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.
Tahaad Pettiford scored 27 points and Kevin Overton scored 21 points as Auburn beat LSU 88-74 last night to end its two-game losing streak.
Kanon Catchings scored a career-high 32 points as Georgia ended No. 16 Alabama’s eight-game winning streak with a 98-88 victory.
Amari Allen scored 23 points, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. added 18, and No. 17 Alabama cruised to a 100-75 win over Mississippi State.
With the loss to Oklahoma, Auburn is now 15-13 on the season and 6-9 in the SEC.
The Alabama men’s basketball team has risen eight places to No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll.
