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Box Score

Southern SUM 12-15 | 9-5 SWAC

Alabama A&M AAMU 7-17 | 4-9 SWAC

Southern SUM

12-15 | 9-5 SWAC

Final

Feb. 24, 2020

Alabama A&M AAMU

7-17 | 4-9 SWAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Southern SUM	40	24	64
Alabama A&M AAMU	21	16	37

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/24/2020 10:41:00 PM | Rodney Kirschner, Sports Information Director

Shivers Propels Jaguars Past Bulldogs, 64-37

Next Game:

at Alcorn State University

2/29/2020 | 5:30 PM

Next Game

Full Schedule

Feb. 29 (Sat) / 5:30 PM

at Alcorn State University

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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Southern picks up its fourth straight conference win as the Jaguars dominated Alabama A&M 64-37 Monday night at Elmore Gymnasium.

Southern is now 13-15 on the year and 10-5 in the SWAC, sitting at third place. Grambling State and Alcorn State are one game behind entering Saturdays afternoon away game with Alcorn State.

Alabama A&M drops to 7-18 and 4-10 in the league.

Southern found itself down only two times in the first half as they held the Bulldogs to (22%) shooting in the first half and headed into the locker room leading 40-21. Alabama A&M in the first half made 2-of-7 from behind the arc. SU was 12-of-23 in the first half (52%) and 3-of-5 from the arc.

Ahsante Shivers led with a game high 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting and 3-of-4 from behind the three also he added seven rebounds. Damiree Burns added 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting and 4-of-4 from the free throw line and game-high five assist. Darius Williams had a game-high nine rebounds.

For the game, A&M was 10-of-42 from the field 3-of-13 from three and 14-of-26 at the free throw line while the Jaguars defense held the Bulldogs to 16 second half points (season best for SU defense). Southern largest lead of the night was 30 and the Jaguars finished the game shooting 23-of-55 (41.8 percent) 5-of-16 (31.3%) from three point range and 13-of-18 at the charity stripe (72.2%).

Southern out rebounded A&M 37-33, had a 20-3 advantage in points off turnovers and outscored the Bulldogs bench 30-9.

Up Next
Southern will travel to Lorman, MS to take on Alcorn State on Saturday, February 29th for a 5:30 PM tip-off.

Live TV
https://alcornsports.com/watch/?Live=103&type=Live

Live Stats
https://alcornsports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary

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