Southern Jaguars at Prairie View A&M Panthers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
74 - 78
Blackston scores 24; Prairie View A&M beats Southern 78-74
Austin Starr had 14 points, five rebounds, six assists and four steals, and Dennis Jones finished with 11 points, five assists and five steals for Prairie View (5-11, 2-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference). The Panthers are 2-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
Blackston hit two free throws to give PVAMU a 66-65 lead before Hamilton sandwiched a 3-pointer and a jumper around a free throw by Southern's Aaron Ray to give the Panthers a five-point lead. Jamar Sandifer's jumper pulled the Jaguars to 71-69 with three minutes left, but Blackston answered with a jumper and Prairie View hit 5-of-6 free throws from there to seal it.
Sandifer, a sophomore transfer from Kilgore College, had a career-high 26 points for Southern (4-11, 0-2).
Prairie View led 49-33 in the opening minute of the second half, but Sandifer scored all of Southern's points in an 8-1 spurt over the next two minutes that cut the deficit to nine points and a free throw by Emmanuel Sheperd gave the Jaguars a 63-62 lead with seven minutes to go.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 74 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Eddie Reese made Layup. | 74 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Austin Starr made Free Throw. | 72 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Austin Starr made Free Throw. | 72 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Foul on Jamar Sandifer. | 72 - 76 |
Statistics
 SOU |
 PV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-48 | FG | 23-53 |
| 56 | Field Goal % | 43 |
| 5-17 | 3PT | 11-25 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 44 |
| 15-23 | FT | 21-33 |
| 65 | Free Throw % | 64 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 25 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
| 28 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 28 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 24 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 18 |
| 31 | Fouls | 20 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Prairie View, TX
Attendance: 323 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman | 14-4 | - | 17-15 |
| Southern | 11-7 | 3 | 17-17 |
| Florida A&M | 11-7 | 3 | 15-16 |
| Alabama A&M | 10-8 | 4 | 18-15 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10-8 | 4 | 13-19 |
| Texas Southern | 10-8 | 4 | 12-18 |
| Jackson State | 10-8 | 4 | 12-21 |
| Prairie View A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 19-18 |
| Grambling | 7-11 | 7 | 14-19 |
| Alabama State | 7-11 | 7 | 10-22 |
| Alcorn State | 7-11 | 7 | 9-23 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 2-16 | 12 | 3-30 |