BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Deon Saunders scored 17 points to lead Southern to a 61-55 victory over Grambling State on Saturday night.
Peter Cipriano added 14 points and Chris Alexander 10 for Southern (9-10, 6-4 SWAC), which led 30-23 at halftime.
Brion Rush led Grambling (7-10, 4-6) with 22 points, while Ron Ellis added 10 points.
Southern outrebounded Grambling 44-40 and outshot the Tigers 46.2 percent to 30.5 percent.
