The Alcorn St. University Men's Basketball Team is closing in on a record that not too many college basketball teams have accomplished. However, it's not a record ANY team wants to accomplish: a winless season.
The Braves are currently 0-18 on the season after losing to SWAC foe Arkansas-Pine Bluff Monday night. To say that Alcorn St. has taken it on the chin this season is an understatement. In their season opener they were drubbed by Ohio St. 100-60 followed by an absolute massacre at the hands of Arkansas 130-68. These two games are two of the four games in which the Braves have given up at least 100 points. The other two came at the hands of Robert Morris (107-76) and UTEP (101-41). Ouch!!
Alcorn St. has come close on one occasion to getting win #1. Back on Dec. 30, 2009, the Braves dropped a 4 point loss to Central Michigan 68-64. So far, that game is the closest the Braves have come to winning a game. All of their other 17 losses were by double digits. In the CMU game, the Braves trailed the Chippewas by as many as 15 points in the first half before making a run and cutting the lead to 1 at 37-36. The Braves have now lost 22 consecutive games, their last win coming against
Alabama A&M by the score of 89-79 on Feb. 21, 2009.
The last NCAA Div. l team to go the whole season without a win was Savannah St.. They went 0-28 during the 2004-05 season and lost their final game against Florida A&M 49-44. Let's hope that the Braves will be able to avoid having a "perfect" season.
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