1 | 2 | T | |
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TXSO | 34 | 54 | 88 |
PV | 32 | 42 | 74 |
Texas Southern downs Prairie View 88-74 in SWAC semis
HOUSTON -- Donte Clark scored 22 points and Derrick Bruce scored 18 and No. 3 seed Texas Southern beat second-seeded Prairie View A&M 88-74 in a Southwestern Athletic Conference semifinal game Friday night.
Texas Southern (14-19) faces top-seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday.
The Tigers led 34-32 at halftime and maintained a slight edge until Bruce hit a 3-pointer and a layup and Clark's jumper with 12:13 left made it 55-47. The Panthers' Gary Blackston and Texas Southern's Lamont Walker each traded a pair of 3s, and Walker's second 3 of the exchange sparked the Tigers' 9-0 run and Prairie View never recovered.
Demontrae Jefferson scored 15 points for the Tigers and Walker added 13.
Blackston tied a career-high 32 points for Prairie View (16-18), JD Wallace scored 13 with 12 rebounds and Troy Thompson scored 12.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Marques Pettigrew
- Don Hudson
- Bharat Ram
2023-24 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Grambling | 14-4 | - | 21-15 |
Alcorn State | 13-5 | 1 | 14-18 |
Southern | 12-6 | 2 | 18-14 |
Texas Southern | 12-6 | 2 | 16-17 |
Bethune-Cookman | 11-7 | 3 | 17-17 |
Jackson State | 11-7 | 3 | 15-17 |
Alabama A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 12-23 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 8-10 | 6 | 13-18 |
Alabama State | 8-10 | 6 | 13-19 |
Prairie View A&M | 5-13 | 9 | 10-21 |
Florida A&M | 4-14 | 10 | 6-23 |
Mississippi Valley State | 1-17 | 13 | 1-30 |