{"id":154387,"date":"2025-11-11T22:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/?p=154387"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:06:21","slug":"hbcu-squad-scores-historic-win-over-in-state-d1-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2025\/11\/11\/hbcu-squad-scores-historic-win-over-in-state-d1-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"HBCU squad scores historic win over in-state D1 squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HBCU squad and defending SWAC champion Alabama State walked into Bartow Arena on Tuesday night carrying a heavy number \u2014 10 straight losses \u2014 and walked out with one of the most meaningful wins of its modern era. <a href=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/game\/basketball-game-details\/?id=2694423\">ASU came away with a 77\u201374 road victory over UAB that snapped the skid and gave the HBCU program its first win in the series.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the start, Alabama State looked like a team determined to change the narrative, jumping out to a double-digit lead behind blistering shooting from Micah Simpson, who hit six threes and finished with 18 points. But the moment that defined the night belonged to guard Asjon Anderson. He scored 20 points and, more importantly, went to the line over and over late \u2014 knocking down 11-of-16 free throws, including two with three seconds left to ice it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" data-attachment-id=\"154389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2025\/11\/11\/hbcu-squad-scores-historic-win-over-in-state-d1-squad\/g5hzwdmxiaio9wf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"680,680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg?w=680\" src=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg\" alt=\"Alabama State, UAB\" class=\"wp-image-154389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/G5hZwDmXIAIo9wf.jpeg?resize=300,300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what it looks like when a champion remembers who it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UAB made its push \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/stats.statbroadcast.com\/broadcast\/?id=610419\">Chance Westry\u2019s 25 points nearly swung it back <\/a>\u2014 but Alabama State didn\u2019t fold, winning the glass 39\u201343 and holding the Blazers to just 2-for-20 from three. That\u2019s toughness, and it\u2019s the kind of road win HBCU programs don\u2019t always get credit for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the headline isn\u2019t just that Alabama State beat UAB. It\u2019s that an HBCU champion went on the road, made history against a local PWI, and looked every bit like a team ready to defend its crown again. Nights like this travel \u2014 into SWAC play, into recruiting, and into the belief of everybody wearing Hornet black and gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama State made history with a gritty win against UAB on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":154388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ml_titleColor":"#000000","_ml_titleFont":"Roboto","_ml_titleFontSize":1.136,"_ml_titleFontWeight":"400","_ml_titleLineHeight":1.3,"_ml_metaColor":"#708090","_ml_metaFont":"Montserrat","_ml_metaFontSize":0.6785,"_ml_metaFontWeight":"400","_ml_metaLineHeight":0.92,"_ml_bodyColor":"#a9a9a9","_ml_bodyFont":"Open Sans","_ml_bodyFontSize":0.85,"_ml_bodyFontWeight":"400","_ml_bodyLineHeight":1.2,"_ml_wooPriceColor":"#666","_ml_wooPriceFont":"Open Sans","_ml_wooPriceFontSize":0.9,"_ml_wooPriceFontWeight":"400","_ml_wooPriceLineHeight":1.27,"_ml_headingColor":"#000","_ml_headingFont":"Merriweather","_ml_headingFontSize":2.02,"_ml_headingFontWeight":"700","_ml_headingLineHeight":1.47,"_mlglobal_userfontcolors":{"headingColorUser":[],"titleColorUser":[],"metaColorUser":[],"bodyColorUser":[],"wooPriceColorUser":[]},"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[573628746],"tags":[816370,573627544,573627534,468618],"class_list":["post-154387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-hbcu-news","tag-alabama-state","tag-featured","tag-hbcusports","tag-swac"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBCU squad scores historic win over in-state D1 squad - HBCU Gameday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alabama State earned a historic win on Tuesday as its win over UAB was the first in 11 attempts for the HBCU squad.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2025\/11\/11\/hbcu-squad-scores-historic-win-over-in-state-d1-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HBCU squad scores historic win over in-state D1 squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alabama State earned a historic win on Tuesday as its win over UAB was the first in 11 attempts for the HBCU squad.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2025\/11\/11\/hbcu-squad-scores-historic-win-over-in-state-d1-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HBCU Gameday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hbcugameday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T03:06:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T03:06:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BamaStateMBB.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1416\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steven J. 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