Sophomore Marquealis Edwards scored 11 of his team-high 15 points as Southwestern opened up a 37-20 halftime lead in beating Graceland JV here Saturday, 74-51.

Then, after a lull when the Yellow Jackets cut a 21-point lead to a 12-point margin at 51-39, the Spartans caught fire again after a timeout and got it back to 19 points when reserves finished off the non-conference victory.

Coming off a home loss Wednesday to North Central Missouri, coach Mike Holmes said his team did some things well in building the sizable early lead.