Prairie View A&M defeats Lehigh 67-55 in the First Four for its first March Madness win
Dontae Horne scored 25 points as the Panthers make their third tournament appearance after going 5-27 last season.
DAYTON, Ohio — Dontae Horne scored 25 points and Cory Wells had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Prairie View A&M earned its first NCAA Tournament victory, 67-55 over Lehigh on Wednesday night in the First Four. “Definitely gratifying,” coach Bryan Smith said. “A heck of a basketball game.
We’re definitely excited to survive and advance and move on to the first round on Friday night. ” Lance Williams added 10 points for the Panthers (19-17), making their third tournament appearance after going 5-27 last season. They advance as the No.
16 seed in the South Region to face top seed and defending national champion Florida. “As basketball players you watch every NCAA Tournament, and just to think that you’re here now and you’ll be playing the team who just won last year,” Wells said. “We’re going to go out there and compete regardless.
” Horne also had seven rebounds and four steals. Horne, Wells and Williams each played all 40 minutes. Lehigh leading scorer Nasir Whitlock, the Patriot League Tournament MVP, went scoreless for more than 26 minutes and finished with five points.