The Alabama State women's basketball team will return to the Dunn-Oliver Acadome after a four day road trip. The Lady Hornets will take on the Devilettes of Mississippi Valley State in a SWAC home opener, Saturday, Jan. 11. The ladies will tip off at 3 p.m.

"After coming off of this weekend's road games we feel good about the upcoming game," said head coach Freda Freeman-Jackson. "Any time that Miss. Valley comes here we know that we are going to have to get our running shoes on. They play extremely hard and we know that we are going to have to get our defensive stance on. They shoot the ball extremely well and every player can shoot a three ball. We are going to have to play a solid man to man defense against them."

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The Lady Hornets (7-6, 0-2 SWAC) are coming off of two losses to Grambling State 66-63 Saturday night in their first conference game, and a overtime thriller against Jackson State Monday night 74-61.

"Practice was good for us today," Freeman-Jackson stated. We did some brainstorming, watched film and worked on correcting errors that we made in the previous two games, making sure that we don't make the same mistakes. We focused on playing on the defensive end of the ball."

Freshman Britney Wright and junior Danielle Gazaway led Alabama State in scoring against Grambling with 10 points each, while Quentori Alford had eight points and eight rebounds. Wright also led the team in scoring against Jackson State with 15 points and six rebounds. Alford recorded a season high of 19 rebounds and added eight points in the game. Nakiya Smith was the only other Lady Hornet with double digit figures of 10 points.

Alford is currently leading the team overall in scoring averaging 10.3 points and rebounding averaging 10.2 rebounds per game, while N. Smith is closely behind her averaging 10.2 baskets per contest. As a team Alabama State averages 62.7 points per game.

Saturdays' game between Alabama State and Miss Valley will mark the 68^th meeting. The Devilettes holds a 36-31 overall advantage in the series. Alabama State lost both meetings against the Devilettes last season.

Mississippi Valley (2-10, 1-0 SWAC) defeated Arkansas Pine Bluff 78-73 in their last contest on Saturday. Valley is led in scoring by Jasmyne Sanders which is averaging 11.0 points per game, and is second in rebounding averaging 4.7 rebounds.


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