D'ante Bass scored 16 points off of the bench to lead the Alabama State Hornets past the Texas Southern Tigers 84-79 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday.

The Hornets used a barrage of early three-pointers to extend an early lead to fend off the Tigers and advance to the semifinal game.

Win on the road at Illinois, hold home-court advantage over Purdue. The next one for No. 13 Michigan State basketball will be to reclaim first place in the Big Ten. In a rivalry game. On the road.

So who knows? Duke is No. 2 in Thursday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings while Houston is No. 3 and Auburn remains No. 1 for the 64th consecutive day ...

A career night for the Oklahoma State senior guard included more than a couple clutch ... The 104-point outburst came just a few days after being held to 55 points in a blowout loss to Texas Tech.