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Jacobs leads Southern men's basketball to win in SWAC opener
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BATON ROUGE - The Southern men's basketball team picked up a win in its SWAC opener Saturday.
The Jaguars used a career day from Michael Jacobs to hold off Texas Southern, 84-73. Jacobs, a senior, had 27 points, six rebounds, and six assists in the home victory.
Southern led 42-29 at the half, and controlled the game for most of the second half. Malek Abdelgowad was pretty efficient as well for the Jaguars, scoring 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbing seven rebounds.
Southern is now 5-9 overall and 1-0 in the SWAC. They host Prairie View A&M on Monday night.
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