JSU Men’s and Women’s basketball fall to Southern

JSU Media Relations

Julysses Nobles and BJ West combined to score 24 points but it was not enough as the Jackson State men’s basketball team fell 60-39 to the Southern Jaguars in Southwestern Athletic Conference action Monday night.

Nobles led JSU with 14 points and West recorded his ninth double-double of the season as he finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Calvin Godfrey led Southern with 14 points.

Southern led 33-20 at halftime and held JSU to 16 points in the second half. For the game JSU was held to 24% shooting from the field (13-53), 14.3% in threes (2-14) and 44.4% from the line (8-18).

The Tigers were out-rebounded 50-36 and recorded only two assists to the 14 assists recorded by Southern.

The Jackson State University Women’s basketball team also fell, 69-59 to Southern University Monday evening at F. G. Clark Activity Center.
With the loss, the Lady Tigers falls to 5-9 overall and 3-1 in conference play.

The contest featured three ties and two lead changes, before the Lady Jaguars took over and never looked back. Jackson State shot 32.4 percent from the field, 30 percent from behind the arch, and 52.2 percent from the stripe for the game.

Senior Ekwara Ndongo led JSU with 14 points; while junior Ke’ra St. John recorded her first double-double on the season, scoring eleven points and grabbing 10 boards.

Jasmine Jefferson led the Lady Jags in scoring and rebounding. The Miami, Fla., native scored 17 points and tallied nine rebounds. Yasmin Fuller added 13 points to round out the double-digit scoring for both teams.

JSU returns to action Saturday, Jan. 18 when the Tigers host Prairie View A&M at the Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center in the second game of a SWAC double-header. Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m.