Southern dumps Pine Bluff for fourth win in five games

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas — Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s recent mastery of Southern is over.

The Jaguars defeated the Golden Lions for the first time since 2009 as Lenard Tillery rushed for a career-high 136 yards and a score, and quarterback Dray Joseph added 231 yards through the air with two touchdowns for a 29-21 victory Saturday afternoon in Southwestern Athletic Conference play at Golden Lion Stadium.

The Jaguars, who had lost three straight to UAPB and have won four of five overall, seized control when Joseph plunged in on a quarterback sneak from a yard out to extend the Jaguars’ lead to 29-21 with 8:34 left.

Southern (4-3, 4-1) came out with a determined rushing attack against the country’s worst rush defense. The Jaguars ran the ball five consecutive times on their second possession before Tillery broke loose for a touchdown run on third-and-1 from the UAPB 26.

The Golden Lions blocked Southern kicker Greg Pittman’s point-after attempt, but Pittman caught the ricochet and rumbled into the end zone to give Southern an 8-0 lead.

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