The Southern baseball team is getting ready in Austin, Texas for its NCAA Tournament appearance. The Jags took the field Thursday, June 3, for their final practice before facing the hometown Longhorns on Friday at 1 p.m.
Tickets for the 48th Annual Bayou Classic will go on sale Wednesday, June 2 at 10 a.m. the game between Southern Jaguars and the Grambling State Tigers will return to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Saturday November 27 at 4 p.m. according to Ticketmaster.
Most projections had Southern making the trip back to Starkville, Miss. for its postseason play, but instead, the SWAC champions will be rolling seven hours west.
The Tigers have clinched their spot in the tournament and will be heading to the Eugene Regional. The Jaguars, which already received an automatic bid by winning the SWAC Tournament, will be headed to the Austin Regional.
Southern interim head baseball coach Chris Crenshaw and the Jaguars continued preparations for the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon at Lee-Hines Field.
The Southern Jaguars have punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament with an upset win over Jackson State in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship game, 7-6.
SWAC coaches and public relations guys have bestowed a big honor on Southern defensive end Jordan Lewis, naming him the 2021 Spring season SWAC Defensive Player of the Year.
Southern athletic director Roman Banks said Wednesday, April 28, that he’s narrowed the list of head football coach finalists to three. It is unknown if Marshall Faulk is one of those three.
After nine seasons as the head football coach for the Southern Jaguars, Dawson Odums will be heading to Norfolk State to become the next head football coach for the Spartans, the school confirmed.
The Southern Jaguars rolled in to a dominant 49-7 victory over the Grambling State Tigers in the 47th annual Bayou Classic. The Jags extended their winning streak over the Tigers to three games with the win.
The Bayou Classic is going to be held a couple of weekends after Easter as a result of the SWAC pushing the 2020 season back from the fall to the spring because of the pandemic.
Southern running back Devon Benn and defensive end Jordan Lewis were named SWAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week after their performances against Jackson State on Saturday, April 3.
The football game scheduled between Southern and Prairie View A&M slated to be played on Saturday, April 10 at Prairie View has been postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 related protocols within the Prairie View A&M football program.
The Southern Jaguars had a week to refocus and re-energize following the embarrassing loss to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, as they begin a four-game road stretch Saturday, March 20, in Houston.
The Jags (1-1) are looking to get back in the win column this week after their March 6 loss to Arkansas-Pine Bluff. They will be hitting the road to take on Texas Southern (0-1) in Houston.
The Southern men’s basketball team saw its season come to an end against Grambling in the quarterfinal round of the SWAC Basketball Tournament at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
The Southern women’s basketball team had an early tip time but that didn’t slow down the Lady Jags against Alcorn State in the SWAC Basketball Tournament at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced their 2020-21 All-SWAC teams and individual awards for men’s basketball. The conference honors are voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information directors.
Southern head coach Dawson Odums is figuring out who will start at quarterback after pulling Ladarius Skelton in the second quarter against UAPB for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
The Southern University Jaguars’ comeback failed against Arkansas Pine-Bluff, as they couldn’t overcome a 19-point deficit in the second half. The Jags trailed in the third quarter to the Golden Lions, 33-14.
Southern University baseball finally returned home to play their first game of the season at Lee-Hines Field against rival Grambling State and the Jags got a much needed win after dropping six of the first seven games to start the season.
In what was a close matchup for most of the game, the Southern men’s basketball came out on the short end on the road against Prairie View on Thursday, March 4.
Southern football’s last and first home game is the same game this spring season when the Jags welcome Arkansas-Pine Bluff to The Bluff on Saturday, March 6.
The saying, “offense sells tickets and defense wins championships,” might be oversimplified but some of that was definitely on display in Southern football’s season opener.
The Southern men’s basketball team went on an 8-0 run to start the second half on their way to an eventual 22-point lead at one point against Alcorn State at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The Southern women’s basketball team trailed for the first five minutes but dominated the rest of the way, especially the third quarter, to crush Alcorn State at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Saturday, Feb. 27.
Defense was the story early on for Southern at Alabama State and the offenses would eventually get things going but the game came down to special teams at the end.
The Southern men’s basketball team led for more than 85% of the game on the way to a ‘W’ over Alabama A&M at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The Southern women’s basketball team fought a tough battle against Alabama A&M that ended in a close loss at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The SWAC released a revised preseason All-SWAC team on Tuesday, Feb. 23, for the 2021 spring football season and the list now includes one more Jaguar.
