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Howard 73, South Alabama 60
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
Sophomore guard James Daniel scored 22 points, leading the Howard Bison to a 73-60 victory over the South Alabama Jaguars in the final round of the Gotham Classic on Tuesday evening at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala.
Junior guard James Carlton added 17 points for Howard (7-7), which shot just 41.3 percent from the field but amassed a 46-32 rebounding advantage.
Freshman guard Taishaun Johnson scored 17 points to lead South Alabama (2-7), which was held to 30.6-percent shooting. Sophomore guard Ken Williams scored 11 points.
Howard jumped out to an 8-0 lead over the first 1:31 after Daniel made back-to-back 3-pointers. South Alabama answered with a 7-0 run and tied the game at 10-10 on a 3-pointer by Johnson with 15:40 to play in the opening period.
The Jaguars went up 15-13 on two free throws by Williams with 12:04 remaining and maintained a slight lead until the Bison tied the game at 27 on a layup by senior guard Jared Norsworthy with 2:52 to go. The Bison finally reclaimed the lead on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Damon Collins with 1:50 to play and took a 36-33 lead into the locker room at the break.
Howard extended its lead early in the second half, going up 41-35 on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard James Miller and 47-37 on two free throws by Daniel. South Alabama cut the deficit to three on a pair of free throws by Johnson with 13:41 remaining, but the Bison responded with an 11-2 run to regain their double-digit lead.
