Southern women survive 2OT scare from Grambling

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  The Southern women entered the weekend with only one conference loss, a head-scratcher at Grambling in which the Jaguars gave up 92 points.

The Tigers almost got Southern again Saturday afternoon.

Rallying from a game-long deficit that ballooned to 16 points early in the second half, Grambling pushed the Jaguars into a pair of overtime periods before failing to get off a shot on its final possession.

Southern survived for an 83-81 win before 2,912 fans at the F.G. Clark Activity Center, protecting its place atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference standings.

“We fought for our lives in this game. There’s no excuse for that when get up 15 points,” Southern coach Sandy Pugh said. “We’ve got to close games out. I was very disappointed in our effort.”

Had they completed a season sweep of Southern (9-12, 9-1), the Tigers (4-18, 2-8) would have left Baton Rouge responsible for its rival’s only two conference losses.

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