PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) - Carl Blair scored 18 points and Josh Eleby added 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Prairie View A&M to a 60-44 victory against Grambling State on Saturday night.
The Panthers (6-11, 1-3 Southwestern Athletic), who ended a six-game losing streak, never trailed after Eleby's jumper gave them an 8-7 lead 4:46 into the game.
Bryant Purvis had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Tigers (0-14, 0-5), who have lost 24 of their last 25 games dating to last season.
Prairie View A&M led 44-36 when it went on an 11-1 run over the next 3:10 to take permanent control. Blair had nine points during the surge, which ended with his layup that gave the Panthers a 55-37 cushion with 4:06 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Grambling (0-14) | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| Prairie View A&M (6-11) « | 31 | 29 | 60 |
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| Grambling Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Wheeler, F | 29 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| S. Dandridge, F | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| B. Purvis, G | 35 | 9-15 | 0-2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| T. Rose, G | 35 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Copeland, G | 33 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hobbs | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| R. Higgins | 10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Roberson | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Hornsby | 7 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Turner | 6 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Cobbins | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Dorsett | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-45 | 3-13 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 44 | |
| 40% | 23.1% | ||||||
| Prairie View A&M Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Chapman, F | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. DeMuynck, G | 32 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| C. Blair, G | 30 | 5-11 | 7-8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| M. Scott, G | 28 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| R. Gesiakowski, G | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Eleby | 22 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| R. Jenkins | 13 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Montgomery | 13 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| M. Riathin | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Wright | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Aina | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| P. Agho | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-53 | 17-26 | 37 | 7 | 16 | 60 | |
| 37.7% | 65.4% | ||||||
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