MONTGOMERY, Ala. | With just three regular season games remaining, Alabama State and Alabama A&M enter Saturday afternoon in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) standings.
 
The two will meet at the AAMU Events Center with a 4 p.m. tip scheduled. Alabama State leads the all-time series 64-28 after winning the first meeting this season 73-55 in January at the Bridge Builders Classic in Mobile.
 
TJ Madlock leads the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game, one of the top-10 scorers in the league. CJ Hines is averaging 10.2 per game, while Isaiah Range is at 8.6 per game. Ubong Okon leads the team in rebounding (6.6) and blocked shots, both top-10 in the league through 28 games.
 
Game Info: Alabama State at Alabama A&M
Saturday, March 2 | 4 p.m. | AAMU Events Center
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Alabama State Notes

• The Hornets enter the weekend tied for seventh in the overall conference standings with Alabama A&M and UAPB. They sit two games behind Jackson State and Bethune-Cookman.
• Alabama State has two home games remaining on the schedule to close out the regular season against Grambling State and Southern, with today being the final road game of the regular season.
• Micah Octave opened the season with a steal in 18 consecutive games before his streak was snapped in Texas and has recorded one in 26 of the 28 games thus far this season.
• Nine players have scored in double figures this season for Alabama State led by Madlock 23 times. Hines (17), Range (11), and Knox (10) are the only other players in double digits.
• Okon has grabbed double-digit rebounds five times this season, while Octave has done so twice including a career-high 14.
• The Hornets are currently 12th in the nation in fastbreak points (15.61), ninth in offensive rebounds (13.73), 25th in steals per game (8.7), 20th in rebounds per game (39.65), 28th in turnover margin (3.2), 35th in turnovers forced per game (14.69), 38th in turnovers forced per game (14.57), 48th in bench points per game (25.54), and 50th in field goal percentage defense (41.2).
• Four players have drawn 40 or more fouls this season for the Hornets led by Madlock at 130 fouls drawn. He is joined by Okon (55), Hines (53), and Knox (49).

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