Umude leads Southern past Alabama A&M 59-49
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Sidney Umude scored 18 points with eight rebounds and Richard Lee scored 12 and Southern beat Alabama A&M 59-49 on Saturday night to end a two-game skid.
Lee's 3-pointer with 16:43 before intermission gave the Jaguars (5-22, 4-10 Southwestern Athletic Conference) a 6-5 lead and they never trailed again. Lee's basket marked the beginning of an 18-5 run in which he made three 3s. Southern led 36-28 at halftime.
Brandon Miller and Evan Wiley led Alabama A&M (5-22, 4-9) with nine points each and the Bulldogs struggled shooting going 19 of 49 (38.8 percent) from the field. Alabama A&M now has dropped three straight and five of the last six.
Game Information
F.G. Clark Activity Center
1:30 AM, 24 February 2019
Baton Rouge, LA
Attendance: 1,281
2023-24 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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