Alabama State wins first SWAC tourney title since 2011, pulls away late to beat Jackson State 60-56
CJ Hines scored 20 points and No. 5 seed Alabama State pulled away late to beat No. 2 seed Jackson State 60-56 on Saturday night in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament championship and clinched its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011.
Liberty wins 1st Conference USA title to earn NCAA berth
The No. 2 seed Jacksonville State Gamecocks (22-11) and the No. 1 seed Liberty Flames (27-6) will meet in the CUSA Championship final on Saturday.
Liberty guard Taelon Peter, left, goes up to score past Jacksonville State center Mason Nicholson, second from left, during ...
Percentages: FG .436, FT .520. 3-Point Goals: 6-18, .333 (Brigham 3-4, Houge 1-2, House 1-2, Pierre 1-7, Cotton 0-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: None.
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Kaden Metheny scored 13 points as Liberty beat Jacksonville State 59-55 on Thursday night to take a half-game lead over the Gamecocks in the Conference USA standings.
The Liberty Flames shot its way past Jacksonville State to win its first ever Conference USA championship in men's basketball and the program's seventh bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Kaden Metheny scored 21 points and Taelon Peter added 20, and top-seeded Liberty pulled away early in the second half to beat ...
Zach Cleveland, Taelon Peter and Colin Porter proved to play big roles and both ends of the court as Liberty chipped away at ...
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