LORMAN, MS. -- Southern splits the season series with Alcorn State dropping a heartbreaker on Saturday afternoon 58-53 at the Davey L. Whitney Complex on the campus of Alcorn State University.
Freshman
Raven White records her first double-double of the season finishing the day with a game-high 12 points and 12 rebounds. Junior guard
Alyric Scott added 11 points and nine rebounds along with
Brittany Rose and
Amani Mcwain chipping in nine points each. Rose finished the night with a career-high 10 rebounds.
Caitlin Davis had a game-high five assists. SU out rebounded ASU 46-36.
The Jaguars defense forced the Lady Braves to 16 turnovers picking up 14 points off the turnovers. SU played all ten players with eight landing in the scoring column. Southern shot 37 percent for the game (20-55) and 27 percent from behind the arc (4-15). SU shot 41 percent from the charity stripe finishing (9-22).
Southern (13-14, 11-5 SWAC)
Up Next
Southern will close out the regular season at home on Thursday and Saturday night at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. On Thursday, the Lady Jags will take on the Lady Tigers of Texas Southern on Greek Night, Tip-off is set for 5:30 PM. On Saturday, SU will face off with PVAMU on Senior Night. Tip-off is set for 3 PM.
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