{"id":3375,"date":"2014-02-20T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T15:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2014-02-20T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T15:16:26","slug":"jsu-mens-basketball-defeats-texas-southern-75-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/02\/20\/jsu-mens-basketball-defeats-texas-southern-75-73\/","title":{"rendered":"JSU men\u2019s basketball defeats Texas Southern 75-73"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julysses Nobles calls a play during game against Texas Southern. Photo: JSU Media Relations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bridget Robinson
\n<\/strong>MC301 Contributor
\n<\/strong>Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julysses Nobles scored a game high 21 points to end the Tiger\u2019s two game losing streak on Feb. 17 in a win against Texas Southern 75-73 at the H&PE Arena.<\/p>\n

With the win, JSU improves to a 9-16 overall and 5-8 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.<\/p>\n

The Tigers shot 47.1% from the field and 87.5% from the free throw line to Texas Southern\u2019s 44.0% from the field and 63.0% from the free throw line. JSU also out rebounded Texas Southern 35-28.<\/p>\n

JSU led the game at the end of the half 39-35. The game was a constant second half battle, with six lead changes in the second half.<\/p>\n

The Tigers held their largest lead of the game of six with 1:51.<\/p>\n

Javeres Brent scored 16 points and Janarius Middleton collected 14 points and 8 rebounds to secure the JSU victory.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Aris Scarver led Texas Southern with 15 points, Aaric Murrary collected 14 points and 11 rebounds, Law Johnson-Danner received 12 points and Ray Peen ended the game with 11 points.<\/p>\n

In women\u2019s action, Junior Ke\u2019ra St John\u2019s 15 points and seven rebounds was not enough to secure a victory as the Lady Tigers fell to Texas Southern 54-61.<\/p>\n

With the loss, the Lady Tigers fall to a 9-14 overall and 7-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference play.<\/p>\n

In the first half, the lead changed six times and both teams scored 20 points in the paint. Texas Southern led at the end of the first half 28-27.<\/p>\n

The second half was neck-and-neck with Texas Southern leading 51-50 at the 4:21 mark. However, the Lady Tigers missed consecutive shots while Texas Southern leading scorer Alexus Johnson secured the 54-61 Texas Southern win with her back-to-back buckets.<\/p>\n

Ayanna Hardy-Fuller ended the game with 11 points and 4 rebounds and Kameron Jones scored double-digits as well with 10 points.<\/p>\n

Johnson led Texas Southern with 14 points and six rebounds. Keiana Vines collected 14 points and 4 rebounds and Sarah Williams racked up 12 points and 5 assists.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are set to travel to Grambling, La. to face the Grambling Tigers on Saturday, Fe. 22 at the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Bridget Robinson MC301 Contributor Staff Writer Julysses Nobles scored a game high 21 points to end the Tiger\u2019s two game losing streak on Feb. 17 in a win against Texas Southern 75-73 at the H&PE Arena. With the win, JSU improves to a 9-16 overall and 5-8 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. The Tigers shot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}