Mississippi Valley State Gets 60-54 Win Over Jackson State

Filed under Game Recap on January 28th, 2012

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The Tigers were outmatched in Itta Bena, losing to the Delta Devils in conference action, 60-54.

A couple facts played into this pairing. The Jackson State RPI ranking was #296 and Mississippi Valley State was a much higher #150. The Tigers normally get burned on the road, and the Delta Devils were already streaking, winning 5 out of 5. Last year, Jackson State went 2-0 against Mississippi Valley State. In the last four years of the series, the Tigers are now 5-5 with a record of 2-3 at Harrison HPER Complex. Since 1980, the Jackson State record against Mississippi Valley State is 32-40.

Mississippi Valley State grabbed the advantage by crushing Jackson State in free throw shooting and also winning offensive rebounding.

Mississippi Valley State was too powerful at the basket, with 16 offensive rebounds to only 11 by Jackson State. The Delta Devils beat the Tigers at the charity stripe, 18 points to seven.

Kelsey Howard led all scoring for the Tigers with 21 points on 44% shooting in 38 minutes. Jonathan Lewis contributed a game-high five steals.

JSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Kelsey Howard 38 21 7 1 1 0 1 B+ Derrell Taylor 31 10 7 0 1 1 1 B C. Williams 40 13 4 2 0 0 3 C+ Willie Readus 23 6 4 4 1 0 5 C Davon Jones 13 4 2 1 0 0 2 C Sydney Coleman 11 0 2 0 1 1 0 D+ Jonathan Lewis 34 0 2 1 5 0 4 - Keeslee Stewart 10 0 0 0 1 0 1

MVSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Paul Crosby 38 12 12 3 3 0 3 A Cor-J Cox 28 15 9 0 1 1 1 B Amos Studivant 13 6 4 0 0 0 0 B Brent Arrington 12 8 1 0 2 1 2 C+ Terrence Joyner 27 8 5 1 1 1 1 C Kevin Burwell 35 4 5 4 1 0 6 C- Falando Jones 24 3 5 1 0 0 3 D+ William Pugh 20 4 1 0 1 0 2 - Luka Pajkovic 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Tigers have slipped to 5-15. Their record falls to 3-5 in the SWAC, and they stay in 6th place.

The next game coming up is with Arkansas-Pine Bluff on the road on January 30th.

• Kelsey Howard accounted for 38.8% of the team's points.
• This marks the 3rd 20-point game of Kelsey Howard's career.
• Jackson State has turned the ball over less than their opponents for the past 5 games.
• Kelsey Howard has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 20 games this season.
• Derrell Taylor has led the team in rebounding in 5 out of 20 games this season.

• Cor-J Cox has led the team in scoring 5 times in 20 games this season.
• Paul Crosby has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 3 straight games.
• Paul Crosby recorded a double-double. It was his 4th this season and 5th of his career.
• The top two scorers (Cor-J Cox and Paul Crosby) accounted for 45.0% of the points.
• The top two rebounders (Paul Crosby and Cor-J Cox) accounted for 47.7% of the rebounds.

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Tags: Kelsey Howard, Jonathan Lewis