Lady Jaguars come back strong

The lady basketball team is on fire and they do not look to cool down any time soon. The Lady Jags earned another win on Saturday night at F.G Clark Activity Center against Arkansas-Pine Bluff when they secured a 74-70 win.
And with a few bumps and bruises they survive.
Southern (9-3, 12-9) are third on the plate for their journey to the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Now the Jaguars can attain their footing into the NCAA tournament. Southern trails Alabama State (10-2, 12-9) and Texas Southern (10-1, 14-7).
The battle was clear early that it would not be an easy win for the Lady Jags.
Southern came out a little slow and found themselves down for majority of the quarter and in the first quarter and fell 13-18.
It seemed as if UAPB wanted to end Southern’s one game winning streak after their lost to Grambling and their intentions of that was made clear early.
The Lady Jags went into the start of the second quarter facing a 5-point deficit. The ladies came back like a whole new team.
They kept scoring and didn’t look to stop. Due to a few good runs, the lady jags found themselves in the lead by three to going into halftime. The second half opened up and it was action packed, the ladies took the court and were well prepared for the second half of the battle due to Briana Green scoring that willing jump shot.
The lead changed hands quite a few times, along with a few ties here and there. Their hard work scoring gave them a 10-point lead to close out the third quarter. The 10-point lead didn’t go anywhere until a few minutes remaining in the fourth quarter when UAPB was only down by three points.
For the final minutes the game was close, however, the lady Jags proved to be too much for the Lady lions and won the game with a score of 74-70.
Green, who sustained an injury, said “I felt 85 percent, I wouldn’t say I was 100, I had to get it wrapped up at one point.”
However, she managed to score 22 points to help her team. Senior guard, Brittany Washington also had an outstanding game, with a total of 18 points, an assist, a block, and three steals with her 29 minute presence on the court.
She scored 9 key points and stated, “I just needed to come to the realization that I need to make shots.”
Southern has to come past Mississippi Valley State and cast their goal to attain the highest honor on February 15, 2016.