The Jackson State ladies’s basketball workforce as soon as once more used stifling protection and contributions from its stars on offense in a powerful 68-44 victory to win the 2024 SWAC championship.
The Tigers gained their ninth SWAC Ladies’s Basketball Match Championship and their third below head coach Tomekia Reed.
Andriana Avent led the Tigers (26-6) with 17 factors, one in every of three gamers scoring double figures. Ti’lan Boler added 13 factors and 7 rebounds, and Hayleigh Breland chipped in with 11 factors and three steals off the bench.
Jackson State did an important job crashing the offensive glass, knocking down 18 boards that led to 13 second-chance factors, largely because of Zakiya Mahoney’s 5 offensive rebounds.
Jackson State did an important job disrupting Alcorn State photographs within the contest, coming away with 10 blocks. Angel Jackson’s six rejections led the best way for the Tigers individually.
Jackson State began the scoring by happening an 8-0 run to take an early lead with 6:23 left within the first quarter. The Tigers added one level to that lead by the tip of the interval and entered the primary quarter break with a 17-8 benefit. Jackson State capitalized on 5 Alcorn State turnovers within the interval, turning them into six factors on the opposite finish of the ground.
Jackson State constructed that first-quarter result in 24-12 earlier than happening a 9-0 run beginning on the 2:30 mark within the second interval to extend its result in 33-12, a rating that may maintain till halftime. Jackson State pressured 5 Alcorn State turnovers within the interval and turned them into eight factors.
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— Southwestern Athletic Convention (@theswac) March 17, 2024
Jackson State continued to protect its halftime lead earlier than happening an 11-0 run to broaden it additional to 46-18 with 3:12 to go within the third. Earlier than the conclusion of the third interval, the Braves had minimize into that lead considerably, however the Tigers nonetheless entered the fourth quarter with a 50-23 edge. Jackson State’s bench made essentially the most of its minutes within the interval, as non-starters totaled 10 of the workforce’s 17 third-quarter factors.
The Tigers then held on for the victory within the fourth quarter. Jackson State fired away from deep within the quarter, pulling down 4 photographs to account for 12 of its 18 factors.
Courtesy: Jackson State Athletics
