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 men’s basketball team used a 13-1 run over a five-minute stretch of the second half to pull away from Alabama State at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Monday, Feb. 22.
The Southern women’s basketball team jumped out to a 12-point lead against Alabama State and dominated throughout in the win at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Monday, Feb. 22.
Southern head coach Dawson Odums has expressed concern about playing a spring football season before and Thursday, Feb. 11, he raised serious questions just hours before the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opted out of its spring season.
Three members of the Southern softball team have been named to the Preseason All-SWAC Softball Team and the Lady Jags have been picked to finish third in the SWAC West, the league announced Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Southern head coach Dawson Odums said one of the question marks this season is wide receiver. The three leaders from last season are all unavailable for 2021.
The Southern women’s basketball team held a one-point lead at the end of the third quarter but an 8-0 run led to an eventual 15-4 advantage in the fourth quarter for Jackson State in the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Monday, Feb. 8.
Grambling jumped out to a 19-0 lead against the Southern men’s basketball team but the home team fought the whole game and almost pulled off the successful comeback at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Saturday, Feb. 6.
After trailing at the end of the first quarter, the Southern women’s basketball team went on a 10-2 run to start the second quarter and take the lead on the way to a win over Grambling at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Amid reports at least one SWAC school could opt out of the first-ever spring football season, Southern head coach Dawson Odums is trying to balance National Signing Day and a season opener that is just three weeks away.
After receiving letters of intent from just two football players during the early signing period in December, the Southern Jaguars added a few more on National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
One guy who head coach Dawson Odums knows will be ready for popping pads is sophomore running back Jarod Sims, who came on strong during the back half of the 2019 season.
Southern middle-distance runner Nicholas Scott led the Jaguar track and field team in a strong showing at the Louisiana Invitational at LSU on Saturday, Jan. 30.
The Southern men’s basketball team rebounded from back-to-back losses to beat Alcorn State at the Davey L. Whitney Complex in Lorman, Miss. on Saturday, Jan. 30.
On Friday, Jan. 29 the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced a revised policy related to band travel and participation for the upcoming Spring 2021 SWAC Football season.
The Southern men’s basketball team jumped out to an early lead that eventually evaporated and fell to Alabama State on a buzzer beater in the Dunn-Oliver Acadome on Monday, Jan. 25.
The Southern men’s basketball team struggled shooting the ball in all three phases and took its first loss in SWAC play to Alabama A&M at T.M. Elmore Gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 23.
Southern Hall of Famer Roger Cador, who was head coach of the Jaguar baseball team for 32 years, recalled his days in the Braves organization the same year Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.
The Southern football season will kick off five weeks from Friday, Jan. 22, and head coach Dawson Odums met with sports journalists via Zoom to talk about his Jaguars.
The Southern volleyball team was selected to finish fourth in the SWAC, based on a preseason poll that was voted on by league head coaches and sports information directors.
The Southern women’s basketball game at Alabama A&M that was scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 has been postponed due to COVID-19 within the Lady Bulldog program, according to SWAC officials.
The Southern women’s basketball team jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead against Mississippi Valley State and didn’t look back at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Monday, Jan. 18.
The Southern men’s basketball team was in the zone on its shooting in a blowout win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Saturday, Jan. 16.
The Southern women’s basketball team picked up its second SWAC win behind a strong third quarter against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Saturday, Jan. 16.
A total of six members of the Southern University football program have been named to the Preseason All-SWAC team, with two of those receiving first team honors.
The Southern men’s basketball team picked up its first win of the season after not playing a game in nearly a month. The Jags got past the Grambling Tigers on the road.
Despite trailing the entire first half, the Lady Jags turn up the intensity to close out the third quarter to pull off the come back win over the Lady Panthers, 51-44, at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
The Southern men’s basketball SWAC opener hosting Prairie View on Saturday, Jan. 2, has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols SWAC officials announced Thursday, Dec. 31.
The Southern men’s and women’s basketball games against Texas Southern that were scheduled for Monday, Jan. 4 inside the F.G. Clark Activity Center have been postponed, SWAC officials have announced.
The Southern University Athletic Department will offer Jaguar fans the opportunity to place a corrugated plastic cutout of themselves in the stands at A.W. Mumford Stadium and the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
The Southern women’s basketball team at Mississippi State was an evenly matched contest the first 15 minutes of the first half until the Lady Bulldogs turned up the intensity to win big over the Lady Jaguars.
A red-hot Arkansas team made 11 shots from 3-point range and shot 44.8 percent from the field overall, as the Razorbacks defeated Southern 79-44 on Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
The Southern men’s basketball team’s trip to Spokane, Wash. to face No. 1 Gonzaga has been canceled after the Bulldogs shut down basketball activities due to COVID-19 issues in the program. Southern has announced changes to its schedule.
A red-hot Iowa team made 12 shots from 3-point range and shot 54.8 percent from the field overall, and the Hawkeyes defeated Southern, 103-76, on Friday, Nov. 27.
The Jaguars kicked off the 2020-21 season in dramatic fashion by taking North Carolina Central down to the wire and eventually falling to the Eagles, 85-77, in overtime Thursday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department say they have arrested the man accused of punching and verbally assaulting a female Southern University student-athlete in the 2800 block of Dalrymple Drive Monday, Nov. 9.
Lou Brock, who helped lead the Southern University baseball team to a championship and later assisted the St. Louis Cardinals in winning two titles, has died. He was 81.
Southern head football coach Dawson Odums joined Baton Rouge journalists for a Zoom style news conference on Tuesday, July 21, to respond to the SWAC’s decision to move the football season from the fall to the spring.
Officials at Southern University, including the director of the Human Jukebox, are reacting to Monday’s SWAC decision to postpone the fall football season.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Council of Presidents and Chancellors held a meeting via Zoom and has decided to postpone the fall sports schedule until spring.
College football reporter Brett McMurphy reported Friday, July 17, that sources told him the SWAC will announce Monday that it is canceling fall sports.
Former Southern baseball head coach Roger Cador is set to receive a great honor. The legendary skipper will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame next January.
Former LaGrange High School star Colton Frank IV announced he’s transferring from UL Lafayette to Southern University to the play for Jaguars. Frank announced the move on his Twitter account.
Less than a month after announcing the addition of Florida A&M to the conference, the SWAC now says Bethune-Cookman is also joining. Officials said Bethune-Cookman will be added as a full member effective with the 2021-22 academic year.
Southern University has officially canceled the first two football games of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletic director Roman Banks confirmed the changes to the Jaguars’ schedule.
While many college football fans are getting excited about Florida A&M joining the SWAC in 2021, a report by the New York Times has cast large doubt on the Rattlers visiting Mumford Stadium on September 12.
The Southern Heritage Classic is the first college football casualty of COVID-19. While Southern doesn’t play in the game, the two teams that do are both on the Jags’ schedule.
According to Southern University Athletic Director Roman Banks the Bayou Classic will not be played in New Orleans this year, and possibly will not be played in 2021. However, organizers called the statement "premature."
LSU executive deputy athletic director Verge Ausberry and Southern athletic director Roman Banks both spoke with WAFB-TV this week, saying the Tigers and Jaguars finally playing each other in football is great for both the community and the state.
