0	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
V. Frazier	18	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	2
M. Courselle	10	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. Baker	11	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	3
A. Coombs	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
L. Skipworth	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-56	6-22	17-19	33	15	3	1	4	69

Nebraska Cornhuskers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Stivers	26	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	6	0	0	1	4
L. Terry	26	3-7	0-2	0-0	2	5	0	0	0	6
D. King	28	5-15	2-7	0-0	2	3	1	1	0	12
S. Stafford	29	1-2	0-0	0-0	7	2	2	1	1	2
D. Lang	27	12-22	0-0	5-6	14	3	0	0	1	29
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Kole	10	0-4	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
D. Morrissette	10	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
P. Chancler	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
N. Butt	11	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
A. Mayes	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. Erwin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
V. Caskill	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-60	4-15	7-8	30	21	3	2	4	65

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December 30, 2007

Alcorn State Schedule and Results

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
11/9	at SE Louisiana (3-6)	L 52-67
11/12	at Oklahoma (8-3)	L 54-86
11/18	at Hawaii (5-7)	L 54-57
11/27	at ULM (9-4)	L 68-78
11/30	at Montana St (3-8)	L 64-93
12/1	vs UT-Pan American (7-8)	L 62-69
12/19	vs New Orleans (6-4)	L 58-60
12/29	at Nebraska (6-4)	W 69-65

Team Stats

STAT	ALCORN ST	OPPONENTS
Points Per Game	60.1	71.9
Total Rebounds Per Game	27.0	36.4
Assists Per Game	13.6	19.9
Steals Per Game	6.9	4.8
Blocks Per Game	2.1	1.9
Turnovers Per Game	5.1	8.1
Fouls Per Game	8.8	8.9
Field Goals Made	175	229
Field Goals Attempted	469	457
Field Goal Percentage	.373	.501
3 Pointers Made	46	43
3 Pointers Attempted	191	117
3 Point %	.240	.367
Free Throws Made	85	74
Free Throws Attempted	115	100
Free Throw %	.739	.740

Player Stats

NAME	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	MPG	TOPG	FPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	GP	GS
R. Jimenez	18.9	3.3	1.1	1.5	0.1	27.6	1.0	1.0	.324	.318	.875	8	8
C. Drayton	15.1	2.3	2.4	0.3	0.0	29.9	0.1	1.1	.328	.171	.800	8	8
C. Dearmon	7.4	8.1	2.0	1.3	0.1	26.3	1.0	2.1	.543	.000	.473	8	8
F. Harrington	5.9	5.9	1.3	1.0	1.3	26.4	0.4	2.0	.514	.000	.647	8	8
E. Riddick	4.8	1.3	3.0	0.9	0.3	28.9	1.1	1.3	.371	.250	.769	8	8
M. Courselle	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	0.3	0.0	.444	.200	.500	8	0
V. Frazier	2.3	0.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	12.9	0.6	0.1	.545	.000	1.00	8	0
L. Skipworth	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	.222	.222	.000	3	0
J. Baker	2.0	3.1	0.8	1.0	0.0	13.5	0.6	0.4	.250	.111	.750	8	0
A. Coombs	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.1	5.1	0.0	0.8	1.00	.000	.000	8	0

NCAA Leaders
PPG: Major Harris (North Carolina) – 30.7
RPG: Darnell Cowans (Duquesne) – 12.9
APG: Franck Knox (Western Michigan) / Armando Blackwell (Fresno State) – 8.5
SPG: Marqus Barron (Washington State) – 3.8
BPG: Ajay Stoudamire (Maryland) – 3.5

Southwestern Leaders
PPG: Russell Jimenez (Alcorn State) – 18.9
RPG: Courtney Snow (Alabama A&M) – 12.1
APG: Romain McLaren (Alabama A&M) – 5.6
SPG: Varney Foster (Arkansas Pine Bluff) – 3.1
BPG: Jerrold Toppert (Arkansas Pine Bluff) – 2.4

Top 25
#1 Tennessee (12-0)
#2 North Carolina (12-1)
#3 Georgetown (10-0)
#4 Kansas (10-1)
#5 UCLA (11-1)
#6 Indiana (11-0)
#7 Maryland (12-0)
#8 Duke (9-1)
#9 Oregon (12-0)
#10 Clemson (10-0)
#11 Memphis (9-2)
#12 Louisville (10-2)
#13 Texas Tech (12-0)
#14 Villanova (9-1)
#15 Texas (10-2)
#16 Washington St (11-1)
#17 Pittsburgh (9-2)
#18 Washington (11-1)
#19 Marquette (8-3)
#20 Texas A&M (9-2)
#21 Florida St (12-3)
#22 Michigan St (7-3)
#23 Arkansas (10-3)
#24 Stanford (10-2)
#25 Illinois (9-4)

Southwestern Standings

TEAM	RECORD
Ark-Pine Bluff	6-3
Southern	6-6
Alabama A&M	4-5
Prairie View	4-7
Texas Southern	4-9
Alabama St	2-5
Miss Valley St	2-6
Grambling	2-7
Alcorn St	1-7
Jackson St	1-13

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Alcorn State Falls to New Mexico State

Alcorn State was riding high coming into this matchup as they had just pulled off an upset over Nebraska. While the Braves did manage to hang around for most of this game, they ultimately were not able to overcome the superior talent of the New Mexico State Aggies and lost 80-70.

New Mexico State had five players score in double digits in the game, and were led by Teddy Dickerson who scored 18. For Alcorn State, it was more of what we have seen all season as Russell Jimenez scored 27 points but had to jack up 24 shots to do it. Floyd Harrington added 11 points on 5-6 shooting. Chris Drayton was a liability in this game going 3-15 from the floor and 0-8 from three-point range.

Next, Alcorn State takes on UT-Pan American (7-8) for the second time this season. UT-Pan American won the first matchup 69-62. After that, SWAC play begins on the road against Prairie View.

Alcorn State Braves at New Mexico State Aggies
Dec 31, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Alcorn State (1-8)	35	35	70
New Mexico State (8-6)	47	33	80

Alcorn State Braves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Riddick	28	3-5	0-0	1-1	1	8	1	0	2	7
C. Drayton	28	3-15	0-8	3-3	2	3	0	0	2	9
R. Jimenez	27	9-24	7-15	2-2	7	2	3	1	1	27
C. Dearmon	20	3-5	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	0	0	8
F. Harrington	16	5-6	0-0	1-1	4	1	1	0	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
V. Frazier	13	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
M. Courselle	10	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
J. Baker	18	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	0	0	2
L. Skipworth	10	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2
A. Coombs	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		27-66	7-26	9-9	32	17	5	1	6	70

New Mexico State Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Alloway	28	3-6	1-1	0-0	0	5	0	0	4	7
S. Borders	27	3-8	2-3	2-2	3	1	1	1	0	10
T. Dickerson	26	6-9	0-0	6-8	4	7	1	0	2	18
A. Dukes	28	4-7	0-0	4-6	10	3	2	0	0	12
D. Cox	21	6-12	0-0	3-6	10	4	0	1	0	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
W. Ndoye	16	1-3	0-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	4
B. Ferris	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. Krayl	8	1-4	0-1	2-4	0	0	0	0	0	4
M. Plummer	20	5-5	0-0	0-2	6	1	1	0	0	10
P. Cain	-- DID NOT PLAY --
C. Prillman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
R. O'Hara	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-55	3-7	19-30	35	21	5	2	6	80