Prairie View A&M Panthers @ Southern Jaguars
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 28 | 57 | |
SOU | 28 | 31 | 59 |
Southern holds on to edge Prairie View 59-57 in SWAC opener
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Shawn Prudhomme scored 18 points, Jared Sam added 17 and Southern held on to defeat Prairie View A&M 59-57 on Monday night in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener.
Christopher Thomas blocked Daquan Cook's jumper with three seconds left and L.J. Westbrook's 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.
A pair of free throws from Rashad Andrews had Southern up 58-50 with 2:14 to play. Tevin Bellinger hit a quick 3 and after the Jags missed twice on the next possession. Westbrook had two free throws for the Panthers, making it 58-55 with 55 seconds remaining. Southern missed again and Cook converted at the line, making it 58-57 with 10 to go. Chris Thomas made a free throw with nine seconds left.
Southern (5-9) only made 13 of 28 free throws.
Westbrook had 19 points for the Panthers (3-12), who only shot 33 percent (18 of 55).
Game Information
Baton Rouge, LA
2025-26 Standings
| Southwestern Athletic Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman | 14-4 | - | 17-15 |
| Southern | 11-7 | 3 | 17-17 |
| Florida A&M | 11-7 | 3 | 15-16 |
| Alabama A&M | 10-8 | 4 | 18-15 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10-8 | 4 | 13-19 |
| Texas Southern | 10-8 | 4 | 12-18 |
| Jackson State | 10-8 | 4 | 12-21 |
| Prairie View A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 19-18 |
| Grambling | 7-11 | 7 | 14-19 |
| Alabama State | 7-11 | 7 | 10-22 |
| Alcorn State | 7-11 | 7 | 9-23 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 2-16 | 12 | 3-30 |
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