LORMAN, MS. -- Southern Lady Jaguars out scored Alcorn State 29-17 to close out the second half and hold off the Lady Braves 57-51 at the Davey L. Whitney Complex on Saturday afternoon.

After trailing 34-28 at the half, the Lady Jaguars turned up the defensive intensity in the third quarter with a steal by Taneara Moore with 8:05 left in the third quarter and Nakia Kincey layup tied up the game at 34 all. Battling back and forth during the fourth quarter, the Lady Jaguars took the final lead with 2:27 off a shot clock buzzer beater three-pointer by Genovea Johnson to give the Jaguars a 54-51 lead. Tyeniesha Metcalf put the nail in the coffin off her three-point basket from the right corner to give the Jaguars a 57-51 lead. SU closed the game out on a 8-0 run. 

Nakia Kincey led the SU with ten points and two rebounds in thirty minutes of play. Genovea Johnson, Taneara Moore and Tyeniesha Metcalf all finished the afternoon with eight points each. Both Johnson and White each grabbed a season high 11 rebounds along with Moore snatching 10 boards. Raven White, Kayla Watson and Chloe Fleming chipped in six points each.

"Alcorn does a great job with their press defense and trying to speed you up. I thought we did a pretty good job controlling the pace and getting offensive rebounds. We didn't shoot the ball particularly well but we knocked down some big shots late in the fourth quarter. It's always tough playing on the road and takes a total team effort to win. Overall it was a great team win and we will start preparing for our next game vs Grambling on Saturday", said Carlos Funchess, SU Women's Basketball Head Coach.

The Lady Jaguars defense forced the Lady Braves to 22 turnovers picking up 15 points off the turnovers. SU played all ten players that dressed out, with nine landing in the scoring column. Southern shot 29 percent for the game (20-68) and shot 12 percent from behind the arc (2-16). SU shot 79 percent from the charity stripe finishing (15-19).

LaRae Rascoe, Aja Wheeler and Deja Mitchell led the Lady Braves in scoring shooting eleven points each. Diamond Hall chipped in eight points along with a team-high seven rebounds and five a game-high five assists. 

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The Lady Jaguars will be back in action on Saturday, February 6th when they host in-state rival Grambling State University. Tip-off is slated for 2 PM. Monday, February 8th, SU will take on first place Jackson State, tipoff is slated for 5 PM.

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