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Southern beats Jackson State 69-63 in SWAC quarterfinal

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Jared Sam grabbed 11 rebounds and scored 22 points, including a go-ahead free throw late, and third-seeded Southern rallied to beat Jackson State 69-63 in Tuesday night's Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal.

The Jaguars (15-17) will play in Friday's semifinal against No. 2 Alcorn State (17-13), which beat No. 7 Mississippi Valley State (7-25) 63-60 on Tuesday.

LaQuentin Collins hit a 3, Sam added a jumper, and Southern rallied from a 34-25 halftime deficit to a 42-41 lead with 13:02 to play. After two lead changes, Sam hit a go-ahead free throw and Southern led 62-58 on Chris Thomas' free throws with 1:31 to go. Sam hit five more from the line down the stretch to seal it.

Leaders
Points:	Y. Specks	14.6
Rebounds:	J. Middleton	8.1
Assists:	Y. Specks	2.7
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	Y. Specks	85.5%
3P%:	Y. Specks	32.7%
Steals:	P. Collins	2.1
Blocks:	D. Roscoe	0.9

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	32-4
2	Gonzaga	37-2
3	Kansas	31-5
4	Arizona	32-5
5	North Carolina	33-7
6	Kentucky	32-6
7	Duke	28-9
8	UCLA	31-5
9	Oregon	33-6
10	Louisville	25-9
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	North Carolina	33-7
2	Gonzaga	37-2
3	Oregon	33-6
4	Kansas	31-5
5	Kentucky	32-6
6	South Carolina	26-11
7	Arizona	32-5
8	Villanova	32-4
9	UCLA	31-5
10	Florida	27-9
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Southwestern Athletic Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Texas Southern	16-2	23-12
Alcorn State	13-5	18-14
Grambling State	10-8	16-17
Southern University	10-8	15-18
Jackson State	10-8	14-18
Prairie View A&M	10-8	13-20
Mississippi Valley State	7-11	7-25
Alabama State	6-12	8-23
UAPB	6-12	7-25
Alabama A&M	2-16	2-27
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