North Alabama’s special men’s basketball season added a conference title to its resume on Wednesday night.

The Lions claimed a share of the ASUN Conference regular season title with a 74-69 win over Queens on Wednesday in Florence.

This marks North Alabama’s first team championship in any sport since the program moved to the Division I ranks in 2018.

UNA will serve as the No. 2 seed in the ASUN Conference tournament behind Lipscomb, who tied the Lions atop the league standings but holds the tiebreaker over the UNA. Both teams finished the season at 14-4 in ASUN play.

The Lions will host either Austin Peay or North Florida on Monday in Florence for their opening game in the ASUN Conference tournament.

All games will be played at the school of the higher-seeded team.

The Lions led 39-36 after the first half of the back-and-forth game, led by the scoring efforts of Donte Bacchus.

The Homewood native and former Snead State Community College player helped key the Lions’ first-half efforts with 15 points off the bench, going 6-for-8 from the field and knocking down both of his 3-point attempts; he finished with 16 points and 3 rebounds in the win.

The Lions bolted out to a 6-0 run to open the second half, capped off with a layup by Will Soucie. Jacari Lane hit a pair of 3-point baskets on back-to-back possessions to make it a 9-point game with 11:30 left to play, marking the Lions’ largest lead of the game.

Lane, a Lee-Huntsville alum and frontrunner for ASUN Conference Player of the Year, finished with a game-high 20 points; former high school teammate Taye Fields had a near-double-double with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for the Lions, with his rebounds and assists marks leading UNA.

Will Soucie also finished in double figures with 12 points and Corneilous Williams added 6 points and 6 rebounds.

FULL ASUN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Sunday, March 2

No. 7 Austin Peay vs. No. 8 North Florida

No. 9 Stetson vs. No. 10 Central Arkansas

Monday, March 3

No. 2 North Alabama vs. Austin Peay/North Florida

No. 3 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 6 Queens

No. 4 Jacksonville vs. No. 5 Eastern Kentucky

No. 1 Lipscomb vs. Stetson/Central Arkansas

Thursday, March 6

UNA/Austin Peay/North Florida vs. FGCU/Queens

Lipscomb/Stetson/Central Arkansas vs. Jacksonville/EKU

Sunday, March 9

ASUN Conference Tournament final, ESPN2