Sunday, January 4, 2015

Defense carries Southern over Prairie View 68-56

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Southern men’s basketball team rode its defense in the second half to a 68-56 victory against Prairie View in their Southwestern Athletic Conference opener Saturday at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

The Jaguars (4-11 overall) outscored the Panthers (2-12) 41-24 in the second half, allowing just 8-of-28 field goals, including 1-of-8 on 3-pointers.

The pivotal stretch was an 18-3 run during which Prairie View made just one field goal in 8½ minutes.

“We were trying to contest everything,” Southern coach Roman Banks said. “We did a good job of shutting them down, and we were able to win each possession.”

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