GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Fairleigh Dickinson 84, Texas Southern 61
By JACOB BENGE
Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio - Ansley Almonor scored 23 points and Fairleigh Dickinson beat Texas Southern 84-61 to earn its first NCAA Tournament win in four seasons.
The Knights held a 14-2 lead after a 12-0 run in the opening 3:29 and didn’t never gave up the lead. Grant Singleton scored seven points during a 19-6 run in which the Knights led by as many as 18 points at the end of the first half.
Jordan Gilliam made a jumper that got Texas Southern as close as 10 points with 10:01 left in the second half. The Tigers shot 42% and went 1 for 17 from 3-point distance.
Fairleigh Dickinson shot 50% and advanced to the East Region to play top-seeded Purdue in Columbus, Ohio,.
Joe Munden Jr. scored 17 points, Demetre Roberts had 15, Singleton finished with 13 and Sean Moore 10 for Fairleigh Dickinson (20-15).
John Walker III led Texas Southern (14-21) with 22 points. Joirdon Karl Nicholas added 10.
BIG PICTURE
Fairleigh Dickinson: First-year coach Tobin Anderson turned around a Knights squad that went 4-22 a season ago.
Texas Southern: The Tigers missed their first 13 3’s before making their first with 4:52 remaining. Their 28.4% clip this season from 3-point distance ranks worst in the Southwest Athletic Conference, and Texas Southern missed out on winning its third-straight appearance in the First Four.
UMarch 15, 2023
| Fairleigh Dickinson | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Almonor | F | 33 | 5-11 | 8-8 | 5-8 | 1-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| D. Roberts | G | 33 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| G. Singleton | G | 33 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 2-7 | 0-7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| S. Moore | G | 25 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Munden Jr. | G | 25 | 4-8 | 8-9 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| J. Emanuel | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| H. Bligen | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| B. Reynolds | 12 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| C. Tweedy | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| S. Lamaute | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Blassingame | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P. Racine | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. Rodriguez | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 23-46 (.500) |
27-31 (.871) |
11-27 (.407) |
5-32 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 84 | |
| Texas Southern | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Walker III | F | 32 | 9-17 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| D. Barnes | F | 29 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Nicholas | F | 28 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| P. Henry | G | 24 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| K. Granger | G | 19 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| C. Craig | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| J. Gilliam | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Z. Mortle | 15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| K. Farooq | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| G. Carter | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| S. O'Neal | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 26-62 (.419) |
8-9 (.889) |
1-17 (.059) |
10-31 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 61 | |
