ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Albany State University men's basketball team returns to the court on Friday, March 6th in the semifinals round of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Championship Tournament. The Golden Rams will face the Maroon Tigers of Morehouse College. Tip-off is set for 7:45 p.m. at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center.
  
The Golden Rams enters the contest (16-13, 12-7 SIAC) clinching the Eastern Division Title for the second year in a row. Albany State secured a 67-62 victory over the Tigers of Benedict College in the SIAC Quarterfinals on March 4, 2020. 
 
Albany State has split the season series with the Maroon Tigers, winning  80-72 on Jan. 11 on the road, and losing 59-50 on Feb. 25 at home.  Albany State outrebounded Morehouse College 35-27 in that contest. Mario Young led the way for the Golden Rams with a game-high 11 points on the night while Randy McClure and Titus Burns followed with 10 each respectively. But overall, the Golden Rams had a miserable night shooting the ball, hitting just 34.5 percent for the game (19 of 55) and 17.4 percent from long range (4 of 23).


The Golden Rams are scoring 68.6 points per game. The team is led by senior forward Randy McClure, who is averaging 15 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per game on 66.27 percent shooting from the field.

The winner of Friday's semifinals contest advances to a championship game at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Friday's winner will face the winner of a Friday semifinals matchup between Miles and Clark Atlanta.

The tournament will be streamed live by FloSports here. Streaming plans start at $12.50 per month. Live stats are available here.