BATON ROUGE, LA -- Southern picks up its first SWAC conference win of the season on Monday afternoon as they outlasted Jackson State 56-50 at the F.G Clark Activity Center. 

Junior Lamarcus Lee had a season and career high as he finished with 18 points and eight rebounds. Graduate transfer Micah Bradford finished the night with 14 points and a game-high four assists. Senior forward Darius Williams led all rebounders with nine, picking up five of them on the defensive end. Williams and Damiree Burns added six points each for the Jaguars. Burns and Ahsante Shivers each had six rebounds, Senior Amel Kuljuhovic added seven rebounds. 

The Jaguars had seven out nine players land in the scoring column. Southern went into the locker room leading 31-25. SU shot 42 percent for the game (22-for-52) and 27 percent from three-point range (3-11). The Jaguars shot 82 percent from the free-throw line (9-11). SU had the lead for 23:10 of the game that featured 10 lead changes and was tied seven times.

Southern 4-13, 1-3 SWAC  

Up Next 
The Jaguars go back on the road to face University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Saturday evening at 7:00 PM at H.O. Clemmons Arena on the campus of UAPB.

Due the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day the game will be played at 4:00 PM in Itta Bena, Mississippi in the Robert W. Harrison Complex on the campus of Mississippi Valley State University. 

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