When teams scout Jackson State to ID the shooters and scorers, Rod Melvin and Cason Burk aren't likely to be in the conversation. The two entered Saturday's game against Grambling State averaging less than 10 points combined. Burk is the rebounding, hustle man. Melvin is a true pass-first point guard. Nobody at Hobdy Arena was ready, then, for the duo to come out firing, but they did, and for SWAC-leading JSU that was a good thing.With Burk scoring a career-high 19 and Melvin adding nine, the visiting Tigers held on for an 84-79 overtime victory, extending their winning streak to nine games."Teams are keying in on me. They think they know how to stop us," said Garrison Johnson, JSU's leading scorer with 22. "They fail to realize we have an arsenal. ... They held it down. "They bring it every night, but usually it's in a different aspect." JSU (15-11, 13-1) looked like it would glide to victory after opening with a 15-5 run and extending the lead to 14. Grambling (6-16, 4-10) cut it to six at halftime, but JSU jumped the lead to 13 early in the second half.
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