UAPB 64, Southern 58Ark.-Pine Bluff (6-19, 5-7 SWAC) M FG-A FT-A R F TPJackson 34 1-10 6-6 4 3 9Anderson 36 6-16 7-10 11 1 21Townsend 29 4-12 4-6 2 0 12Bailey 17 1-2 1-2 1 1 3Broughton 30 4-10 3-5 7 5 11Floyd 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Harris 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Johnson 14 1-1 0-0 1 1 2Smith 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Jones 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Weathers 12 2-3 2-2 6 1 6TOTALS 200 19-54 23-31 38 12 64Southern (13-12, 9-3) M FG-A FT-A R F TPBeltran 38 8-17 2-2 6 1 22Grace 38 5-17 1-1 7 3 11Monroe 16 0-1 1-2 1 2 1Doggett 40 7-15 4-8 11 3 18Colemjan 25 1-2 0-0 8 5 2Marshall 17 0-1 0-0 3 0 0Continue reading →

SWAC MEN’s STANDINGS Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Miss. Valley 12 0 1.000 13 11 .542Southern 9 3 .750 13 12 .520… Continue reading →

Leave it to Sandy Pugh to put it plainly.Saturday afternoon in the F.G. Clark Activity Center, her Southern Unversity women’s basketball team won for the fifth time in six games, pulling away for a 62-48 win … Continue reading →

SWAC women’s standings Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Southern 9 3 .750 10 9 .526Miss. Valley 9 3 .750 12 11 .522Alabama A&M 7 5 .583 12 10 .545 … Continue reading →

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Arkansas-Pine Bluff 48UAPB (0-23, 0-12 SWAC) M FG-A FT-A R F TPLasane 33 1-8 1-2 4 2 4Walker 11 2-5 1-3 2 2 5Quarles 11 0-1 0-0 1 1 0Okwuabua 33 5-11 8-9 6 5 18Gentry 12 1-3 0-0 4 4 2Haggie 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0White 8 0-3 0-0 0 4 0Vaden 7 1-3 0-1 3 0 2Warmley 24 0-0 0-0 4 1 0Marsh 26 2-9 4-8 3 1 10Victorian 12 3-6 1-1 5 1 7Rollins 19 0-0 0-0 3 3 0TOTALS 200 15-49 4-9 29 22 48Southern (10-9, 9-3) M FG-A FT-A R F TPFloyd 27 4-10 1-1 13 2 9Thomas 25 2-7 0-2 6 3 6Stephens 30 3-7 4-4 8 0 10Coleman 32 3-12 4-7 1 2 11Continue reading →

When the final horn sounded Saturday night, members of the Southern men’s basketball team shuffled off the floor inside the F.G. Clark Activity Center, shaking their heads as they disappeared into the home locker room.The Jaguars, … Continue reading →

When he patrolled third base, Wilmy Marrero had a close-up look at his pitchers as they labored through a long inning. He could hear the loud, piercing pop of the catcher’s mitt.And whenever a right-handed hitter … Continue reading →

It was a nice week for Laneisha Stephens, who put together what might have been the best two-game stretch of her college career. She ran the floor. She played stout defense. She sparkled in the high post. For her, and the Southern women’s basketball team, the idea is simple: Keep it going. And don’t take anything for granted.

In two days, the Southern men’s basketball team will host what might be the game of the year in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. In two days, the out-of-nowhere Jaguars face first-place Mississippi Valley State. It will be their last chance to take down the Delta Devils, maybe gain some ground in their quest to finish first in the SWAC — an unthinkable feat for Southern just two months ago.

The Southern men’s basketball team has won five straight games and stands alone in second place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference standings.Still, no matter how well the Jaguars do, their season will end March 3. They … Continue reading →

WHEN: 4:30 p.m. Saturday.WHERE: F.G. Clark Activity Center.RADIO: None.TV: CST.RECORDS: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 5-19, 4-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Southern 13-11, 9-2.Continue reading →

Northern Colorado raced out to a 6-0 lead and pounded out 17 hits en route to a 13-4 softball victory over Southern on Thursday at SU.Erin Geddis and Lindsey Smith each had four hits to lead … Continue reading →

N. Colorado 13, Southern 0Northern Colorado 303 203 2 — ­ 13 17 3Southern 004 000 0 —   4  5 … Continue reading →

Of all the road trips, all the doubleheaders, all the extra-inning games she’s been through as a standout softball player at Southern, junior shortstop Shawntall Steamer said one moment has stood above the rest.It happened May … Continue reading →

Southern softball rosterNo. Player Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Hometown 1 Sabrina Stewart OF S/R 5-5 Fr. Los Angeles 2 Jasmine Payne 3B R/R 5-5 So. … Continue reading →

The players were ready, all decked out in their spikes, T-shirts and salt-lined caps.Assistant coach Fernando Puebla, as usual, had the afternoon mapped out.The boss, Roger Cador, was ready for another day of work … Continue reading →

Down the stretch, the Jaguars started to fall apart.

