Jackson State Tigers at Southern Jaguars
· NCAA Men's Basketball
65 - 61
Rivers, Howard lead Jackson St. to 65-61 win over Southern
Rivers finished with 14 points and three blocks, and Julian Daughtry added 13 points for Jackson State (7-10, 4-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Rivers made just 3 of 11 from the field, but hit 7 of 8 free throws.
Emanual Shepherd hit a jumper to give Southern (5-12, 1-3) a 13-point lead about 3 1/2 minutes into the second half. The Tigers answered with a 14-3 run over the next seven minutes to trim their deficit to 46-44 before Jesse Love and Jordan Berry each hit a 3 to make it 54-all with four minutes left. Howard made a 3-pointer to break the tie and give JSU its first lead and then, after Sidney Umude's putback for the Jaguars, converted a 3-point play to extend it to 60-56.
Jared Sam made a jumper to pull Southern within one point with 16 seconds left, but Rivers's free throws sealed it.
Sam hit all of his season-high 14 free-throw attempts and finished with 22 points and a career-high tying 13 rebounds for the Jaguars.
Jackson State shot just 37.7 percent from the field, but hit 10 of 22 3-pointers and committed just six turnovers.
Jackson State is 4-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2010-11 season.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 62 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Southern Deadball Team Rebound. | 65 - 61 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Emanual Shepherd missed Three Point Jumper. | 65 - 61 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Maurice Rivers made Free Throw. | 65 - 61 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Maurice Rivers made Free Throw. | 64 - 61 |
Statistics
 JKST |
 SOU |
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|---|---|---|
| 20-53 | FG | 19-48 |
| 38 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 10-22 | 3PT | 3-11 |
| 45 | Three Point % | 27 |
| 15-19 | FT | 20-22 |
| 79 | Free Throw % | 91 |
| 24 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 9 | Assists | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 6 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 8 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 20 | Fouls | 18 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Attendance: 1,129 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman | 14-4 | - | 17-15 |
| Southern | 11-7 | 3 | 17-17 |
| Florida A&M | 11-7 | 3 | 15-16 |
| Alabama A&M | 10-8 | 4 | 18-15 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10-8 | 4 | 13-19 |
| Texas Southern | 10-8 | 4 | 12-18 |
| Jackson State | 10-8 | 4 | 12-21 |
| Prairie View A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 19-18 |
| Grambling | 7-11 | 7 | 14-19 |
| Alabama State | 7-11 | 7 | 10-22 |
| Alcorn State | 7-11 | 7 | 9-23 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 2-16 | 12 | 3-30 |