Jags Basketball Falls Short vs Alcorn

Coming off of a loss at Alabama State, the Southern University Jags looked to get back into their winning ways vs Alcorn (7-14 overall, 3-6 in the SWAC) on the road to end a three-game road trip on February 2nd.
With both teams near the bottom of the SWAC, both Alcorn and Southern came into the night’s game looking for a victory to improve their standings in the conference.
In the first half, the majority of the offense came from Aaron Ray and Richard Lee, both of whom knocked down two triples in the game.
Although the Jags managed to shoot a high percentage, especially from three-point range in the 1st half, (46% from the field, 50% from three), the Braves matched them score for score was able to keep the score relatively low going into the latter parts of the first half.
With a score of 34-36, the Jags went into halftime looking at a small deficit in what was a defensive and low scoring half of play.
Unlike the first half, which was full of efficient shooting from behind the arc, the 2nd half saw the defensive hustle of both teams return in full force to limit the threes from Southern’s shooters.
As a result of this lack of perimeter scoring, Sydney Umude found his jump shot midway through the 2nd half and anchored Southern’s offense with 10 second half points. Finishing with a team high 12 points on the night, Umude continued his consistent scoring on the season.
Defensively however, the Jags couldn’t limit the hot three-point shooting presented by the Braves long-range shooters. Shooting 5-8 from behind the arc in the second half and 11-17 overall from behind the arc, Alcorn managed to build up a 14-point lead late in the half to effectively put the Jags away with less than two minutes left in the contest.
With a final score of 76-64, the Jaguars end the last game of their 3-game road trip with a loss to the Alcorn Braves after a highly defensive and contested game.
Looking forward to next weekend, the Jags will have an entire week off before taking on the Grambling Tigers in a double-header on February 9th at 5:00 p.m following the girl’s basketball team’s game at 3:30.