The Alabama State women's basketball team will play Texas Southern at the H&PE Arena in Houston, Texas Saturday afternoon.
 
Alabama State will enter the contest with a 11-12 record overall, and a 8-6 mark in the SWAC.  Alabama State is still being led by freshman Danielle Gazaway with a 9.7 ppg average.  Quentroi Alford leads the team in rebounding with a 8.0 rpg. Mark. 
 
Texas Southern has a 4-20 record overall and a 2-11 mark in the SWAC.  Gianne Fleming leads the Tigers in scoring with a 10.6 mark ppg.  Morgan Simmons leads the team in rebounding with a 6.0 rpg. Mark. 
 
This will be the 55^th meeting between Alabama State and Texas Southern on the basketball court.  Alabama State leads the overall series 36-19.  Alabama State defeated Texas Southern 66-47 on January 30, at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
 
“We know it's not going to be as easy coming into Texas Southern getting the win,” said Assistant Coach Clayton Harris.  “Texas Southern is coming off a loss to Arkansas Pine-Bluff and they are hungry and now that we are playing Texas Southern at home we know that they are not going to make it easy for us to get the win tomorrow.  They are playing a lot better as a team and we most certainly need to concentrate on Fleming.  She's another good guard in the league that we have to play tough against.”
 
“We are going to have to come in tomorrow and play defense.  We have been out rebounding teams and I think we are playing a lot more aggressively.  We now are playing with a shorter bench so now we are going to really have players that we didn't really rely on before to most definitely step up.”