Sunday, February 22, 2015

Southern men win despite losing Jared Sam

HEAD COACH ROMAN BANKS
SU JAGUARS
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Southern got one big man back and lost another.

Center Frank Snow returned from a four-game absence due to a broken hand, but forward Jared Sam was lost due to an ankle injury during the Jaguars’ 72-63 victory against Alabama A&M on Saturday night in the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Southern was able to withstand Sam’s absence, but it could become a bigger issue if he’s unable to play against Alabama State on Monday in the Clark Activity Center. The Jaguars (14-14 overall) are 11-3 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and trailed first-place Alabama State and Texas Southern by one game entering play saturday. A&M fell to 6-7 and 7-16.

“One comes back and another one goes,” said Southern coach Roman Banks, who didn’t immediately know Sam’s status for Monday. “With the style of basketball that we play we need all of our parts to be pretty good.”

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