BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Southern edged Alabama State 69-68 in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Monday night at Clark Activity Center. The Jaguars improved to 11-13 overall, while the Hornets fell to 7-16.

In a game organized by the SWAC, Southern led 35-37 at halftime and held off a second-half push from the visiting Hornets. Attendance was 5,127. The result defied a pregame statistical projection that heavily favored Southern. The combined 137 points fell well below the over/under line of 151.5.