GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University women's basketball team will play its first home game in over two months when the Lady Tigers open up a two-game Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) homestand against rival Southern and Alcorn State.
 
Tip-off against the Lady Jaguars on Saturday is set for 3 p.m., and tip-off on Monday against the Lady Braves begins at 5:30 p.m.
 
Grambling State (5-9 overall, 2-0 SWAC) is coming off two victories to open SWAC play. The Lady Tigers defeated Alabama State and Alabama A&M on the road as Grambling State starts 2-0 in conference play for the fourth straight season.
 
Southern (4-9, 1-1) ended a four-game losing skid on Monday with a 63-61 victory over Texas Southern. The Lady Jaguars, who fell in the SWAC championship game to Grambling State, got 13 points from Courtney Parsons and Brittany Rose in the win over TSU.
 
Alcorn State (2-12, 1-1) began SWAC play with a thrilling, 53-52, victory over Texas Southern, but fell, 82-61 to Prairie View A&M on Monday. The Lady Braves will travel Jackson State on Saturday before making the trip to Grambling State.
 
ABOUT SOUTHERN
> Southern is averaging 56.5 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 65.7 points.
> The Lady Jaguars are shooting 37.2 percent (277-of-745) from the field and 59.6 percent (93-of-156) from the foul line.
> Skylar O'Bear paces the Southern offense at 10.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, followed by Brittany Rose at 8.0 points and 3.7 boards boards per game.
 
ABOUT ALCORN STATE
> Alcorn State is averaging 53.9 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 73.3 points.
> The Lady Braves are shooting 33.1 percent (283-of-856) from the field and 53.9 percent (146-of-271) from the foul line.
> De'Asia Brown leads Alcorn State's offense at 10.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, followed by Charisma Walker at 9.2 points and 6.7 boards per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
> Grambling State is coming off a 63-51 victory over Alabama A&M on Monday
> Shakyla Hill scored 24 points, while Justice Coleman added 12 points against the Lady Bulldogs
> The Lady Tigers shot 41.8 percent (23-of-55) from the field and 48.5 percent (16-of-33) from the charity stripe
 
SHAKYLA HILL NOTABLES
> Ranks third nationally in free-throw attempts and fourth in steals
> Has posted as 25 career double-doubles
> Scored 15 or more points 60 times, including 12 this season
 
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
> Grambling State enters conference play having won two out of its last three games
> 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
 
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
> Shakyla Hill earned the College Sports Madness SWAC Player of the Week honors on Monday
 
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 takes to the road for two key SWAC games, starting on Jan. 19 at Texas Southern, followed by a trip to Prairie View, Texas to take on Prairie View A&M on Jan. 21.
 
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