Saint Louis pulls away from Alabama A&M 75-58

Dec 12, 2015, 10:22 pm

ST. LOUIS -- Milik Yarbrough and Mike Crawford scored 16 points apiece, Miles Reynolds and Ash Yacoubou each added 12, and Saint Louis pulled away to a 75-58 win over Alabama A&M on Saturday night.

In a back-and-forth first half, a free throw and dunk from Christopher Thomas gave Alabama A&M a 28-26 lead with 2:49 left. Reynolds and Yacoubou responded with eight quick points to give Saint Louis (5-3) a six-point halftime lead, and the Billikens grew their lead to as many as 20 points en route to a comfortable victory.

Yarbrough had 11 rebounds and Yacoubou eight to help Saint Louis outrebound Alabama A&M (4-2) 46-34.

Nicholas West and Ladarius Tabb both had 13 points to lead A&M, while Thomas and Jacob Perry added 11 apiece. Rakiya Battle had 10 of the Bulldogs' 14 assists.