Jon Brown

Brown scores 17 to lead Tennessee St. past Fordham 66-61

Published Dec. 15, 2019 5:18 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Brown came off the bench to tally 17 points and Mark Freeman drilled a deep, shot-clock-beating 3-pointer in the final minute and Tennessee State held on to defeat Fordham 66-61 on Sunday.

Wesley Harris had 17 points and six rebounds for Tennessee State (7-4), which won its first road game. Emmanuel Egbuta added 10 points and Freeman had seven.

Chuba Ohams had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Rams (5-5). Antwon Portley and Jalen Cobb had 12 points apiece.

The Tigers led 36-23 at halftime but Fordham closed within 59-57 on a Portley layup with 2:25 to play. Harris and Jon Brown scored to push the lead by to six before Ohams layup made it 63-59 with 1:11 to go. But with the shot clock winding down to less than 40 seconds, Freeman, who was several steps behind the arc and well-guarded, left fly the clincher.

Get more from Jon Brown Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more

in this topic

Jon Brown

Tennessee State Tigers

Fordham Rams

Ohio Valley

Atlantic 10