BATON ROUGE, La. - Prairie View A&M fought back from a four-point halftime deficit to beat Southern 27-21 on the road on Saturday afternoon.
The Panthers improved to 5-5 on the year and 5-2 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play, while the Jaguars fell to 5-5 and 4-3.
Ahmad Antoine paced the Panther's rushing attack by accumulating 72 yards over the course of the game. Trazon Connley also added 54 yards on the ground.
Shemar Savage reeled in two catches for 71 yards and one score.
Derrick Ray led the Prairie View A&M defensive effort, recording three tackles, 2.0 TFL, and one sack. Myles McHaney added 1.0 TFL and one sack and the Team had in the win.
Defensively, Prairie View A&M held up fairly well against the Southern offensive attack, holding the Jaguars to 327 total yards.
How It Happened
Prairie View A&M got on the scoreboard first with 8:53 left in the first quarter to take a 7-0 lead. Southern then tied things at 7-7 before the Panthers responded with a 23-yard field goal from to jump back ahead 10-7.
Southern then grabbed a 14-10 lead, but Prairie View A&M got on the scoreboard again at the 3:21 remaining mark in the second quarter with a 19-yard touchdown run to jump back ahead 17-14. Southern then took control of the lead, building a 21-17 advantage before the Panthers got on the scoreboard again with a nine-yard touchdown run from to retake the lead at 24-21.
Prairie View A&M continued to increase its lead, scoring again with 6:55 remaining in the fourth quarter to go ahead 27-21. Neither team scored again in the game.
Game Notes
» Prairie View A&M outgained Southern 347-327, including a 163-105 advantage on the ground.
» Prairie View A&M had their highest scoring quarter in the second period when they put up 10 points.
» Prairie View A&M converted 3 of 12 third downs while Southern was successful on 2 of 12.
» The Panthers had two players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Tariq Mulmore, who had nine.
» Efren Jasso punted three times for the Panthers with an average of 47.3 yards per punt while pinning the Jaguars inside their own 20 two times.
» Prairie View A&M went 1-for-2 on fourth down, converting on 50 percent of attempts.
» The Panthers racked up eight tackles for loss and added two sacks.
» Prairie View A&M won the time of possession battle 33:07 to 26:53.
» Harold Blood led the Jaguars passing attack, completing 14 of his 19 attempts for 123 yards and one touchdown.
» Kendric Rhymes led the Southern rushing attack with 70 yards and one touchdown.
