1 | 2 | T | |
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UAPB | 31 | 31 | 62 |
SOU | 27 | 43 | 70 |
Reese with 19, Southern beats Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70-62
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Eddie Reese scored 19 points with six assists and Southern beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70-62 on Saturday night.
Reese was 7 of 14 from the field including four from distance for the Jaguars (11-14, 7-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference), who had a 43-27 rebounding edge over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Emanual Shepherd added 15 points and nine rebounds and Jared Sam scored 14 points and led the team with 11 rebounds.
Southern trailed 31-27 at the break and Shepard scored nine points as part of an 11-4 start to the second half that moved the Jaguars into a 38-35 lead with 13:21 to play. Arkansas-Pine Bluff cut it to 65-60 with 1:06 left but could not get closer.
Martaveous McKnight scored 23 points with five rebounds and four assists for the Golden Lions (9-17, 9-3).
Game Information
2023-24 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Grambling | 14-4 | - | 21-15 |
Alcorn State | 13-5 | 1 | 14-18 |
Southern | 12-6 | 2 | 18-14 |
Texas Southern | 12-6 | 2 | 16-17 |
Bethune-Cookman | 11-7 | 3 | 17-17 |
Jackson State | 11-7 | 3 | 15-17 |
Alabama A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 12-23 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 8-10 | 6 | 13-18 |
Alabama State | 8-10 | 6 | 13-19 |
Prairie View A&M | 5-13 | 9 | 10-21 |
Florida A&M | 4-14 | 10 | 6-23 |
Mississippi Valley State | 1-17 | 13 | 1-30 |