The Troy Trojans and the Arkansas State Red Wolves play for the Sun Belt Championship.
Auburn has fired women’s basketball coach Johnnie Harris, who had gone 58-63 in four seasons.
No. 1 Auburn never led the game it lost to No. 22 Texas A&M, which ended the Tigers’ six-game winning streak.
Auburn remains atop the AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball poll for the eighth straight week. Alabama has fallen one place to No. 7.
Chris Youngblood scored a season-best 27 points and No. 6 Alabama made nearly half of its 45 attempts from 3-point range in a 111-73 win over No. 24 Mississippi State.
Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll for the seventh straight week, while Alabama has fallen to No. 6.
Mark Sears scored 30 points and No. 4 Alabama came from behind for a 96-83 win over No. 17 Kentucky on Saturday night.
Tayton Conerway had 21 points in Troy’s 83-66 victory against Coastal Carolina on Saturday night.
Amarr Knox scored 17 points and TJ Madlock’s basket with 12 seconds left provided the winning points as Alabama State beat Florida A&M 60-59 on Saturday night.
Johni Broome scored a season-high 31 points and added 14 rebounds as No. 1 Auburn defeated Georgia 82-70 on Saturday.
