BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Michael Jacobs scored 27 points to lead Southern to an 84-73 victory over Texas Southern in a SWAC men’s basketball game Saturday at Clark Activity Center.

The Jaguars (5-9) never trailed after building a 42-29 halftime lead, maintaining a double-digit advantage for much of the second half. Jacobs added six assists. Malek Abdelgowad contributed 20 points for Southern.

Alex Anderson led Texas Southern (2-10) with 18 points. The Tigers shot just 22 of 53 from the field and 4 of 19 from 3-point range. Southern capitalized on Texas Southern’s 17 turnovers, scoring 21 points off them.

An announced crowd of 4,357 watched the game.