Prairie View A&M plays Southern after Smith’s 24-point showing
Prairie View A&M Panthers (5-9, 0-1 SWAC) at Southern Jaguars (7-7, 1-0 SWAC)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Monday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Prairie View A&M visits the Southern Jaguars after Charles Smith IV scored 24 points in Prairie View A&M’s 69-63 loss to the Grambling Tigers.
The Jaguars are 5-0 in home games. Southern averages 74.9 points and has outscored opponents by 1.6 points per game.
The Panthers have gone 0-1 against SWAC opponents. Prairie View A&M ranks eighth in the SWAC with 10.7 assists per game led by Andre Nunley averaging 1.5.
Southern is shooting 43.8% from the field this season, 2.5 percentage points lower than the 46.3% Prairie View A&M allows to opponents. Prairie View A&M’s 39.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.4 percentage points lower than Southern has allowed to its opponents (45.3%).
The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Derrick Tezeno is averaging 7.4 points and 1.5 steals for the Jaguars.
Nick Gazelas averages 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, scoring 8.1 points while shooting 30.0% from beyond the arc.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jaguars: 6-4, averaging 74.9 points, 35.8 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 11.4 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.2 points per game.
Panthers: 3-7, averaging 69.6 points, 30.9 rebounds, 12.1 assists, 10.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.