The Alabama State women's basketball team is on the road again as they face Alcorn State on Saturday, February 21, at 3:00 p.m. at the Davey L. Whitley HPE Complex.
 
The game will be broadcast on bamastatesports.com.
 
In this 75^th contest between these schools, Alabama State will look to increase their win record as Alcorn leads the overall series 53-21.  Earlier in the season, the Lady Hornets defeated the Lady Braves 54-45 at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
 
"This is crucial game and defense is going to have to be the key. We are going to have to stop people in order to have any continued success for us," said Head Coach Freda Freeman-Jackson.  "It's always tough on the road, but we would like to finish up strong for the remainder of the season."
 
Alcorn State is led in scoring by Norianna Haynes, who is averaging 13.1 ppg.  Alabama State has two back-to-back SWAC Players of theWeek for the last four weeks.  Brittney Wright is second in the league in scoring averaging 15.8 points per contest, while Jasmine Peeples is second on the team is scoring (11.5) and is the top rebounder (10.1) and shot blocker (3.3) in the league.  She is 12^th in the nation with 72blocked shots. 
 
"Brittney Wright and Jasmine Peeples are both playing great basketball and I very impressed with the both of them," Freeman-Jackson said.  "And both of these ladies have been averaging double figures."