Box Score Savannah, Ga. -- Deven Williams scored 24 points to lead Savannah State to a 73-48 win over North Carolina A&T in Tiger Arena.
 
The crowd of 2,612 saw the Tigers improve to 7-4 in the MEAC and 9-16 overall.
 
SSU entered the contest the losers of four their last five game but had the early momentum against the Aggies as they raced out to a 14-5 lead.
 
A&T trimmed their deficit to five with 11:03 left in the half but a 28-8 run by Savannah State gave the home team their biggest lead of the half at 43-18 with 51 seconds on the clock.
 
SSU led 43-20 at intermission.
 
The second period went much like the first half, with SSU having their way with the Aggies.
 
Ahead 54-30 with just over 11 minutes left in the game, Savannah State put together a 8-1 mini-run to grab a 62-31 lead, their largest of the game, with 8:23 on the clock.
 
Although SSU went the final 3:18 without a field goal, the Aggies could only get as close as 22 points with 4:09 remaining.
 
Seniors Joshua Montgomery and Jyles Smith each had 10 rebounds for the Tigers.
 
Montgomery added 15 points while Smith chipped in  11 points and 5 blocks.
 
As a team, SSU shot 51.1 percent from the floor and made 7 of 16 of their 3-point attempts.
 
The Tigers out-rebounded A&T 39 to 26.
 
The Aggies (8-18, 4-7) shot 30 percent from the field.
 
Lamont Middleton led A&T with 16 points