CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Southwest Minnesota State wheelchair basketball team, the No. 5 seed, closed its season on Saturday morning with an impressive, 63-55, victory over the No. 3 seed University of Alabama in the third place game of the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament inside the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois.

The third place national finish is the program's highest since placing third in 2007.

The victory was SMSU's first over Alabama since the 2007-08 season, snapping a 21-game losing streak.

SMSU ends the season with a 15-9 overall record.