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03/14 21:06 CDT No. 8 seed Prairie View A&M beats third-seeded Southern 72-66 to win SWAC Tournament No. 8 seed Prairie View A&M beats third-seeded Southern 72-66 to win SWAC Tournament COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) --- Lance Williams scored 18 points and No. 8 seed Prairie View A&M beat third-seeded Southern 72-66 on Saturday night to win the SWAC Tournament. It's the third title for Prairie View A&M (18-17) and the first since 2019. The Panthers are also the lowest seed to win the tournament since eighth-seeded Texas Southern in 2023. Southern trailed the entire game but pulled within 68-66 with 24 seconds left before Dontae Horne made two layups to end it. Prairie View had its largest lead, 57-35, with 13:04 remaining. Cory Wells added 15 points for the Panthers. Horne finished with 15 points and Tai'Reon Joseph chipped in with 10. Michael Jacobs scored 19 points for Southern (17-17). AJ Barnes added 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Wells scored 11 points, and Horne and Williams each had nine as Prairie View A&M shot 15 of 31 from the floor and hit six 3s for a 41-28 halftime lead. The Panthers shot 9 of 18 from distance overall while the Jaguars hit just 5 of 19. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

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