Southern sinks Alcorn State 84-75

AP News | 2010-01-31 00:42:04

<div id="subtitle">Williams scores 20 points, hits 5 3-pointers to lead Southern over winless Alcorn State 84-75</div><div><p>Jazz Williams scored 20 points and Doug Scott had a double-double, leading Southern University over winless Alcorn State 84-75 on Saturday.</p><p>Ian Francis dropped in a layup to put Alcorn State ahead 17-12. But Williams hit one of his five 3-pointers in the contest, sparking a 17-5 Southern run, and the Jaguars (4-17, 2-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference) led the rest of the way.</p><p>Southern led by seven at halftime and outscored the Braves 45-43 to seal it in the second.</p><p>Julius Ingram added 18 points while Scott had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Jaguars, who snapped a five-game losing skid. Madut Bol chipped in with 12 points.</p><p>JaMarkus Holt paced the Braves (0-22, 0-9) with 16 points, Francis had 12 and Brandon Rogers finished with 10.</p><p>Southern scored 21 points off of 16 Alcorn State turnovers, and the Jaguars had the advantage in bench scoring 41-20.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68138630&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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