MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Eighth-seeded Alabama State will head to top-seed Jackson State Tuesday night for the 2020 Cricket Wireless Southwestern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals.
 
The Lady Hornets (9-20, 6-12 SWAC) dropped its final two games of the regular season to slip back into the No. 8 spot in the tournament.
 
One of the two came from the Lady Tigers (18-10, 16-2 SWAC) Thursday night at the Acadome. Alabama State was able to keep things close for the majority of the game, but Jackson State was able to pull away with a 20-point victory in the end.
 
MATCHUP
Opponent: No. 1 Jackson State | 6 p.m.
Location: Jackson, Miss. | Lee Williams AAC
Twitter Updates: @BamaStateWBB
 
Lady Hornet Leaders
Ayana Emmanuel and Jayla Crawford have led the Lady Hornets offensively all season, both ranking in the top 15 in the conference in points per game at 11.4 and 11.0, respectively. Emmanuel finished off her sophomore regular season with a 22-point showing against Grambling Saturday night.
 
Aniyah Smith continued to impress as one of the top freshmen in the conference, nearly picking up a double-double in the final game of the regular season with 19 points and eight rebounds against Grambling Saturday.
 
Scouting Jackson State
The top team in the SWAC all season, Jackson State claimed the conference regular season title two weekends ago. After beating Alabama State Thursday, the Lady Tigers struggled in Huntsville and fell to Alabama A&M in their regular season finale.
 
Jackson State is led statistically by one of the better duos in the league in Dayzsha Rogan and Marneisha Hamer. Rogan averages 13.5 points per game, which is good enough for fifth in the conference; while Hamer ranks in the top six in both points and rebounds per game this season.
  
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