Florida A&M 68, at Alabama A&M 72

(Interstat) — In a tense, back-and-forth affair that came down to the final possession, the Alabama A&M Bulldogs survived a furious fourth-quarter rally from the Florida A&M Lady Rattlers to secure a 72-68 victory in a Southwestern Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday afternoon at Gateway Center Arena. The game, played before an announced crowd of 1,478, saw the top-seeded Bulldogs, who entered with a 21-9 record, nearly squander a 14-point second-half lead before holding off the eighth-seeded Lady Rattlers, who finished their season at 9-22. The win advanced Alabama A&M to the tournament semifinals. The contest was… Read more...