BATON ROUGE, La. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball program took a three-point lead (65-62) with 7:16 remaining in the second half but would fall into a six-minute scoring funk, allowing the Southern Jaguars to peel off a 13-0 run and eventually escape with an 80-69 final decision.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Southern – 80
  • Mississippi Valley – 69

 

• Records
  • Mississippi Valley (1-20, 0-7 SWAC)
  • Southern (8-12, 4-3 SWAC)

 

• Location
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana – F.G. Clark Activity Center

 

• Series History (Since 1983)
  • Jaguars Lead 52-33 (38.8%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 1983)
  • Jaguars (W8) / Delta Devils' Last Win: February 18, 2019 (70-59)

 
Delta Devils' Top Performers: 
 

• Daniel Mayfield was an absolute stud, collecting a season/game-high 15 rebounds (10 in the first half alone) in addition to 18 points on 8-for-16 (50%) shooting as he put together his fourth double-double of the year along with the Devils' one blocked shot.

 

• Michael James did his usual scoring thing, leading all student-athletes on either team at 23 points as well as seeing all 40 minutes of action.

 

• Xzayvion Childress also played every second of the contest, turning it into 16 points and a club-best five assists, going 5-of-9 (55.6%) on top of 3-of-6 (50%) from downtown.

 

• X'Zaevion Barnett was the only player not named Mayfield for Coach Ivory's bunch to log at least five points and boards apiece, registering seven and six, respectively.

 
Next:
  

• While campus is closed for the rest of the week, Saturday's home doubleheader versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff is still on as scheduled with the game times being moved up to 1 and 3 p.m. each.

  
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