From Grambling State Sports Information:
GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University women’s basketball team closes out its regular season home campaign with a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games against Alabama State on Thursday and Alabama A&M on Saturday.
Tip-off for Thursday’s game is set for 5:30 p.m.at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center as Grambling State will hold Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night. On Saturday, Grambling State will hold Senior Day, as tip-off against the Lady Bulldogs is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Grambling State (13-15 overall, 10-6 SWAC) currently sits in a four-way tie for third in the conference standings after Monday’s loss to Mississippi Valley State. GSU is tied with Jackson State, Texas Southern and Alabama State. JSU holds the tiebreaker over Grambling State, while the Lady Tigers swept the season series over Texas Southern. Grambling State holds the edge over Alabama State, but a win on Thursday will give the Lady Tigers the tiebreaker.
Alabama State (11-16, 10-6) comes into Thursday night’s tilt having lost two out of its last three games. However, the Lady Hornets are coming off a 67-59 road win against Prairie View A&M on Monday.
Alabama A&M (13-14, 8-8) enters the weekend having lost three out of its last four games. The Lady Bulldogs dropped a pair against Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M. Alabama A&M will visit Jackson State on Thursday, before making the trip to Grambling State on Saturday.
ABOUT ALABAMA STATE
> Alabama State is averaging 58.4 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 68.1 points
> ASU is shooting 39.8 percent from the field and 65.3 percent from the foul line
> Ayana Emmanuel paces the Lady Hornets offense at 14.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, followed by Jayla Crawford at 12.3 points and 2.9 boards per game
ABOUT ALABAMA A&M
> Alabama A&M is averaging 59.9 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 62.1 points
> AAMU is shooting 36.9 percent from the field and 53.5 percent from the foul line
> Nigeria Jones paces the Lady Bulldogs offense at 11.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, followed by DeShawna Harper at 8.1 points and 2.3 boards per game
LAST TIME OUT
> Grambling State is coming off a 79-61 loss to Mississippi Valley State on Monday
> Jazmin Boyd led the way with 18 points, while Shakyla Hill added 16
> GSU shot 39.7 percent from the field and 69.2 percent from the charity stripe
NOTABLES
> The Lady Tigers have won 10 or more conference games for the past four seasons
> Shakyla Hill has posted double figures in scoring in 27-of-28 games this season
> Shakyla Hill has scored 15 or more points 72 times during her collegiate career
> Jazmin Boyd has scored in double figures 74 times in her collegiate career
> Shakyla Hill is 14 points shy of reaching 2,000 for her collegiate career. She currently sits in fourth place in the GSU record books
> Shakyla Hill is currently 11 assists shy of the school record held by Shiakiea Carter (601)
> Shakyla Hill has 904 rebounds and needs two boards to surpass Mary Currie (905) for second on the all-time GSU record books
> Shakyla Hill has 478 career steals, which is a Grambling State and SWAC record
> Jazmin Boyd ranks 10th on the all-time GSU scoring list with 1,306 points. She will surpass Shiakiea Carter for ninth all-time with 23 points
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
> Shakyla Hill became the all-time GSU and SWAC career leader in steals against Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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
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