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The Southwest Bears closed out the Southwest/Coca-Cola Classic on a sour note Tuesday night as they dropped a 63-59 decision to the Jaguars of Southern University-Shreveport.
 
The Bears take time off for the Thanksgiving holiday before returning to the court on December 1 with a home matchup against Holmes Community College.
 
Chris McIntosh (Jackson, MS, Murrah) nailed a three-pointer just seconds into the game Tuesday to put the Bears on top 3-0. David Burrell (Milwaukee, WI, Believe Prep Academy)'s trey then had the home team up 8-3 with 17:03 to play in the first half.
 
A jumper from the Jaguars' Amos Givan tied the game at 14-14 with 10:54 on the clock. The visitors then took an 18-14 lead on Patrick Smith's bucket with 8:54 to go before the break. Smith added another two points with 0:23 to play, giving the Jaguars' a 32-27 lead at the break.
 
The Bears (1-4) scored seven of the first 10 points of the second half and took a 35-34 lead on a pair of Jaylen Moore (Gulfport, MS, Harrison Central) free throws with 15:07 left in the game. The Jaguars (5-5) took brief 37-35 lead before the Bears tied it at 37-37, with 13:36 left to play, on Lafayette Rutledge (Gautier, MS, Gautier)'s jumper.
 
The Jaguars then scored the next eight points and took a 45-37 lead with 11:10 to go. A Givan two-pointer later increased the Bears' deficit to 53-44 with 5:19 on the clock.
 
Despite their best efforts, the Bears were unable to overcome that deficit. A Burrell layup pulled them to within three points, 59-56, with 0:32 to play. But, that proved to the closest the Bears would get as the Jaguars held on for the four-point win.
 
Moore paced the Bears, and topped all scorers, with 13 points while leading the Bears with six assists. Burrell and Rutledge also scored in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
 
Xavion Dillon (Tylertown, MS, Tylertown) andTrent Jeffries (Gulfport, MS, Harrison Central) both scored seven points,Cliff Fernandez (Sandy Hook, MS, Dexter) added six, McIntosh picked up three and Justin McCray (Ridgeland, MS, Ridgeland) totaled two. The Bears were good on 11 of 17 free throws.
 
Givan, Dangelo McClinton and Smith all had 12 points for Southern-Shreveport. The Jaguars hit 11 of 13 free throws.