Southern routs UAPB, moves to 5-0 in SWAC

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  On the heels of a 3-0 start to Southwestern Athletic Conference play, the Arkansas-Pine Bluff men’s basketball team had a chance to make a statement against league-leader Southern on Saturday night.

Its opponent stole the show.

High-flying Southern entertained the home crowd for 40 dominant minutes, soaring for four dunks, knocking down 11 3-pointers, swiping 10 steals and, in general, doing whatever it wanted in an 84-50 rout of UAPB at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

The Jaguars (11-6, 5-0) led by double figures from 15-5 on.

“When I looked up and saw we had a comfortable lead, the game became way more fun,” Southern junior Malcolm Miller said. “We got to relax a little bit and tried to do some things to keep the crowd entertained. We were just having fun out there basically.”

No one was more entertaining than Miller, whose performance in helping Southern start SWAC play 4-0 — three games with 20-plus points — earned him the conference’s Player of the Week honor.

Up to his old tricks once again, Miller had 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including a 5-of-9 effort from 3-point range and a pair of first-half dunks. He also grabbed nine rebounds.

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