East Tennessee State beats Jacksonville 74-62
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Micah Williams scored 21 points and had four steals to lead East Tennessee State to a 74-62 win over Jacksonville on Saturday.
Justin Tubbs finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for the Buccaneers (12-7, 7-1 Atlantic Sun Conference), who won their seventh straight game. Adam Sollazzo had 11 points and six assists, while Isiah Brown added 11 points.
The Dolphins trimmed ETSU's lead to 39-34 on Delwan Graham's free throw with 18:26 left in the second half. But the Buccaneers, who never trailed, answered with an 11-5 run and later took a 66-53 lead on Sollazzo's two free throws with 3:14 left to pull away.
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ETSU shot 54.2 percent (26 of 48) from the floor for the game, holding Jacksonville to 33.3 percent (21 of 63).
Travis Cohn scored 18 points for the Dolphins (11-5, 5-2). Ayron Hardy had 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Graham had 12 points.