GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University women's basketball team returns to action with a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games as the Lady Tigers visit Southern on Saturday, followed by a trip to Alcorn State on Monday.
 
Tip-off against the Jaguars is set for 3 p.m., while the Monday contest against the Lady Braves is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
 
Grambling State (9-12 overall, 6-3 SWAC) went 1-1 over the weekend as the Lady Tigers defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 77-57 on Feb. 2, but followed that with a 54-52 loss at home to Mississippi Valley State.
 
Southern (10-10, 7-2) has won seven out of its last eight games and is coming off a 75-54 victory on Feb. 2 against Alcorn State. The Jaguars currently sit atop the SWAC standings and will be seeking a season sweep of Grambling State.
 
Alcorn State (3-18, 2-7) will host Jackson State prior to Grambling State coming to town on Monday. The Lady Braves have lost their last four games, with their last win coming on Jan. 19, a 73-63 victory over Mississippi Valley State.
 
ABOUT SOUTHERN
> Southern is averaging 61.7 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 64.9 points.
> The Jaguars are shooting 39.5 percent from the field and 61.8 percent from the foul line.
> Skylar O'Bear paces the Southern offense at 9.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, followed by Brittany Rose at 8.9 points and 2.4 boards per game.
 
ABOUT ALCORN STATE
> Alcorn State is averaging 56.8 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 73.1 points.
> The Lady Braves are shooting 35.1 percent from the field and 53.2 percent from the foul line.
> De'Asia Brown leads the Alcorn State offense at 11.7 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, followed by Jada Hargrove at 10.2 points and 3.9 boards per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
> Grambling State is coming off a 54-52 loss on Monday to Mississippi Valley State
> Shakyla Hill led the way offensively with 20 points, nine rebounds, seven steals and five assists, while Camryn London came off the bench to provide 13 points and three boards
> The Lady Tigers shot 38.5 percent (20-of-52) from the field and 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from the charity stripe
 
NOTABLES
> Shakyla Hill moved into fourth place on the GSU all-time career scoring list with 1,831 points
> Jazmin Boyd has posted double figures in scoring 67 times in her collegiate career
> Shakyla Hill has scored 15 or more points 67 times in her collegiate career, including 20 times this season
> Shakyla Hill has 29 career double-doubles, two triple-doubles and two quadruple-double
> Shakyla Hill ranks first nationally in free-throw attempts, second in steals, second in steals per game and third in free-throws made
 
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
 
ACCOLADES
> Shakyla Hill was selected the BOXTOROW National Player of the Week and College Sports Madness SWAC Player of the Week on Monday
> Shakyla Hill earned her sixth SWAC Player of the Week honor on Tuesday
 
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 visits Southern on Saturday, followed by a trip to Lorman, Miss. on Monday to take on Alcorn State. The Lady Tigers are seeking the series split with Southern, while looking for the season sweep of Alcorn State.
 
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