In their home opener on Wednesday night, the North Carolina A&T Aggies shot just 4-for-20 from 3-point range, but still shot 52.5 percent from the floor, earning an 86-50 win over Division II Anderson at Corbett Sports Center.

Senior forward Jason Wills led the Aggies with 18 points and eight rebounds on 6-for-7 shooting. Senior guard Steven Rush added 17 points. The Aggies improved to 2-2 on the season. Win No. 2 marks the earliest the Aggies have had two wins in a season since 1986.

“We’re still not shooting the ball well from the perimeter,’’ said head coach Jerry Eaves. “But we know it’s going to come. And when it does it’s going to make us drastically different. We were still able to score 86 points because we got to the basket and we shot well from the free-throw line. If we had hit our threes the last two games we probably would have scored 115 points in each game.”

The Aggies were just 7-for-22 from 3-point range in their 96-71 win over Houston Baptist on Sunday. In the first half they hit just one of their 10 3-point attempts and the normally reliable Rush was just 2-for-10 from behind the arc throughout the game.

The Aggies turned up the pressure on the Trojans, forcing turnovers and turning those turnovers into easy layups. Leading 15-11 with 10:24 remaining in the first half, the Aggies went on a 9-0 run that included three fastbreak layups and a Wills 3-pointer that put the Aggies ahead 24-11 with 6:51 remaining in the half.

The Trojans broke up the run with a free throw from Stephen Cobb, but the Aggies answered with 10 consecutive points thanks to three Trojan turnovers that helped the Aggies get to the free-throw line. The Aggies went into the locker room with a 42-23 lead.

When Rush did show signs of breaking out of his shooting slump by hitting back-to-back 3-pointers, it gave the Aggies a commanding 62-32 lead with 13:07 remaining in the game.

“Right now we’re just trying to find our way,’’ said Eaves, who played 14 players on Wednesday. “I wasn’t planning to go that deep into the bench so early, but you do what you have to do to get production from your players. People have to remember, we have a brand new team. We have to work to get better. It’s not a crossword puzzle. When we get down to about an eight or nine man rotation I think we’ll become more consistent.”

The Aggies will play in Greensboro on Monday, but away from Corbett Sports Center as they face Montreat at the Greensboro Coliseum Monday night at 7. Kevis Cornwell led the Trojans with 10 points.