Southern holds off late Grambling surge to secure first SWAC win of season

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Southern's first conference win was important for a number of reasons.

Primarily, Saturday marked the Jaguars' first win against a Southwestern Athletic Conference opponent. Their 80-69 defeat Saturday of Grambling, the school's archrival, made it that much sweeter.

Inside the comfort of their own home, coupled with the largest crowd they’ve had all season, the Jaguars’ 11-point win against the Tigers added to Southern's 5-0 home record.

"It definitely was a good one for us," Southern first-year coach Morris Scott said.

Saturday was also a bounce-back day for Southern (5-11, 1-2 SWAC), which dropped consecutive road losses at Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M to begin SWAC play.

"Well the win is pretty important for us," sophomore guard Jamar Sandifer said. "We just tried to come out as strong as possible coming off the road trip, going down 0-2."

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