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Grambling earns first SWAC Tournament title, jumps out early and cruises past Texas Southern 75-66

AP
Mar 17, 2024

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Jourdan Smith scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half and Grambling won its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament title with a 75-66 victory over Texas Southern 75-66 on Saturday night.

Top-seeded Grambling (20-14) built a double-digit lead midway through the first half and led by as many as 18 points in the second.

Antwan Burnett added 14 points for Grambling. Jonathan Aku scored 12 points and Kintavious Dozier chipped in with 10. Smith and Burnett combined for five of Grambling's eight 3-pointers. Tra’Michael Moton, who scored a career-high 26 points against Bethune-Cookman in the semifinals, added eight points to go with seven assists.

Jonathan Cisse scored 21 points and Deon Stroud added 16 for No. 3 seed Texas Southern (16-16), which entered seeking its fourth-consecutive automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.

Smith hit three 3-pointers to help Grambling build a 41-24 halftime lead. The Tigers made 22 of their 44 field goals that included seven from long range in the first half.

Grambling led 42-24 and had a double-digit lead for most of the way. Texas Southern pulled within seven points twice inside the final minute.

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1st Half
TXSO
Tigers
24
GRAMB
Tigers
41

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Kenny Hunter vs. Jonathan Aku (Tigers gains possession)
19:34	+2	Deon Stroud makes two point jump shot	2-0
19:06	+2	Jonathan Aku makes two point layup (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	2-2
18:51		Jonathan Cisse misses three point jump shot
18:49		Tra'Michael Moton defensive rebound
18:36		Kenny Hunter shooting foul (Jonathan Aku draws the foul)
18:36		Jonathan Aku misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:36	+1	Jonathan Aku makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-3
18:10		Tra'Michael Moton personal foul
18:02	+3	PJ Henry makes three point jump shot (Grayson Carter assists)	5-3
17:39	+3	Jourdan Smith makes three point jump shot (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	5-6
17:21		Grayson Carter misses three point jump shot
17:19		Jonathan Aku defensive rebound
17:12		Kintavious Dozier misses two point layup
17:10		Deon Stroud defensive rebound
17:06		Jonathan Aku shooting foul (Deon Stroud draws the foul)
17:06	+1	Deon Stroud makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-6
17:06	+1	Deon Stroud makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-6
16:46	+3	Jourdan Smith makes three point jump shot (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	7-9
16:32	+2	Deon Stroud makes two point jump shot	9-9
16:07	+2	Jonathan Aku makes two point dunk (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	9-11
15:41	+2	Deon Stroud makes two point layup	11-11
15:33		Tra'Michael Moton misses three point jump shot
15:31		Jonathan Cisse defensive rebound
15:18		Jonathan Cisse turnover (bad pass) (Antwan Barnett steals)
15:07	+2	Kintavious Dozier makes two point layup	11-13
14:47		PJ Henry misses three point jump shot
14:45		Antwan Barnett defensive rebound
14:34		Jonathan Aku turnover (lost ball) (Grayson Carter steals)
14:23	+2	Kenny Hunter makes two point layup (PJ Henry assists)	13-13
14:00	+3	Jourdan Smith makes three point jump shot (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	13-16
13:36		Jonathan Cisse turnover (Jonathan Aku steals)
13:27		Deon Stroud blocks Antwan Barnett's two point layup
13:25		PJ Henry defensive rebound
13:12		Jonathan Aku blocks Kenny Hunter's two point layup
13:10		Kenny Hunter offensive rebound
12:58	+2	Jonathan Cisse makes two point jump shot	15-16
12:33	+3	Antwan Barnett makes three point jump shot (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	15-19
12:14		Tra'Michael Moton shooting foul (Kenny Hunter draws the foul)
12:14		TV timeout
