Thursday, January 23, 2014

Southern men get first SWAC loss

GREENWOOD, Mississippi The Southern men’s basketball team arrived here undefeated in Southwestern Athletic Conference play to meet a Mississippi Valley State team that was winless in the league.

Neither team looked the way it had coming in Wednesday night as the spirited Delta Devils built a 15-point halftime lead and made a series of big plays down the stretch to thwart a strong Jaguars comeback. MVSU prevailed 72-64 at the Leflore County Civic Center.

“My fear about this group is about whether they’re going to be consistent, whether they’re going to stay in the moment and focus on the next game,” Southern coach Roman Banks said. “When we came out I could feel we didn’t have our edge. I could feel it in warm-ups.”

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