Mike Davis notches 100th win at Texas Southern with 78-66 victory over Southern

Courtesy: Houston Roundball Review

HOUSTON, Texas -- It was a special night for Texas Southern Tigers head coach Mike Davis as he got his 100th win at TSU with a convincing 78-66 victory over the visiting Southern Jaguars at the HPE Arena.

The Tigers were led by guard Derrick Bruce who had a stellar night out on the floor as he poured in a career and game high 28 points on 9-of-15 shooting including a 8-of-12 display from beyond the arc.

Bruce got things going early for the home standing Tigers as he scored in variety of ways while keeping the Jaguars off balance defensively for the majority of the game.

Demontrae Jefferson contributed 25 points and 7 assists while Trayvon Reed tallied a season high 9 blocked shots to go along with 7 points and 11 rebounds.

"This was obviously a special night for me to get my 100th win here at Texas Southern," said TSU's Davis. "We wanted to come out and play the game with a lot of energy and focus. Southern is a fundamentally sound basketball team so you have to come out prepared to play hard for 40 minutes in order to be successful against them."

Texas Southern took a 37-34 lead into the break before racing out to a double digit lead in the second half which set the pace and tone of the games' last stanza.

TSU held Southern to shooting just 34 percent from the field while also forcing a total of 9 Jaguar turnovers. Texas Southern took its largest lead of the game at the 8:37 mark of the second half at 17 points.

Texas Southern returns home to host the Alcorn State Braves on Wednesday, January 3rd at 7:30 pm at the HPE Arena. The game is slated to be broadcast live on ATT SportsNet SW.

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