Atlanta, GA- Elijah Jordan scored 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds, but the Albany State Golden Rams fell short in defeating the SIAC East Division's top team. ASU was defeated by the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers 70-68. With the loss, Albany State falls to 8-12 overall and 4-9 in the SIAC. Morehouse improves to 12-8, 10-3.

Albany State got off to a fast start despite the hostile crowd at MC's Forbes Arena. A three-pointer by Larry Bullock provided ASU with a 14-7 lead at the 16:58 mark of the first half. Morehouse closed the gap and reclaimed the lead, 27-25, with 8:18 left in the stanza.

The Golden Rams experienced a scoring drought for the rest of the half, but kept the game close. Trailing 38-28, Lance Dixon made a basket to cut the lead to 38-30 at halftime.

In the second half, the Maroon Tigers increased their lead to as many as 16 points on four different occasions. Trailing 64-49 with 10:15 left in regulation, the Golden Rams made a run to get back into contention. Fueled by its halfcourt defense, Albany State outscored Morehouse over the next six minutes to tie the game at 66 with a Darshtyn Baker trey.

Morehouse answered with a basket for a 68-66 advantage, but Baker tied the score again with two free throws with 1:54 left to play. After a missed jumper by Elijah Jordan with 46 seconds remaining, Morehouse was able to score a basket with four seconds left to take a 70-68 lead. Albany State was able to get off a shot, but Davetom Odom's three-point attempt fell just short of the basket.

Baker finished the night with 13 points and five rebounds. Bullock added another 10 points.

The Golden Rams shot 23-of-59 (39%) from the field, six-of-22 (27.3%) from three-point range, and 16-of-25 (64%) from the free throw line.

Albany State returns to action on Saturday, February 7 when they host the Benedict College Tigers. Benedict won the first meeting 94-83 in Columbia, South Carolina. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.