[size=x-small][font=Arimo, Helvetica]UPCOMING SCHEDULE
[font=Arimo, Helvetica]Wednesday, Dec. 4[/font]
Alabama state vs. Samford[/font][/size]
Montgomery, Ala. - 6:00 p.m.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Texas Tech
Lubbock, Texas - 7:00 p.m.
[size=x-small][font=Arimo, Helvetica]Thursday, Dec. 5[/font][/size]
Alcorn State vs. Tenneesee Tech
Lorman, Miss. - 7:00 p.m.
Jackson State vs. New Orleans
Jackson, Miss. - 7:00 p.m.
[size=x-small][font=Arimo, Helvetica]Friday, Dec. 6[/font][/size]
Prairie View A&M at Florida International
Miami, Fla. - 7:00 p.m.
[size=x-small][font=Arimo, Helvetica]Saturday, Dec. 7[/font][/size]
Grambling State at Kansas State
Manhattan, Kan. - 2:00 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Ga. - 2:00 p.m.
Southern vs. Spring Hill
Baton Rouge, La. - 3:00 p.m.
Alabama State at Mississippi State
Starkville, Miss. - 5:00 p.m.
Mississippi Valley State vs. Ole Miss
Oxford, Miss. - 7:00 p.m.
[size=x-small][font=Arimo, Helvetica]Sunday, Dec. 8[/font][/size]
Texas Southern vs. Kansas
Lawrence, Kan. - 2:00 p.m.
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CONFERENCE NEWS AND NOTES
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• The 2014 SWAC Basketball Tournament will be held at the Toyota Center from March 11-15. The Southwestern Athletic Conference will host the 2014 Championship for the first time in Houston, Texas
• The Southwestern Athletic Conference named Ashley Beals of Mississippi Valley State as Player of the Week for the first time this year
• The SWAC has three new head coaches in the league. Semeka Randall (Alabama A&M), Dawn Brown (Prairie View A&M), and Johnetta Hayes-Perry (Texas Southern)
• Prairie View A&M fell 0-2 in the David Jones Memorial Classic last week while Mississippi Valley State dropped a 76-61 decision to Southern Miss in the USM Thanksgiving Classic. Texas Southern fell 0-2 in the San Juan Shootout over the weekend
• College Sports Madness also named Ashley Beals of Mississippi Valley State as their SWAC Player of the Week
• Top leaders in the conference in points, assists and rebounds:
[size=x-small][font=Arimo, Helvetica]Points - Jazzmin Parker (TXSO) - 26.8 / game
[font=Arimo, Helvetica]Assists[/font] - Joncyee Sanders (MVSU) - 5.6 / game
[font=Arimo, Helvetica]Rebounds[/font] - Quentori Alford (ALST) - 10.3 / game
• Mississippi Valley State recorded its first win on the season with a 68-58 win over Eastern Kentucky over the weekend. Ashley Beals led the Devilettes with her first career double-double 19 points and 11 rebounds. MVSU was the only school to earn a win during last weeks competition
• Tierro Frost of Alcorn State currently leads the Lady Braves in three statistical categories. She ranks first on the team in points (17.2), rebounds (6.2) and assists (5)
• The Texas Southern vs. Kansas match will air on ESPN3 on Sunday, Dec. 8th at 2:00 p.m.
• Three student-athletes within the conference posted 20 or more points in a game last week. The includes: Jazmin Parker (TXSO) tallied 49 points over a two game span, Brittney Strickland (AAMU) tacked on 22 and Jeanette Jackson (PVAM) put up 23 points
• The SWAC will face the Big 12 and SEC this upcoming week as Grambling State heads to Kansas State (3-3) and Texas Southern to Kansas (4-3). Saturday, Alabama State will tackle Mississippi State (7-1) while Mississippi Valley State heads to Ole Miss (5-4)[/font][/size]
