BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Southern used a dominant first half to secure an 87-73 men’s basketball victory over Grambling on Saturday at Clark Activity Center. A crowd of 6,958 saw the Jaguars build a 48-24 halftime lead behind efficient shooting, then withstand a stronger Grambling second half.

AJ Barnes led Southern with 22 points. Antonio Munoz scored 19 for Grambling. Southern shot 58.8% from the field and made 8 of 16 three-pointers. Grambling, which fell to 11-15, narrowed the gap after halftime but never threatened the lead. Southern improved to 13-14.