The Alabama State women's basketball team (3-9, 1-0 SWAC) will battle SWAC foe Grambling State (1-11, 0-1 SWAC) on Friday, January 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. 
 
The contest will be broadcasted live on Hornet Vision and will have live stat coverage as well.  The ASU Sports network has the call of the game.  For more information on the game you can go to www.bamastatesports.com.
 
Erica Henderson and Danielle Gazaway led the Lady Hornets in scoring with 18 points apiece in the 76-62 SWAC opener win against Jackson State Wednesday night.  Henderson knocked down her first season game high, while Gazaway hit her fourth double figure game thus far this season. 
 
Nakiya Smith has a team-best 10.9 points per game average and is shooting 30.8 percent from three-point range.  In after only eight games Quentori Alford leads the squad on the boards with a 9.0 rebound per game average.
 
The Grambling State Tigers are 1-11 overall with a 0-1 record in conference play.  Grambling State was defeated by Alabama A&M (78-56) in its SWAC opener Wednesday night in Huntsville, Ala.
 
JoAnna Miller of the Tigers is currently leading the team in scoring averaging 12.4 points per game.  She is also leading Grambling in rebounding averaging 3.7 rebounds.  Cierra Ceazer is second on the team in scoring averaging 11 points per game she is listed second on the team in rebounding 3.6 rebounds per game.
 
Friday's game between the Grambling State Tigers and Alabama State Lady Hornets marks the 67^th meeting between the two schools.  The Lady Hornets won last year's contest, by a score of 55-48 at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.  Prior to that, Grambling State had defeated Alabama State in the SWAC opening season at Grambling in a 62-48 win.
 
“Any time that you come into a game after a win,” said head coach Freda Freeman-Jackson.  “I and the team feel good about it.  Practice was pretty upbeat today, but we have a few young ladies nursing some injuries, so it was up and down.  Grambling is a different type of ball club from Jackson State.  Coach Bibbs brought in a lot of junior college players that are long ranged young ladies and that have experience this may pose a problem to us in the game tomorrow.”