BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - In seven seasons under head coach Carlos Funchess, Southern had never won back-to-back games over Power Four opponents. Until now.

Last Wednesday, the Lady Jaguars defeated Arizona in Tucson 63-57. Four days later, Southern went to Houston and knocked off the Cougars 70-62 in a game where they did not trail.

Funchess has a habit of stacking a monster non-conference slate before beginning SWAC play and this season was no different. Southern’s 2025-26 schedule features nine Power Four opponents, four of those teams had a Top 25 ranking.

The team looks forward to the higher level of competition as it gets them set for what matters the most come January.

Southern’s next game is against Southern-New Orleans Friday at 11 a.m. at the FG Clark Activity Center. Followi

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