Southern pulls away from Wyoming

LARAMIE, Wyoming – Trelun Banks scored 21 points with 7-for-14 shooting to lead Southern to a 68-58 win over Wyoming on Thursday night.

Adrian Rodgers added 14 points plus eight rebounds and Tony Nunn scored 10 points for the Jaguars who improved to 6-2. Southern outscored the Cowboys 41-32 in the second half and controlled the glass 45-25.

Banks hit back-to-back three pointers midway through the first half to give Southern, who never trailed in this game, its first double-digit lead, 20-8. Wyoming (5-4) battled back, closing the gap to 27-26 with a three pointer from Josh Adams at the end of the half.

But it was as close as the Cowboys would get the rest of the way. Southern opened the second half with an 8-0 spurt, then broke away with a 10-2 run capped by Banks' layup to make it 58-43 with 4:58 to go and held a double-figure advantage the rest of the way.

The Cowboys were held to just 35 percent shooting (17-of-48) from the field and the same percentage (10-of-29) beyond the arc, while Southern hit 44 percent (27-of-62) and 45 percent (5-of-11), respectively. The victory handed Wyoming, who was led by Adams’ 25 points its first back-to-back nonconference home losses under sixth-year head coach Larry Shyatt.

Adams led Wyoming with 25 points. Last season, the Cowboys made it to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round.

Last month Southern topped Mississippi State 76-72.

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