From Grambling State Sports Information:
GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University women’s basketball team will look to remain in the win column as Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M come to town for a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
Tip-off against Texas Southern is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday and 5:30 p.m. on Monday against Prairie View A&M.
Grambling State (10-13 overall, 7-4 SWAC), which currently sits in fourth place behind Southern, Alabama State and Prairie View A&M, enters Saturday’s tilt with Texas Southern off a 79-63 victory over Alcorn State on Monday. GSU will be seeking season sweeps of Texas Southern, the first since the 2010-11 season, and Prairie View A&M this week.
Texas Southern (10-11, 6-4) has a week off to prepare for Grambling State. TSU has won two straight, including a 73-67 victory over Prairie View A&M on Feb. 9.
Prairie View A&M (10-10, 7-3) will visit Jackson State on Saturday before travelling to Grambling State on Monday. PVAMU has won four out of its last five games, but enters the weekend off a 73-67 loss to Texas Southern on Feb. 9.
ABOUT TEXAS SOUTHERN
> Texas Southern is averaging 60.9 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 61.1 points.
> TSU is shooting 40.1 percent from the field and 57.3 percent from the foul line.
> Niya Mitchell paces the Texas Southern offense at 13.9 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, followed by Marquia Turner at 12.1 points and 2.6 boards per game.
ABOUT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
> Prairie View A&M is averaging 66.1 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 66.1 points.
> Shala Dobbins leads the Prairie View A&M offense at 15.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, followed by Artavia Ford at 11.5 points and 4.4 boards per game.
LAST TIME OUT
> Grambling State is coming off a 79-63 win over Alcorn State on Monday
> Shakyla Hill finished two assists shy of her fourth triple double of the season with 22 points, 11 steals and eight assists against the Lady Braves
> The Lady Tigers shot 51.7 percent from the field and 63.6 percent from the charity stripe
NOTABLES
> Shakyla Hill currently ranks fourth on the all-time GSU scoring list with 1,905 points
> Shakyla Hill needs 15 steals to break the all-time GSU and SWAC record for steals in a career. Shakeia Carter holds the record with 469 total steals
> Jazmin Boyd has posted double figures in scoring 68 times in her collegiate career
> Shakyla Hill has scored 15 or more points 68 times in her collegiate career, including 21 times this season
> Shakyla Hill has 34 career double-doubles, two triple-doubles and two quadruple-double
> Shakyla Hill ranks second nationally in steals, steals per game and free-throw attempts
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
> Grambling State won two games at the Puerto Rico Classic, defeating Indiana and Loyola-Marymount
> The Lady Tigers snapped Indiana’s 16-game win streak, which was the longest active winning streak
> Shakyla Hill was just two assists and two steals away from her second career quadruple double in a loss to South Dakota at the Puerto Rico Classic
> Jazmin Boyd surpassed the 1,000-point plateau on Nov. 11 against Southern Miss
> Shakyla Hill posted her second-career quadruple-double on Feb. 2 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. She became the first men’s and women’s NCAA Division I player to accomplish the feat twice in a career
PRESEASON POLL
> Grambling State was predicted to win the SWAC regular season champion
GRAMBLING STATE BASKETBALL HISTORY
> Grambling State won the SWAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship in 2018, ending a nearly 20-year drought
> Under Freddie Murray, the Lady Tigers have defeated notable Power 5 opponents Ole Miss and Indiana
> Grambling State became the first SWAC school to win a postseason game, defeating Ole Miss in the 2017 WNIT opening round
> In the past two seasons, Grambling State has played in the WNIT and the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
UP NEXT
Grambling State plays host to Texas Southern on Saturday and Prairie View A&M on Monday. The Lady Tigers will travel to Jackson State on Saturday, Feb. 23.