Yet again, they found a … Continue reading →

JACKSON, Miss. — Two days after a disappointing road loss, as the Southern women’s basketball team prepared to face Jackson State, coach Sandy Pugh gathered her players for a pregame speech.Her message was clean … Continue reading →

Southern 65,
Jackson St. 60Southern M FG-A FT-A R F TPThomas 26 3-7 1-2 1 0 7Stephens 31 7-11 1-2 6 5 15Jefferson 22 5-6 0-0 0 1 10Coleman 32 3-13 2-2 2 2 10Sanders 36 3-6 2-2 7 1 10Hopkins 14 0-6 0-0 2 2 0Floyd 16 2-6 1-3 3 1 5Harvey 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0David 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Hoyle 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Rush 18 3-4 2-4 3 2 8Stoker 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Totals 200 26-59 9-15 28 15 65Jackson St. M FG-A FT-A R F TPHester 27 3-6 0-0 5 1 6Kellum 35 6-10 4-10 9 4 16Jones 39 4-11 5-7 5 2 13Brothern 16 3-6 1-1 1 3 7Felder 27 3-5 0-0 1 1 8Ross 19 0-2 0-0 0 0 0Continue reading →

SWAC women standings Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Miss. Valley 9 2 .818 12 10 .545Southern 8 3 .727 9 9 .500Alabama A&M 6 5 .545 11 10 .524 … Continue reading →

The panic button shouldn’t be anywhere in sight, Sandy Pugh said.A sense of urgency, on the other hand, is a must.Soon after the Southern women’s basketball team suffered another disappointing loss at Grambling on … Continue reading →

The surging Southern men’s basketball team, currently banned from the postseason because of its substandard Academic Progress Rate, has asked the NCAA to reconsider its penalty.Interim Athletic Director Sandy Pugh confirmed Sunday that Southern has submitted … Continue reading →

With eight games to go in a basketball season that has been, to this point, charmed, magical and somewhat reminiscent of the good old days at Southern, first-year coach Roman Banks keeps saying the same thing.Even … Continue reading →

SWAC women standings Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Miss. Valley 8 2 .800 11 10 .524Southern 7 3 .700 8 9 .471Alabama A&M 6 4 .600 11 9 .550Continue reading →

SWAC MEN STANDINGS Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Miss. Valley 10 0 1.000 11 11 .500Southern 8 2 .800 12 11 .522Prairie View 6 4 .600 10 13 .435Continue reading →

Southern AT JACKSON STATEWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Monday.WHERE: Williams Athletics and Assembly Center.RADIO: None.TV: None.RECORDS: Southern 12-11, 8-2 … Continue reading →

GRAMBLING — The streak is over. No more curses. No bad breaks.For the Southern men’s basketball team, this season of redemption continued Saturday night, in perhaps the toughest of places.On a campus … Continue reading →

Paula Jackson, a Southern graduate who has worked at six universities since 2001, is Chancellor James Llorens’ choice to take over as the school’s athletic director.In a letter to Southern University System President Ronald Mason, Llorens … Continue reading →

GRAMBLING — Jasher Blocker had never been in this position before, standing at the free-throw line with a chance to defeat archrival Southern on her own.Even after the Grambling senior missed her first of … Continue reading →

SWAC MEN STANDINGS Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Miss. Valley 10 0 1.000 11 11 .500Southern 8 2 .800 12 11 .522Prairie View 6 4 .600 10 13 .435Continue reading →

Southern 57, Grambling 53Southern 11-11 M FG-A FT-A R F TPBeltran 23 2-5 6-6 1 1 11Grace 36 8-16 5-8 1 2 24Monroe 24 1-3 1-3 6 2 3Doggett 37 4-15 0-0 9 3 8F.Coleman 39 2-3 2-4 9 1 6Marshall 15 0-0 2-2 1 5 2Celestin 19 1-5 0-0 4 1 3Bol 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0Webb 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0P.Coleman 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0TOTALS 200 18-47 16-23 33 17 57Grambling 3-16 M FG-A FT-A R F TPLivas 16 2-3 0-0 1 4 4Roberts 40 9-21 5-7 5 1 27Purvis 15 0-3 1-2 3 0 1Copeland 35 1-3 4-4 6 5 6Roberson 32 4-8 1-2 7 1 9Rogers 26 1-3 1-2 1 1 4Dorsett 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Higgins 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Wheeler 25 1-4 0-0 2 4 2Danridge 8 0-0 0-0 1 2 0… Continue reading →

SWAC women standings Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct.Miss. Valley 8 2 .800 11 10 .524Southern 7 3 .700 8 9 .471Alabama A&M 6 4 .600 11 9 .550Continue reading →

Grambling 60, SU 59Southern (8-9, 7-3 SWAC) M FG-A FT-A R F TPFloyd 20 2-6 1-1 6 1 5Stephens 26 7-15 1-2 10 4 15Jefferson 19 0-1 2-2 2 2 2Coleman 34 3-14 0-0 3 3 7Sanders 34 7-13 1-2 11 2 15Henderson 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Hopkins 22 0-3 1-2 3 1 1Thomas 12 3-3 0-0 1 3 8David 5 0-2 0-0 1 1 0Hoyle 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Rush 24 3-5 0-1 3 0 6Stoker 2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0Totals 200 25-62 6-10 42 20 59Grambling … Continue reading →

In her time patrolling the post for the Southern women’s basketball team, fifth-year senior Jamie Floyd has scored 860 points, grabbed 479 rebounds and blocked 126 shots.She has made the all-Southwestern Athletic Conference first team. She … Continue reading →

The last time the Southern men’s basketball team won at Grambling, Roman Banks was there to see it.He was a young assistant coach back then, working for Tommy Green on Feb. 2, 2000, when the Jaguars … Continue reading →