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LAS VEGAS -- Joshua Dwane had a game-high 21 points to lead N.C. A&T to a 72-60 victory against Coastal Carolina at the Global Sports Classic on Saturday.

Tavarus Alston added 13 points for N.C. A&T, while Robert Johnson had 12 points and Thomas Coleman contributed 10.

Coastal Carolina (1-5) shot 40 percent including 8-of-26 on 3-pointers. Anthony Breeze had a team-high 15 points and Joseph Harris had 11 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

The Aggies (4-3) came out of the locker room after halftime and scored the first six points, as a Julian McClurkin layup at 16:33 gave A&T a 29-25 lead.

The Aggies would build a 35-27 lead on back-to-back three's from Nicholas Wilson.

Coastal Carolina trimmed the lead to four, at 41-37, on an Edwards three at 9:53, but the Chants had trouble getting stops on defense.

The Aggies got the lead to 49-38 at 8:15 on a Joshua three.

The Aggies would ice the game with free throws in the last 2 minutes.

N. C. A&T (4-3)

FG FT Reb

Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

McClurkin 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 2 4

Johnson 26 5-8 2-2 1-7 1 4 12

Coleman 29 3-4 4-6 4-7 2 1 10

Alston 25 5-10 3-5 0-1 2 2 13

Jones 29 0-7 3-4 0-5 1 1 3

Moorman 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Joshua 22 6-9 7-10 1-5 0 1 21

Hill 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0

Simpson 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0

Shepherd 13 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 2 0

Williams 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Cothran 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Wilson 15 3-4 0-1 0-1 1 4 9

Totals 200 24-49 19-28 7-33 9 19 72

Percentages: FG .490, FT .679. 3-point goals: 5-14, .357 (Wilson 3-3, Joshua 2-4, Simpson 0-1, Alston 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Jones 0-4). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 2 (Shepherd 2). Turnovers: 14 (Johnson 4, Alston 3, Wilson 2, Coleman, Jones, Hill, Shepherd). Steals: 8 (Hill 2, Alston 2, Joshua, Jones, Wilson, Shepherd).

COASTAL CAROLINA (1-5)

FG FT Reb

Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Harris 31 5-8 1-2 4-13 1 2 11

Pack 13 0-1 0-0 2-4 0 2 0

Sisinni 36 3-8 2-2 1-4 3 5 9

Moore 9 0-5 0-0 0-1 0 1 0

Edwards 30 4-12 0-0 0-1 4 4 12

Steger 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0

McLaurin 2 0-0 0-2 1-1 0 0 0

Johnson 28 1-5 2-2 0-1 4 0 5

Sexton 20 3-6 0-0 1-2 1 4 8

Breeze 27 6-9 3-7 3-7 0 4 15

Totals 200 22-55 8-15 12-36 13 23 60

Percentages: FG .400, FT .533. 3-point goals: 8-26, .308 (Edwards 4-10, Sexton 2-5, Johnson 1-2, Sisinni 1-4, Steger 0-1, Moore 0-4). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 2 (Breeze, Harris). Turnovers: 19 (Harris 5, Sisinni 3, Moore 3, Edwards 3, Breeze 2, McLaurin, Johnson, Steger). Steals: 6 (Johnson 2, Edwards, Steger, Harris, Breeze).

N.C. A&T 23 49 -- 72

Coastal Carolina 22 38 -- 60

A--NA. Officials--Eric Curry, Lonnie Dixon, DG Nelson.