Sam's double-double leads Southern past MVSU 55-51
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Jared Sam scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help Southern beat Mississippi Valley State 55-51 on Monday night.
Jamar Sandifer added 12 points, Eddie Reese had 11 points, six boards, and four assists, and Chris Thomas scored 10 for Southern (12-14, 8-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference). The Jaguars were 15 of 23 from the free-throw line compared to MVSU's eight attempts.
Southern's lead was cut to 36-34 with 10:30 left in the game but MVSU didn't score again until the 5:41 mark. The Delta Devils pulled to 51-48 after Jordan Evans's three free throws but Sam answered with a basket and split a pair of free throws on back-to-back possessions to seal it.
Dante Scott scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds for MVSU (2-24, 2-11). Emmanuel Ejeh added 10 rebounds.
MVSU was held to just 16 first-half points on 7-of-30 shooting (23.3 percent) with eight turnovers.
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2018-2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Prairie View A&M | 11-1 | - | 13-12 |
Texas Southern | 9-3 | 2 | 14-11 |
Alabama State | 8-4 | 3 | 10-13 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 8-5 | 3.5 | 11-15 |
Grambling | 7-6 | 4.5 | 13-13 |
Jackson State | 6-7 | 5.5 | 9-17 |
Alabama A&M | 4-8 | 7 | 5-21 |
Alcorn State | 4-9 | 7.5 | 8-17 |
Mississippi Valley State | 3-10 | 8.5 | 5-22 |
Southern | 3-10 | 8.5 | 4-22 |