12:14		Kenny Hunter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:14		Kenny Hunter misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:14		Kintavious Dozier defensive rebound
11:44	+3	Mikale Stevenson makes three point jump shot (Zahad Munford assists)	15-22
11:23		Zahad Munford personal foul
11:23		TV timeout
11:23		Deon Stroud misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:23	+1	Deon Stroud makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-22
10:59		Jourdan Smith misses two point jump shot
10:57		Tigers offensive rebound
10:57		Deon Stroud personal foul (Zahad Munford draws the foul)
10:49	+2	Jalen Johnson makes two point layup (Kintavious Dozier assists)	16-24
10:30		Jonathan Cisse misses three point jump shot
10:27		Tigers offensive rebound
10:14		Jonathan Cisse misses two point jump shot
10:12		Mikale Stevenson defensive rebound
10:01		Jourdan Smith turnover (lost ball) (Jaylen Wysinger steals)
9:35	+2	Kenny Hunter makes two point jump shot (Chris Craig assists)	18-24
9:06	+2	Jourdan Smith makes two point layup	18-26
8:36		Mikale Stevenson personal foul (Deon Stroud draws the foul)
8:18		PJ Henry turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Aku steals)
8:11	+2	Zahad Munford makes two point dunk (Jonathan Aku assists)	18-28
8:10		Tigers 30 second timeout
8:10		TV timeout
7:54		Grayson Carter misses two point layup
7:52		Tigers defensive rebound
7:34		Antwan Barnett misses three point jump shot
7:32		Jaylen Wysinger defensive rebound
7:23		Grayson Carter misses three point jump shot
7:20		Tigers offensive rebound
7:16		Jaylen Wysinger misses two point jump shot
7:14		Tigers offensive rebound
7:05		Jonathan Aku blocks Grayson Carter's two point layup
7:03		Antwan Barnett defensive rebound
6:53		PJ Henry personal foul (Mikale Stevenson draws the foul)
6:49	+2	Mikale Stevenson makes two point layup	18-30
6:17		Jourdan Smith shooting foul (Jaylen Wysinger draws the foul)
6:17	+1	Jaylen Wysinger makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-30
6:17		Jaylen Wysinger misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:17		Jonathan Aku defensive rebound
5:52		Mikale Stevenson misses two point jump shot
5:50		Jonathan Aku offensive rebound
5:48		Jonathan Aku misses two point putback layup
5:46		Jourdan Smith offensive rebound
5:42	+3	Kintavious Dozier makes three point jump shot (Mikale Stevenson assists)	19-33
5:23	+3	Deon Stroud makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Wysinger assists)	22-33
4:54		Kintavious Dozier misses two point jump shot
4:52		Jaylen Wysinger defensive rebound
4:48		Jourdan Smith blocks Jaylen Wysinger's two point layup
4:46		Tigers defensive rebound
4:29		Kintavious Dozier turnover (bad pass)
3:58		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
3:58		TV timeout
3:33		Chris Craig personal foul (Jourdan Smith draws the foul)
3:33	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-34
3:33	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-35
3:22		Jonathan Cisse turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Aku steals)
3:00		Deon Stroud shooting foul (Jourdan Smith draws the foul)
3:00	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 3	22-36
3:00	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 3	22-37
3:00	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 3 of 3	22-38
2:42		Jaylen Wysinger misses three point jump shot
2:40		Jonathan Cisse offensive rebound
2:24		Jaylen Wysinger turnover (bad pass) (Jourdan Smith steals)
2:09		Antwan Barnett misses three point jump shot
2:07		Tigers defensive rebound
1:52		Jonathan Cisse misses two point jump shot
1:50		Jourdan Smith defensive rebound
1:27		Mikale Stevenson misses three point jump shot
1:25		Xavier Ball defensive rebound
1:05	+2	Zaire Hayes makes two point bank jump shot	24-38
0:44		Jourdan Smith misses two point jump shot
0:42		Tigers offensive rebound
0:34	+3	Antwan Barnett makes three point jump shot (Mikale Stevenson assists)	24-41
0:02		Zaire Hayes misses three point jump shot
0:00		Mikale Stevenson defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TXSO
Tigers
42
GRAMB
Tigers
34

