Keith Davis leads Southern men past Grambling 58-50

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- So far, so good for Southern and Keith Davis.

The Jaguars men’s basketball team played its first game without starting center Frank Snow, who’s expected to miss three weeks with a broken right hand, against Grambling on Saturday night.

It came away with a hard-fought 58-50 win in the F.G. Clark Activity Center, and Davis took Snow’s place in the starting lineup to lead the way on a night when he had to because the perimeter offense wasn’t up to par.

Davis scored a game-high 16 points and tied Jared Sam for the team lead with eight rebounds. He shot 63 percent (7-for-11), and his teammates shot 29 percent (15-of-52).

“That was a good starting point for Keith,” coach Roman Banks said. “We wanted to establish him early. With Frank out, we need inside scoring. We went to him early to try and get some buckets and loosen the perimeter, and he answered. Now it’s about being consistent and knowing everything to do on the court for 40 minutes.”

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