ASU Women's Basketball Host Key Match-Up Against Southern

Alabama State women's basketball is set to host Southern University at 5:30 p.m. at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. Monday is earmarked as ASU Employee Appreciation night. All ASU employees will have free admittance into the game with ASU ID.

The game can be viewed via live stats and on Hornet Vision. Hornet Vision is a charge of $5.95 per view. Fans can go to www.bamastatesports.com for more information.

The Lady Hornets played its last game at home marking a 10-12 overall record and 7-6 in the league on the season. Alabama State hosted conference rival Alcorn State in a close game Saturday picking up a vital 62-57 win. Southern will enter the contest 11-10 overall and 10-4 in the SWAC after coming off of a 67-62 loss to the Alabama A&M Bulldogs.

“Southern has always given us a challenge,” head coach Freda Freeman-Jackson said. “We welcome the challenge, we know that they are very athletic and they are accustomed to playing us tough. We are going to have to play our game and make sure that we handle what we need to handle in order to get the win.”

Southern and the Lady Hornets last met in Baton Rouge, La. when Alabama State fell to the Jaguars 71-51. The last meeting marked the 56th time that these two teams faced each other.

“Whenever we play Southern, we know we have to play hard and put our best foot forward,” said Freeman-Jackson. We also will have to limit our mistakes to a bare minimum. We will have to capitalize on their mistakes and make sure we get the win.”

Kendra Coleman leads Southern averaging 13.4 points per game. Jamie Floyd leads the Jaguars in rebounding with a 9.5 rebounding mark.

Alabama State is led in rebounding by Quentori Alford averaging 8.0 rebounds per game. Alford had a game best against Alcorn pulling down 17 rebounds and scoring 18 points. Danielle Gazaway still leads all Lady Hornets in scoring averaging 9.5 points per game.

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