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).
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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 |