UAM, who was in fourth place to begin the night, needed a win to secure a No. 4 seed, due to Christian Brothers defeating Harding by a final score 68-66. Since Henderson State lost to No. 1 Delta State, the Blossoms were guaranteed a No. 5 seed, even with a loss to SAU.

With the win, the Blossoms will play Alabama-Huntsville in the first round of the GSC tournament on Wednesday, Mar. 5 at 12:30 p.m. Alabama-Huntsville is the No. 5 seed from the GSC East.

In the SAU win, junior leading scorer Andrea Dubose (Hickory, Miss.) led the Blossoms with 11 points and also grabbed eight rebounds. Freshman Erika Brown (Shreveport, La.) and senior Shakia Sanders (Chester, S.C.) trailed closely with 10 points each. Brown was fresh off her career-best game with 25 points in an overtime loss to Christian Brothers.

Junior Sharlene Murphy (Coldwater, Miss.) and junior Tasha Owens (Fox, Ark.) both had nine points in the win.

The Blossoms doubled the Lady Muleriders on the boards, grabbing 52 rebounds to SAU’s 25.

With the win, UAM improves to 14-13 overall and an even 7-7 in the GSC. The Blossoms will have little time to rest, as the team will have to be in Southaven, Miss. on Tuesday, Mar. 4 for the pre-tournament meetings and practices.

All of UAM's GSC tournament games will be carried live at KHBM-FM 93.7, which will be streamed live through UAM’s athletic website by logging on to uamsports.com.