Time		Play	Score
19:37		Kintavious Dozier misses two point layup
19:35		Kintavious Dozier offensive rebound
19:34		Jonathan Cisse shooting foul (Kintavious Dozier draws the foul)
19:34		Kintavious Dozier misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:34	+1	Kintavious Dozier makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-42
19:15		Antwan Barnett shooting foul (Deon Stroud draws the foul)
19:15	+1	Deon Stroud makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-42
19:15	+1	Deon Stroud makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-42
18:54		Antwan Barnett misses three point jump shot
18:52		PJ Henry defensive rebound
18:40	+2	Jonathan Cisse makes two point layup	28-42
18:40		Kintavious Dozier shooting foul (Jonathan Cisse draws the foul)
18:40	+1	Jonathan Cisse makes regular free throw 1 of 1	29-42
18:16	+2	Jonathan Aku makes two point dunk (Kintavious Dozier assists)	29-44
18:05		Kenny Hunter turnover (bad pass) (Tra'Michael Moton steals)
17:57	+2	Tra'Michael Moton makes two point layup	29-46
17:52		Grayson Carter misses three point jump shot
17:50		Deon Stroud offensive rebound
17:49	+2	Deon Stroud makes two point putback layup	31-46
17:30		Jourdan Smith misses three point jump shot
17:28		Deon Stroud defensive rebound
17:20		PJ Henry misses three point jump shot
17:17		Tigers offensive rebound
17:16		Grayson Carter turnover (bad pass) (Antwan Barnett steals)
17:10	+2	Kintavious Dozier makes two point dunk (Jourdan Smith assists)	31-48
17:00		Antwan Barnett personal foul (PJ Henry draws the foul)
16:42		Deon Stroud misses three point jump shot
16:40		Jonathan Aku defensive rebound
16:39		Kenny Hunter personal foul (Jonathan Aku draws the foul)
16:20		Jourdan Smith misses two point alley-oop dunk
16:18		PJ Henry defensive rebound
16:18		Jourdan Smith personal foul (PJ Henry draws the foul)
16:07	+2	Grayson Carter makes two point layup (Jonathan Cisse assists)	33-48
15:36		Antwan Barnett misses three point jump shot
15:34		Jourdan Smith offensive rebound
15:27	+2	Jourdan Smith makes two point layup	33-50
15:15		Deon Stroud misses two point jump shot
15:12		Tigers offensive rebound
15:12		TV timeout
15:10	+3	Xavier Ball makes three point jump shot (Deon Stroud assists)	36-50
14:46		Jourdan Smith misses two point jump shot
14:44		Xavier Ball defensive rebound
14:35		PJ Henry misses two point jump shot
14:33		Tra'Michael Moton defensive rebound
14:26		Deon Stroud personal foul (Tra'Michael Moton draws the foul)
14:24		PJ Henry personal foul (Tra'Michael Moton draws the foul)
14:10		Xavier Ball shooting foul (Jonathan Aku draws the foul)
14:10		Jonathan Aku misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:10	+1	Jonathan Aku makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-51
13:50		Jaylen Wysinger misses three point jump shot
13:48		Antwan Barnett defensive rebound
13:23		Tra'Michael Moton misses two point layup
13:21		PJ Henry defensive rebound
13:15		PJ Henry turnover (lost ball) (Kintavious Dozier steals)
13:13		PJ Henry flagrant 1 (Kintavious Dozier draws the foul)
13:13	+1	Kintavious Dozier makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	36-52
13:13	+1	Kintavious Dozier makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	36-53
12:59		Xavier Ball shooting foul (Jourdan Smith draws the foul)
12:59		Jourdan Smith technical foul
12:59		Jourdan Smith turnover
12:59	+1	Jonathan Cisse makes technical free throw 1 of 2	37-53
12:59	+1	Jonathan Cisse makes technical free throw 2 of 2	38-53
12:59	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-54
12:59	+1	Jourdan Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-55
12:35	+2	Zaire Hayes makes two point layup	40-55
12:05		Jourdan Smith misses three point jump shot
12:03		Jaylen Wysinger defensive rebound
11:58		Jaylen Wysinger turnover (lost ball) (Tra'Michael Moton steals)
11:54		Xavier Ball shooting foul (Tra'Michael Moton draws the foul)
11:54		TV timeout
11:54		Tra'Michael Moton misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:54		Tra'Michael Moton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:54		Deon Stroud defensive rebound
11:40		Xavier Ball misses three point jump shot
11:38		Zahad Munford defensive rebound
11:24		Tra'Michael Moton turnover (lost ball) (Jonathan Cisse steals)
11:09		Deon Stroud misses three point jump shot
11:07		Zahad Munford defensive rebound
10:46	+2	Antwan Barnett makes two point bank jump shot	40-57
10:27		Jalen Johnson shooting foul (Jonathan Cisse draws the foul)
10:27	+1	Jonathan Cisse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-57
10:27	+1	Jonathan Cisse makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-57
10:27		Tigers 30 second timeout
10:27		TV timeout
10:02		Zahad Munford misses three point jump shot
10:00		Deon Stroud defensive rebound
9:47		Deon Stroud misses three point jump shot
9:45		Zahad Munford defensive rebound
9:20		Jalen Johnson turnover (lost ball)
