{"id":59737,"date":"2018-02-27T06:35:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59737"},"modified":"2018-02-27T06:35:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:35:59","slug":"mayes-williams-help-florida-am-beat-south-carolina-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mayes-williams-help-florida-am-beat-south-carolina-state.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayes, Williams help Florida A&#038;M beat South Carolina State"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Mayes, Williams help Florida A&amp;M beat South Carolina State<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Elijah Mayes scored a career-high 25 points, Desmond Williams added 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Florida A&amp;M beat South Carolina State 76-74 on Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Mayes was 9-of-15 shooting while Williams made 6 of 11 from the field and hit all 12 of his free-throw attempts. Marcus Barham added 20 points for FAMU (8-23, 7-8 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">South Carolina State (10-20, 6-9) made four more (27) field goals than the <\/span>Rattlers,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"> but was outscored 26-18 from the free-throw line, where FAMU shot 81.3 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Damani Applewhite had 16 points and eight rebounds, while Janai Raynor Powell scored 15 and grabbed nine boards, for the Bulldogs. Patrell Rogers added 14 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The Rattlers are tied with Morgan State for seventh in the conference standings \u2014 one game behind North Carolina Central. South Carolina State fell into an eighth-place tie with Howard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/2018\/02\/27\/mayes-williams-help-florida-a-m-beat-south-carolina-state\/110883090\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mayes-williams-help-florida-am-beat-south-carolina-state.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayes, Williams help Florida A&amp;M beat South Carolina State Elijah Mayes scored a career-high 25 points, Desmond Williams added 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Florida A&amp;M beat South Carolina State 76-74 on Monday night. 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