Southern stuns Tulane

BATON ROUGE, Lousiaiana -- Southern got its second milestone victory in four days.

After getting a rare victory against a Southeastern Conference team when they won at Mississippi State on Monday night, the Jaguars defeated Tulane 90-82 on Thursday night in their home opener in the F.G. Clark Activity Center. It was Southern’s first win against Tulane in nine games.

“It was a big win,” guard Christopher Hyder said. “After beating an SEC team, I think early on, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. We looked at it as a must-win.”

The Jaguars fell behind by eight points after nine minutes but rallied for a four-point halftime lead and never trailed in the second half.

“We hadn’t been in this situation before,” Southern coach Roman Banks said. “So coming off that (Mississippi State) win, my concern was that no matter how hard you try to pump them up, we’d be a little flat. To see them work through that and come back was big.”

The Jaguars (2-1) host Dillard on Tuesday, and the Green Wave (1-2) host Appalachian State on Sunday.

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