Cele scores 22 to lift Southern past Alcorn St. 89-75

<p>BATON ROUGE, La. &mdash; Samkelo Cele had 22 points as Southern defeated Alcorn State 89-75 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Jayden Saddler had 16 points for Southern (8-8, 8-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference), which won its fourth straight game. Harrison Henderson added 14 points. Terrell Williams Jr. had 11 points.</p>
<p>Alcorn State scored 39 points in the first half, a season high for the team.</p>
<p>Byron Joshua had 16 points for the Braves (5-10, 5-5). Troymain Crosby added 16 points and seven rebounds. Justin Thomas had 12 points.</p>
<p>Kurk Lee, whose 10.0 points per game heading into the contest ranked second on the Braves, shot only 14% for the game (1 of 7).</p>
<p>The Jaguars improve to 2-0 against the Braves on the season. Southern defeated Alcorn State 76-59 on Jan. 30.</p>
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