Overview
- UAPB briefly led 50-49 with 9:54 left before Alabama State seized control with a 10-2 run.
- The Golden Lions missed their final six field-goal attempts as the Hornets closed the game out.
- Alabama State shot 44.6% (25-of-56) and dominated the glass 46-31, while UAPB finished at 31.7% shooting.
- UAPB went 2-of-12 from the field in the fourth quarter, a drought that proved decisive.
- Ny'Keria Flowers scored 14 and Alanah Pooler 13 for Alabama State, while Jasmine Davis led UAPB with 17; the semifinal was played at Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta and sends the Hornets to face defending champion Southern on Saturday (Noon CT, ESPNU).