Joseph leads Southern against SE Louisiana after 27-point game

SE Louisiana Lions (2-6) at Southern Jaguars (2-6)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Saturday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern hosts the SE Louisiana Lions after Tai’Reon Joseph scored 27 points in Southern’s 60-59 win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The Jaguars play their first home game after going 2-6 to start the season. Southern has a 2-5 record against opponents over .500.

The Lions have gone 0-4 away from home. SE Louisiana ranks fifth in the Southland shooting 33.3% from 3-point range.

Southern is shooting 42.3% from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points lower than the 46.0% SE Louisiana allows to opponents. SE Louisiana’s 42.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 8.3 percentage points lower than Southern has given up to its opponents (51.2%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Johnson is shooting 53.6% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Jaguars, while averaging six points. Joseph is shooting 43.1% and averaging 19.0 points for Southern.

Roger McFarlane is shooting 34.9% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, while averaging 14.6 points and 6.3 rebounds. Nick Caldwell is averaging 12.3 points for SE Louisiana.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.