Box Score PINE BLUFF -- Five minutes  expired from the clock before the Grambling State University Tigers scored. Finally, two points, but the team struggled for a large portion of the first half to keep up with the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions as the Pine Bluff team played with intensity. Numerous turnovers and missed shots attributed to the GSU Tigers' inability to gain the momentum  needed. trailing by 12 at halftime with a score of 40-28.

By the end of the game, the score of 63-59 in favor of UAPB.

GSU's Deonte Hearns put up nine points; UAPB's Marquis Cunningham had 12.
 
During the second half of the game the Tigers worked to come back from the halftime deficit, and they came close. Down by two points with 1:12 left, GSU had a chance, but it was not enough.

Finishing the game with 20 points was Hearns followed by Ervin Mitchell with 10. Cunningham put up 13 with seven rebounds while teammates JoVaughn Wallace, Ghiavonni Robinson and Thaddeus Handley each had 11 points.
 
The Tigers play the Mississippi Valley State University Devils in Itta Bena, Mississippi, Monday (February 1) at 8 p.m.