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It's good that they had dialogue. Hopefully, this will lead to home and home competition in other sports. It would be nice for LSU to play (girls and men) in the FG Clark Activity Center in alternate years in basketball.
 
Maybe putting the idea out there was advantageous

We already play baseball in home and home competition during the regular season. And those are always great games.
 



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Southern rallies past VASDA for 70-67 win in Grant's debut


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Southern's Nicholas Egland pulls down a rebound in front of VASDA's Rashon Brown (12) and Darrian Burke on Wednesday.

By CHARLES SALZER
Special to The Advocate

The game turned into a nailbiter, but Michael Grant's coaching debut at Southern University was a successful one.
Jerimie Collier scored 10 second-half points, and Peter Cipriano hit two free throws with 10 seconds left as Southern defeated VASDA Gold 70-67 in exhibition play Wednesday night at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

"Our team is not used to winning, and we're just trying to put something together," Grant said. "Last year these guys lost these type games. We're trying to teach them to stay aggressive in the last four or five minutes."

Southern led 30-19 midway through the first half, but VASDA's Shawn Hall scored 14 points to slice the Jaguars' lead to 37-36 at halftime.


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Southern's St. Cyr makes most of second chance


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Defensive lineman Jonathan St. Cyr (91) has had a breakout season a year after being kicked off the team.

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter

This was the hard part a year ago. Back then, Jonathan St. Cyr wasn't on the Southern University football team.
No more practices. No more games. No more time playing the sport he loves with all his friends.

A year later, this is the best time of his life.

"This season has been good to me," St. Cyr said. "At this time last season, I wasn't even on the team."

The 6-foot-4, 320-pound senior defensive tackle has a career-best 38 tackles (fifth on the team). That includes eight for losses, with four sacks and even -- get this -- an interception.

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Williams' dash gives SU win


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Southern's Lenny Williams returns a punt 82 yards for the winning touchdown Saturday.

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter

HOUSTON -- There's something about Southern and Texas Southern that turns heroes out of relative unknowns.
Sure, Lenny Williams is one of the knowns. After all, he's the Southwestern Athletic Conference preseason defensive player of the year. But not for returning punts. Not since high school.

Not until the drama built to the utmost, with Southern's title chase at stake.

For the first time in his career, the senior returned a punt. Turns out he's pretty good at the task, taking the return 82 yards for the clincher as 17th-ranked Southern rallied for a 24-17 SWAC win against Texas Southern on Saturday night at Robertson Stadium.


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Originally posted by bluedog
"I was surprised they punted the ball at that time. I can't second-guess what (TSU coach Bill Thomas) does," Richardson said

You and everyone else in the stadium was suprised too.
 
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Joseph Schiefelbein: Jaguars defined by final three games

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter

HOUSTON -- Remember those carefree, easy days of September and early October when conference wins, like points, came so easily?

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By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
jschiefelbein@theadvocate.com
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Linebacker Eddie Green is becoming a force on defense after overcoming an early-season hamstring injury.
Southern senior linebacker Eddie Green did some worthwhile work in his hometown over the summer. Lately, he's starting to do the most worthwhile work of his career on the football field.
Green struggled through preseason camp with a hamstring injury that nagged him for more than two months. In the last five games, he has become an increasingly strong force at weakside linebacker for 16th-ranked Southern (10-1).

"I'm as proud of Eddie Green as anybody on this football team," defensive coordinator Cliff Lewis said. "That guy has really bounced back in a huge way. He really has. He's really provided leadership."

Green played a part of three huge plays in a crucial 24-17 win over Texas Southern on Saturday in Houston.

? On second-and-8 play at the Southern 22 midway through the first quarter, he broke up a pass. That led to a missed field goal.

? On a second-and-5 play at the Southern 8, he and Tarus Morgan stopped quarterback Gerred Lunnon for no gain, as the Jaguars held TSU to a field goal nine minutes before halftime.

? And on a second-and-10 play at the Southern 24, he recovered a fumble forced by Lenny Williams at the Southern 18 with 7:23 left in the third quarter and the Jaguars already down 17-10.

"I'm just playing my role," Green said.

"Lenny is our leader. You know, with Michael Jordan, he's the star player and he had role players. I'm one of the role players. I just feed off that.

"If they need my loud mouth, my big hitting, then, yes, I'll do that. I'm just trying to do my job."

The hamstring injury prevented him from doing that job early on. Then, as he got healthier, he told his coaches he'd do any job.

Said Green, "I told them wherever you need me, I'll play. This is my senior year. I'm trying to go out with a bang. If they needed me at noseguard, I'd go out there. I'm about 250 (pounds), so I'm good for it. Tackle, wherever."

Said Lewis, "We were out there practicing one day, and he was like, 'Hey, whatever I have to do, I'm going to do it. If I have to be a scout team center, fullback, tight end, wide receiver, I don't care. Whatever I have to do to get this team over the hump, that's what I'm going to do' That attitude has really become infectious with other people."

Green had only three tackles in the first six games. He's made 20 in the last five. That includes a season-high six at Jackson State.

On a team ranked sixth nationally in total defense (272.09 yards per game) and third in scoring defense (12.18 points per game), Green has 22.5 tackles, closing in on the career high of 25 he set in nine games last season. He's also been a key blocker on special teams.

"One thing about Eddie is he's a good solid leader," first-year linebackers coach Tom Lavigne said. "He knows the defense. He knows the schemes. He's been around here a long time. He understands what coach Richardson and what we want to do. That makes him very valuable to us."

Green's been plenty valuable off the field as well. Green, from St. Augustine High, had an internship with the New Orleans Recreation Department over the summer.

"I was a peer mediator, a counselor for first- and second-grade kids," said Green, a criminal justice major. "We helped kids in need. If they had problems at home, I tried to be a role model. It's always good to work with
 
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Whistles dominate Southern victory over Henderson State


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Southern's Ashley Blake puts up a shot over Henderson State's Aesha Carter.

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter

With a small crowd fairly quiet for the Southern women's basketball team's 68-54 exhibition win over Division II Henderson State, the F.G. Clark Activity Center featured two predominant noises Tuesday night.
Whistles. As Southern committed 30 fouls, giving Henderson State 44 free throws.

And buzzers. As Southern coach Sandy Pugh constantly shuffled players in and out of the game.

At one point, after sending one player to the scorer's table, then another, then two more, referee Felicia Cushenberry turned to Pugh and smiled, asking Pugh if that would be all.

While Henderson was down to six players because of injuries and eligibility, Pugh had a full complement of 13

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LSU claims sloppy win vs. SU


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LSU freshman Brandon Bass goes up for a shot over Southern's Joseph Jack on Friday night.

By SCOTT RABALAIS
Advocate sportswriter

The veteran coach with the new players left the game frustrated but hopeful for the future.
The new coach with the veteran team was left upset by a game he thought his team let slip away.

LSU coach John Brady was happy to accept a 70-59 victory over Southern in Friday's season opener for both teams at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. But he also had to accept the errors of a toddler-like team that is talented but mistake prone.

"As I was walking off the court at halftime, I heard some fan say, 'Hang in there with 'em coach, they'll be OK,'" Brady said.

Brady laughed as he replayed the moment in his mind. But his team's performance left him with some sobering thoughts as well.
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