BATON ROUGE , La. - Southern led wire-to-wire as the the B-CU offense struggled in a 69-53 loss, Monday night at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. 



FIRST HALF

Southern (9-8, 4-0 SWAC) raced in front, 9-0, holding Bethune-Cookman (5-11, 2-1 SWAC) scoreless for nearly five minutes of play to open the game until Daniel Rouzan finally put B-CU on the board at the 15:29 mark in the first half. 

The Wildcats offense began to wake up, but Southern continued its barrage on the offensive end, pushing the lead to double digitson a Cam Amboree three ball that made it 18-8 nearly midway through the period. An 11-2 Jaguar run made it a 26-10 game with eight minutes to go in the half as the B-CU offense struggled to find its footing. 

B-CU finally found a bit of momentum with six straight on a pair of Brayon Freeman jumpers and a David Onanina offensive putback that made it a single-digit deficit at 26-18. 

Another Jags run, another 11-0 swing, set the Wildcats back 17 with a minute until the half. A late and-one by Rouzan made it a 16-point as the teams headed into the half. 

SECOND HALF

Southern's lead reached 20 out of the half as Dionjahe Thomas's jumper made it a 43-20 game. Rouzan's success offensively continued as he trimmed the lead to 15 with a fastbreak pull-up to make it 47-32. 

The Jaguars pushed the lead back up to 20 with 10 minutes to play on a Michael Jacobs layup. Kalil Camara cut the deficit to as low as 11 with a layup and three-pointer in the game's final five minutes, but that was all for B-CU as the Cats fell, 69-53 to drop to 2-1 in SWAC play. 

• Daniel Rouzan led B-CU with 15 points on 7-12 shooting with an assist and a block.
• Trey Thomas and Brayon Freeman combined for 15 points on 5-20 shooting. 
• The Wildcats swiped a season-low two steals in the game. 

After 12 straight games away from home, the Wildcats will finally return to Moore Gymnasium to host Mississippi Valley State on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. Student admission is always free. Tickets start at $10. The game will be broadcast live for free at Youtube.com/CatEyeNetwork


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