At some point after dropping an enormous result in North Carolina A&T within the Chris Paul HBCU Problem, it was Texas Southern who mounted a comeback for its first win of the season.
Texas Southern broke its streak of eight consecutive losses in dramatic vogue, needing late heroics to defeat Howard 79-78 on Sunday afternoon at Michelob Extremely Enviornment. The Tigers trailed by as many as 11 factors within the second half however made an unbelievable comeback to win the sport.
PJ Henry scored 26 factors to paved the way for Texas Southern. That efficiency included a powerful 14 factors within the second half to ignite the crew down the stretch. Texas Southern’s offense as an entire got here out of the break with new vitality. They shot 61 p.c from the sphere within the second half, scoring 1.43 factors per possession. This was an enormous enchancment from their 37 p.c taking pictures and 0.89 factors per possession within the first half.
Offense was not the difficulty for the Bison. They scored their 78 factors on 45 p.c taking pictures from the sphere. Seth Cities led the best way, placing up 16 factors to associate with six boards. Dom Campbell additionally contributed, including one other 13 factors.
TXSO’s 79 factors hit a brand new season-high
Howard recorded assists on 52% of tried area objectives
PJ Henry led all recreation gamers in plus-minus with a +17
Texas Southern lastly put an finish to its latest struggles. The Tigers’ subsequent check is a matchup with Samford, which additionally received its final recreation, at Well being & Bodily Schooling Enviornment on Dec. 21. This afternoon’s defeat was one other powerful consequence for Howard. It had misplaced in its final outing in opposition to Jackson State and was trying to rebound. The Bison will tackle UC Santa Barbara, which is coming off a win, at The Thunderdome on Dec. 20.
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