Texas Southern edges Southern on late field goal

HOUSTON (Interstat) — Texas Southern defeated Southern 24-21 Saturday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Shell Energy Stadium. Miguel Arana III made a 46-yard field goal with one second remaining to break a 21-21 tie. The announced attendance was 21,523. The Southern Jaguars opened scoring in the first quarter on Christian Johnson’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Damien Henderson Jr. The Texas Southern Tigers answered with second-quarter touchdown runs by Jacob Washington and Athean Renfro Jr., and Cam’Ron McCoy added a 41-yard scoring run in the third. Southern pulled within a score on Johnson’s 24-yard touchdown pass to Wydell Clark Jr. in the third, then tied it on Trey Holly’s 2-yard run in the fourth. McCoy passed for 42 yards and rushed for 71 and a score, while Renfro ran 23 times for 135 yards and a touchdown. Holly ran 35 times for 156 yards and a score. Southern’s record is 3-5, and Texas Southern’s is 2-5.