Jags Fail to Advance Past PV in SWAC Semifinals

Over the course of the season, the Southern University men’s basketball team (9-20) has lost several games in the same fashion: the Jags are usually up ahead with a comfortable score and within a few minutes of play, costly errors cause them to relinquish the game.
Such was the case on March 11, when the Jags played the Panthers of Prairie View A&M University. A one-point loss prevented the Jags from reaching the semifinals of the SWAC tournament in Birmingham last weekend. In the 56-55 loss to the Panthers, the Jags gave Prairie View a good fight, leading them at the half 32-28, but just were not persistent enough.
“We didn’t execute in the end and they did. We turned the ball over in the last five minutes of the game, and they stepped up and played,” said Jaguars sophomore guard Trayvean Scott. “We had the game plan and the people to execute it and we fell short in the end.”
Prairie View scored 11 points off turnovers and their bench scored 16 points whereas SU bench only scored four. SU shot 21 of 38 from the field and made 7 of 9 free throws.
 
Alabama State Draws Tennessee For NCAA Women’s Tournament
In their first ever trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Lady Hornets of Alabama State have drawn the sixteenth seed in the Mideast region and will face the number one seed, the University of Tennessee.
Alabama State (20-10), winner of the SWAC Basketball tournament and regular season co-champion, will face number one seeded Tennessee (28-4) in Knoxville, TN on Saturday, March 22nd. Tip-off time will be announced later.
Leading Alabama State into the tournament will be SWAC Player of the Year and Tournament MVP Shameka Jackson (19.6 ppg) and Chrishutta Lewis (10.8 ppg).
Texas Southern Falls to UNC-Asheville 92-84 in Overtime
After winning the SWAC Basketball Tournament, the Texas Southern Tigers received the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and played UNC-Asheville on Tuesday night in the play-in game, falling 92-84 in overtime, in Dayton, Ohio.
Allan Lovett who began his college career at UNC-Asheville, then transferred lead TSU with 28 points and 14 rebounds, while SWAC Tournament MVP Ra’Kim Hollis added 18 points. UNCA will advance to take on the University of Texas.