(Interstat) — HINDS 70, BATON ROUGE 64

Hinds defeated Baton Rouge 70-64 in a men’s junior college basketball game Tuesday night. The visiting Eagles built a 34-26 lead after the first quarter and held off a second-half push from the Bears, who outscored them 38-36 after halftime. The win improved Hinds to 4-6 this season, while Baton Rouge fell to 2-11. The result was an upset according to Interstat’s ELO system, which had projected the Bears with a 60.5 percent probability to win. Key individual performances included Hinds’ Shaun Murray and Tyric Francois, while Baton Rouge was led by Kentrell Freeman and Kobe Jones. Hinds next plays at Southern-Shreveport on Thursday.