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Michael Jacobs lifts Southern over Florida A&M 73-70 in SWAC Tournament semifinal

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Michael Jacobs hit a 3-pointer with one second left and finished with 19 points to rally Southern to a 73-70 victory over Florida A&M on Friday night in the semifinals of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament.

No. 3 seed Southern (17-16) will play eighth-seeded Prairie View A&M in the championship game on Saturday with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament going to the winner.

Jacobs shot 7 for 16 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Jaguars. Terrance Dixon Jr. contributed 11 points and nine rebounds. Cam Amboree pitched in with nine points and seven assists.

Tyler Shirley led the second-seeded Rattlers (15-16) with 16 points. Micah Octave totaled 14 points, nine rebounds and three steals. Kaleb Washington scored 13.

Southern went into the half ahead of Florida A&M 43-37 behind 10 points from Jacobs. Shirley had a layup with 26 seconds left to knot the score at 70-all before Jacobs hit the winner.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
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