Jan. 2, 2010

Final Stats

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Earnest Jones and Jazz Williams scored 12 points apiece and Jones grabbed 14 rebounds as Southern scored nine of the final 11 points to defeat Chicago State 67-60 on Wednesday night.

Jones' free throw with 3:15 remaining broke a 58-58 tie. A steal by Norm Nixon Jr. led to a Doug Scott layup to put the Jaguars (2-10) ahead 61-58, and Nixon made a 3-pointer with 2:24 left for a 64-58 lead.

It was the second win in four games for Southern, which lost its first eight.

Southern led 18-10 with 12:14 left in the first half, but the Cougars (5-9) took a brief lead, 23-22, with a 13-4 run. Jonathan Montgomery, who led Chicago State with 16 points, made four free throws during that stretch and Christian Wall, who scored 11, had 3- and 2-point jumpers.

Southern took a 32-29 lead into halftime and remained on top until the Cougars tied it 56-56 with 4:59 to play.

The Jags will have a few days off before embarking on the first of four conference games in a week. SU will travel to Texas to take on Prairie View A&M on Monday night, and Texas Southern on Wednesday night in Houston. SU will return home to face the Grambling State Tigers on Saturday January 9th at 7:30 pm, and will then host the Tigers of Jackson State on the following Monday night, January 11th, at 7:30 pm in the FG Clark Activity Center.