Bama State/A&M game last night (B'ham News)


J C

J C

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Move over Ruben, it's ASU's Campbell starring 02/16/03MIKE PERRIN News staff writer MONTGOMERY

"American Idol" finalist Ruben Studdard drew screams from the packed house at the Joe L. Reed Acadome before Saturday night's Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M men's basketball game. But it was ASU guard Malcolm Campbell who claimed the starring role before the game was over. Campbell scored 24 points 19 in the opening half to lead the Hornets to an 85-74 win over A&M in front of 7,289 fans at the Acadome and a national cable television audience. The senior from Kansas City, Kan., who leads the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 3-point shooting, blistered the Bulldogs as ASU took control midway through the first half. Campbell scored 11 points including eight straight during an 22-9 run that pushed the Hornets from a 1-point deficit to a 12-point lead. In the second half, A&M clamped down on Campbell, but the point guard said he was concentrating on keeping his teammates in the offense. "In the first half, I got a lot of open shots," he said. "But in the second half, I focused more on getting more people involved." Alabama State, the top defensive team in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, is 12-10 overall, 9-3 in the league. A&M fell to 6-14, 3-9. After pulling to as much as an 18-point lead, ASU had to fight off a frantic comeback by the Bulldogs. Led by freshman Chris Collins, A&M outscored the home team 22-6 to draw within two at 65-63 with 6:41 left in the game. Campbell scored a three-point play on a driving layup and free throw to push the Hornets back out by five. "We called a huddle and said to keep focused and play defense," Campbell said. "Coach (Rob Spivery) says we have to play defense to win." After heading off the Bulldogs' run, State outscored its rivals 17-11 the rest of the way. Guard Lamar Clark scored 20 for the Hornets, 16 in the second half. Keith Gamble tossed in 13. Michael Green grabbed 10 rebounds for ASU. Alabama A&M was led by Collins, who had 14 all in the second half. Scotty Jones had 13 and Nigel Moore 12. Copyright 2003 al.com. All Rights Reserved.
 
It was great game last night. The Bulldawgs gave a valiant effort. I was impress with the freshman, Chris Collins. He going to be a gamer for the dawgs in the future. At the game a Food World representative made a donation of $100,000.00 to the Hornets as a part of their sponsorship of the 2002 MCC . They also made a similar donation to A&M back in January. Hats off to Food World for the donation of $200,000.00 to the two institutions
 



Originally posted by J C
It was great game last night. The Bulldawgs gave a valiant effort. I was impress with the freshman, Chris Collins. He going to be a gamer for the dawgs in the future. At the game a Food World representative made a donation of $100,000.00 to the Hornets as a part of their sponsorship of the 2002 MCC . They also made a similar donation to A&M back in January. Hats off to Food World for the donation of $200,000.00 to the two institutions
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major props to Malcolm Campbell..... serious gamer. It seems like he didnt miss anything. Despite the loss AAMU played one of its better games of the year. They just couldnt stop Bama State's hot shooters. This was a more exciting game than previous where both teams end up with 40 or 50 points. Chris Collins, from Huntsville, played his game of the year. He has only played in about 5 games this year for some reason, but after last night hopefully Pettaway will play him more. Also props to Food World for the 100,000 doller checks to both institutions.


Now the bad.... I think the ticket situation could have been handled better. Most AAMU fans didnt get in the game and were stuck in the parking lot. I think Bama St should have sent AAMU some tickets or either started selling general admission tickets later than 10am. Bama St had sold out the reserved tickets by Monday or Tuesday. There were only 1000 tickets left after Tuesday and they were to go on sale at 10am Saturday morning. At 10 am Sat morning, there was a line from the Acadome almost to the dorms. Most of which were Bama St fans. I could understand if Montgomery was close to Huntsville but that is almost a 3 hr drive. I got to the Acadome at 2pm and SOLD OUT flyers were over all the windows... If it wasnt for a connection I wouldnt have got in. I know all schools have a process, but things would have worked out better if they would have sent some tickets to AAMU or at least gave AAMU students/fans a chance buy tickets without having to go to Montgomery at the beginnin of the week.
 
You are right Dahill. The tickets could have been dealt with better. There were some improvement though, students had to get theirs by Friday. The sad thing about this situation was the students left after halftime with the game still up for grab. I propose limiting student allotment to 3000 tickets and sell the remainder via ticket master. Not only was A&M people unable to buy tickets, the same applied to Bama State fans driving in from all over the Southeast. They could really turn the game into a major money maker.
 
