Miss Valley State at Southern University

Southern University has home court and a great defense, tops in the SWAC in scoring defense allowing 56.9 points per game. They prefer a slow, defensive style and who can argue with the results? Southern University is in first place and leads the conference in scoring margin at +11.6. Southern University is tops in field goal shooting defense allowing 35.7%, and No. 1 at defending beyond the arc allowing 25%. This is a revenge game for Southern, as one of their two conference losses was to this Mississippi Valley State team, 72-64. It was an unusually bad defensive game, allowing 44% shooting and 30% from three-point land, way above Southern's conference averages.  Mississippi Valley State beat the Jaguars in rebounding, 36-28. The Delta Devils hit 60.7 percent from the field in the first period, but only 25 percent in the second for 44.2 percent overall. Look for a big defensive bounce back effort in the rematch from the home team. Play Mississippi Valley State/Southern University UNDER the Total.