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Southern dispatches Alabama St. to move on in SWAC tourney

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Darius Williams scored 15 points and Southern beat Alabama State 67-53 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday night.

Jayden Saddler scored 14 points for the No. 2-seed Jaguars (17-15), Micah Bradford scored 12 with six rebounds and Damiree Burns 10 with seven rebounds. Southern advanced to play No. 3-seed Texas Southern in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday. Texas Southern beat Grambling 75-62 on Tuesday night.

Ahsante Shivers, whose 10 points per game entering the matchup led the Jaguars, was just 1-of-6 shooting. Kevion Stewart had 10 points for the Hornets (8-24), Tyrese Robinson grabbed seven rebounds and Tobi Ewuosho collared six rebounds.

Leaders
Points:	T. Ewuosho	12.7
Rebounds:	T. Ewuosho	6.0
Assists:	D. Heath	2.3
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	T. Ewuosho	71.1%
3P%:	L. Daniels	32.9%
Steals:	T. Ewuosho	1.1
Blocks:	T. Robinson	0.6

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	28-3
2	Gonzaga	31-2
3	Dayton	29-2
4	Florida State	26-5
5	Baylor	26-4
6	San Diego State	30-2
7	Creighton	24-7
8	Kentucky	25-6
9	Michigan State	22-9
10	Duke	25-6
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	28-3
2	Gonzaga	31-2
3	Dayton	29-2
4	Florida State	26-5
5	Baylor	26-4
6	San Diego State	30-2
7	Kentucky	25-6
8	Villanova	24-7
9	Creighton	24-7
10	Duke	25-6
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	61.4 (346)
Rebounds:	9.3 (231)
Assists:	10.2 (341)
FG%:	38.7% (348)
FT%:	62.2% (347)
3P%:	30.3% (315)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	71.0 (222)
Rebounds:	22.9 (333)
Assists:	12.8 (197)
FG%:	45.6% (310)
FT%:	65.4% (10)
3P%:	32.9% (166)