9:07	+2	Jonathan Cisse makes two point layup	44-57
8:57		Tra'Michael Moton turnover (lost ball) (Chris Craig steals)
8:54		Tra'Michael Moton flagrant 1 (Chris Craig draws the foul)
8:54		Chris Craig flagrant 1 (Tra'Michael Moton draws the foul)
8:54	+1	Chris Craig makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	45-57
8:54	+1	Chris Craig makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	46-57
8:54		Chris Craig turnover
8:54		Tra'Michael Moton misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
8:54	+1	Tra'Michael Moton makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	46-58
8:29		Tra'Michael Moton misses three point jump shot
8:27		Kintavious Dozier offensive rebound
8:20		Chris Craig personal foul (Kintavious Dozier draws the foul)
8:20		Kintavious Dozier flagrant 1 (Chris Craig draws the foul)
8:20		Kintavious Dozier turnover
8:20		TV timeout
8:20		Kintavious Dozier misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
8:20		Kintavious Dozier misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
8:20		Tigers defensive rebound
8:20	+1	Chris Craig makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	47-58
8:20	+1	Chris Craig makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	48-58
8:20		Tigers 30 second timeout
8:08		Jonathan Cisse misses three point jump shot
8:06		Tigers defensive rebound
7:54		Chris Craig personal foul (Kintavious Dozier draws the foul)
7:54		Kintavious Dozier misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:54		Kintavious Dozier misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:54		Jaylen Wysinger defensive rebound
7:46		Jaylen Wysinger misses two point layup
7:44		Antwan Barnett defensive rebound
7:31	+2	Antwan Barnett makes two point layup (Jourdan Smith assists)	48-60
7:13	+3	Jonathan Cisse makes three point jump shot	51-60
6:56		Jaylen Wysinger shooting foul (Jonathan Aku draws the foul)
6:56	+1	Jonathan Aku makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-61
6:56	+1	Jonathan Aku makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-62
6:37		Deon Stroud misses two point jump shot
6:35		Kenny Hunter offensive rebound
6:33	+2	Kenny Hunter makes two point putback layup	53-62
6:01		Antwan Barnett misses three point jump shot
5:59		Tigers offensive rebound
5:59		Kenny Hunter personal foul (Jonathan Aku draws the foul)
5:59	+1	Jonathan Aku makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-63
5:59	+1	Jonathan Aku makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-64
5:42	+2	Kenny Hunter makes two point jump shot (Jaylen Wysinger assists)	55-64
5:11	+2	Mikale Stevenson makes two point layup (Tra'Michael Moton assists)	55-66
4:48		Xavier Ball misses three point jump shot
4:46		Jonathan Aku defensive rebound
4:20	+2	Tra'Michael Moton makes two point jump shot	55-68
3:59		Jonathan Cisse misses two point jump shot
3:57		Mikale Stevenson defensive rebound
3:30		Jourdan Smith turnover (traveling)
3:30		TV timeout
3:17	+2	Jonathan Cisse makes two point layup	57-68
3:17		Mikale Stevenson shooting foul (Jonathan Cisse draws the foul)
3:17	+1	Jonathan Cisse makes regular free throw 1 of 1	58-68
2:47	+3	Tra'Michael Moton makes three point jump shot (Mikale Stevenson assists)	58-71
2:31		Jourdan Smith blocks Chris Craig's two point layup
2:29		Tigers offensive rebound
2:21	+2	Jonathan Cisse makes two point jump shot	60-71
2:19		Tigers 30 second timeout
2:11		Tigers 30 second timeout
1:56		Tra'Michael Moton misses two point jump shot
1:53		Tigers offensive rebound
1:36		Jonathan Aku misses two point jump shot
1:34		Jonathan Aku offensive rebound
1:33		Jump ball. Jonathan Aku vs. Kenny Hunter (Tigers gains possession)
1:33		Jonathan Aku turnover (lost ball) (Kenny Hunter steals)
1:24	+2	Jaylen Wysinger makes two point jump shot	62-71
1:08		Tra'Michael Moton turnover (bad pass)
1:00	+2	Jonathan Cisse makes two point jump shot	64-71
0:44		Chris Craig personal foul (Antwan Barnett draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Antwan Barnett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-72
0:44	+1	Antwan Barnett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-73
0:30	+2	Zaire Hayes makes two point jump shot	66-73
0:22		Jaylen Wysinger personal foul (Antwan Barnett draws the foul)
0:22	+1	Antwan Barnett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-74
0:22	+1	Antwan Barnett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-75
0:14		Deon Stroud misses three point jump shot
0:12		Kenny Hunter offensive rebound
0:10		Zaire Hayes misses three point jump shot
0:08		Jonathan Cisse offensive rebound
0:08		Jourdan Smith shooting foul (Deon Stroud draws the foul)
0:08		Deon Stroud misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:08		Deon Stroud misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:08		Mikale Stevenson defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Mikale Stevenson defensive rebound