Box Score MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The Grambling Tigers ended the regular season with a 70-58 victory over Alabama State at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome in Southwestern Athletic play. With the win, the Tigers finish 11-7 in conference play, good for a 3-way tie for fourth place in the SWAC men's basketball standings. Due to the conference tie-breaking rules, Grambling drops to sixth place and will face Texas Southern in round one of the 2020 Cricket Wireless SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament.

Grambling (17-14, 11-7 SWAC) was led by senior point guard Ivy Smith, Jr. who finished with a team-high 16 points and was an efficient 9-of-13 from the free throw line. Fellow Tiger Prince Moss added 11 points and seven rebounds in the victory. Junior Terreon Randolph scored 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field and connected on all four of his free throw attempts.

Redshirt sophomore Cameron Christon chipped in with 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field.

The Hornets were led by Tobi Ewuosho who finished with a game-high 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the loss.

Inside the Numbers
> Grambling State shot 41 percent (20-of-49) from the floor and 80 percent (12-of-15) from the charity stripe
> Alabama A&M was 22-of-55 (40 percent) from the field and 9-of-16 (56 percent) from the foul line
> GSU registered 30 rebounds, including nine on the offensive glass
> Alabama A&M pulled down 37 rebounds, with 15 coming on the offensive end
> The Tigers finished with 24 points in the paint, 25 bench points, nine second-chance points and six fast break points
> The Bulldogs recorded 28 points in the paint, 11 bench points, 14 second-chance points and six fast break points

Up Next
The Tigers enter the 2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, March 10 as they travel to Houston, Texas, to face Texas Southern in the quarterfinal round. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at the HPE Arena.

MBB Tiebreaker Seeding Procedures
Jackson State claimed the #4 seed based upon the application of the three-team tiebreaker procedure of records amongst tied teams (JSU 3-1, GSU 2-2, and ALCN 1-3).

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