MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Stillman College dropped a non-conference contest Sunday afternoon at Southern States Athletic Conference for Faulkner University, 89-73.
Starting point guard
Antonio Jones led Stillman with 18 points while playing a full 40 minutes.
Michael Taylor scored 14 points off the bench in 19 minutes of action, all in the second half. Four Tigers each scored eight points:
Justin Minter, Marcus Bates Jr,
Khalil Johnson and
Maurice Harvey.
The Tigers out-rebounded the Eagles, 39-37, led by Minter's nine rebounds.
Faulkner jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the first four minutes of the game. Back-to-back buckets by Bates made it a one-point game, 13-12, as Stillman built a 9-2 run. Johnson then tied it, 15-15, with a 3-pointer at the 13:00 mark of the first half. After Minter tied it again at 17, Bates gave the Tigers their first lead, 19-17, with 10:34 to play in the half.
The game was tied four more times over the next five minutes before Faulkner closed the half on an 11-4 run to lead 38-31 at halftime.
A Taylor 3-pointer early in the second half cut the game to four points, 49-36. That was the closest Stillman got down the stretch. The Eagles led by double digits the final 11 minutes of action.
Seven Faulkner players scored in the game, including six with nine points or greater. Jayden Cooper's 19 points led all players. J.C. Norris followed with 17 points, Sean McCurdy scored 15 and Victor Munoz had 14 points.
Stillman (6-4) will return home to Birthright Alumni Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 12 to host Rust College in its final non-conference game of the season. The 7:30 p.m. game will also begins three-game home stand to close the first semester.
