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Recap - Texas Southern Defeats Southern 82-69

Texas Southern earned a 82-69 victory over Southern on Saturday, getting 23 points from Jalan McCloud at Health and PE Arena.

Demontrae Jefferson had 22 points for Texas Southern and Kevin Scott chipped in with 12 points. Demontrae Jefferson had 5 assists for them, while Marvin Jones was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 10 boards.

Southern got 13 points from Chris Thomas in a losing cause and another 12 points from Trelun Banks. Trelun Banks contributed 4 assists for them, while Chris Thomas had 7 rebounds.

First-half bettors who backed Southern were victorious, as the score was 39-38 at the break.

Texas Southern won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 31-28.