PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) - Omar Strong scored 19 points and Aaron Clayborn added 16 points and nine rebounds Sunday night to lead Texas Southern to a 65-60 victory over Prairie View A&M.
The Tigers (3-13, 2-1 SWAC) have won two in a row after ending an 11-game losing streak with win against Alcorn State on Friday. Ray Penn added 13 points for TSU. Strong hit four of the Tigers' six 3-pointers.
Texas Southern trailed 28-16 with 5 minutes remaining in the first half, but managed to pull within 36-34 at the break.
Demondre Chapman led Prairie View (5-11, 0-3) with 18 points and eight rebounds. The Panthers have lost six in a row.
Jourdan DeMuynck scored 13 points and Carl Blair scored 11 for Prairie View, playing its first home game since Dec. 7.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas Southern (3-13) « | 34 | 31 | 65 |
| Prairie View A&M (5-11) | 36 | 24 | 60 |
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| Texas Southern Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Sturdivant, F | 27 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Sutton, C | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| O. Strong, G | 36 | 5-18 | 5-5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| R. Penn, G | 35 | 4-14 | 3-5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| D. Ellington, G | 20 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Gibbs | 24 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Clayborn | 22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| L. Johnson-Danner | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-61 | 11-16 | 41 | 12 | 18 | 65 | |
| 39.3% | 68.8% | ||||||
| Prairie View A&M Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Jenkins, F | 23 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Eleby, F | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Blair, G | 37 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| J. DeMuynck, G | 31 | 5-16 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Scott, G | 30 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Chapman | 30 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Montgomery | 16 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Wright | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Agho | 9 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Gesiakowski | 9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 24-63 | 10-17 | 44 | 7 | 19 | 60 | |
| 38.1% | 58.8% | ||||||
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