Props to Bama State for packing the arena with its own fans. I can feel Dahill's pain, but Bama State did nothing wrong, IMO. They have no responsibility to get the other team's fans in the game.

Same goes for everybody.
 
Originally posted by unknown1
It wasn't any different than it's been the last few years.
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couldnt have been.... every year I go to Montgomery, I walk up the ticket booth right before the girls game or even during the girls game and get my ticket. Students shouldnt have to show their id and get a ticket before Friday. They should have to swipe their id like a regular game. That is why the game was officially sold out, but you still saw some seats available during the first half of the game. I think some students had tickets but didnt go.

Robber, I kind of understand what you are saying about the Bama St officials wanting to have it filled with their fans, but damn 1000 tickets goin on sale at 10am. They knew nobody from Huntsville would be able to make it there at 10am. AAMU officials look out for Bama St students and fans when they come up here and respect should be returned.
 
DAHILL,

I was thinking the same thing. Since the game has been played at the dome I've been able to get in as late as the 4th quarter of the girls game.
 
I am going to tell you what it is... AAMU always brings a lot of fans to the Acadome. ASU students/fans still represent but there is usually a LOT of maroon and white in the Acadome. I would say out of the 7,500 that at least 2000 are from AAMU.... yesterday it was NOTHING like that because of the ticket situation. There was almost no AAMU students there and the AAMU people that were there were alumni organization with the wind suits on. All of AAMU students were mad and stuck outside, even when they thought that they were getting to Montgomery early enough to get tickets to get to the game.
 
Other than that one official that was making calls from the half court area on AAMU, it was a great game. I rode him pretty hard the entire game. He got so upset he called two fouls and looked up at me. He is what I called a tick tack foul official. The dark skinned official had to correct him twice on calls. If you are an official that can make calls from half court on one team he should do it on both ends. At one point I though he was going to stop the game and have me put out of the arena.

Props to AlSt for hanging in their.
 
There was almost no AAMU students there and the AAMU people that were there were alumni organization with the wind suits on. All of AAMU students were mad and stuck outside, even when they thought that they were getting to Montgomery early enough to get tickets to get to the game.
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DAHILL,
I hear what you're saying but if I recall correctly, there was an article in Friday's Huntsville paper saying that 1000 tickets would go on sale Saturday at 10:00 a.m. If anybody wanted to ensure a seat, they would have been there at that time (or before) Any time later and you run the risk of not getting in. I'm sure it wasn't only A&M fans who weren't able to get tickets.


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Hornets adapt to top A&M


02/17/03

MIKE PERRIN
News staff writer


MONTGOMERY The Alabama State Hornets went against their nature a bit Saturday night in their 85-74 win over archrival Alabama A&M.

Coach Rob Spivery's Hornets ran the ball up the court on almost every possession, especially in the first half, abandoning their normally deliberate pace. A&M's tough man-to-man defense and fullcourt press forced the Hornets to hustle upcourt.

The Bulldogs harassed ASU into 24 turnovers eight more than their average. Coach Vann Pettaway's squad also had 16 steals against the Hornets.

However, the Hornets also had players to take up the slack. ASU point guard Malcolm Campbell scored 24 points, almost twice his season average. Big man Michael Green came off the bench to claim 10 rebounds five times his average.

Alabama State remains in third place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference with a 9-3 conference record, 12-10 overall. Alabama A&M is 3-9 in the league, 6-14 overall.

ASU made 58.7 percent of its field-goal attempts against A&M. For the season, the Hornets were hitting 43.2 percent from the floor.

And, ASU made 89.3 percent of its free throws in the win that gave the Hornets the season sweep of their in-state rival. On the year, ASU was making 63 percent of its free shots.

Campbell scored 19 of his points in the first half as ASU pulled to a 43-34 lead.

"Malcolm has played very good basketball for us all year," Spivery said. "I've always said, as your point guard goes, so goes your team. He's the quarterback of the team as well as being a scoring threat."

Spivery also praised the work of post players Green and Derrick Russell. The tandem has had to shoulder an added burden for the Hornets since ASU lost preseason first-team all-SWAC center Alvin Pettway, who went down to an injury in the squad's 13th game.

"Since we lost Pettway, we have set a goal for both Mike Green and Derrick Russell that between them we get 10 rebounds a game and score 16 points. Tonight we got 13 rebounds and 16 points. That's what we need from them."

