Troy’s trip as Sun Belt Tournament champions to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was short-lived, as the Trojans gave Nebraska its first-ever tournament win.
No team has made more 3-pointers, nor launched more, than Alabama in the past four seasons.
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine added 16 and 15th-seeded Mississippi upset No. 15 and second-seeded Alabama 80-79 on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
3-seeded Alabama State Women’s Basketball defeats 7-seeded Arkansas-Pine Bluff to advance to the SWAC Championship against Southern.
Nate Ament scored 27 points as the 25th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers rallied from an 11-point deficit and beat Auburn 72-62 Thursday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
No. 12 seed Auburn has defeated No. 13 seed Mississippi State 77-61 in the opening round of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Troy has won the Sun Belt men’s basketball championship and will be making its second straight trip to the NCAA tournament.
Alabama State has fallen to Alcorn State 77-65 in the opening round of the SWAC Basketball Tournament.
The Trojans were seeking a fourth Sun Belt women’s basketball title.
Alabama’s Labaron Philon and Aden Holloway each scored 21 points as No. 16 Alabama beat Auburn 96-84 in the regular-season finale for both teams.
