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Southern U rolls over Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84-50

The Columbian
Published: January 11, 2013, 4:00pm

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Derick Beltran scored 22 points and Malcolm Miller added 21 as Southern University handled Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84-50 Saturday night in a matchup of the last two teams that were unbeaten in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.

Yondarius Johnson added 11 points for the Jaguars (11-6, 5-0) and Javan Mitchell turned in a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Brandon Moore added 10 points and Christopher Hyder nine assists for Southern, which came in leading the conference in both scoring (66.5 points per game) and defense (57.7 points per game).

Miller, the league leader in 3-point percentage (47.7 percent) made 5 of 9 against the Golden Lions (4-12, 3-1).

Moore scored three baskets in a 13-2 opening run for the Jaguars, who never trailed and led 33-20 at halftime.

Terrell Kennedy scored 18 points and Davon Haynes had 11 to pace Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

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