{"id":59736,"date":"2018-02-27T06:31:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59736"},"modified":"2018-02-27T06:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:31:24","slug":"mvsu-beats-grambling-state-79-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mvsu-beats-grambling-state-79-74.html","title":{"rendered":"MVSU beats Grambling State 79-74"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">MVSU beats Grambling State 79-74<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Jordan Evans scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Dante Scott had 15 points and 13 boards and Mississippi Valley State beat Grambling State 79-74 on Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">MVSU (4-26, 4-13 Southwestern Athletic Conference) has won three of its last seven after starting the season with 20 straight losses. Grambling (15-14, 11-5) has lost two straight after an 11-game winning streak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The Tigers led by as many as 10 points in the first half, but MVSU used a 26-8 run for a 45-37 lead going into the break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">MVSU led 56-40 early in the second half, but Grambling State cut it to 73-71 with 2:15 left after a bucket by Ivy Smith Jr. However, that would be as close as the Tigers would get down the stretch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Anthony Gaston scored 17 points, Smith 16 and Devante Jackson had 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocks for the Tigers, who scored 22 points off 19 turnovers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The teams combined for 101 rebounds after missing 92 of 147 field-goal attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/2018\/02\/27\/mvsu-beats-grambling-state-79-74\/110883098\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mvsu-beats-grambling-state-79-74.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MVSU beats Grambling State 79-74 Jordan Evans scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Dante Scott had 15 points and 13 boards and Mississippi Valley State beat Grambling State 79-74 on Monday night. 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