NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Josh Davis had 20 points and 16 rebounds, Jordan Callahan and Ricky Tarrant scored 16 apiece, and Tulane held off Southern University for a 68-65 victory on Saturday night.
Jameel Grace led Southern with 18 points, Malcolm Miller scored 16, Derick Beltran 14 and Javan Mitchell 13.
Tulane outscored Southern (1-5) by 11 points from the free-throw line.
The Green Wave (4-2) led 14-1 early in the first half and 34-21 at the break. The advantage grew to 50-33 on Tarrant's 3-pointer 6:06 into the second half, but the Jaguars' 14-3 run made it 53-47 on Tarrant's free throws with 8:55 to go, and Southern kept chipping away.
Southern closed to 66-63 on Miller's 3-pointer with 30 seconds left and 67-65 on Grace's layup with 15 seconds remaining, but Kendall Timmons made 1 of 2 free throws, and Beltran missed a 3-pointer with 3 seconds to go.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern (1-5) | 21 | 44 | 65 |
| Tulane (4-2) « | 34 | 34 | 68 |
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| Southern Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Mitchell, F | 31 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| M. Bol, F | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Beltran, G | 37 | 5-19 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Grace, G | 35 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| C. Monroe, G | 15 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Miller | 32 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| B. Moore | 25 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Hyder | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 12-17 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 65 | |
| 44.4% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Tulane Green Wave | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Davis, F | 35 | 7-14 | 6-9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| K. Timmons, F | 31 | 2-5 | 6-10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Bruha, C | 15 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Callahan, G | 35 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| R. Tarrant, G | 35 | 4-13 | 4-4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Drye | 25 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| B. Cherry | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Hook | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Mack | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Nwogbo | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Birchfield | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Dabney | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 23-32 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 68 | |
| 38.8% | 71.9% | ||||||
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