Baton Rouge native hands Southern first SWAC loss
BATON ROUGE - Southern men's basketball suffered their first SWAC loss after they lost to Prairie View 89-85 Monday night.
Former Southern Jaguar and Baton Rouge native, Tai'Reon Joseph put on a show for the Panthers. He scored 32 points, going 12-of-19 from the floor. He put the nail in the coffin by scoring Prairie View's last 8 points to end the game.
Southern shot 42% from the floor, 47% from three-point range and out-rebounded the Panthers 38-32.
Michael Jacobs led the way for the Jags with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Southern falls to 5-10 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.
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They are back on the floor on Saturday when they play at Florida A&M.