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Smith scores 18, Grambling beats Jackson State in SWAC semi
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Jourdan Smith had 18 points in Grambling's 78-69 win over Jackson State on Friday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals.
Grambling State, the tournament's No. 2 seed, will take on eighth-seeded Texas Southern in the SWAC championship game Saturday night.
Smith added eight rebounds for the Tigers (22-8). Shawndarius Cowart scored 18 points, shooting 6 for 13 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Cameron Christon recorded 15 points and was 6 of 7 shooting (2 for 3 from distance). It was the ninth win in a row for the Tigers.
The Tigers (13-18) were led in scoring by Coltie Young, who finished with 18 points. Romelle Mansel added 12 points for Jackson State. In addition, Ken Evans finished with 12 points.
Smith scored 12 points in the first half and Grambling went into halftime trailing 36-34. Cowart's 16-point second half helped Grambling close out the nine-point victory.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | (Tigers gains possession) | Â |
| 19:39 |  | +2 | Zeke Cook makes two point jump shot | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 19:13 | | Â | Tigers offensive rebound | Â |
| 19:10 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 19:08 | | Â | Coltie Young defensive rebound | Â |
| 19:01 | | +3 | Coltie Young makes three point jump shot (Ken Evans Jr. assists) | 5-0 |
| 18:35 | | +3 | Cameron Christon makes three point jump shot (Tra'Michael Moton assists) | 5-3 |
| 18:00 | | Â | Tigers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 17:34 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:32 | | Â | Zeke Cook defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:12 | | +3 | Coltie Young makes three point jump shot (Chase Adams assists) | 8-3 |
| 17:12 | | Â | Cameron Christon shooting foul (Coltie Young draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:12 | | +1 | Coltie Young makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 9-3 |
| 17:04 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton turnover (lost ball) (Coltie Young steals) | Â |
| 16:56 | | Â | Chase Adams misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 16:54 | | Â | Romelle Mansel offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:48 | | +2 | Romelle Mansel makes two point dunk | 11-3 |
| 16:45 | | Â | Jourdan Smith turnover (lost ball) (Zeke Cook steals) | Â |
| 16:43 | | Â | Zeke Cook misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 16:40 | | Â | Ken Evans Jr. offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:38 | | +2 | Ken Evans Jr. makes two point layup | 13-3 |
| 16:38 | | Â | Tigers 30 second timeout | Â |
| 16:18 | | +2 | Jourdan Smith makes two point jump shot | 13-5 |
| 15:52 | | Â | Ken Evans Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Aku steals) | Â |
| 15:47 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 15:46 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:42 | | +2 | Romelle Mansel makes two point reverse dunk (Ken Evans Jr. assists) | 15-5 |
| 15:24 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:22 | | Â | Chase Adams defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:08 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart personal foul | Â |
| 15:07 | | Â | Romelle Mansel misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:05 | | Â | Jourdan Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:52 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:50 | | Â | Zeke Cook defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:37 | | Â | Zeke Cook misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:35 | | Â | Jourdan Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:31 | | +2 | Jourdan Smith makes two point layup | 15-7 |
| 14:10 | | Â | Coltie Young misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:08 | | Â | Tigers defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:39 | | Â | Jourdan Smith misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:35 | | Â | Tigers defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:31 | | Â | Cameron Christon personal foul | Â |
| 13:19 | | Â | Jalani Bell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:17 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:09 | | Â | Quintin Murrell misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 13:07 | | Â | Jamarcus Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:34 | | Â | Jourdan Smith blocks Jamarcus Jones's two point jump shot | Â |
| 12:34 | | Â | Jamarcus Jones offensive rebound | Â |
| 12:34 | | +2 | Chase Adams makes two point jump shot (Jamarcus Jones assists) | 17-7 |
| 12:16 | | +2 | Jourdan Smith makes two point jump shot (Shawndarius Cowart assists) | 17-9 |
| 11:57 | | +2 | Jamarcus Jones makes two point hook shot (Treyon Johnson assists) | 19-9 |
| 11:43 | | +2 | Jourdan Smith makes two point layup | 19-11 |
| 11:24 | | Â | Coltie Young misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:22 | | Â | Treyon Johnson offensive rebound | Â |
