North Alabama re-established its dominance over Austin Peay during yet another tense college basketball game on Monday night. It advanced to the ASUN
It is officially “March Madness” as the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament is underway. The conference completed its 24th campaign as the ASUN, 47th overall, with Lipscomb and North Alabama sharing the regular season conference title.
The Lions advance to the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Semifinals Thursday against Jacksonville. Tip off is 7 PM from CB&S Arena at Flowers Hall. Click Here to Subscribe on YouTube: Watch the latest WAFF 48 news, sports & weather videos on our YouTube channel!
The Lions claimed a share of the ASUN Conference regular season title with a 74-69 win over Queens on Wednesday in Florence. This marks North Alabama’s first team championship in any sport since the program moved to the Division I ranks in 2018.
The Volunteers are off to a hot start to the season. Tennessee stands a 7-0 coming off its second series sweep of the series against Samford over the weekend.
Donte Bacchus shined off the bench with 16 points and 5 rebounds, while Corneilous Williams had 14 of each for another double-double in the win and Taye Fields (12 points) and Daniel Ortiz (10 points) also scored in double figures.
North Alabama will try to stop its six-game slide when the Lions take on Central Arkansas. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
The University of North Alabama men’s basketball team maintained its tie for first in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings on Monday.