TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Interstat) — Florida A&M outlasted Prairie View 100-96 in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Monday at the Alfred Lawson, Jr. Multipurpose Center. The Rattlers built a 56-34 halftime lead behind a torrid first-half shooting performance but withstood a fierce Panthers comeback in the second half.

Prairie View’s Tai’Reon Joseph scored 32 points and Dontae Horne added 27. Florida A&M’s Jordan Chatman scored 18 points, all in the first half, and the Rattlers shot 11 for 15 from 3-point range. The Rattlers improved to 9-13 overall, while the Panthers fell to 9-15. Attendance was 903.