BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Malcolm Miller posted a double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds as Southern University beat Mississippi Valley State 88-54 Monday night in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.
Javan Mitchell made 8 of 11 shots for 17 points, YonDarius Johnson came off the bench for 13, Brandon Moore added 11, and Derick Beltran 10 for the Jaguars (12-6), who have won eight straight games and improved to 6-0 in the SWAC.
Davon Usher had 17 points for Mississippi Valley State (1-14, 1-4) but was the lone Delta Devil in double figures. Usher's free throws 4 minutes into the second half made the score 39-36 but Southern used a 14-1 run to take the lead for good, 53-37.
Southern shot 61.1 percent (33 of 54), compared to 32.1 percent (33 of 54) for MVSU, and hit 10 3-pointers.
MVSU forced Southern into 17 turnovers but the Jaguars balanced those errors with 17 assists.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mississippi Valley State (1-14) | 30 | 24 | 54 |
| Southern (12-6) « | 39 | 49 | 88 |
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| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Usher, F | 27 | 4-9 | 7-9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| B. Ralling, F | 20 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| J. Francis, C | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Johnson, G | 28 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Marshall, G | 27 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith | 27 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| E. Thomas | 17 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Henry | 16 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Dobbs | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Tomlin | 10 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| C. Samples | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-56 | 14-19 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 54 | |
| 32.1% | 73.7% | ||||||
| Southern Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Moore, F | 33 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Mitchell, F | 21 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| D. Beltran, G | 32 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Hyder, G | 28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Monroe, G | 10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Miller | 27 | 11-15 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Y. Johnson | 25 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Grace | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Bol | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33-54 | 12-15 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 88 | |
| 61.1% | 80% | ||||||
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