Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81, at Southern 84

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (Interstat) — In a game defined by its frantic final seconds, the Southern Jaguars edged the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions 84-81 on Thursday night in the opening round of the SWAC men’s basketball tournament at Gateway Center Arena. The contest, a rematch of a one-point Golden Lions victory just over six weeks prior, delivered even higher stakes and a nearly identical dramatic finish, this time favoring Southern. The most critical sequence unfolded in the closing three seconds. With the game tied at 82, Southern’s Fazl Oshodi was fouled on the floor by Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Alex Mirhosseini with… Read more...