ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) - Aaron Clayborn collected his first career double-double as five Texas Southern players scored in double figures in the Tigers' 75-48 win over Southwestern Athletic Conference-opponent Mississippi Valley State Monday night.
Clayborn scored 11 points and grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds. Omar Strong added 18 points, while Law Johnson-Danner had 12, Madarious Gibbs 11 and Fred Sturdivant 10.
The Tigers (6-14, 5-2) shot 49.1 percent (28 of 57) from the field, including 11 of 25 from 3-point range. Texas Southern hit 7 of 12 long-range attempts in the second half to help turn its 39-19 intermission advantage into a win.
Cameron Dobbs paced the Delta Devils (2-15, 2-5) with 13 points, while Julius Francis and Davon Usher added 10 each.
MVSU shot just 32.7 percent (18 of 55).
Texas Southern won the rebounding battle 38-33, outscored MVSU 26-16 in the paint and scored 20 second-chance points to the Delta Devils' 9.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas Southern (6-14) « | 39 | 36 | 75 |
| Mississippi Valley State (2-15) | 19 | 29 | 48 |
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| Texas Southern Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Clayborn, F | 28 | 3-6 | 5-9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| F. Sturdivant, F | 24 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| O. Strong, G | 38 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| R. Penn, G | 34 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| L. Johnson-Danner, G | 28 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Ellington | 17 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Gibbs | 17 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| K. Sutton | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Blackwell | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Rosenberg | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-57 | 8-15 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 75 | |
| 49.1% | 53.3% | ||||||
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Francis, C | 21 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Smith, G | 37 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Usher, G | 32 | 2-14 | 6-6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Marshall, G | 31 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Johnson, G | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Ralling | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Dobbs | 14 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| C. Samples | 14 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| E. Thomas | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Henry | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 18-55 | 8-11 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 48 | |
| 32.7% | 72.7% | ||||||
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