ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) - Matt Smith and Darryl Marshall combined for 41 points to help Mississippi Valley State defeat Prairie View A&M 73-64 Saturday in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.
Smith was 8 of 10 from the field for 21 points and pulled down eight boards. Marshall made all five shot attempts, including three 3-pointers, en route to 20 points, grabbed four boards, and dished out five assists for MVSU (2-14, 2-4), which snapped a three-game losing streak.
MVSU led 17-8 after Marshall hit a 3-pointer but Prairie View (7-12, 2-4) cut the deficit to 24-22 with 6:20 left in the opening half. However, Johnson answered with a trey and the Delta Devils outscored the Panthers 11-4 the rest of the way to take a 35-26 lead into the break.
Jourdan Demuynck had 16 for Prairie View, which closed the gap to one point three times in the second half but could not retake the lead.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Prairie View A&M (7-12) | 26 | 38 | 64 |
| Mississippi Valley State (2-14) « | 35 | 38 | 73 |
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| Prairie View A&M Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Chapman, F | 19 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| J. Eleby, F | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Blair, G | 32 | 2-8 | 6-9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| J. DeMuynck, G | 29 | 5-18 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| M. Scott, G | 26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Montgomery | 19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Jones | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| R. Gesiakowski | 12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| P. Agho | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Riathin | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| R. Wright | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Jenkins | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Aina | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-69 | 12-16 | 40 | 9 | 23 | 64 | |
| 34.8% | 75% | ||||||
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Francis, C | 26 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Smith, G | 36 | 8-10 | 5-10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| M. Johnson, G | 28 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| D. Marshall, G | 28 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| D. Usher, G | 26 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Ralling | 24 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Samples | 15 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Henry | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Dobbs | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| E. Thomas | 4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-48 | 19-30 | 38 | 13 | 16 | 73 | |
| 47.9% | 63.3% | ||||||
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