GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Johnny Jones got a wet welcome in the visiting locker room at the O'Connell Center. It was a celebration decades in the making.
Previously winless Texas Southern stunned No. 20 Florida 69-54 on Monday night behind PJ Henry's 16 points and Joirdon Karl Nicholas' perfect shooting performance.
Texas Southern (1-7) became the first Southwestern Athletic Conference team to beat a ranked Southeastern Conference program in The Associated Press poll era dating to 1936, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Ranked SEC teams had been 51-0 against SWAC opponents.
"We were thoroughly outplayed, outcoached, out-everything," Florida coach Mike White said.