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02/27 03:42 CST Southern hosts Bethune-Cookman after Heady's 20-point game
Southern hosts Bethune-Cookman after Heady's 20-point game
By The Associated Press
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (16-13, 13-3 SWAC) at Southern Jaguars (13-15, 9-6
SWAC)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Bethune-Cookman faces Southern after Jakobi Heady scored 20 points
in Bethune-Cookman's 76-71 win against the Grambling Tigers.
The Jaguars have gone 8-3 at home. Southern has a 2-3 record in games decided
by less than 4 points.
The Wildcats are 13-3 in conference play. Bethune-Cookman ranks third in the
SWAC shooting 34.2% from 3-point range.
Southern averages 80.2 points per game, 3.3 more points than the 76.9
Bethune-Cookman allows. Bethune-Cookman averages 75.4 points per game, 3.0
fewer than the 78.4 Southern gives up.
The teams play for the second time this season in SWAC play. Southern won the
last matchup 77-73 on Jan. 13. Malek Abdelgowad scored 21 points points to help
lead the Jaguars to the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Jacobs is scoring 17.8 points per game and averaging
3.4 rebounds for the Jaguars. Terrance Dixon Jr. is averaging 13.0 points and
5.3 rebounds over the last 10 games.
Heady is shooting 52.0% and averaging 18.1 points for the Wildcats. Tyler
Andrews is averaging 1.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jaguars: 6-4, averaging 79.1 points, 32.3 rebounds, 15.9
assists, 8.2 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 76.0 points per game.
Wildcats: 8-2, averaging 77.6 points, 35.7 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 6.2 steals
and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 70.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
