MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Ayana Emmanuel scored 20 points to pace four Alabama State University women's basketball players in double figures to take an 81-73 SWAC win over Texas Southern University on Monday at the Acadome.

THE BASICS 
Score: Alabama State 81 | Texas Southern 73
Records: Lady Hornets 8-10, 5-2 SWAC | Tigers 1-18, 1-7 SWAC
Date: January 23, 2022 
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Dunn-Oliver Acadome 
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HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Texas Southern took an 11-6 lead before a Jayla Crawford 3-pointer tied the score 11-11.
• Alabama State ended the first quarter on a 5-0 run to take a 21-17 lead.
• The Lady Tigers used a 6-0 run to tie the game at 23-23 on a Skye Green jump shot at the 8:00 mark of the second quarter.
• Crawford made her second 3-pointer of the first half to give Alabama State a 32-27 lead with 5:42 remaining in the second quarter.
• Brazyll Watkins called bank on a 3-pointer and converted the free throw after she got fouled on the play to give Alabama State a 43-39 lead.
• Tied 45-45, Alabama State went on a 14-2 run to build a 59-47 on an Emmanuel 3-pointer with 4:40 left in the third quarter.
• Texas Southern cut the ASU lead to 61-58 on a 12-2 run to close the third stanza.
• The run wound up an 18-4 run as the Lady Tigers claimed a 64-63 with just over 7:00 left in the final quarter.
• Alabama State made 11-of-14 free throws in the final 2:45 of the contest to earn the 81-73 win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• The Lady Hornets collected their second straight SWAC win and improved to 4-0 at the Acadome this season.
• Emmanuel led the Lady Hornets with 20 points and eight rebounds as one of four players in double figures.
• Crawford had 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor.
• Ward scored 15 points and collected seven rebounds.
• Cordasia Harris added 13 points while going 6-of-7 from the field.
• Adrianna Avant led Texas Southern with 31 points, going 11-of-19 from the floor, including five 3-pointers.

NEXT UP
The Alabama State women's basketball hits the road to battle Bethune-Cookman University on Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT).