Southern-Texas Southern Battle on ESPNU Monday Night

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Last year’s Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season champion and SWAC Tournament Champion will meet Monday night on ESPNU at 8 p.m. Southern (4-11, 1-0,) was crowned as the 2013-14 SWAC regular season champion and they are set to play host to Texas Southern (4,10- 1-0), winner of last year’s SWAC Tournament.

Despite this only being the second conference game of the season, history has proven that battles between these two schools are always pivotal. In fact, since the 2012-13 season, one team has either won the regular season title or the conference tournament.

The Jaguars enter tonight’s contest after opening conference play with a 68-56 victory over Prairie View. SUBR had a pair of pre-conference near misses falling to #22 Baylor by only four points and #9 Iowa State by 10, a game in which they led at halftime. The Tigers come in as arguably the hottest team in the SWAC. They topped Alcorn State 72-55 in its conference opener Saturday. TSU also knocked off #25 Michigan State, Kansas State and suffered a one point loss at Auburn.

ESPNU’s Bret Dolan and Stephen Howard will call the matchup: WATCH LIVE

The complete ESPNU schedule is as follows:
January 26 – Prairie View at Arkansas Pine Bluff 8 p.m.
February 2 – Alabama A&M at Texas Southern 8 p.m.
February 23 – Alabama State at Southern 8 p.m.

2015 Toyota SWAC Basketball Tournament
March 15 – SWAC Women’s Final – 2 p.m. ESPN3
March 15 – SWAC Men’s Final - 5:30 p.m. ESPNU



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