Skyler Bowlin and DaRell Crittendon both led Southern (16-9, 6-9 MIAA) with ten points each. Bowlin added seven assists, while Crittendon had six rebounds. Mariun Price had nine points and five rebounds.

Pitt (10-13, 5-11 MIAA) had three score in double-figures, led by 21 points from Rodney Grace. Carlos Taylor scored 17, while Jeff Ivory had 10. TJ Stukes scored seven and added 13 rebounds.

Southern led 8-5 after a jumper from Bowlin with 15:51 left to go. A jumper from Pitt's Stukes tied the game at nine and the Gorillas took a 12-9 lead the next trip down on a three from Taylor. Pitt pushed it's lead to six twice, before a jumper from Matt Monroe cut the deficit to two (23-21) with just under eight minutes to go. The Gorilla lead grew back to nine after a free-throw from David McKinnie and then to 11 (37-26) after a layup from Taylor with just over three minutes left in the half.

A three from Spencer Magana at 1:21 made the PSU lead 42-26. A layup from Mariun Price with 31 seconds left in the half stopped a 12-0 run for the Gorillas and made the score 42-28. Chris Scruggs added a free-throw, but a three from Magana as time expired made the halftime score 45-29.

A dunk from Pitt's Rodney Grace made the score 53-36 with 13:13 left in the second half. Another dunk, this time from Stukes, gave the Gorillas a 21 point lead (59-38) with 10:28 to go. Back-to-back buckets from Grace gave Pitt its largest lead of the night at 23 (64-41) with nine minutes to go and a pair of free throws from him pushed the lead to 25. After a steal, Grace scored his ninth straight point on another dunk to give Pitt a 27 point lead at 68-41.

Pitt shot 50 percent from the field and out rebounded the Lions 38-32. The Lions' bench out scored Pitt, 23-20.

The Lions will be back in action this Saturday (Feb. 14) when Southern plays host to Emporia State in a 7:30 pm tip off. Southern lost at Emporia, 71-66 earlier in the season.