ITTA BENA, Miss. – Ta'Jay Henry scored a game-high 30 points with 22 rebounds, Isaac Williams tallied a season-high 29 points with 10 rebounds and Marcus Romain added 23 as Mississippi Valley State handed the previously undefeated Texas Southern Tigers a 103-89 loss in overtime.
Williams connected on a 3-pointer with three seconds left on the shot clock and 53.5 seconds left in regulation to give Valley a two-point lead.
TSU's Demontrae Jefferson made two free throws with 37 seconds left to force the highly contested game into overtime. Rashaan Surles scored six points in overtime while MVSU outscored Texas Southern 17-3 as a team to seal the game.
Texas Southern was paced offensively by Kevin Scott who contributed 24 points. Zach Lofton scored 18 points and had six rebounds before fouling out with 5:43 remaining in regulation.
Texas Southern returns home to face Alabama State this weekend at the HPE Arena.
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