BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Christopher Jones scored 19 points and hit three free throws in the final 17 seconds to help Prairie View A&M defeat Southern University 75-69 on Thursday night.
The Panthers (16-12, 11-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference) led by as much as 70-56 on Tim Meadows’ layup with 3:33 left.
The Jaguars (5-24, 3-14), however, used a 13-2 run to pull within 72-69 on Julius Ingram’s dunk with 17 seconds left.
Jones then hit a free throw, Southern’s Nick walls turned the ball over and Jones hit two more foul shots with 6 seconds left for the final margin.