Alabama State also got 20 points from guard Lamar Clark, 13 from Keith Gamble and 12 from Cedric Mitchell.

A&M was led by freshman Chris Collins, who scored all 14 of his points off the bench in the second half. Scotty Jones scored 13, Nigel Moore had 12 and Obie Trotter added 11.
 
Originally posted by MightyDog
At one point I though he was going to stop the game and have me put out of the arena.
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MD, I didnt know you were a trouble maker. I just thought it was those old men that sat behind the benches.

Are you coming to Jackson?
 



Originally posted by mighty hornet

DAHILL,
I hear what you're saying but if I recall correctly, there was an article in Friday's Huntsville paper saying that 1000 tickets would go on sale Saturday at 10:00 a.m. If anybody wanted to ensure a seat, they would have been there at that time (or before) Any time later and you run the risk of not getting in. I'm sure it wasn't only A&M fans who weren't able to get tickets.
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True I am sure that some Bama St fans didnt get in also, but they had a much better chance than anyone in Huntsville... I was told by a Bama St student that at 10 am the line was from the Acadome to the dorms (not sure if he meant the Tower or MLK), but he stated that it was way more than 1000 people and many got turned away then. All I am saying is ASU should have treated AAMU fans/students better than that. AAMU officials dont do Bama St folk like that.
 
Also... Jafus they treated Ruban like he was the old Michael Jackson. They introduced him right before the national anthem and walked him to mid court and the crowd went CRAZY.
 
Originally posted by DAHILL
True I am sure that some Bama St fans didnt get in also, but they had a much better chance than anyone in Huntsville...
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That's the way it'll always be. Seats will always be limited and the home fans will always stand a better chance of getting seats. (should be that way). I would say that everybody knew the game would be a sellout. If that's the case, you have to go with the ole saying, the early bird gets the ticket.

Actually, selling tickets early can be better for crowd control. Folks know early on if they won't have tickets. Like you say when you came up at 2:00, signs were already posted saying it was a sellout. Well, a lot of folks after that would probably leave the campus and not mill around, knowing they don't have tickets.
But when you open the box office a lil before game time, you get a lot of folks outside, expecting to buy a ticket, and when the tickets sell out, you'll have a lot of mad folks out there and chances of things getting out of hand are greater.
 
DAHILL,

Thanks for the Information!!

Also... Jafus they treated Ruban like he was the old Michael Jackson. They introduced him right before the national anthem and walked him to mid court and the crowd went CRAZY.
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He gave my wife and I a call during the game. He said it was wild. He also said he was down that way in Montgomery meeting with the Governor. He was telling us about his flight out to New York for the Today Show, this morning!
 
My take on the ticket situation under current conditions is that the AAMU Student Government President should work with the Athletic Director in acquiring tickets on a cash basis. VP for Student Affairs can get some things done, but not at the last moment. I have no idea how many ticket AAMU can get in the future but I believe that a good number can be obtained Often times the AD get stuck with tickets on word of mouth participants. But I know the AD and the President worked with the students at AAMU to get tickets for the Civic Center Game and bused to the game. I heard the figure for AlSt students is 5000 tickets. For our fans going to the game it is a guessing game and it is easy to get stuck with tickets. I can tell you getting our 100 tickets was not easy, but it can be done. Establishing relationships is the key to getting some things accomplished. Students in most cases do not use the avenues opened to them. It has been my experience that most folks cannot make up their minds if they are going to attend events or not.

I have already decided that if my mind holds up and no deaths occurs on game day I am going to the game.
 
Yo A&M Folks,

Here's the answer to the problem . . . buy a season ticket. That's right, buy a season ticket, and you have nothing to worry about.

Alabama and Auburn (football) fans do it every other year when the game goes to the other school's campus. Sure that's a lot of money to spend if you only attend one game, but think of it as a donation to your favorite university.:emlaugh: :emlaugh: :emlaugh:
 
Originally posted by Deuce
Yo A&M Folks,

Here's the answer to the problem . . . buy a season ticket. That's right, buy a season ticket, and you have nothing to worry about.

Alabama and Auburn (football) fans do it every other year when the game goes to the other school's campus. Sure that's a lot of money to spend if you only attend one game, but think of it as a donation to your favorite university.:emlaugh: :emlaugh: :emlaugh:
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dont hold your breath on it lol
 
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