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Jacobs leads Southern against Florida A&M
By The Associated Press
Southern Jaguars (5-10, 1-1 SWAC) at Florida A&M Rattlers (3-9, 0-1 SWAC)
Tallahassee, Florida; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Southern visits Florida A&M after Michael Jacobs scored 30 points
in Southern's 89-85 loss to the Prairie View A&M Panthers.
The Rattlers are 2-1 on their home court. Florida A&M is seventh in the SWAC
with 12.2 assists per game led by Jaquan Sanders averaging 2.6.
The Jaguars have gone 1-1 against SWAC opponents. Southern is 2-8 against
opponents with a winning record.
Florida A&M is shooting 42.2% from the field this season, 3.4 percentage points
lower than the 45.6% Southern allows to opponents. Southern has shot at a 46.3%
clip from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point less than the 47.3%
shooting opponents of Florida A&M have averaged.
The Rattlers and Jaguars face off Saturday for the first time in conference
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sanders averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Rattlers,
scoring 12.2 points while shooting 38.6% from beyond the arc. Antonio Baker is
averaging 10.6 points and 1.6 steals over the past 10 games.
Jacobs is averaging 21.3 points, 4.1 assists and 1.9 steals for the Jaguars.
Malek Abdelgowad is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rattlers: 3-7, averaging 68.2 points, 27.2 rebounds, 12.7
assists, 8.1 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 80.3 points per game.
Jaguars: 3-7, averaging 75.2 points, 30.0 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 8.9 steals
and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.9% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 82.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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