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Alcorn State (9-10, 6-1) at Southern (10-10, 6-1) – 6:30 PM ET
There are multiple conferences like the OVC, Horizon and SWAC that have first and second place matchups today, but we go to Baton Rouge today for the top two teams in the SWAC; the Alcorn State Braves visit the Southern Jaguars. The Braves started their season on a high note with wins at Wichita State and Stephen F. Austin; bad weather forced the cancellation of what could have been a winnable game at Minnesota. Alcorn State started off the SWAC with a tough home loss against Jackson State but have since won 6 straight games and are a game away from the .500 overall mark this season. Dontrell McQuarter had 20 points in the Braves’ most recent win against Bethune-Cookman.
Southern also got a pair of nonconference wins at California and at home against Loyola-Maryland. Some of the more notable losses they had in nonconference play were at Arizona, at Saint Mary’s and at Xavier. The Jaguars started SWAC play with a road sweep at Prairie View A&M and at Texas Southern; their only slip-up in conference play came at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Festus Ndumanya came off the bench to score 17 points in Southern’s 84-70 win against Mississippi Valley State.