Florida A&M 82, at Southern 71

BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Tyler Shirley scored 25 points and Florida A&M used a dominant second-half surge to upset Southern 82-71 on Thursday night at the Clark Activity Center, defying the odds and sweeping the season series from the Jaguars. The Rattlers, who entered the game as significant underdogs according to predictive metrics, trailed by a single point at halftime but erupted for 50 points after the break to pull away. The victory improved Florida A&M to 12-15 overall, while Southern fell to 13-15. A crowd of 5,123 watched the Southwestern Athletic Conference contest. The most important part of… Read more...