Acquaah scores 25, California Baptist edges Southern 79-76
AP
Dec 19, 2018
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Milan Acquaah had 25 points and eight rebounds, De'jon Davis added 16 points and nine boards and California Baptist Lancers beat Southern Jaguars 79-76 on Wednesday.
Davis had dunks on back-to-back possessions to give California Baptist a 75-67 lead with 1:28 remaining, but those were the final field goals of the game for the Lancers. Aaron Ray answered the second dunk with a 3-point play to start a 7-0 run to pull to 75-74 with 45 seconds left.
Acquaah and Jordan Heading combined for four free throws on California Baptist's next two possessions and Richard Lee was off on a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
California Baptist (7-5) shot 61 percent from the field and made 18 of 23 free throws in its fourth Division I road game.
Ray scored a career-high 21 points for the Jaguars (1-11), who have lost five straight games. Lee added 18 points and Eddie Reese had 10 for Southern, which plays at Marquette (9-2) on Friday.
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