Box Score BATON ROUGE, La.- Texas Southern's Demontrae Jefferson scored a career-high 36 points, Donte Clark added 28 and Derrick Bruce made two free throws with eight seconds left as TSU held on to edge Southern 90-88 Thursday night to stay in the hunt for a Southwest Athletic Conference title.
Both Texas Southern and Southern were among four teams hot on the heels of SWAC leader Grambling (12-5).
The win keeps the Tigers within range, needing a win at Alcorn State and a Grambling loss as the SWAC's regular season ends on Saturday.
TSU's Jefferson was 14-of-21 from the floor, making 4-of-5 from behind the 3-point arc.
Texas Southern will now get set to travel to face Alcorn State on Saturday, March 3
rd in what will be the Tigers conference regular season finale.
With Thursday's win Texas Southern clinched a top four seed at the upcoming SWAC Tournament. TSU will host a quarterfinal game on Tuesday, March 6
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