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Following a season in which it lost a top performer to a knee injury and finished with an 8-19 record, Alabama A&M had to think its luck was going to turn around at some point.

It seems like it has with the return of top performer Evan Hilton, who was awarded an extra year of eligibility during the off0season. Now coach Vann Pettaway has a team he feels can contend for the SWAC title.

Hilton will team with fellow returnees Cornelius Hester (12.0 ppg) and Casey Cantey (8.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg) to give Pettaway plenty of experience.

And Pettaway has brought in a junior college transfer in Alfred Frayer, who should help the team up front after the departure of center John Smith.

The 2008-09 season was a struggle, especially at the end, when the Bulldogs dropped...]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:40:28 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-aag:1 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:40:28 PDT