Prairie View 64, Alabama St. 57

Prairie View 64, Alabama St. 57

Published Jan. 28, 2012 9:36 p.m. ET

Marcellus Jackson scored all 11 of his points in the second half and Prairie View rallied to beat Alabama State 58-51 on Saturday night.

The Panthers (9-12, 5-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) trailed 48-43 with 4:03 remaining and scored 15 straight. Louis Munks made both his free throws to put Prairie View up 58-48 with 41 seconds left.

Alabama State (7-13, 4-4) committed five turnovers, leading to six points, and Jackson scored eight points during the 3:22- spurt.

The Hornets finished with 16 turnovers in the game, and were outscored 43-37 in the second half.

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After shooting 28.6 percent in the first half (8 of 28), Prairie View got 10 points from Munks and made 15 of 36 from the field in the second.

Munks finished with 15 points, Jourdan Demuynck 12 and Jules Montgomery had 12 rebounds for the Panthers.

Tramaine Butler led Alabama State with 19 points.

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