The Alabama State women's basketball team has traveled down south in order to face their first road trip opponent the Florida A&M Rattlers.  The Lady Hornets and FAMU are set to tip at 6 p.m. eastern time at the AL Lawson Center.
 
Playing on the road is always tough, but Coach Freda Freeman-Jackson looks forward to the competition outside of conference play.
 
"Any time that you come on the road you always know it's going to be tough," Freeman-Jackson said.  "I feel that if we do the things that we need to do that we have an opportunity to win the ball game.  The key to winning will be to play solid defense and that's one of the hardest things to do when you have a young team."
 
Last season at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome ASU was able to slide by the Rattlers with a score of 64-63.  Florida A&M (0-1) played last Friday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala. against the University of Alabama.  The Rattlers fell to the Tide 60-44.  Alabama State (1-0) also played their last contest Friday, against Stillman in a home opener at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.  The Lady Hornets downed the Tigers by the score of 75-66.
 
With nine returning Lady Hornets the team has been led in scoring by senior Tabitha Bradshaw, thus far each of the nine players has contributed points in its last contest.  Bradshaw led both teams with 16 points, Junior Jasmine Peeples and sophomore Brittney Wright each added 10 points.  Ashunte Smith and Shamyia Smith added eight points apiece to the victory.
 
Wright is leading in rebounding averaging 9.0 rebounds per game, while Peeples is averaging 8.0 boards per contest.
 
In the Rattlers first contest of the year Olivia Atilla led the charge for FAMU with 14 points, teammate Tanika Rubin added 10 points and nine rebounds.


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