PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Originally Southern’s third-string quarterback, Ashton Strother made his third consecutive start against Saturday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

The junior transfer from Coahoma Community College earned that spot after repeatedly proving himself to be the better passer than Cam’Ron McCoy, who started the majority of the games after Jalen Woods’ concussion on Aug. 30.

Strother delivered some solid showings in relief of McCoy in road games at both Fresno State and Bethune-Cookman earlier this season.

But the roles changed against UAPB when an ineffective Strother was replaced by McCoy, who led the Jaguars on a pair of scoring drives in their 40-21 loss to UAPB on Saturday at Simmons Bank Field.

On fourth and 2, Southern had the ball on its 50-yard line with a 24-point

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