GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University women's basketball team is closing out the season on fire winning their senior night game and seventh in a row 65-54 against FAMU. 
 
Grambling State (18-8 overall 12-3 SWAC) expands its winning streak to seven straight games and wins both their season match-ups against FAMU (8-19, 7-9).
 
GSU was able to hold off FAMU for the majority of the contest. The great rebounding efforts and physical play of FAMU kept the game close. Neither team was able to gain any momentum with their shooting. 
 
Sharpshooter Jazmyne Jackson was the Lady Tigers' leading scorer with a career-high 24 points on 6-of-12 (50 percent) shooting 5-of-7 (57.1 percent) from deep and a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Jackson's season high in points came at the right time as her team shot 30.4 percent from the field. 
 
The Lady Tigers bench outscored FAMU's bench 21-7 igniting a spark on a night when the team did not shoot well. The Lady Tigers defense continued to be the x-factor forcing 27 turnovers and scoring 15 points off those opportunities. 
 
After this victory The Lady Tigers stand at second in the SWAC standings with only three games left in the season. 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Lady Tigers shot 17-of-56 (30.4 percent) from the field, 5-of-20 (25.0 percent) from three-point range and 26-of-32 (81.3 percent) from the stripe. 
• FAMU shot 17-of-68 (25.0 percent) from the field, 1-of-17 (5.9 percent) from three-point range and 19-of-23 (82.6 percent) from the stripe.  
• Jazmyne Jackson scored a career-high 24 points.
• The Lady Tigers scored 21 bench points 7 fast break points and 16 points in the paint.
• Grambling State was out rebounded 58-39. 
• The Lady Tigers recorded 12 steals and 7 blocks. 

 
UP NEXT
The Lady Tigers will play their final home game of the season Monday, March 4 against Bethune-Cookman University tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.