Jan. 12, 2007
Box Score
Southern v. Jackson State, W, 73-62
Deforrest Riley-Smith scored a career-high 37 points, while holding the nation's
leading scorer, Trey Johnson of Jackson State, to 19 points on 9 of 25 shooting,
as the Southern Jaguars rolled into the Williams Assembly Center on the Jackson
State campus, and rolled out with a 73-62 win over previously undefeated in
SWAC play, Jackson State.
Johnson, who averages 30.3 points per game, finished with
19 points, tied for his lowest output of the season. He was 9-for-25 overall
and 0-for-7 from 3-point range.
Defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champ Southern
(3-13, 2-2 SWAC) hung on as conference preseason favorite Jackson State (9-8,
3-1), could never muster enough to get over the hump versus the Jaguars, who
never trailed in the contest.
Meanwhile, Riley-Smith was the one on fire, making 13 of 19
shots and canning 5 of 7 from 3-point range. Chris Davis was the only other
SUJ player in double figures with 12 points.
Jackson State sliced an 11-point Southern lead to 57-56 with
4:20 remaining, but Riley-Smith canned two free throws at the other end and,
after he snared a defensive rebound, hit a jumper at the other end. He also
had a 3-pointer in what turned into an 11-2 spurt, good for a 68-58 lead with
1:13 to play.
Southern v. Grambling State, L, 67-70
Southern's achilles heel once again reared its ugly head, as the visiting
Jaguars missed 10 free throws, going 16 of 26 from the charity stripe, and fumbled
away opportunites down the stretch as Grambling State handed Southern its 12th
defeat of the season, 70-67 in front of 2487 fans in a hot and muggy Memorial
Gynmasium on the GSU campus Saturday night.
Chris Davis led SU with 16 points and also pulled down 5 rebounds,
while Deforrest Riley-Smith scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds.
Douglas Scott added 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Grambling State (4-6,2-1 SWAC) put four players in double-figures,
led by 19 points and 9 rebounds from Anthony Willilliams. Richard Thomas added
14, Andre' Ratliffe went for 12 points, while Kendric Baker pumped in
11 points.
