PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – The visiting Jackson State Lady Tigers overcame a 12-point third quarter deficit Monday as they defeated Prairie View A&M 77-67.
 
Chelsea Causey's double-double performance of 18 points and 13 rebounds led the Lady Tigers (12-12), who improved to 6-7 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.
 
Larissa Scott turned in double-double tallies of 15 points and 15 rebounds to lead five Lady Panthers scoring in double figures Monday. Scott shot 5-of-8 from the field, and made five out of six free throw attempts; she also handed out three assists.
 
Tori Carter scored 13 points for the Lady Panthers, while Monique Abbs came off the PVAMU bench to score 11 points and tally three steals. Alexus Parker and Lanikki McMillian scored 10 points apiece.
 
PVAMU's Lamaria Cole scored eight points and handed out a game-high six assists.
 
The Lady Panthers return to road for their next two games, starting with a Saturday visit to Arkansas–Pine Bluff. PVAMU concludes the road trip Monday at Mississippi Valley State.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Lady Panthers set the tone early, shooting 67 percent (12 of 18) from the floor in the first quarter as they built a 28-22 lead. PVAMU matched its season best for points in a single quarter, set in the first quarter at TCU on Nov. 24.
 
Prairie View A&M took a 42-33 lead into halftime, and held their largest lead of the game when Scott converted a layup off a pass from Cole to cap a four-point run and give the Lady Panthers a 48-36 lead with 7:05 left to play in the third quarter.
 
Jackson State then responded by scoring the next 11 points over the next four minutes, 19 seconds to cut the home team's lead to one point. Daisha Williams knocked down a pair of free throws at the 2:46 mark to trim PVAMU's lead to 48-47.
 
Cole would stretch PVAMU's lead back up to four with a pair of free throws with 1:05 left in the third quarter, but Jackson State scored the last four points of the period to tie the game at 53. Jackson State clawed its way back into the game by holding PVAMU to 2-of-14 shooting (14.3 percent) from the field in the third quarter.
 
The Lady Tigers took the lead for good with an 8-0 run between the 6:41 and 2:57 marks to take a 64-58 lead. The advantage put the lead just out of reach for the Lady Panthers, who had back-to-back 3-points by Parker and Abbs partially nullified by a 3-pointer by Causey in between.
 
Abbs' trey with 1:34 remaining cut the lead to 69-67, but the Lady Panthers would get no closer as Jackson State hit four of its last five field-goal attempts and its last four free throws down the stretch. the Lady Tigers scored the last eight points of the game.
 
GAME NOTES:

• The Lady Tigers claimed their first win in Prairie View, since a 70-60 triumph on Feb. 16, 2008.
• Prairie View A&M shot 23.1 percent (6 of 26) from the field in the second half, while Jackson State shot 51.7 percent (15 of 29) after halftime.
• Cole handed out six assists in a game for the fifth time this season. Her career high is seven, set earlier this year at Nicholls State (Nov. 17).
• Jackson State's win denied the Lady Panthers their first regular-season sweep of the Lady Tigers since 2010.