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SU JAGS DROP SWAC HOME OPENER 65-64 TO TEXAS SOUTHERN



Texas Southern's Courtenay Brown, left, pressures Southern's Geri Guillory during Tuesday night's game at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Jan. 4, 2007

Box Score

Texas Southern's Leonta Matthews' putback with 10.1 seconds left lifted the visiting TSU Tigers to a 65-64 victory over the defending SWAC champs at the FG Clark Activity Center.

SU, which went 10-0 at home and won all nine of its SWAC games in the "Mini-Dome" a year ago, has already dropped two home games this season includuing Tuesday's loss.

Southern led 61-55 on Javaris Bradford's jumper with 5:47 remaining, but the Jaguars didn't make another field goal. Meanwhile, SU went 3-for-8 at the free-throw line and had two turnovers.

Chris Davis missed a pair of free throws with 28.1 seconds left.

Southern had one last chance to win, but Steffon Wiley missed as he drove the lane and forward Douglas Scott couldn't get a putback to go, with the ball clanking off the bottom of the rim.

Leading TSU (5-6, 1-0 SWAC), Jones had 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Matthews added 12 points and 12 rebounds, while Chris Moore had 11 points.

Southern (1-12, 0-1) got career highs of 10 points, eight rebounds and six assists from Geri Guillory, with 13 points from Steffon Wiley and 10 apiece from Deforrest Riley-Smith and Geri Guillory.

 



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