MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State returns to the court for the first time in 12 days on Saturday when it takes on Prairie View A&M. The game kicks off a pair of games for the Hornets in their only trip to the state of Texas this year.
 
Alabama State (9-9, 4-1 SWAC) is currently tied with Jackson State and Grambling State atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) standings heading into the weekend. The Hornets have not played since a double-digit victory over Alabama A&M in Mobile (Ala.) on Jan 15, and the stretch between games is the longest of the season for Alabama State.
 
TJ Madlock leads Alabama State in scoring 14.9 points per game and is currently in the top 10 in the conference in that category. He is joined in double figures by Isaiah Range at 11.6 and CJ Hines at 10.1 per game. Ubong Okon leads the team in rebounding, and is in the top five in the conference, at 6.6 rebounds per game.
 
Game Info: Alabama State at Prairie View A&M
Saturday, Jan. 27 | 5:30 p.m. | William Nicks Building
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Game Info: Alabama State at Texas Southern
Monday, Jan. 29 | 7:30 p.m. | H&PE Arena
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Alabama State Notes

• For the first time since the 2018-19 season, Alabama State opened up conference play winning four of its first five games. That year, the Hornets finished 9-9 in Southwestern Athletic Conference [SWAC] play before falling to Texas Southern in the conference semifinals [80-66] in Birmingham. The Hornets, as of Jan. 21, found themselves tied atop the conference standings with Grambling State.
• Range hit his 1,000th career point against Jackson State [1/11/24] on a three-pointer with 9:45 to play in the game. He started his career with 281 points at Tarleton State, while Madlock hit his 1,000th career point in the second half against Alcorn State [1/13/24] after starting his career with 395 points at South Carolina State. The duo, along with Hines [transfer from Faulkner] have combined for 3,732 points during their careers. The duo joins 25 others who have scored 1,000 career points [while not all at Alabama State].
• Alabama State ventures into the state of Texas for the first time since 2022 to face Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern. The Hornets last win in the state against either team came against Prairie View A&M in 2016 [73-68, 2/27/16]. The last time the Hornets swept the two teams came during the 2010 season when the Hornets defeated Prairie View A&M 52-43 [3/1/10] and Texas Southern 69-61 [2/27/10].
• Micah Octave has recorded at last one steal in all 18 games for the Hornets this season, including four against Jackson State [1/11] at home in the last contest. The Hornets are currently 18th in the nation as a team at 9.3 steals per game. Jacob Gilyard of Richmond who went on to set the NCAA D-I career steals record, recorded a steal in his first 25 games in 2017-18. He ended up recording a steal in 31 of the 32 games played that season. 

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