NCAAM teams
SAV

91

3-8
Final
GASO

102

7-2
RecapBox Score
1 2 T
SAV 43 48 91
GASO 50 52 102
W.S. Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro
Associated Press 6y

Brown scores 32, Georgia Southern beats Savannah St. 102 91

Men's College Basketball, Georgia Southern Eagles, Savannah State Tigers

STATESBORO, Ga. -- Tookie Brown had 32 points, just two shy of his career high, to lead Georgia Southern to a 102-91 win over Savannah State on Saturday.

Brown, who nailed 5 of 8 from distance, easily eclipsed his season average of 15 points a game. Brown also dished out six assists, which leaves him just 15 away from 300 for his career.

Georgia Southern (7-2), which started the season with five-straight victories before dropping games to Towson and Bradley by a total of seven points, has now won two consecutive games.

The Eagles, leading 50-43 at the break, never trailed in the second half but could not pull free of Savannah State until the final minutes. Georgia Southern led 68-64 midway in the second half.

Jake Allsmiller had 19 points and Montae Glenn added 11 with a career-best 16 rebounds. B.J. Gladden also had 11 points for the Eagles.

Javaris Jenkins led Savannah State (3-8) with 31 points.

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