| 11:18 | | +2 | Treyon Johnson makes two point layup | 21-11 |
| 11:00 | | Â | Quintin Murrell turnover (lost ball) (Jalani Bell steals) | Â |
| 10:47 | | +3 | Chase Adams makes three point jump shot (Coltie Young assists) | 24-11 |
| 10:28 | | +2 | Shawndarius Cowart makes two point jump shot | 24-13 |
| 10:03 | | Â | Coltie Young misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:03 | | Â | Jamarcus Jones offensive rebound | Â |
| 10:03 | | +2 | Jamarcus Jones makes two point hook shot (Chase Adams assists) | 26-13 |
| 10:02 | | Â | Shawndarius Cowart shooting foul (Jamarcus Jones draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:02 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 10:02 | | +1 | Jamarcus Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 27-13 |
| 9:40 | | +3 | Virshon Cotton makes three point jump shot (Zahad Munford assists) | 27-16 |
| 9:13 | | Â | Coltie Young misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:11 | | Â | Jamarcus Jones offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:05 | | Â | Coltie Young misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:03 | | Â | Zahad Munford defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:03 | | Â | Treyon Johnson personal foul | Â |
| 8:51 | | Â | Chase Adams shooting foul (Tra'Michael Moton draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:51 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 8:51 | | +1 | Tra'Michael Moton makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 27-17 |
| 8:25 | | Â | Ken Evans Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:23 | | Â | Tigers defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:09 | | +2 | Cameron Christon makes two point turnaround jump shot (Virshon Cotton assists) | 27-19 |
| 7:45 | | Â | Zeke Cook misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:43 | | Â | Cameron Christon defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:33 | | +3 | Cameron Christon makes three point jump shot (Zahad Munford assists) | 27-22 |
| 7:16 | | +2 | Romelle Mansel makes two point layup | 29-22 |
| 6:51 | | Â | Virshon Cotton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:49 | | Â | Zeke Cook defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:39 | | Â | Romelle Mansel turnover (Zahad Munford steals) | Â |
| 6:28 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:26 | | Â | Romelle Mansel defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:20 | | Â | Chase Adams misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 6:18 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:59 | | Â | Jalani Bell shooting foul (Virshon Cotton draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:58 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 5:59 | | Â | Virshon Cotton misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 5:59 | | +1 | Virshon Cotton makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 29-23 |
| 5:49 | | Â | Chase Adams turnover (Cameron Christon steals) | Â |
| 5:44 | | +2 | Cameron Christon makes two point dunk | 29-25 |
| 5:19 | | +3 | Chase Adams makes three point jump shot (Romelle Mansel assists) | 32-25 |
| 5:04 | | +2 | Jourdan Smith makes two point layup (Tra'Michael Moton assists) | 32-27 |
| 4:42 | | Â | Romelle Mansel turnover (Jourdan Smith steals) | Â |
| 4:30 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:28 | | Â | Zeke Cook defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:15 | | Â | Chase Adams misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:13 | | Â | Tigers offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:07 | | Â | Romelle Mansel misses two point layup | Â |
| 4:05 | | Â | Jonathan Aku defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:52 | | Â | Tra'Michael Moton misses two point layup | Â |
| 3:50 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:48 | | +3 | Zahad Munford makes three point jump shot (Tra'Michael Moton assists) | 32-30 |
| 3:16 | | Â | Zeke Cook misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 3:14 | | Â | Jourdan Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:07 | | +2 | Tra'Michael Moton makes two point layup | 32-32 |
| 2:40 | | Â | Coltie Young misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:38 | | Â | Zeke Cook offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:32 | | +2 | Zeke Cook makes two point layup | 34-32 |
| 2:13 | | Â | Zahad Munford misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:11 | | Â | Zeke Cook defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:47 | | +2 | Romelle Mansel makes two point jump shot | 36-32 |
| 1:19 | | Â | Jourdan Smith misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 1:17 | | Â | Chase Adams defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:12 | | Â | Tigers 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:51 | | Â | Chase Adams offensive foul | Â |
| 0:51 | | Â | Chase Adams turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 0:30 | | +2 | Jourdan Smith makes two point layup | 36-34 |
| 0:00 | | Â | Jalani Bell misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | Jonathan Aku defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |