2016-17 SWAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS | FIRST SWAC SCHOOL TO WIN A POSTSEASON GAME

2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 30 GRAMBLING STATE Date Tuesday, March 6 (16-13, 13-5 SWAC) Time 6:30 p.m. Time Grambling, La. Venue Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Nov. 10 at Louisiana Tech L, 53-64 Capacity 7,500 Nov. 13 LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 61-52 GRAMBLING STATE Streaming/TV Grambling State YouTube ALCORN STATE Nov. 16 at Xavier L, 67-72 LADY TIGERS Radio 99.3 FM The Peach LADY BRAVES Nov. 19 #17 FLORIDA STATE L, 53-96 16-13 Last Meeting Feb. 5, 2018 12-17 Nov. 22 at McNeese State W, 75-60 13-5 SWAC Result Grambling State won 68-51 8-10 SWAC Nov. 30 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 61-52 Dec. 10 at Alabama L, 49-73 Dec. 16 at Arkansas State L, 56-76 TIPOFF Dec. 19 vs. North Carolina L, 63-79 The Grambling State University women’s basketball team will look to secure a spot in the 2018 Toyota Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Semifinal Dec. 21 at Memphis L, 48-57 appearance when the Lady Tigers play host to Alcorn State in the tourney quarterfinals on Tuesday at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Dec. 28 at Arkansas L, 62-79 Jan. 1 ALABAMA A&M* W, 78-49 Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. and is can be streamed live on the GSU YoutTube page or can be heard live on 99.3 FM The Peach. Jan. 3 ALABAMA STATE* W, 93-71 Grambling State (16-13 overall, 13-5 SWAC) is the No. 3 seed after finishing third in conference play. Alcorn State enters the tournament as the No. 6 seed. Jan. 6 at Southern* L, 44-63 Both teams will enter tourney play off victories as Grambling State defeated Alabama State, 73-52, while Alcorn State knocked off Texas Southerm, 54-52, Jan. 8 at Alcorn State* W, 75-68 on Saturday. Jan. 13 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M* W, 81-79, ot Jan. 15 TEXAS SOUTHERN* L, 63-73 ABOUT ALCORN STATE * Alcorn State is averaging 64.5 points per game, while its opponents are averaging 70.1points. Jan. 20 at Jackson State* L, 70-82 * The Lady Braves are shooting 695-of-1849 (37.6 percent) from the floor and 312-of-524 (59.5 percent) from the free-throw line. Jan. 27 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W, 66-57 * Alcorn State’s offense is led by Alexus Freeman with15.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Tia Sanders is second on the team in scoring with 14.3 points Jan. 29 at Mississippi Valley State* W, 64-62 and 3.6 boards per game. Feb. 3 SOUTHERN* W, 79-71 ALCORN STATE’S LAST TIMEOUT Feb. 5 ALCORN STATE* W, 68-51 * The Lady Braves picked up their final win of regular season play after defeating Texas Southern, 54-52, on Saturday. Feb. 10 at Prairie View A&M* W, 75-68 * Alexus Freeman led the team in scoring with 20 points, a rebound, three assists and six steals. Miracle Rushing chipped in nine points, five boards and Feb. 12 at Texas Southern* L, 56-66 a pair of steals. Feb. 17 JACKSON STATE* W, 93-89, ot * Alcorn State shot 35.2 percent (19-of-54) from the floor and 81.3 (13-of-16) from the charity stripe. Feb. 24 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF* W, 73-63 SERIES HISTORY Feb. 26 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE* W, 64-55 * Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray and the Lady Tigers are 4-0 in playing Alcorn State. Mar. 1 at Alabama A&M* L, 64-71 Mar. 3 at Alabama State* W, 73-52 GRAMBLING STATE’S LAST TIMEOUT * Grambling State closed out its regular season play with a 73-52 win to Alabama State on Saturday. Mar. 6 ALCORN STATE 6:30 p.m. * Shakyla Hill finished with a double-double of 29 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and a steal, while Jazmin Boyd contributed 24 points, four rebounds Mar. 8 SWAC Basketball Tournament TBA and one steal. Mar. 9 SWAC Basketball Tournament TBA * Grambling State shot 28-of-63 (44.4 percent) from the floor and 14-of-18 (78.8 percent) from the foul line. NOTABLES * - Southwestern Athletic Conference Game * Jazmin Boyd holds the top spot in the conference in field-goal percentage (84.2%). All Times Are Central and Subject To Change * Kailyn Gideon remains the SWAC leader in blocked shots (2.4 bpg). * Shakyla Hill ranks first in the conference in assists (163) and steals (137), second nationally in steals and steals per game (4.7) and fifth nationally in triple-doubles.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES * Shakyla Hill surpassed the 1,000-point plateau on Dec. 10 in a 73-49 loss to Alabama. * Monisha Neal became the second Grambling State women’s basketball player this season to score 1,000 career-high points. * In the Lady Tigers’ 93-89 win over Jackson State, Jazmin Boyd and Justice Coleman set career-high points (Boyd with 31 and Coleman with 30). GRAMBLING STATE SPORTS RADIO NETWORK * Shakyla Hill netted a career-high points of 35 in the 71-64 loss to Alabama A&M. AWARDS AND ACCOLADES Santoria Black Play By Play * Shakyla Hill was named the SWAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Sunday. Ossie Clark Color Analyst * Hill and Monisha Neal earned All-SWAC First Team honors on Monday. Leon Thomas Sideline Coordinator Nick Harrison Pre-Game and Halftime Host/Sideline Announcer PROJECTED GRAMBLING STATE STARTING LINEUP Station Affiliates KPCH - 99.3 Ruston KJMG - 97.3 Monroe

Online: thepeach993.com The App: Retro Radio 993 @GSU_Tigers #4 #5 #12 #13 #33 /gramblingstateathletics Monisha Neal Shakyla Hill Justice Coleman Jazmin Boyd Kailyn Gideon Forward Guard Guard Forward Center 1 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

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SWAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY MEDIA PRESS OPPORTUNITIES MEDIA CONTACTS INTERVIEWS: GAME DAY COVERAGE SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SWAC) All interview requests for Grambling State Women’s Bas- Ed Bailey ketball coach Freddie Murray and any Grambling State as- CREDENTIAL REQUESTS: Email: [email protected] sistant coaches and players must be coordinated through All requests for media, radio, television, photography, Phone: 205-241-3464 Website: SWAC.org the Sports Information Director Office. scouting and parking credentials for the 2017-18 Gram- bling State Women’s Basketball season, or for any in- Alabama A&M University (AAMU) Janay Robinson Players are available for interviews, either in person or on dividual game, should be made in writing, on company Email: [email protected] the phone, before or after practice. In order to arrange for letterhead or via e-mail (company name in address), to Phone: 256-372-4005 player interviews, please provide at least 24 hours notice Brian Howard. Requests should be made at least one week Website: aamusports.com to Brian Howard, Sports Information Director. Player inter- prior to the game. Individual game credentials will not be Alabama State University (ALST) views may be conducted in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assem- mailed, but can be picked up in the Sports Information Of- Travis Jarome Email: [email protected] bly Center or in the Sports Information Office, located in fice, located in the Football Stadium Support Facility, the Phone: (334) 229-5217 the Football Stadium Support Facility. The Grambling State week of the game or at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Website: bamastatesports.com training room, women’s basketball locker room, weight Center Will-Call. Alcorn State University (ALCN) room and meeting rooms are off-limits to the media. Your Pierce Yarberry cooperation is appreciated. WILL CALL: Email: [email protected] Phone: 601-877-6501 Any media credentials not picked up during the week will Website: alcornsports.com For telephone interviews, the student-athlete will be pro- be available at Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Press vided with the number and will make the call at a mutual- Will Call beginning three hours prior to the game. Grambling State University (GSU) Brian Howard ly-agreed upon time. Phone numbers of student-athletes Email: [email protected] will not be made available to the media. SCORERS TABLE SERVICES: Phone: (318) 243-6414 The media scorers table is located on the near side (far- Website: gsutigers.com For interviews with head coach Freddie Murray and/or thest from the locker rooms) in the Fredrick C. Hobdy As- Jackson State University (JKSU) Grambling State assistant coaches, please contact Brian sembly Center. Wesley Peterson Email: [email protected] Howard in the Sports Information Office. The best time for Phone: (601) 979-0857 coach Freddie Murray to conduct interviews is weekday Game notes, programs and statistics will be provided pri- Website: jsutigers.com mornings. or to the game. Play-by-play and final stats and coaches’ Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) quotes also will be provided. Complete sets of informa- LaMonica Scott WEBSITE: tion will be available approximately 20 minutes after the Email: [email protected] Phone: (662) 254-3011 Updated statistics, game recaps, weekly and daily releas- game. Website: mvsusports.com es, press conference transcripts, player and coaches’ bios, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) historical, broadcast and ticket information, can be found POST-GAME INTERVIEWS: LaTonia Thirston on the Grambling State Official Athletics Website at www. The visitor’s locker room is located on the far side. The SID Email: [email protected] gsutigers.com. Media are encouraged to check the website of the visiting school will establish admittance policies to Phone: 936-261-9106 Website: pvpanthers.com regularly for the latest athletics news. the visiting locker room. Southern University (SUBR) VIDEO SERVICES: Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray and requested Christopher K. Jones Email: [email protected] Requests for video footage of Grambling State women’s players will be available in the post game interview ap- Phone: (225) 771-3495 basketball should be made to Brian Howard in the Sports proximately 10 minutes after the game. Grambling State Cell: (225) 978-7609 Information Office. Please allow a minimum of three days post-game interviews will take place in the Basketball Website: gojagsports.com lead time for video requests. Green Room (Room 162). Texas Southern University (TSU) Alan Wiederhold ACCESSING INFORMATION: WE ARE GRAMBLING STATE: Email: [email protected] In addition to the Grambling State Athletics website (www. When referring to Grambling State University, please only Phone: 713-313-6829 gsutigers.com), the latest news, weekly releases, updated use the terms GRAMBLING STATE or GSU. Please re- Website: tsuball.com depth charts, rosters and season and single game statis- frain from acronyms of the name GRAM, Grambling St. University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff (UAPB) tics can be sent on a daily or weekly basis via e-mail. Con- or GRAM State, GRAM St. In addition, Grambling State Habtom Keleta Email: [email protected] tact Brian Howard to request to be added to the women’s plays in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Phone: (870) 575-7949 basketball e-mail list. Website: uapblionsroar.com 2 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NCAA RANKINGS AND POLLS GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL USA TODAY COACHES POLL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 QUICK FACTS Updated February 27, 2018 Updated March 5, 2018 Location Grambling, La. Founded 1901 Rank School Points Points Rank School Points Record PV Enrollment 4,863 1 Connecticut 29-0 800 1 UConn (32) 800 30-0 1 Mascot Lady Tigers School Colors Black & Gold 2 Mississippi State 30-0 766 2 Baylor 741 30-1 3 3 Baylor 28-1 731 Affiliation NCAA Division I 3 Louisville 739 32-2 4 Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) 4 Notre Dame 27-2 692 4 Mississippi State 716 32-1 2 5 Louisville 29-2 687 Home Court Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center 5 Notre Dame 653 29-3 5 Capacity 6,500 6 Oregon 27-4 636 6 Oregon 639 30-4 6 7 Texas 23-5 613 President Richard J. Gallot, Jr. 7 South Carolina 615 26-6 8 8 South Carolina 23-6 552 Alma Mater Grambling State, 1987 8 Texas 598 26-5 7 9 UCLA 23-6 543 Director of Athletics Paul A. Bryant 10 Oregon State 23-6 504 9 UCLA 505 24-7 9 Alma Mater Alaska Pacific, 1990 Deputy Director of Athletics/Business Manager Terlynn Olds 11 Florida State 24-5 476 10 Ohio State 480 27-6 13 Alma Mater Saint Leo, 1998 12 Tennessee 23-6 433 11 Florida State 463 25-6 11 Associate Director of Athletics/SWA Wanda Currie 13 Missouri 23-6 400 12 Tennessee 427 24-7 12 Alma Mater Grambling State, 1984 14 Ohio State 24-6 374 13 Oregon State 423 23-7 10 Assistant AD for Marketing and Communications Karen M. Carty 15 Duke 22-7 324 14 Texas A&M 350 24-9 15 Alma Mater Norfolk State, 2004 15 Stanford 346 22-10 16 16 Texas A&M 22-8 304 Assistant AD for Compliance Tiffani-Dawn Sykes 17 Maryland 23-6 278 16 Missouri 296 24-7 14 Alma Mater Virginia State, 2001 18 Georgia 24-5 245 17 Maryland 294 25-7 17 Assistant AD for Academic Enhancement Abiola Wilson-Brigmon 19 South Florida 24-6 238 18 Georgia 274 25-6 19 Alma Mater South Carolina State, 2005 20 Stanford 20-9 213 19 South Florida 234 25-6 20 Sports Information Director Brian Howard 21 Green Bay 26-3 175 20 Duke 191 22-8 18 Alma Mater Ashland, 2000 22 North Carolina State 22-7 106 21 North Carolina State 175 24-8 23 Director of Operations Jeffrey Sims 23 Syracuse 22-7 82 22 Green Bay 127 27-3 21 Alma Mater Grambling State, 2017 24 Michigan 21-8 52 23 Belmont 115 31-3 22 Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Bobby Burkes 25 Mercer 27-2 43 24 LSU 58 19-9 24 Alma Mater Xavier University (New Orleans), 1973 25 Mercer 52 30-2 25 Athletics Phone 318.274.2374 Others receiving votes: N/A Athletics Fax 318.274.7031 Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 14, Iowa 14, Gonzaga 13, Ticket Office 318.274.4795 Quinnipiac 10, Minnesota 9, Oklahoma State 7, DePaul 5, California 5, COACHING STAFF Michigan 4, Central Michigan 3, Florida Gulf Coast 2, West Virginia 2, Head Coach Freddie Murray Miami 1 Alma Mater Jackson State, 1990 Record at GSU (Years) 19-15 (1 season) Overall Record (Years) 19-15 (1 season) Office Phone 318.274.6335 COLLEGEINSIDER.COM POLL Email [email protected] Best Time/Day to Reach Coach Contact Sports Information Updated February 27, 2018 Assistant Coach David Pierre, Jr. Rank School Record Points PV Alma Mater Grambling State, 2005 1. Belmont (24) 28-3 761 1 Office Phone 318.274.6283 2. Green Bay (4) 26-3 740 2 Email [email protected] 3. Mercer (1) 27-2 694 4 Assistant Coach Isayra Diaz 4. FGCU 27-4 649 3 Alma Mater Shaw, 2014 5. Quinnipiac 24-5 636 5 Office Phone 318.274.6282 6. Central Michigan 23-4 592 8 Email [email protected] 7. South Dakota (1) 25-5 547 10 8. UC Davis 23-4 532 9 TEAM INFORMATION 9. South Dakota State 23-6 521 7 2016-17 Overall Record 19-15 10. Princeton 20-5 515 6 2016-17 SWAC Record/Finish 14-4/T-1st 11. Buffalo 23-4 507 11 12. Gonzaga (1) 24-5 452 13 2016-17 Postseason 2 13. Drake 21-7 402 14 SWAC Tournament Championship Lost to Texas Southern (70-66) 14. Ball State 23-4 369 15 WNIT First Round Beat Ole Miss (78-75) 15. American 23-5 314 12 WNIT Second Round Lost to Tulane (66-49) 16. Saint Mary’s 20-9 266 18 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 17. Drexel 22-6 255 22 Starters Returning Jazmin Boyd, Khakyla Hill, Monisha Neal, 18. James Madison 18-9 228 17 Takerra Parsons 19. Northern Colorado 20-6 218 21 Starters Lost John’ea Thompson 20. Elon 20-7 174 24 Newcomers 7 21. Penn 18-7 115 20 22. Maine 20-9 81 NR MEDIA INFORMATION 23. Navy 23-6 70 16 Assistant AD for Marketing and Communications Karen M. Carty 24. IUPUI 21-8 67 19 25. Little Rock 18-9 66 NR Phone 318.274.6007 Email [email protected] Others receiving votes: Albany 60, Bethune Cookman 46, Marist Sports Information Director/Basketball Contact Brian Howard 44, Bucknell 41, Jacksonville 31, Lamar 18, Missouri State 15, Western Cell Phone 302.258.7461 Illinois 13, Idaho 8, Loyola Marymount 7, Wright State 6, Chattanooga 5, Email [email protected] Robert Morris 3, Stephen F Austin 3, Idaho State 2, Liberty 2 . Graduate Assistant Candice Dixson Cell Phone 318.278.9835 Email [email protected]

3 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GRAMBLING STATE HEAD COACH FREDDIE MURRAY THE MURRAY FILE

PERSONAL Born: July 3 Hometown: Jackson, Miss. Family: Son, Dedrick

EDUCATION Jim Hill High School | Jackson, Miss. Jackson State University | Jackson, Miss. (1990 - Bachelor’s - Business Management)

COACHING EXPERIENCE 1999-2000 Jackson State, volunteer men’s basketball assistant coach 20001-2003 Jackson State, graduate assistant women’s basketball coach 2003-2005 North Carolina A&T State, assistant women’s basketball coach 2005-2006 McNeese State, assistant women’s basketball coach FREDDIE MURRAY is entering his third year on the coaching staff for the Grambling 2006-2007 McNeese State, interim head women’s basketball coach State University women’s basketball program and his first year at the helm as head coach. 2007-2010 North Carolina A&T State, assistant women’s basketball coach Last season Coach Murray took over the program as the interim head coach following 2010-2015 Florida A&M, assistant women’s basketball coach the departure of former head coach Nadine Domond. In the 2016-2017 season the Lady 2015-2016 Grambling State, assistant women’s basketball coach Tigers went on a stretch of winning 10 straight conference games. This streak helped the 2016-2017 Grambling State, interim head women’s basketball coach Lady Tigers win a share of the regular season SWAC Championship for the first time since 2017-Present Grambling State, head women’s basketball coach 2000 with a record of 14-4 in conference play and an overall record of 18-14, earning the No. 1 seed in the SWAC Tournament. Grambling would win both of its first two SWAC POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE (Coach) tournament games by double digits, and make its first appearance in the SWAC title game 2017 SWAC Tournament (Quarterfinals) Mississippi Valley State W 71-61 17 years. 2017 SWAC Tournament (Semifinals) Southern W 65-56 2017 SWAC Tournament (Championship) Texas Southern L 66-70 Despite falling to Texas Southern in the SWAC Championship Game, Grambling made its 2017 WNIT (First Round) Ole Miss W 78-75 first postseason appearance since 2000 earning a bid to the Women’s National Invitational 2017 WNIT (Second Round) Tulane L 49-66 Tournament (WNIT). In the first round of the WNIT, Grambling made history, becoming the first SWAC school to win a postseason game, NCAA or WNIT, by defeating SEC opponent Ole ACCOLADES (Coach) Miss 78-75. The Lady Tigers would fall in the second round of the WNIT to Tulane Univer- 2017 Regular Season Co-SWAC Champions sity. The success of the program under Coach Murray’s leadership earned him SWAC Coach Shakyla Hill named to All-SWAC First Team of the Year honors and prompted Athletics Director Paul Bryant to promote him to be the Shakyla Hill BOXTOROW All-American permanent head coach of the Lady Tigers. Murray was also named BOXTOROW Co-Coach Jazmine Boyd named to All-SWAC Second Team of the Year for the 2016-2017 season. Grambling would notch its second straight winning SWAC Coach of the Year season, finishing with an overall record of 19-15. BOXTOROW Coach of the Year For the 2016-2017 season point guard Shakyla Hill earned 1st team All-SWAC and BOX- First SWAC School to win a postseason game TOROW 1st Team All-American honors, averaging 15.0 points per game along with an av- THE MURRAY WORKSHEET erage of 7.8 rebounds per game. Hill also shot a conference best 48.2% from the field and Year School Overall Postseason Conference Finish averaged a conference best 4.2 assists per game and 3.0 steals per game. Jazmin Boyd Record Record was selected as a 2ndTeam All-SWAC pick for the 2016-2017 season, averaging 11.8 points 2016-17 Grambling State 19-15 WNIT 14-4 T-1st per game and was tied for 3rd in the conference in three-pointers made (50). Totals 1 seasons 19-15 1 SWAC Champ 14-4 ** Won WNIT First Round Game (First SWAC team to win a postseason game)

4 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GRAMBLING STATE HEAD COACH FREDDIE MURRAY The veteran coach arrived at Grambling in 2015 and helped Coach Nadine Domond and MURRAY VS. ALL-TIME OPPONENTS the Lady Tigers reach an impressive 17-14 overall record and 13-5 record in conference play. Two players were selected as All-SWAC performers – Jazmin Boyd (SWAC Freshman Alabama 0-1 Alabama A&M 3-1 of the Year) and Shakyla Hill (2nd Team All-SWAC). Hill was also selected as a 2nd Team Alabama State 3-1 BOXTOROW All-American. Coach Domond was selected as the SWAC Coach of the Year. Alcorn State 4-0 Murray was assistant women’s basketball coach at Florida A&M University from 2010- Arizona 0-1 Arkansas 0-1 2015. Murray assisted the FAMU Lady Rattler program to their best record in 2010 when Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 they finished the season 22-8. During his time there he coached Antonia Bennett (2012) Arkansas State 0-1 Florida State 0-1 and Jasmine Grice (2014) to MEAC Player of the Year honors and later professional careers Fordham 0-1 overseas. Grice would ultimately go on to lead the nation in assist and finish in Top-10 in Jackson State 3-1 Louisiana-Monroe 2-0 scoring both achievements during the 2009 season. Louisiana Tech 0-2 Prior to joining the FAMU staff, he was an assistant coach at North Carolina A&T State Miami (Fla.) 0-1 University twice from (2003-2005) and (2007-2010). But it was during his return to North Nicholls 0-1 North Carolina 0-1 Carolina A&T (2007-2010) where he experienced more success helping to guide the Lady McNeese State 1-0 Aggies to three MEAC Regular Season Championships and trips to the NCAA and WNIT Memphis 0-1 Mississippi (Ole Miss) 1-0 Tournaments. Mississippi Valley State 5-0 In 2009-10 after winning the MEAC regular season title they participated in the WNIT Prairie View A&M 3-1 Southeastern Louisiana 2-0 inevitably advancing to the WNIT Sweet Sixteen, posting wins over Wake Forest and Southern 3-2 UNC-Charlotte in the first and second rounds becoming the first HBCU women’s team to win Southern California (USC) 0-1 two consecutive games in postseason play. They would later lose to Miami 84-77 in the Southern Methodist (SMU) 0-1 Texas Christian (TCU) 0-1 third round ending their dreams of winning the WNIT. Miami would eventually lose in the Texas Southern 1-4 Championship game. Tulane 0-2 In addition, the Lady Aggies also broke the school record for most wins in a season with Xavier (Ohio) 0-1 26 victories in 2008-09. During this period Ta’Wuana Cook went on to be the program’s All-TIME RECORD Home 18-5 first MEAC Rookie of the Year, the schools second all-time leading scorer and all-time Away 16-20 leader in assists, Lamona Smalley was a two-time MEAC All-Tournament Performer and Neutral 1-3 Brittanie Taylor-James was MEAC Player of the Year (2009). Overall Record 36-27 SWAC Record 27-9 Prior to joining the North Carolina A&T staff, Murray coached at McNeese State Universi- ty in Lake Charles, LA, where he served as assistant women’s basketball coach from 2005- BY DAY OF THE WEEK Sunday 0-5 2007 and was later named interim head coach mid-way through the 2006-2007 season. Monday 12-3 Coach Murray began his college-coaching career at his alma mater Jackson State Uni- Tuesday 2-4 Wednesday 4-0 versity in Jackson, MS, first as a volunteer assistant with the men’s program in 1999 and Thursday 2-5 later as a graduate assistant coach (2001-2003). There he helped guide the Lady Tigers Friday 1-3 to the 2003 Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season title and finish with 23 wins Saturday 14-8 that season. He also assisted in coaching 6’7 center Amie Williams who would the SWAC BY TIME OF DAY Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference player in 2003. 9 a.m. 0-1 11 a.m. 0-1 Murray, a Jackson, Mississippi native, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Manage- 12 p.m. 2-1 ment from Jackson State (1990). 1 p.m. 1-1 2 p.m. 1-4 3 p.m. 12-5 4 p.m. 0-4 5 p.m. 1-0 5:30 p.m. 14-5 6 p.m. 4-2 6:30 p.m. 0-1 7 p.m. 0-3 BY MONTH OF THE YEAR November 4-9 December 1-8 January 12-6 February 13-1 March 4-4 BY STATE Alabama 3-2 Arizona 0-1 Arkansas 2-2 California 0-2 Florida 0-2 Louisiana 22-10 Mississippi 6-1 Ohio 0-1 South Carolina 0-1 Tennessee 0-1 Texas 2-5

5 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER TEAM INFORMATION No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School BY STATE: 3 Takerra Parsons G 5-9 Jr. Virginia Beach, Va./Bayside HS Arkansas 1 4 Monisha Neal G 5-9 Sr. Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville HS Shaklya Hill (Little Rock) 5 Shakyla Hill G 5-7 Jr. Little Rock, Ark./Hall HS California 1 11 Ariel Williams G 5-9 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS 12 Justice Coleman G 5-10 Fr. Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS Kailyn Gideon (Los Angeles) 13 Jazmin Boyd G 5-8 Jr. Hattiesburg, Miss./Hattiesburg HS Louisiana 2 23 Darae Taylor G 5-7 Jr. Reserve, La./East St. John HS Justice Coleman (Baton Rouge), Darae Taylor (Reserve) 30 Alexus Williams F 6-0 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS Mississippi 1 32 Hannah Henderson F 6-0 So. Chattanooga, Tenn./Ooltewah HS Jazmin Boyd (Hattiesburg) 33 Kailyn Gideon F 6-3 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif./Pasadena City College Tennessee 3 Head Coach: Freddie Murray (Jackson State, 1990) Hannah Henderson (Chattanooga), Alexus Williams (Mem- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: David Pierre (Grambling State, 2005) phis), Ariel Williams (Memphis) Assistant Coach/Video Coordinator: Isayra Diaz (Shaw, 2014) Texas 1 Director of Basketball Operations: Eumarcus Hicks Monisha Neal (Lewisville) Virginia 1 Takerra Parsons (Virginia Beach)

BY CLASS: Senior 1 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Monisha Neal No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Junior 5 13 Jazmin Boyd G 5-8 Jr. Hattiesburg, Miss./Hattiesburg HS Jazmin Boyd, Kailyn Gideon, Shakyla Hill, Takerra Parsons, 12 Justice Coleman G 5-10 Fr. Baton, Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS Darae Taylor 33 Kailyn Gideon F 6-3 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif./Pasadena City College Sophomore 1 32 Hannah Henderson F 6-0 So. Chattanooga, Tenn./Ooltewah HS Hannah Henderson 5 Shakyla Hill G 5-7 Jr. Little Rock, Ark./Hall HS Freshmen 3 4 Monisha Neal G 5-9 Sr. Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville HS Justice Coleman, Alexus Williams, Ariel Williams 3 Takerra Parsons G 5-9 Jr. Virginia Beach, Va./Bayside HS 23 Darae Taylor G 5-7 Jr. Reserve, La./East St. John HS 30 Alexus Williams F 6-0 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS BY POSITION 11 Ariel Williams G 5-9 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS Guards 7 Jazmin Boyd, Justice Coleman, Shakyla Hill, Monisha Neal, Head Coach: Freddie Murray (Jackson State, 1990) Takerra Parsons, Darae Taylor, Ariel Williams Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: David Pierre (Grambling State, 2005) Forwards 3 Assistant Coach/Video Coordinator: Isayra Diaz (Shaw, 2014) Director of Basketball Operations: Eumarcus Hicks Kailyn Gideon, Hannah Henderson, Alexus Williams

BY HEIGHT 5-7 2 Shakyla Hill, Darae Taylor 5-8 1 Jazmin Boyd PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 5-9 3 No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Pronunciation Monisha Hill, Takerra Parsons, Ariel Williams 3 Takerra Parsons G 5-9 Jr. Ta - KER - RA Parsons 5-10 1 4 Monisha Neal G 5-9 Sr. Mo - NE - SHA Neal Justice Coleman 5 Shakyla Hill G 5-7 Jr. SHA - KY - LA Hill 6-0 2 11 Ariel Williams G 5-9 Fr. R - I - EL Williams Hannah Henderson, Alexus Williams 12 Justice Coleman G 5-10 Fr. Justice Coleman 13 Jazmin Boyd G 5-8 Jr. Jaz - MIN Boyd 6-3 1 23 Darae Taylor G 5-7 Jr. Dar - RAY Taylor Kaitlyn Gideon 30 Alexus Williams F 6-0 Fr. A - LEX - US Williams 32 Hannah Henderson F 6-0 So. Hannah Henderson 33 Kailyn Gideon F 6-3 Jr. KAY - LYN GID - E - ON

6 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE ROSTER RADIO AND TELEVISION ROSTER

TAKERRA MONISHA SHAKYLA ARIEL JUSTICE 3 PARSONS 4 NEAL 5 HILL 11 WILLIAMS 12 COLEMAN 5-9 • G • JR 5-9 • G • SR 5-7 • G • JR 5-9 • G • FR 5-10 • G • FR Virginia Beach, Va. Lewisville, Texas Little Rock, Ark. Memphis, Tenn. Baton Rouge, La.

JAZMIN DARAE ALEXUS HANNAH KAILYN 13 BOYD 23 TAYLOR 30 WILLIAMS 32 HENDERSON 33 GIDEON 5-8 • G • JR 5-7 • G • JR 6-0 • F • FR 6-0 • F • SO 6-3 • F • JR Hattiesburg, Miss. Reserve, La. Memphis, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Los Angeles, Calif.

FREDDIE MURRAY DAVID PIERRE ISAYRA DIAZ EUMARCUS HICKS Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations 2nd Season 4th Season 3rd Season 1st Season 7 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Takerra Parsons Note: Played four years of varsity G • 5-9 • Jr. • Virginia Beach, Va. basketball at Bayside High School in CAREER HIGHS Virginia Beach, Va.…earned All-Tide- Pts: 13 at Alabama A&M (1/4/17) 3 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG water honors all four years…hit the Rebs: 8 at McNeese (11/22/17) 2.6 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.0 13.8 1,000-point mark as a junior. Asts: 2 (5 times)

Monisha Neal Note: Averaged 11.1 points, 6.2 G • 5-9 • Sr. • Lewisville, Texas rebounds and 2.9 assists in all 34 CAREER HIGHS games last season and was named Pts: 26 vs. Jackson State (1/21/17); vs. Alabama St. (3/12/15) 4 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG Rebs: 12 (3 times) 10.2 6.1 2.7 1.5 0.3 38.2 Preseason Second Team by the SWAC. Asts: 7 at Alabama A&M (1/4/17)

Shakyla Hill Note: The SWAC Preseason Player of G • 5-7 • Jr. • Little Rock, Ark. the Year became the 4th ever NCAA CAREER HIGHS Division I Women’s Basketball player Pts: 35 at Alabama A&M (3/1/18) 5 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG to record a quadruple-double in a win Rebs: 14 at Southern (2/4/17) 16.3 7.3 5.6 4.7 0.3 36.1 over Alabama State. Asts: 11 vs. Jackson State (2/17/18) Ariel Williams Note: Played basketball all four years G • 5-9 • Fr. • Memphis, Tenn. of high school at Whitehaven High CAREER HIGHS School in Memphis, Tenn. Is sharing Pts: 16 at Arkansas (12/28/17) 11 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG the basketball court with her former Rebs: 6 at Alcorn State (1/8/18) 4.9 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.0 17.0 high school teammate, Alexus. Asts: 6 at Alcorn State (1/8/18) Justice Coleman Note: Received First Team honors all G • 5-10 • Fr. •Baton Rouge, La. four years of high school and the Most CAREER HIGHS Valuable Player ball her freshman, soph- Pts: 30 vs. Jackson State (2/17/18) 12 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG omore and junior year at Scotlandville Rebs: 6 vs. Alcorn State (2/5/18) 6.1 2.4 1.2 0.5 0.1 19.6 High School in Baton Rouge, La. Asts: 5 at Alcorn State (1/8/18) Jazmin Boyd Note: Averaged 11.8 points, 2.4 G • 5-8 • Jr. • Hattiesburg, Miss. rebounds and 1.6 assists in 31 games CAREER HIGHS last season and was named Presea- Pts: 31 vs. Jackson State (2/17/18) 13 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG son Second Team by the SWAC. Rebs: 6 at Louisiana Tech (11/10/17) 12.0 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.1 27.4 Asts: 5 at McNeese (11/22/17)

Darae Taylor Note: Averaged 13 points, 5 assists G • 5-7 • Jr. • Reserve, La. and 6 steals per game her senior year CAREER HIGHS of high school at East Saint John High Pts: 8 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1/27/18) 23 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG Rebs: 4 at Alabama State (1/2/17); vs. SMU (12/18/16) 2.5 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.0 8.5 School in LaPlace, La. Asts: 4 vs. Mississippi Valley State (1/30/17)

Alexus Williams Note: Played basketball all four years F • 6-0 • Fr. • Memphis, Tenn. of high school at Whitehaven High CAREER HIGHS School in Memphis, Tenn. Is sharing Pts: 9 at Memphis (12/21/17); vs. Alabama State (1/3/18) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 30 the basketball court with her former Rebs: 6 at Southern (1/6/18) 3.5 2.5 0.1 0.3 0.4 13.1 high school teammate, Ariel. Asts: 1 at Memphis (12/21/17) Kailyn Gideon Note: Was ranked No. 1 in blocked F • 6-3 • Jr. • Los Angeles, Calif. shots in the California Community CAREER HIGHS College Athletic Association her Pts: 10 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1/27/18) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 33 sophomore year while at Pasadena Rebs: 10 at Arkansas State (12/16/17) 2.6 3.5 0.2 0.4 2.4 20.0 City College in Pasadena, Calif. Asts: 1 (5 times)

8 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GRAMBLING STATE STARTING LINEUP GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent Guard Guard Guard Forward Forward Forward Center 11.10 at Louisiana Tech Hill Neal Parsons Boyd Williams ------11.13 LOUISIANA-MONROE Hill Neal Coleman Boyd Williams ------11.16 at Xavier Hill Coleman Boyd Gideon Torian ------11.19 FLORIDA STATE Hill Coleman Boyd Torian ------Machado 11.22 at McNeese Hill Coleman ---- Boyd Torian Williams ---- 11.30 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA Hill Neal Boyd Gideon McKinney ------12.10 at Alabama Hill Neal McKinney Gideon Parsons ------12.16 at Arkansas State Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Parsons ------12.19 vs. North Carolina Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Parsons ------12.21 at Memphis Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Parsons ------12.28 at Arkansas Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Coleman ------1.1 ALABAMA A&M Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Coleman ------1.3 ALABAMA STATE Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Coleman ------1.6 at Southern Hill Neal Jeans Gideon Coleman ------1.8 at Alcorn State Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Parsons ------1.13 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Parsons ------1.15 TEXAS SOUTHERN Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Parsons ------1.20 at Jackson State Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Williams ------1.27 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Boyd ------1.29 at Mississippi Valley State Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Boyd ------2.3 SOUTHERN Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Parsons ------2.5 ALCORN STATE Hill Williams Coleman Gideon Parsons ------2.10 at Prairie View A&M Hill Neal Parsons Gideon Boyd ------2.12 at Texas Southern Hill Neal Parsons Gideon Boyd ------2.17 JACKSON STATE Hill Neal Coleman Gideon Boyd ------2.24 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF HIll Coleman Boyd Gideon Neal ------2.26 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Hill Coleman Boyd Gideon Neal ------3.1 at Alabama A&M Hill Coleman Boyd Gideon Neal ------3.3 at Alabama State Hill Coleman Boyd Gideon Neal ------

9 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GRAMBLING STATE PICKED TO FINISH SECOND Shakyla Hill earns SWAC Preseason Player of the Year honors Grambling State University junior guard Shakyla Hill was chosen as the Southwestern Athletic Con- ference (SWAC) Preseason Player of the Year, while the Lady Tigers finished with four players named to the preseason all-conference teams. Grambling State was also selected to finish second in the preseason predicted order of finish behind Texas Southern, the league’s head coaches and sports information directors announced. Hill was the lone Lady Tigers player named to the SWAC Preseason First Team, while Jazmin Boyd, Monisha Neal and Jazmine Torian picked up Second-Team honors. As a sophomore, Hill was the only player in the league to rank in the top five in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and field goal percentage. She averaged 15.0 points to go with 7.8 boards per night, which was good for fifth and third in the conference respectively. The Little Rock, Ark., native led the league in assists (4.2), steals (3.0) and field goal percentage (48.2). Boyd was second on the team last season in points, averaging 11.8 per game. The Hat- tiesburg, Miss., native, who was an All-SWAC Second-Team performer last season, averaged 309 minutes, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 31 games last season. Neal, who was third on the team in scoring, aver- aged 36.6 minutes, 11.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in all 34 games last season. She posted a career-high 26 points on Jan. 21 against Jackson State. Torian was fourth on the team last season with 9.5 points per game. She averaged 22.8 minutes, 4.7 rebounds and nearly one assist in 31 games. The Lady Tigers, who picked up a No. 1 seed in last year’s SWAC Women’s Basketball Tournament, SHAKYLA HILL garnered 146 points and was just three points shy of Texas Southern (149) for the top spot. Alabama State (120), Southern (108), Alcorn State (89), Prairie View A&M (73), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (66) Jackson State (63), Alabama A&M (34) and Mississippi Valley State (32) rounded out the predicted order of finish.

SWAC PREDICTED SWAC PRESEASON TEAMS ORDER OF FINISH PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- Shakyla Hill, Grambling State Rank Team Points PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- Alexus Freeman, Alcorn State 1 Texas Southern 149 2 Grambling State 146 FIRST TEAM Guard - Shakyla Hill, Grambling State 3 Alabama State 120 Guard - Joyce Kennerson, Texas Southern 4 Southern 108 Forward - Brianna Green, Southern 5 Alcorn State 89 Forward - Artavia Ford, Texas Southern 6 Prairie View A&M 73 Center - Tatyana Calhoun, Alabama State 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66 8 Jackson State 63 SECOND TEAM 9 Alabama A&M 34 Guard - Jazmin Boyd, Grambling State 10 Mississippi Valley State 32 Guard - *Monisha Neal, Grambling State/*Alexus Freeman, Alcorn State Forward - Breasia McElrath, Texas Southern Forward - *La’Sha Haynes, Prairie View A&M/*Jazmine Torian, Grambling State * Denotes Tie Center - Shawntayla Harris, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 10 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL THE SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

SWAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FORMED: 1920 STANDINGS Charter members: Bishop College, Paul |--- SWAC ---| |--- Overall ---| Quinn, Prairie View A&M, Texas College Team W L Pct W L Pct Southern 14 4 .813 15 12 .556 and Wiley College Texas Southern 13 5 .750 18 11 .621 Grambling State 13 5 .750 16 13 .552 Prairie View A&M 12 6 .667 14 15 .483 Commissioner: Duer Sharp Located: Birmingham, Alabama Jackson State 10 8 .556 15 12 .556 HISTORY AT A GLANCE Alcorn State 8 10 .444 12 17 .414 In 1920, athletic officials from six Texas HBCUs — C.H. Fuller of Bishop College, Red Randolph and C.H. Patterson of Paul Quinn College, E.G. Evans, Alabama A&M 6 12 .333 11 18 .379 H.J. Evans and H.J. Starns of Prairie View A&M, D.C. Fuller of Texas College and G. Whitte Jordan of Wiley College — met in Houston, Texas, to discuss Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6 12 .333 8 20 .286 common interests. At this meeting, they agreed to form a new league, the SWAC. Alabama State 6 12 .333 8 21 .276 Paul Quinn became the first of the original members to withdraw from the league when it did so in 1929. When Langston University of Oklahoma was admitted into the conference two years later, it began the migration of state-supported institutions into the SWAC. Southern University entered Mississippi Valley State 2 16 .111 2 28 .067 the ranks in 1934, followed by Arkansas AM&N (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in 1936 and Texas Southern University in 1954. Rapid growth in enrollment of the state-supported schools made it difficult for the church-supported schools to finance their athletics programs and SWAC WEEKLY HONORS one by one they fell victim to the growing prowess of the state-supported colleges. Bishop withdrew from the conference in 1956, Langston in 1957 and Huston-Tillotson (formerly Samuel Huston) in 1959, one year after the admittance of two more state-supported schools: Grambling College and SWAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jackson State College. The enter-exit cycle continued in 1961 when Texas College withdrew, followed by the admittance of Alcorn A&M (now Alcorn State University) in 1962. Wiley left in 1968, the same year Mississippi Valley State College entered. Arkansas AM&N exited in 1970 and Alabama State University Date Name School entered in 1982. 11.14 Tia Sanders Alcorn State Arkansas–Pine Bluff (formerly Arkansas AM&N) rejoined the SWAC on July 1, 1997, regaining full-member status one year later. Alabama A&M 11.21 Shala Dobbins Prairie View A&M University became the conference’s tenth member when it became a full member in September, 1999 after a one year period as an affiliate SWAC member. Most of the former SWAC members that have left the conference are currently a part of the Red River Athletic Conference of the NAIA. 11.28 Joyce Kennerson Texas Southern Current championship competition offered by the SWAC includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor 12.5 Joyce Kennerson Texas Southern track, outdoor track & field and tennis. Women’s competition is offered in the sports of basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. 12.12 Shakyla Hill Grambling State 12.19 LaKendra Bassett Mississippi Valley St. THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 12.26 Kristy Parker Mississippi Valley St. The Southwestern Athletic Conference, Inc. (the “SWAC”, the “Conference”) is organized exclusively for the purpose of encouraging, promoting, advancing, and conducting intercollegiate sports activities and other recreational and not-for-profit activities among the members of the Conference. 1.2 Derica Wiggins Jackson State Its purposes are: 1.9 Shakyla Hill Grambling State • To uphold the principles of institutional control of, and responsibility for all collegiate sports conducted by the members of this organization in 1.16 Lauren McKee Alabama A&M conformity with the Constitution and Bylaws hereof; 1.23 Alexus Freeman Alcorn State • To stimulate and improve intercollegiate athletic sports; 1.30 LaKendra Bassett Mississippi Valley St. • To comply with satisfactory standards of scholarship and amateur standing and good sportsmanship; • To preserve and maintain the collegiate athletic records of the members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and make them available upon 2.6 Christina Ellis Jackson State request; 2.13 Joyce Kennerson Texas Southern • To cooperate with other amateur athletic organizations in the promotion and conduct of intercollegiate athletic contests; • To maintain fiscal management; and 2.20 Shala Dobbins Prairie View A&M • To legislate through Bylaws or Resolutions on subjects of general concern to the membership. 2.27 Joyce Kennerson Texas Southern The members of the conference are committed to the philosophy of maintaining intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the overall educational 2.27 Shakyla Hill Grambling State program. To this end, the conference believes in and subscribes to the fundamental principles of amateurism, institutional control, sound academic 3.4 Shakyla Hill Grambling State standards, financial aid, recruiting, and ethical conduct that governs intercollegiate athletics, and the enforcement of rules and regulations as adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. SWAC WEEKLY POSTSEASON HONORS SWAC MEMBER INSTITUTIONS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Joyce Kennerson – Texas Southern Alabama A&M University (Huntsville, Ala.) | Alabama State University (Montgomery, Ala.) | Alcorn State University (Lorman, Miss.) University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, Ark.) | Grambling State University (Grambling, La.) | Jackson State University (Jackson, Miss.) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mississippi Valley State University (Itta Bena, Miss.) | Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, Texas) Briana Green - Southern Southern University (Baton Rouge, La.) | Texas Southern University (Houston, Texas) NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Shala Dobbins – Prairie View A&M Arkansas-Pine Bluff Alabama A&M Jackson State FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Jhyrah Cobb – Prairie View A&M Prairie View A&M COACH OF THE YEAR Mississippi Valley State Sandy Pugh - Southern

ALL-SWAC FIRST TEAM Guard: Joyce Kennerson, Texas Southern Guard: Shakyla Hill, Grambling State Forward: Briana Green, Southern Alabama State Forward: Monisha Neal, Grambling State Center: Tatyana Calhoun, Alabama State Alcorn State ALL-SWAC SECOND TEAM Southern Guard: Shala Dobbins, Prairie View A&M Guard: Alexus Freeman, Alcorn State Grambling State Forward: Faith Ohanta, Arkansas-Pine Bluff Forward: Miracle Rushing, Alcorn State Texas Southern Center: Shawntayla Harris, Arkansas-Pine Bluff

11 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 1 GAME 2 LOUISIANA TECH 64, GRAMBLING STATE 53 GRAMBLING STATE 61, LOUISIANA-MONROE 52 The Grambling State University women’s basketball team could not ecover from a cold-shooting day from the Shakyla Hill scored 10 of her team-high 18 points in the first half as the Grambling State University women’s floor as Louisiana Tech picked up a 64-53 in the 2017-18 season opener at the Thomas Assembly Center. basketball team used a big second-half run to defeat Louisiana-Monroe, 61-52, on Monday night at the Fredrick Grambling State (0-1) shot 26.7 percent (16-of-60) from the floor and 25 percent (6-of-24) from behind the C. Hobdy Assembly Center. 3-point line. Grambling State (1-1) led 24-20 at the half, but used an 8-2 run to begin the second half as the Lady Tigers Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Preseason Player of the Year, Shakyla Hll, and Jazmin Boyd each didn’t look back. Louisiana-Monroe (1-1) closed to gap to five points with 4:50 remaining in the fourth quarter, finished with 12 points to pace the Lady Tigers’ offense. Hill, who was 4-of-9 from the floor and 4-of-5 from but Grambling State proved to be too much as the Lady Tigers closed out the game on an 11-7 run to pick up their first win. the charity stripe, grabbed a team-high seven rebounds, dished out a team-high six assists and registered four Hill was 7-of-12 shooting and 4-of-5 from the foul line to finish with 18 points, four rebounds, four assists and steals. four steals. Deja McKinney came off the bench to pour in 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including sinking a pair Alexus Malone led Louisiana Tech (1-0) with 17 points, nine rebounds, two steals and one assist. Kierra An- of clutch 3-pointers in the second half. She also added two rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals in 22 thony tallied 13 points, on 4-of-11 shooting and two 3-pointers, while Reauna Clever added 11 points and a minutes of action. Monisha Neal tallied nine points, a team-high eight boards and five assists. game-high 12 rebounds. Gabriella Cortez paced the Warhawks with a double-double of 20 points and 14 boards. Cortez shot 7-of-12 from the field and grabbed 10 of her 14 points on the defensive glass. Arsula Clark added eight points and two Turning Point boards off the bench. Grambling State trailed 31-29, at the half, but opened the second half on a 5-1 run, capped by a Hill layup to take a 34-32 advantage with 7:19 remaining in the third quarter. Turning Point The Lady Techsters quickly answered and took advantage of Grambling State’s cold shooting to use a 9-3 run Both teams started the game sluggish from the floor as the Warhawks took a 9-7 advantage into the second to grab a 41-35 lead at the end of the third quarter. quarter. The Lady Tigers were 1-of-14 from the floor in the quarter, but shot 80 percent (4-of-5) from the free-throw line. Grambling State used a 10-2 run over the first six minutes of the second quarter to take a 17-11 lead after a Grambling State cut a double-digit Louisiana Tech lead to 51-45 after two free throws by Boyd with 5:07 pair of free throws by McKinney. Louisiana-Monroe closed the gap to 24-20 after Cortez sank a 3-pointer right before the half, but Grambling remaining, but that would be as close as the Lady Tigers would get. State came out of the break on fire and scored the first seven points to give the Lady Tigers a 31-20 lead after a Hill layup with 8:11 left in the third. Inside The Numbers The Warhawks refused to go away quietly as ULM trimmed the margin to 40-37 after a Cortez 3-pointer with * Grambling State shot 16-of-60 (26.7 percent) from the field and 15-of-21 (71.4 percent) from the free-throw line. 1:12 remining in the quarter, but Jazmin Boyd’s 3-pointer with five seconds left sent the Lady Tigers into the final * Louisiana Tech was 21-of-53 (39.6 percent) shooting and 17-of-24 (70.8 percent) from the charity stripe. quarter ahead, 43-37. * Grambling State scored 16 points in the paint, 15 off turnovers and four second-chance points. The Lady Tigers extended the advantage to 50-41 after a bucket by Takerra Parson, but again the Warhawks * Louisiana Tech finished with 26 points in the paint, 22 off turnovers and nine second-chance points. answered as Cortez scored on a putback to trim the deficit to 50-45 with 4:50 remaining. * The Lady Tigers held a 21-13 advantage in bench points. Grambling State proved to be too much down the stretch as Justice Coleman and Hill scored on back-to-back- * There were 48 fouls called during the game. buckets and McKinney drained a 3-pointer with 2:39 left to put the game away. * There were three ties and eight lead changes. Inside the Numbers News & Notes · Grambling State shot 38.7 percent (24-of-62) from the floor and 61.5 percent (8-of-13) from the free-throw line. * Separated by five miles, the last meeting between the schools was on Nov. 19, 2016. · Louisiana-Monroe was 20-of-47 (42.6 percent) shooting and 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from the charity stripe. · The Lady Tigers finished with 31 rebounds, with 20 coming on the defensive end. * Louisiana Tech leads the series, 5-0. · The Warhawks tallied 43 rebounds, with 31 coming on the defensive glass. * Grambling State returns nearly everyone off last year’s 19-win team. · Grambling State scored 28 points in the pain, 20 off turnovers, 10 fast break points and six second-chance points. · ULM scored 30 points in the pain, nine second-chance points and five points off turnovers. · There were four lead changes and three ties.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling vs Louisiana Tech Louisiana-Monroe vs Grambling State 11/10/17 11:00 AM at Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.) 11/13/17 6 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center

Grambling 53 • 0-1 Louisiana-Monroe 52 • 1-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 PARSONS, Takerra * 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 Goins, Whitney f 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 24 04 NEAL, Monisha * 2-17 1-9 3-4 0 3 3 1 8 2 1 0 0 39 25 Harris, Jessica f 2-9 0-3 2-2 2 2 4 3 6 1 6 0 0 28 05 HILL, Shakyla * 4-9 0-1 4-5 4 3 7 3 12 6 9 0 4 33 31 Walker, Latangellia f 2-5 0-0 0-4 2 5 7 1 4 1 3 0 0 19 13 BOYD, Jazmin * 2-9 1-3 7-9 1 5 6 2 12 2 2 0 0 35 34 Cortez, Gabriella f 7-12 3-6 3-6 4 10 14 0 20 1 4 1 2 36 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 13 Lunsford, Destini g 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 18 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 10 02 Stephens, Breanna 2-3 1-2 1-1 0 0 0 2 6 1 2 0 0 18 10 JEANS, Laneisha 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 03 Johnson, Alexus 0-1 0-1 0-0 0000 00000 7 12 COLEMAN, Justice 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 24 Brooks, Diamond 2-5 0-0 0-1 0 4 4 2 4 0 2 0 1 22 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 3-9 2-6 1-3 0 1 1 3 9 2 1 0 3 22 30 Clark, Arsula 3-10 0-1 2-4 1122 8041028 23 TAYLOR, Darae 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Team 3 5 8 24 JONES, Jekalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 20-47 4-13 8-18 12 31 43 11 52 7 25 2 4 200 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 3-10 2-5 0-0 1 0 1 2 8 0 3 0 0 13 33 GIDEON, Kailyn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1st - FG %: 3-14 21.4% 2nd: 5-9 55.6% 3rd: 7-12 58.3% 4th: 5-12 41.7% Game: 20-47 42.6% Deadball 3FG %: 0-3 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 2-4 50.0% 1-4 25.0% 4-13 30.8% Rebounds Team 3 2 5 FT %: 3-9 33.3% 0-0 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 4-6 66.7% 8-18 44.4% 5 Totals 16-60 6-24 15-21 11 19 30 22 53 12 20 2 7 200 Grambling State 61 • 1-1 1st - FG %: 5-13 38.5% 2nd: 6-16 37.5% 3rd: 1-14 7.1% 4th: 4-17 23.5% Game: 16-60 26.7% Deadball 3FG %: 1-4 25.0% 2-6 33.3% 0-7 0.0% 3-7 42.9% 6-24 25.0% Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT %: 2-3 66.7% 2-4 50.0% 4-5 80.0% 7-9 77.8% 15-21 71.4% 3 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Louisiana Tech 64 • 1-0 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus f 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 11 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 04 NEAL, Monisha g 4-15 1-5 0-0 5 3 8 3 9 5 0 0 1 25 05 g ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min HILL, Shakyla 7-12 0-1 4-5 134118440430 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 2 4 1 0 0 1 16 03 LANG, Kierra * 0-3 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 2 4 3 4 0 4 22 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 6 1 1 0 2 22 04 ANTHONY, Kierra * 4-11 2-6 3-4 1 4 5 2 13 2 3 0 0 31 00 23 CLEAVER, Reauna * 3-7 0-0 5-8 4 8 12 1 11 1 3 0 2 30 MACHADO, Alisicia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 03 24 STAHLY, Taylor * 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 4 6 1 2 0 0 14 PARSONS, Takerra 2-3 0-0 0-0 0110 4010213 34 MALONE, Alexus * 8-9 0-1 1-2 3 6 9 3 17 1 6 1 2 26 10 JEANS, Laneisha 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 01 GUINTO, Raizel 1-5 1-4 1-2 2 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 12 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 0-2 0-1 0-0 0221 00101 8 10 DIXON, Amber 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 5 1 6 1 0 2 14 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 5-10 2-7 3-4 1 1 2 2 15 2 0 2 2 22 14 MCLEOD, Anna 2-7 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 4 4 1 2 0 1 22 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-6 0-0 0-0 0001 0000111 22 DELGADO, Maria 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 8 24 JONES, Jekalen 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 12 25 MCDONALD, Nikki 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 GIDEON, Kailyn 1-3 0-0 0-0 0331 2111013 32 WHITNEY, Zhanae 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 5 6 2 4 0 1 0 0 19 Team 1 2 3 1 Team 1 3 4 Totals 24-62 5-17 8-13 11 20 31 22 61 14 11 3 14 200 Totals 21-53 5-17 17-24 14 36 50 26 64 16 24 1 12 200 1st - FG %: 3-11 27.3% 2nd: 6-19 31.6% 3rd: 7-15 46.7% 4th: 8-17 47.1% Game: 24-62 38.7% Deadball 3FG %: 0-4 0.0% 1-6 16.7% 2-2 100.0% 2-5 40.0% 5-17 29.4% Rebounds 1st - FG %: 6-12 50.0% 2nd: 3-13 23.1% 3rd: 4-15 26.7% 4th: 8-13 61.5% Game: 21-53 39.6% Deadball FT %: 1-2 50.0% 4-5 80.0% 3-6 50.0% 0-0 0.0% 8-13 61.5% 1 3FG %: 2-6 33.3% 2-5 40.0% 1-5 20.0% 0-1 0.0% 5-17 29.4% Rebounds FT %: 5-6 83.3% 4-6 66.7% 1-2 50.0% 7-10 70.0% 17-24 70.8% 6 Officials: Marc Merrit, John Fletcher, Demoya Williams Officials: Britton Sherry, LaShonda Kidd, Demoya Williams Technical fouls: Louisiana-Monroe-None. Grambling State-None. Technical fouls: Grambling-None. Louisiana Tech-None. Attendance: 1229 Attendance: 4811 2017-18 Grambling State Home Opener

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling 13 16 6 18 53 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Louisiana-Monroe 9 11 17 15 52 GRAMW 16 15 4 9 21 ULMW 30 5 9 0 18 Louisiana Tech 19 12 10 23 64 LATECH 26 22 9 2 13 Grambling State 7 17 19 18 61 GRAMW 28 20 6 10 23

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:36, LATECH 4th-02:41. Score tied - 3 times. Last FG - ULMW 4th-00:15, GRAMWBB 4th-01:08. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 3 1st-07:41, LATECH by 13 4th-02:41. Lead changed - 8 times. Largest lead - ULMW by 4 2nd-09:12, GRAMWBB by 14 4th-01:57. Lead changed - 4 times. GRAMWBB led for 05:08. LATECH led for 31:13. Game was tied for 03:39. ULMW led for 07:51. GRAMWBB led for 28:59. Game was tied for 03:10.

12 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 3 GAME 4 XAVIER 72, GRAMBLING STATE 67 #17 FLORIDA STATE 96, GRAMBLING STATE 53 Deja McKinney dropped in a career-high 19 points and Shakyla Hill dished out a career-high 10 assists, but A combined 31 points were scored between Deja McKinney and Jasmine Torian, but it wouldn’t be enough as it wasn’t enough as the Grambling State University women’s basketball team nearly rallied from a 12-point the Grambling State University women’s basketball team fell to 17th-ranked Florida State 96-53 at the Fredrick fourth-quarter deficit on Thursday night in falling to Xavier 72-67 at the Cintas Center. C. Hobdy Assembly Center. The Lady Tigers (1-2) trailed 20-14 after one quarter and 39-34 at the break. Grambling State closed the gap to “We knew it was going to be a tough game from start to finish, “ Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray 51-48 at the end of three quarters, but Xavier was too much and led 66-54 with 3:56 remaining before the Lady said. “We schedule these type of games for a reason. We know that we can play at this level. The area that we’re Tigers made a 13-6 run to close out the game. strengthening in right now is our inside game.” McKinney led all scorers with a career-high 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including a game-high five 3-point- The Lady Tigers (1-3) were down by seven after one quarter and 49-37 at the break. Grambling State attempt- ers. Hill registered a double-double of 13 points and a career-high 10 assists. Also, she added six steals, six ed to close the gap after halftime but shot 10 percent (2-of-20) and were outscored, 26-6, in the third quarter as rebounds and one blocked shot. Florida State built a 75-43 advantage. Jada Byrd paced the Musketeers (3-0) with 18 points, including 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. Imani Partlow McKinney, who came off the bench, led Grambling State with 17 points, on 6-of-15 shooting, and added two tallied a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Aaliyah Dunham recorded 11 points. rebounds, two blocks and one steal. Torian registered 14 points, two boards, one assist, one block and one steal. Shakyla Hill chipped in 10 points and tallied three assists, three steals and two rebounds. Turning Point Imani Wright paced six Seminole players in double figures with 22 points, seven rebounds and a pair of The Musketeers raced out to an early 8-2 lead after an Ashley Gomez 3-pointer, but the Lady Tigers answered assists. Shakyal Thomas tallied 18 points, on 7-of-11 shooting, with eight boards, while Nicki Ekhomu posted 17 and used 10-2 run, capped by a pair of free throws by Laneisha Jeans to grab a 12-11 advantage. points and seven rebounds. AJ Alex registered a double-double of 10 points and a game-high 11 assists, along But as quickly as Grambling State was able to take the lead, Xavier answered and used a 9-3 run to close out with seven steals, and Nausia Woolfolk chipped in with 10 points and eight rebounds. the opening quarter. The Musketeers took their largest lead of the first half, 33-24, after a free-throw by Byrd with 5:09 left in the Turning Point second quarter, but the Lady Tigers were able to close the gap to 39-33 after McKinney sank a buzzer beater to Although Grambling State was only down by six at halftime, the Lady Tigers were unable to regain the momen- end the first half. tum they needed to close the gap. Grambling State cut the deficit to 41-39 after a Takerra Parsons layup with 6:38 remaining in the third quarter Florida State (4-0) turned a six-point lead into a 25-point advantage (62-37) four minutes into the third quarter and the Lady Tigers tied the contest at 48 after a bucket by McKinney with 37 seconds left in the frame. when Thomas scored on a putback. Xavier scored the next eight points, capped by a Byrd layup to take a 56-48 advantage with 7:49 left, but again The Seminoles extended the advantage to 71-40 after a Savannah Wilkinson bucket with 2:39 remaining in the Grambling State kept it close and trimmed the margin to 56-52 after a layup by McKinney with 6:48 remaining. third and Florida State took a 75-43 lead into the final quarter. However, the Musketeers used a 10-2 run over the next three minutes to grab a 66-54 advantage and the Lady Tigers nearly rallied and cut the margin to 72-67 after a McKinney layup with 21 seconds remaining, but that Inside the Numbers would be as close as Grambling State would get. * Grambling State shot 32.8 percent (19-of-58) from the floor and 60 percent (9-of-15) from the free-throw line. * Florida State was 47.9 percent (35-of-73) shooting and 17-of-21 (81 percent) from the charity stripe. Inside the Numbers * The Lady Tigers finished with 28 rebounds, including 17 on the defensive end. · Grambling State shot 39.3 percent (24-of-61) from the floor and 92.3 percent (12-of-13) from the free-throw * The Seminoles tallied 53 rebounds, including 30 off the defensive glass. line. * Grambling State scored 20 points in the paint, 15 off turnovers and had 26 bench points. · Xavier was 21-of-45 shooting (46.7 percent) and 20-of-28 (71.4 percent) from the charity stripe. * Florida State tallied 46 points in the paint, 18 off turnovers and had 18 bench points. · The Lady Tigers finished the night with 30 rebounds, including 17 on the defensive end. * There were two ties and four lead changes. · The Musketeers tailed 34 rebounds, including 23 off the defensive glass. · Grambling State scored 26 points in the paint, 22 off turnovers and had 43 bench points. News & Notes · Xavier tallied 22 points in the paint, 16 off turnovers and 19 bench points. * Grambling State entered the game off a 72-67 loss to Xavier. · There were two ties and two lead changes. * Florida State entered the game ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs Xavier Florida State vs Grambling State 11/16/17 7 PM at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center) 11/19/17 4 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center

Florida State 96 • 4-0 Grambling State 67 • 1-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 20 Shakayla Thomas f 7-11 0-0 4-5 448218011126 25 TORIAN, Jazmine f 2-10 0-3 0-0 1 4 5 2 4 2 1 0 2 23 50 Chatrice White c 4-7 1-2 2-4 2 4 6 3 11 2 1 1 1 22 33 f GIDEON, Kailyn 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 22 04 AJ Alix g 4-11 1-5 1-2 1011101120733 05 HILL, Shakyla g 4-11 0-2 5-5 5 1 6 3 13 10 5 1 6 37 12 Nicki Ekhomu g 4-7 1-1 8-8 6 3 9 2 17 2 2 0 1 23 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 32 Imani Wright g 8-23 6-16 0-0 167022220034 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 3-7 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 4 7 2 0 0 0 23 11 Iho Lopez 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 23 13 Nausia Woolfolk 4-8 0-2 2-2 448210140421 03 PARSONS, Takerra 2-2 0-0 3-4 0 0 0 2 7 1 2 0 1 15 25 Ama Degbeon 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 0 21 10 JEANS, Laneisha 1-2 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 31 Savannah Wilkinson 2-3 0-0 0-0 1340 4000011 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 8-14 5-10 0-0 0 1 1 4 21 0 2 0 2 18 Team 3 5 8 23 TAYLOR, Darae 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 11 Totals 35-73 9-26 17-21 23 30 53 16 96 19 14 5 14 200 24 JONES, Jekalen 0-2 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 11 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1st - FG %: 10-22 45.5% 2nd: 8-16 50.0% 3rd: 9-16 56.3% 4th: 8-19 42.1% Game: 35-73 47.9% Deadball Team 1 2 3 1 3FG %: 4-8 50.0% 3-8 37.5% 1-2 50.0% 1-8 12.5% 9-26 34.6% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 3-4 75.0% 7-9 77.8% 4-4 100.0% 17-21 81.0% 2 Totals 24-61 7-21 12-13 13 17 30 22 67 17 17 4 15 200 Grambling State 53 • 1-3 1st - FG %: 5-12 41.7% 2nd: 7-20 35.0% 3rd: 7-17 41.2% 4th: 5-12 41.7% Game: 24-61 39.3% Deadball 3FG %: 2-8 25.0% 2-6 33.3% 1-3 33.3% 2-4 50.0% 7-21 33.3% Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT %: 2-2 100.0% 3-3 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 7-8 87.5% 12-13 92.3% 1,1 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Xavier 72 • 3-0 20 TORIAN, Jazmine f 6-15 2-9 0-0 022214151126 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 00 MACHADO, Alisicia c 0-6 0-1 1-2 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 18 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 HILL, Shakyla g 3-12 0-2 4-6 202210330330 25 AIJANEN, Anniina f 1-4 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 4 2 0 3 0 2 30 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 11 45 PARTLOW, Imani f 4-7 0-0 8-11 4 8 12 1 16 1 6 0 2 32 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 1-5 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 2 26 10 GOMEZ, Ashley g 3-7 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 1 9 3 2 0 1 22 03 PARSONS, Takerra 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 18 12 BYRD, Jada g 5-7 1-1 7-8 1 3 4 1 18 0 3 0 1 31 10 JEANS, Laneisha 0-1 0-1 0-0 0000 00101 4 20 OWENS, Na'Teshia g 3-7 2-5 0-2 0 2 2 2 8 3 2 1 0 24 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 6-12 3-8 2-2 0 2 2 2 17 0 2 2 1 32 02 ROSS, Deja 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-3 0-0 0-2 2021 0000110 03 DUNHAM, Aaliyah 2-4 2-2 5-6 1 0 1 2 11 1 1 0 0 17 24 JONES, Jekalen 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 9 05 STEWART, Princess 2-4 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 2 5 1 2 0 1 11 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 1-1 0-0 1-2 0001 3001016 15 REIFF, Aly 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 15 Team 2 12 14 21 GRAY, A'riana 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 0 0 3 4 0 1 13 Totals 19-58 6-26 9-15 11 17 28 18 53 9 19 5 10 200 Team 2 2 4 1st - FG %: 6-12 50.0% 2nd: 6-15 40.0% 3rd: 2-20 10.0% 4th: 5-11 45.5% Game: 19-58 32.8% Deadball Totals 21-45 10-22 20-28 11 23 34 13 72 14 24 1 10 200 3FG %: 5-7 71.4% 1-5 20.0% 0-10 0.0% 0-4 0.0% 6-26 23.1% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 4-5 80.0% 2-6 33.3% 0-0 0.0% 9-15 60.0% 4 1st - FG %: 7-14 50.0% 2nd: 4-11 36.4% 3rd: 5-10 50.0% 4th: 5-10 50.0% Game: 21-45 46.7% Deadball 3FG %: 5-9 55.6% 1-3 33.3% 2-6 33.3% 2-4 50.0% 10-22 45.5% Rebounds Officials: Eric Baker, Pamela Fells, Herb Burl FT %: 1-2 50.0% 10-10 100.0% 0-3 0.0% 9-13 69.2% 20-28 71.4% 3,1 Technical fouls: Florida State-None. Grambling State-None. Officials: Angela Lewis, Frank Steratore, Tommi Paris Attendance: 661 Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Xavier-None. Church and Community Day Attendance: 705 Florida State is 17th ranked in NCAA Division I

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 14 19 15 19 67 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Florida State 27 22 26 21 96 GRAMW 26 22 8 15 43 FS 46 18 29 12 18 Xavier 20 19 12 21 72 XU 22 16 13 10 19 Grambling State 20 17 6 10 53 GRAMW 20 15 10 6 26

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:21, XU 4th-03:56. Score tied - 2 times. Last FG - FS 4th-01:25, GRAMWBB 4th-01:01. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 1 1st-03:53, XU by 12 4th-03:56. Lead changed - 2 times. Largest lead - FS by 43 4th-01:25, GRAMWBB by 1 1st-09:33. Lead changed - 4 times. GRAMWBB led for 00:37. XU led for 38:10. Game was tied for 01:13. FS led for 38:30. GRAMWBB led for 00:27. Game was tied for 01:03.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 5 GAME 6 GRAMBLING STATE 75, McNEESE 60 GRAMBLING STATE 61, SE LOUISIANA 52 Jazmin Boyd led three Grambling State University women’s basketball players in double figures with 18 points Jazmin Boyd led three Grambling State University women’s basketball players in double figures as the Lady as the Lady Tigers used a big first-half run in a 75-60 victory over McNeese at the Burton Coliseum. Tigers overcame a slow start to pick up their second consecutive victory, 61-52, against Southeastern Louisiana Grambling State (2-3) trailed 13-5 early in the first quarter, but used a 14-2 run over the final five minutes to at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. grab a 19-15 lead. The Cowgirls (2-2) cut the margin to two a few times, but could not get past the Lady Tigers. Grambling State (3-3) started slow as the Lady Tigers shot 21.4 percent (3-of-14) and trailed, 11-10. A jumper Boyd finished with 18 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, five assists and four rebounds. Monisha Neal and from Boyd with 5:58 left in the second quarter gave the Lady Tigers the lead in the second quarter as Grambling Deja McKinney each added 17 points, as both players sank three 3-pointers. Neal and Takerra Parsons led the State took a slim 24-23 advantage into the break. The Lady Tigers came out of the break and shot 50 percent way on the glass with eight boards. Shakyla Hill added nine points, a team-high six assists, six rebounds, two (9-of-18) in the third quarter to extend the lead to 46-34. steals and one block. Boyd led Grambling State with 18 points, including the only two Lady Tiger 3-pointers, five rebounds, two steals Keara Hudall paced McNeese with 21 points, on 9-of-23 shooting, and four rebounds. Caitlin Davis tallied 17 and one assist. Deja McKinney added 13 points and was 5-of-8 at the free-throw line. She also recorded four points, seven assists, four rebounds and three steals. boards, three asists, one steal and one block. Monisha Neal registered 10 points, five rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal. Turning Point Taylin Underwood paced Southeastern Louisiana (1-6) with 18 points and nine rebounds. Caitlyn Williams McNeese raced out to a 13-5 advantage after a Caitlin Davis free throw with 5:21 left in the opening quarter, tallied 11 rebounds along with five points, two steals, one block and an assist. but Grambling State rallied and closed the first quarter strong as the Lady Tigers used a 14-2 run over the final five minutes to grab a 19-15 lead. Turning Point The Cowgirls cut the deficit to 26-24 after a 3-pointer by Gabby Guidry with 4:32 left, but again the Lady Tigers Grambling State led 10-8 after a bucket by Boyd with 43 seconds left in the opening quarter, but Underwood answered and pushed the margin to 33-26 after a Deja McKinney 3-pointer with 1:42 remaining in the first half. sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Lady Lions an 11-10 advantage. McNeese trimmed the margin to 33-31 after a Keara Hudnall 3-pointer, but Grambling State got a layup by The Lady Tigers were able to grab the lead in the second quarter as Alexus Williams scored on a layup to give Shakyla Hill at the buzzer to take a 35-31 advantage into the break. Grambling State a 24-20 lead, but Southeastern Louisiana closed the gap right before the half to 24-23 after a The Lady Tigers came out of the break and used an 11-4 run, capped by a McKinney layup, to extend the pair of free throws by Jaclyn Scholvin. Grambling State lead to 44-36 with 6:15 left in the third. Grambling State came out in the third quarter and shot 50 percent (9-of-18) as the Lady Tigers used a 22-4 run, Grambling State dominated the third quarter and outscored McNeese, 24-12, to take a 60-43 lead into the capped by a McKinney layup to push the advantage to 46-27, with 2:31 remaining. fourth quarter. Southeastern Louisiana closed out the third on a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 46-34 and continued to trim the The Lady Tigers pushed the margin to 67-45 after a Boyd layup with 8:02 left and the Cowgirls could never margin, cutting the Lady Tigers lead to 46-38 on a Charliee Dugas layup with 7:14 left. However, that would be as recover as Grambling State picked up its second win of the season. close as the Lady Lions would get.

Inside the Numbers Inside The Numbers · Grambling State shot 43.1 percent (28-of-65) from the field and 75 percent (10-of-25) from the free-throw line. * Grambling State shot 34.9 percent (22-of-63) from the field and 57.7 percent (15-of-26) from the free-throw line. · The Lady Tigers sank 10 3-pointers and shot 40 percent from behind the arc. * Southeastern Louisiana was 16-of-62 (25.8 percent) from the floor and 78.9 percent (15-of-19) from the charity · McNeese was 20-of-52 shooting (38.5 percent) from the floor and 60 percent (15-of-25) from the charity stripe. stripe. · The Lady Tigers registered 44 rebounds, including 25 off the defensive glass. * The Lady Tigers tallied 36 rebounds, with 28 off the defensive glass. · The Cowgirls tallied 31 rebounds, with 12 of those coming on the offensive end. * The Lady Lions registered 58 rebounds, including 37 of those from the defensive end. · Grambling State finished with 39 bench points, 32 points in the paint, 23 points off 16 Cowgirl turnovers and * Grambling State finished with 12 bench points, 28 points in the paint, 27 points off turnovers, and three 19 second-chance points. second-chance points. · McNeese registered 20 points in the paint, 20 points off 20 Grambling State turnovers, nine second-chance * Southeastern Louisiana registered 23 points in the paint, 17 points off turnovers, 20 second-chance points points and eight bench points. and 22 bench points. · There were no ties and just one lead change. * The score was tied three times and there were seven lead changes.

News and Notes News & Notes · Grambling State got back into the win column after back-to-back losses to Xavier and Florida State. * Grambling State picked up its second consecutive victory. · The Lady Tigers will take seven days off before playing host to Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 30 * The Lady Tigers’ next five games will be on the road, including stops in Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina · The Southeastern Louisiana game will be the final home game for the Lady Tigers in 2017. and Memphis.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs McNeese Southeastern La. vs Grambling State 11/22/17 1 p.m. at Lake Charles, LA. (Burton Coliseum) 11-30-17 6 p.m. at Grambling, La. (Hobdy Assembly Center)

Grambling State 75 • 2-3 Southeastern La. 52 • 1-6 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 BOYD, Jazmin f 5-14 2-8 6-6 224118520036 03 Carrier, Morgan * 0-5 0-4 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 2 4 1 0 23 25 TORIAN, Jazmine f 2-7 2-5 0-0 1 5 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 9 14 Underwood, Taylin * 6-15 4-11 2-2 3 6 9 3 18 0 6 0 0 29 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus f 1-20-01-11014 30100 9 24 Morrison, Tyler * 3-8 1-1 0-0 2 3 5 4 7 0 5 0 1 34 05 HILL, Shakyla g 4-10 0-2 1-1 3 3 6 4 9 6 4 1 2 35 25 Williams, Caitlyn * 1-14 0-1 3-4 6 5 11 5 5 1 0 1 2 31 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 11 30 Brailey, Ashailee * 0-3 0-3 0-0 3 2 5 3 0 1 3 1 0 22 03 PARSONS, Takerra 1-3 0-0 1-4 5 3 8 1 3 1 0 0 1 24 00 Williams, Kyla 1-4 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 12 04 NEAL, Monisha 7-15 3-4 0-0 358117260037 01 Dawsey, Courtney 0-2 0-1 1-2 0222 1210011 10 JEANS, Laneisha 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 02 Hall, Tytiana 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 7-10 3-5 0-0 134417121319 05 Dugas, Charliee 2-5 0-2 4-4 0772 8070014 23 TAYLOR, Darae 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 10 23 Scholvin, Jaclyn 3-6 0-0 2-3 1 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 19 24 JONES, Jekalen 0-1 0-0 0-0 0221 00100 7 Team 2 7 9 1 Team 2 2 4 Totals 16-62 5-23 15-19 21 37 58 22 52 6 30 3 3 200 Totals 28-65 10-25 9-12 19 25 44 23 75 19 20 2 7 200 1st - FG %: 3-15 20.0% 2nd: 3-11 27.3% 3rd: 3-19 15.8% 4th: 7-17 41.2% Game: 16-62 25.8% Deadball 1st - FG %: 8-18 44.4% 2nd: 5-14 35.7% 3rd: 9-17 52.9% 4th: 6-16 37.5% Game: 28-65 43.1% Deadball 3FG %: 2-6 33.3% 1-6 16.7% 0-7 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 5-23 21.7% Rebounds 3FG %: 3-7 42.9% 2-5 40.0% 3-7 42.9% 2-6 33.3% 10-25 40.0% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 5-6 83.3% 5-6 83.3% 2-3 66.7% 15-19 78.9% 1 FT %: 0-0 0.0% 5-5 100.0% 3-3 100.0% 1-4 25.0% 9-12 75.0% 2 Grambling State 61 • 3-3 McNeese 60 • 2-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 NEAL, Monisha * 4-11 0-2 2-2 055110201134 02 Jones, Bre'Ashlee f 1-2 0-0 7-10 6172 9210130 05 HILL, Shakyla * 3-8 0-1 2-8 1 4 5 3 8 3 4 1 7 34 05 Carswell, Jasmyn f 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 2 3 27 13 BOYD, Jazmin * 6-16 2-7 4-4 145418120232 00 Hudnall, Keara g 9-23 1-5 2-4 224121130136 22 MCKINNEY, Deja * 4-11 0-6 5-8 0 4 4 2 13 3 3 1 1 23 01 Bolton, Regan g 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 14 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 13 03 Davis, Caitlin g 5-8 2-2 5-9 1 3 4 3 17 7 2 0 3 36 03 PARSONS, Takerra 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 4 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 26 04 Sheppard, Dede 1-9 0-4 0-0 1 2 3 4 2 0 3 1 1 13 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 0-1 0-1 0-0 0000 00000 3 15 Guidry, Gabby 1-2 1-2 0-0 0110 3010012 12 20 Cooley, Haley 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 COLEMAN, Justice 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 8 23 21 Rogers, Mercedes 1-2 0-1 0-0 0661 2040024 TAYLOR, Darae 1-6 0-0 1-2 1121 3010112 24 30 Reed, A'Zia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 JONES, Jekalen 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 34 Riley, Shayln 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 3-4 0-0 0-0 3032 6010010 Team 0 1 1 1 Team 0 2 2 Totals 20-52 5-16 15-25 12 19 31 15 60 12 16 3 9 200 Totals 22-63 2-18 15-26 8 28 36 20 61 11 14 4 16 200

1st - FG %: 4-9 44.4% 2nd: 7-16 43.8% 3rd: 4-12 33.3% 4th: 5-15 33.3% Game: 20-52 38.5% Deadball 1st - FG %: 3-14 21.4% 2nd: 6-18 33.3% 3rd: 9-18 50.0% 4th: 4-13 30.8% Game: 22-63 34.9% Deadball 3FG %: 2-5 40.0% 2-3 66.7% 0-3 0.0% 1-5 20.0% 5-16 31.3% Rebounds 3FG %: 0-1 0.0% 0-4 0.0% 1-6 16.7% 1-7 14.3% 2-18 11.1% Rebounds FT %: 4-8 50.0% 2-4 50.0% 3-5 60.0% 6-9 66.7% 15-26 57.7% FT %: 5-8 62.5% 0-0 0.0% 4-8 50.0% 6-9 66.7% 15-25 60.0% 5 7 Officials: Kelly Johnson, Bobby Jarmon, Sean Stewart Officials: Marc Merritt, Kristin Mckinnon, Phil Henderson Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. McNeese-None. Technical fouls: Southeastern La.-None. Grambling State-None. Attendance: 796 Attendance: 451

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 19 17 24 15 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Southeastern La. 11 12 11 18 52 GRAMW 32 23 19 4 39 SLU 23 17 20 5 22 McNeese 15 16 12 17 60 MCN 20 20 9 2 8 Grambling State 10 14 22 15 61 GRAMW 28 27 3 10 12

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-02:51, MCN 4th-00:30. Score tied - 0 times. Last FG - SLU 4th-00:22, GRAMWBB 4th-02:05. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 24 4th-06:59, MCN by 8 1st-05:21. Lead changed - 1 time. Largest lead - SLU by 4 1st-06:19, GRAMWBB by 19 3rd-02:31. Lead changed - 7 times. GRAMWBB led for 31:23. MCN led for 07:31. Game was tied for 01:06. SLU led for 07:20. GRAMWBB led for 28:02. Game was tied for 04:38.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 7 GAME 8 ALABAMA 73, GRAMBLING STATE 49 ARKANSAS STATE 76, GRAMBLING STATE 56 Grambling State University junior guard Shakyla Hill surpassed the 1,000-point plateau as she scored a ca- Shakyla Hill scored 15 points and Monisha Neal added 11, but it wasn’t enough as the Grambling State Univer- reer-high 26 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Tigers fell to Alabama, 73-49, at Coleman Coliseum. sity women’s basketball team fell to Arkansas State, 76-56. Alabama (6-3) led 14-6 after one quarter and outscored Grambling State, 20-17, in the second to take a 34-23 Hill scored 15 points, including five at the free-throw line, grabbed eight boards, with seven steals and dished lead into the break. The Crimson Tide used a 21-7 run in the third quarter and led 55-30 going into the final out a pair of assists. Neal chipped in with 11 points and six assists. quarter. Akasha Westbrook paced Arkansas State with 16 points, including going 8-of-10 on free throws. She added Hill finished with a double-double in points and rebounds to pace the Grambling State offense. She tallied seven rebounds, six steals and two assists. Lauren Bradshaw tallied a double-double of 11 points and 10 re- 26 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, and added eight steals and four assists. Darae Taylor registered a bounds, with a pair of blocks. career-high seven points and added one steal, one assist and one rebound. Hannah Cook led Alabama with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Ashley Williams finished with 12 points, seven Turning Point rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal. Grambling State (3-5) raced out to a 8-0 lead to begin the game after Neal sank a jumper with 8:05 remaining in the first quarter, but Arkansas State battled back and used a 13-0 run over the next five minutes to take a 13-8 Turning Point advantage with 3:22 left. Alabama led 14-6 after a free throw by Jordan Lewis with 38 seconds left in the opening quarter and the The Red Wolves extended the lead to 18-12 after one quarter, but the Lady Tigers cut the margin to 20-18 after Crimson Tide took that advantage into the second. a bucket by Deja McKinney with 7:25 remaining in the second quarter. Grambling State (3-4) fought back and used a 6-0 run, capped by a Hill 3-pointer to cut the margin to 14-12 Arkansas State answered and used a 10-0 run, capped by a Bradshaw layup to give the Red Wolves a 30-18 with 8:08 left in the period. Alabama answered an outscored the Lady Tigers, 13-6, over the next five minutes to advantage with 4:09 left. Grambling State was able to trim the deficit to 34-24 as the two teams entered the half. grab a 27-18 advantage with 3:41 remaining in the first half. The Red Wolves pushed the advantage to 48-32 after a Tahlon Heckert layup with 3:19 left in the third, but The Crimson Tide took a 34-23 lead into the break and used a 14-5 run to begin the third quarter, capped when the Lady Tigers cut the double-digit deficit to 52-44 after a Hill layup with 9:27 left. That would be as close as Cook sank a jumper with 3:15 left. Alabama didn’t look back in picking up its sixth win of the season. Grambling State would get.

Inside the Numbers Inside The Numbers * Grambling State shot 32.3 percent (20-of-62) from the floor and 66.7 percent (8-of-12) from the free-throw line. * Grambling State was 20-of-62 (32.3 percent) shooting and 15-of-26 (57.7 percent) from the free-throw line. * Alabama was 44.1 percent (26-of-59) shooting and 59.3 percent (16-of-27) from the charity stripe. * Arkansas State shot 42.9 percent (21-of-49) and 72.1 percent (31-of-43) from the charity stripe. * The Lady Tigers finished with 32 rebounds, including 22 on the defensive end. * Grambling State scored 38 points in the paint, 24 points off 26 Arkansas State turnovers, 19 bench points and * The Crimson Tide registered 51 rebounds, including 34 off the defensive glass. 12 fastbreak points. * Grambling State scored 30 points in the paint, 22 off 21 Crimson Tide turnovers, 18 fast break points and 15 * The Red Wolves finished with 39 bench points, 32 points in the paint, 27 points off 24 Grambling State turnovers bench points. and four fastbreak points. * Alabama tallied 38 points in the paint, 32 bench points, 15 second-chance points and 12 off of 18 Lady Tiger turnovers. * There was just one tie and no lead changes.

News & Notes * Grambling State entered the game off back-to-back wins over McNeese and Southeastern Louisiana. * Alabama improved to 7-0 all-time against Grambling State. * Shakyla Hill came into the game ranked No. 3 in the country in steals. * Shakyla Hill surpassed the 1,000-point plateau in the loss to the Crimson Tide.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs Alabama Grambling State vs Arkansas State 12/10/17 2 p.m. at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Coleman Coliseum) 12/16/17 3:00 PM at First National Bank Arena

Grambling State 49 • 3-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Grambling State 56 • 3-5 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 16 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 4 10 3 6 0 2 2 1 19 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 2-6 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 0 1 19 04 NEAL, Monisha g 1-8 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 36 04 NEAL, Monisha g 4-16 1-5 2-2 0 3 3 4 11 6 5 0 3 37 05 HILL, Shakyla g 10-20 1-4 5-6 4 9 13 4 26 4 4 0 8 39 05 HILL, Shakyla g 5-12 0-2 5-8 3 5 8 3 15 2 5 0 7 36 22 g MCKINNEY, Deja 3-13 0-6 0-0 0 1 1 3 6 0 2 0 3 22 10 JEANS, Laneisha g 0-00-00-01010 00000 9 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 7 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 JEANS, Laneisha 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 12 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 COLEMAN, Justice 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 12 COLEMAN, Justice 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 28 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 5-13 0-7 5-10 0 2 2 3 15 0 3 2 3 22 23 TAYLOR, Darae 3-7 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 7 1 3 0 1 16 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 24 JONES, Jekalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 TORIAN,Jazmine 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-2 0-0 2-4 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 15 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 14 Team 3 4 7 1 Team 2 1 3 1 Totals 20-62 1-15 8-12 10 22 32 27 49 9 18 0 15 200 Totals 20-62 1-15 15-26 16 20 36 28 56 9 24 4 16 200

1st - FG %: 3-18 16.7% 2nd: 7-16 43.8% 3rd: 3-14 21.4% 4th: 7-14 50.0% Game: 20-62 32.3% Deadball 1st - FG %: 6-13 46.2% 2nd: 4-12 33.3% 3rd: 5-18 27.8% 4th: 5-19 26.3% Game: 20-62 32.3% Deadball 3FG %: 0-6 0.0% 1-5 20.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 1-15 6.7% Rebounds 3FG %: 0-3 0.0% 0-3 0.0% 1-7 14.3% 0-2 0.0% 1-15 6.7% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 1-2 50.0% 5-6 83.3% 8-12 66.7% 2 FT %: 0-0 0.0% 4-6 66.7% 7-13 53.8% 4-7 57.1% 15-26 57.7% 8,1 Alabama 73 • 6-3 Arkansas State 76 • 5-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 20 Williams,Ashley f 4-9 0-0 4-7 5 2 7 2 12 2 4 1 1 25 01 Bradshaw,Lauren f 2-5 0-0 7-8 3 7 10 2 11 0 3 2 0 25 03 Lewis,Jordan g 3-5 0-1 3-4 1 3 4 0 9 8 2 0 0 26 50 Heckert,Madison f 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 13 11 Cook,Hannah g 8-15 3-7 1-3 5 5 10 1 20 1 1 0 2 28 00 Ford,Jada g 2-10 1-5 1-2 2 1 3 2 6 0 2 0 1 20 02 Taylor,Starr g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 13 Knight,Coco g 0-6 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 10 Westbrook,Akasha g 4-9 0-0 8-10 2 5 7 2 16 2 4 0 6 34 23 Wade,Shaquera g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 0 4 1 1 7 03 Wallace,Morgan 3-3 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 3 8 2 2 0 1 18 01 Bolton,Quanetria 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 05 Tennison,Payton 2-6 2-5 2-2 0 1 1 2 8 3 3 1 3 23 05 Da Silva,Alana 2-4 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 10 11 Peevy,Lycia 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 10 10 Ruffin,DaiJia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 14 Clayborn,Ashley 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 Knight,Meoshonti 2-6 1-2 2-2 1 1 2 1 7 1 2 1 2 20 20 Hopkins,Tayton 1-4 0-2 4-4 0 1 1 3 6 2 4 0 1 18 21 Berry,Taylor 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 22 Mahan,Maggie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 22 Copeland,Ariyah 3-4 0-0 3-6 4 3 7 1 9 0 1 1 0 13 32 Hopkins,Tahlon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 33 25 Knight,Ashley 4-6 0-0 1-3 1 5 6 2 9 0 2 4 2 21 Obinabo,Ogo 0-0 0-0 1-4 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 Team 0 1 1 35 Martin,Peyton 4-5 0-0 4-8 2 4 6 2 12 1 0 0 1 17 Team 1 2 3 Totals 26-59 5-15 16-27 17 34 51 12 73 15 21 9 8 200 Totals 21-49 3-12 31-43 15 29 44 22 76 11 26 4 13 200

1st - FG %: 4-17 23.5% 2nd: 7-9 77.8% 3rd: 8-18 44.4% 4th: 7-15 46.7% Game: 26-59 44.1% Deadball 1st - FG %: 7-16 43.8% 2nd: 4-8 50.0% 3rd: 4-10 40.0% 4th: 6-15 40.0% Game: 21-49 42.9% Deadball 3FG %: 1-4 25.0% 1-2 50.0% 3-6 50.0% 0-3 0.0% 5-15 33.3% Rebounds 3FG %: 1-5 20.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 1-4 25.0% 3-12 25.0% Rebounds FT %: 5-7 71.4% 5-9 55.6% 2-4 50.0% 4-7 57.1% 16-27 59.3% 5 FT %: 3-6 50.0% 8-12 66.7% 9-13 69.2% 11-12 91.7% 31-43 72.1% 4 Officials: Brian Hall, Luis Gonzalez, Angelica Suffren Officials: Scotty Hermann, Jennifer Rezac, D'Lynn Schertz Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Alabama-None. Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Arkansas State-None. Attendance: 2009 Attendance: 587

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 6 17 7 19 49 Grambling State 12 12 18 14 56 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench GRAMW 30 22 5 18 15 GRAMW 38 24 13 12 19 Alabama 14 20 21 18 73 UA 38 12 15 8 32 Arkansas State 18 16 18 24 76 ARKST 32 27 13 4 39

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:39, UA 4th-01:29. Score tied - 1 time. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-02:08, ARKST 4th-00:35. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB None, UA by 29 4th-09:00. Lead changed - 0 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 8 1st-08:05, ARKST by 20 4th-00:35. Lead changed - 1 time. GRAMWBB led for 00:00. UA led for 38:30. Game was tied for 01:30. GRAMWBB led for 04:41. ARKST led for 35:01. Game was tied for 00:15.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 9 GAME 10 NORTH CAROLINA 79, GRAMBLING STATE 63 MEMPHIS 57, GRAMBLING STATE 48 The Grambling State University women’s basketball team led for the majority of the first half, but were unable The Grambling State University women’s basketball team could not recover from a cold-shooting day in a 57-48 to sustain the lead in the second half as the Lady Tigers dropped a 79-63 decision to North Carolina in the loss to Memphis at Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Philanthropist.com Carolinas Challenge. Grambling State (3-7) shot 30 percent (15-of-50), including a 2-for-16 stretch in the second quarter. The Lady Tigers (3-6) opened the game on a 10-2 run, but trailed at the break by four, 43-39. The Tar Heels used Jazmine Torian paced the Grambling State offense with 11 points, on 4-of-9 shooting, and three rebounds. a 12-2 run toward the end of the third quarter to put the game out of reach. Ariel Williams added nine points, two steals and one assist, while Shakyla Hill added eight rebounds, six assists, Shakyla Hill led three Grambling State players in double figures with 20 points, on 8-of-16 shooting. She added four steals and two points. a team-high seven rebounds, six assists and six steals. Monisha Neal registered 16 points, four boards and three Cheyenne Creighton led Memphis (5-8) with a double-double of 18 points and 14 rebounds. Jada Stinson and steals, while Laneisha Jeans tallied 12 points, including going 5-of-8 shooting, with two rebounds and a pair of Alana Davis each recorded 10 points. steals. Jamie Cherry paced North Carolina (9-2) with 22 points, including going 6-of-9 at the foul line, with six re- Turning Point bounds, three assists and three steals. Janelle Bailey chipped in with 15 points and eight boards, while Taylor Grambling State led 8-6 after a Deja McKinney 3-pointer with 5:16 remaining in the opening quarter and took Koenen recorded a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds, along with a team-high six assists. Paris Kea an 11-8 advantage into the second. tallied 14 points, six boards, two steals and two assists. Memphis took advantage of Grambling State’s cold shooting and used an 8-0 run, capped by a Cheyenne Creighton layup to take a 16-11 lead with 4:13 left in the first half and held a 21-17 advantage at the break. Turning Point Grambling State trailed 33-26 after an Alana Davis layup with 4:44 left in the third, but GSU got a 3-pointer by Grambling State raced out to a 10-2 advantage after a Jeans 3-pointer with 7:17 remaining in the opening Jazmine Torian to cut the deficit to 33-29 with 4:10 remaining. Memphis continued to push the advance and took quarter, but the Tar Heels closed the gap to 12-9 on a 7-2 run, capped by a Taylor Koenen trey with 4:54 left. a 37-31 lead into the final quarter. The Lady Tigers pushed the margin to 16-9 after a Deja McKinney bucket, but North Carolina trimmed the Memphis extended the advantage to 43-33 with 7:34 remaining in the fourth on a bucket by Creighton, but deficit to 18-16 after a 3-pointer by Jamie Cherry. Grambling State closed out the quarter on a 5-3 run to take a Grambling State was able to cut the margin to 43-39 after an Ariel Williams free throw with 5:46 left. 23-19 advantage into the second quarter. Memphis quickly answered and took a 50-40 advantage after a pair of free throws by Taylor Barnes, but North Carolina opened the second quarter strong and took a 32-29 advantage after a pair of free throws by Grambling State was able to trim the deficit to 53-47 after a 3-pointer by Laneisha Jeans with 2:35 left. However, Paris Kea with 7:04 left in the first half. The Tar Heels extended the margin to 35-29 after a layup by Koenen, but that would be as close as Grambling State would get. Grambling State rallied and tied the game at 35 after two free throws by Williams with 3:44 left. The Tar Heels closed out the first half on a 9-4 run to take a 44-39 advantage into the break. Inside The Numbers Grambling State cut the deficit to 49-47 after a 3-pointer by Monisha Neal with 5:18 remaining in the third. * Grambling State shot 30 percent (15-of-50) from the field and 64.7 percent (11-of-17) from the free-throw line. However, North Carolina went on a 12-2 run, capped by a Cherry free throw to send the Tar Heels into the final * Memphis was 22-of-51 (43.1 percent) shooting and 11-of-16 (68.8 percent) from the charity stripe. period with a 61-49 advantage. * Grambling State shot 22.2 percent (6-of-27) in the first half, while Memphis was 8-of-22 (28.6 percent). The Tar Heels extended the lead to 70-52 with 5:46 remaining and the Lady Tigers could never recover. * GSU tallied 30 rebounds, with 19 coming on the defensive end. * Memphis registered 41 rebounds, including 28 off the defensive glass. Inside The Numbers * Grambling State finished with 37 bench points, 15 points off turnovers, 14 points in the paint and nine sec- * Grambling State shot 38.2 percent (26-of-68) from the field and 85.7 percent (6-of-7) from the free-throw line. ond-chance points. * North Carolina was 28-of-60 (46.7 percent) shooting and 61.5 percent (16-of-26) from the charity stripe. * Memphis recorded 32 points in the paint, 20 bench points, 13 points off turnovers and eight fastbreak points. * The Tar Heels finished with 51 rebounds, with 30 coming on the defensive glass. * The score was tied once and the lead changed hands three times. * The Lady Tigers registered 28 rebounds, including 16 on the defensive end. * Grambling State finished with 32 points in the paint, 23 points off 22 North Carolina turnovers, 13 bench points News & Notes and four second-chance points. * Grambling State wrapped up the fourth of five straight road games to conclude the 2017 portion of its schedule. * North Carolina registered 24 points in the paint, 22 second-chance points, 15 points off 15 Grambling State * GSU opens up Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play on Jan. 1 with a noon tip-off against Alabama turnovers and 12 bench points. A&M. * The score was tied three times and there was one lead change.

News & Notes * North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell captured her 1,000 career coaching victory.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs North Carolina Grambling State vs Memphis 12/19/17 2:00 p.m. at Myrtle Beach (SC) Convention Center 12/21/17 12:00 p.m. at Memphis, Tenn. (Elma Roane Fieldhouse)

Grambling State 63 • 3-6 Grambling State 48 • 3-7 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 21 03 PARSONS, Takerra * 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 18 04 NEAL, Monisha * 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 04 NEAL, Monisha g 7-19 2-8 0-0 2 2 4 2 16 0 2 1 3 34 05 HILL, Shakyla * 0-5 0-1 2-4 2 6 8 2 2 6 9 0 4 40 05 HILL, Shakyla g 8-16 0-2 4-5 3 4 7 3 20 6 6 0 6 38 10 JEANS, Laneisha * 2-5 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 14 10 JEANS, Laneisha g 5-8 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 12 2 0 0 2 27 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 21 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 0-8 0-4 2-2 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 21 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 3-5 2-4 1-2 0 2 2 0 9 1 4 0 2 29 12 COLEMAN, Justice 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 12 COLEMAN, Justice 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 McKINNEY, Deja 3-9 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 3 7 1 3 0 1 18 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 2-11 1-6 3-4 0 1 1 1 8 0 1 1 3 28 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 17 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 Team 2 1 3 24 JONES, Jekalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 26-68 5-25 6-7 12 16 28 22 63 11 15 5 15 200 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 4-9 2-7 1-2 2 1 3 1 11 1 0 0 0 20 1st - FG %: 9-17 52.9% 2nd: 7-19 36.8% 3rd: 4-16 25.0% 4th: 6-16 37.5% Game: 26-68 38.2% Deadball 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 3-4 0-0 3-3 2 3 5 3 9 1 1 0 2 22 3FG %: 3-6 50.0% 0-4 0.0% 1-8 12.5% 1-7 14.3% 5-25 20.0% Rebounds Team 2 1 3 FT %: 2-2 100.0% 2-2 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 6-7 85.7% 0,2 Totals 15-50 7-22 11-17 11 19 30 15 48 11 18 1 13 200 North Carolina 79 • 10-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 1st - FG %: 4-11 36.4% 2nd: 2-16 12.5% 3rd: 5-11 45.5% 4th: 4-12 33.3% Game: 15-50 30.0% Deadball 3FG %: 2-3 66.7% 1-5 20.0% 3-6 50.0% 1-8 12.5% 7-22 31.8% Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min FT %: 1-2 50.0% 1-2 50.0% 1-2 50.0% 8-11 72.7% 11-17 64.7% 2 44 Janelle Bailey f 6-10 0-0 3-6 4 4 8 2 15 2 0 3 0 36 Memphis 57 • 5-8 01 Taylor Koenen g 5-9 3-5 1-1 4 7 11 0 14 6 1 1 0 36 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 04 Jocelyn Jones g 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 2 1 4 0 0 12 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 Jamie Cherry g 7-13 2-6 6-9 3 3 6 2 22 3 6 0 3 37 22 Paris Kea g 5-12 0-2 4-6 1 5 6 1 14 2 5 0 2 35 01 WILDER-COCHRAN, B. * 1-4 0-1 2-2 1 3 4 1 4 6 2 1 3 36 14 Liz Roberts 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05 ELMORE, Brea * 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 3 2 3 2 0 2 31 15 Olivia Smith 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 CREIGHTON, Cheyenne * 7-16 0-1 4-7 6 8 14 2 18 0 3 2 2 40 20 Leah Church 2-7 2-7 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 9 15 BARNES, Taylor * 2-6 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 4 6 3 6 1 0 30 30 Jaelynn Murray 2-3 0-0 2-4 2 6 8 1 6 1 3 1 0 26 25 PORTER, Brianna * 3-5 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 1 7 0 5 0 0 14 34 Naomi Van Nes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 00 STINSON, Jada 3-4 2-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 10 2 1 0 1 21 Team 5 1 6 1 33 DAVIS, Alana 5-7 0-0 0-1 1 4 5 3 10 0 2 0 2 19 Totals 28-60 7-21 16-26 21 30 51 8 79 15 22 5 5 200 35 JAMES, Jasmine 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 40 MILLER, Damonique 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1st - FG %: 8-17 47.1% 2nd: 9-16 56.3% 3rd: 6-13 46.2% 4th: 5-14 35.7% Game: 28-60 46.7% Deadball 3FG %: 3-5 60.0% 2-7 28.6% 1-4 25.0% 1-5 20.0% 7-21 33.3% Rebounds Team 2 3 5 1 FT %: 0-0 0.0% 5-7 71.4% 4-7 57.1% 7-12 58.3% 16-26 61.5% 4 Totals 22-51 2-8 11-16 13 28 41 16 57 14 22 4 11 200 Officials: Mark Hardcastle, Talisa Green, Maggie Tieman 1st - FG %: 3-13 23.1% 2nd: 5-15 33.3% 3rd: 8-13 61.5% 4th: 6-10 60.0% Game: 22-51 43.1% Deadball Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. North Carolina-None. 3FG %: 0-2 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 0-1 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 2-8 25.0% Rebounds Attendance: FT %: 2-4 50.0% 2-4 50.0% 0-0 0.0% 7-8 87.5% 11-16 68.8% 2 ****************************************************************************** CAROLINAS CHALLENGE Officials: R-Jules Gallien, U1-Trey Miles, U2-Rebecca Taylor Grambling State Tigers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Technical fouls: Grambling State-GIDEON, Kailyn. Memphis-None. ***** 1,000th CAREER VICTORY FOR UNC HEAD COACH SYLVIA HATCHELL Attendance: 438

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 23 16 10 14 63 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 11 6 14 17 48 GSU 32 23 4 12 13 GRAMW 14 15 9 6 37 North Carolina 19 25 17 18 79 NC 24 15 22 8 12 Memphis 8 13 16 20 57 MEM 32 13 5 8 20

Last FG - GSU 4th-00:11, NC 4th-02:31. Score tied - 3 times. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-02:35, MEM 4th-02:51. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - GSU by 8 1st-07:17, NC by 21 4th-00:30. Lead changed - 1 time. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 5 1st-02:05, MEM by 10 4th-07:34. Lead changed - 3 times. GSU led for 10:25. NC led for 28:20. Game was tied for 01:15. GRAMWBB led for 11:26. MEM led for 27:57. Game was tied for 00:23.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 11 GAME 12 ARKANSAS 79, GRAMBLING STATE 62 GRAMBLING STATE 78, ALABAMA A&M 49 Ariel Williams scored a career-high 16 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Grambling State University women’s The Grambling State University women’s basketball team had four players reach double figures in scoring as basketball team couldn’t overcome a strong second quarter by Arkansas in a 79-62 loss at Bud Walton Arena. the Lady Tigers rolled past Alabama A&M, 78-49, to open Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play at the Grambling State (3-8) trailed 15-11 entering the second quarter, but Arkansas (9-4) outscored the Lady Tigers, Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. 25-12, to take a 40-23 advantage into the half. “They’re (Alabama A&M) are a good team, but they are young,” Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray said. “We knew their inexperience would kick in. We wanted to get off to a good start in this first game, especial- Williams paced Grambling State with 16 points, on 6-of-12 shooting, with three rebounds and three assists. ly since we play four games in seven days.” Monisha Neal added nine points and seven rebounds. Grambling State (4-8 overall, 1-0 SWAC) led 20-16 after one quarter, but used a dominating 22-7 run in the sec- Devin Cosper led Arkansas with 16 points, four boards and three assists. Raven Northcross-Baker tallied ond to take a 42-23 advantage into the break. The Lady Tigers were in cruise control over the final two quarters 14 points and four rebounds, while Kiara Williams recorded a double-double of 12 points and a game-high 16 to snap a five-game losing streak. boards. Malica Monk also added a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 assists. Shakyla Hill, who was held to just two points last Thursday against Arkansas, nearly finished with a triple-dou- ble as she finished with a game-high 14 points, 10 steals and seven assists. She also added five rebounds and one blocked shot. Turning Point “She (Shakyla) has to make her mark somewhere and she has been struggling a little bit offensively,” Murray Arkansas opened with a 4-0 run, capped by a Jailyn Mason 3-pointer with 8:27 remaining, but Grambling State said. “She has been able to pick it up on the defensive end and can kind of score off her steals on the offensive battled back and cut the deficit to 9-8 after a Jazmine Torian trey with 3:50 left in the first quarter. end. I am glad to know that she is being more assertive on the defensive end.” The Razorbacks outscored the Lady Tigers over the final three and a half minutes, 6-3, to take a 15-11 advan- Deja McKinney tallied 13 points, two steals, one block and one rebound, while Monisha Neal registered 13 tage into the second quarter. points, nine boards, three assists and two steals. Jazmine Torian came off the bench and recorded 11 points, one Arkansas began the second frame with a 14-2 run to take a 29-13 advantage after a Mason 3-pointer with 5:13 rebound and one steal. Kenisha Tharpe led Alabama A&M (5-7, 0-1) with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds. left in the first half. The Razorbacks stretch the lead to 40-23 as the teams headed into the break.

Grambling State trailed by as many as 24 points in the final quarter, but were able to cut the margin to 73-58 Turning Point and trimmed the deficit to 73-60 with 2:23 left, but that would be as close as the Lady Tigers would get. After a back-and-forth opening quarter, Grambling State scored the final six points (buckets by Shakyla Hill, Ariel Williams and Monisha Neal) to take a 20-16 advantage into the second quarter. Inside the Numbers The Lady Bulldogs closed the gap to 22-19 after a free throw by Courtney Eggleson with 8:33 left, but that • Grambling State shot 37.9 percent (25-of-66) from the field and 55.6 percent (5-of-9) from the free-throw line. would be as close as Alabama A&M would get. Grambling State closed out the quarter on a 20-4 run to take a • Arkansas was 25-of-66 (37.9 percent) shooting and 18-of-27 (66.7 percent) from the charity stripe. 42-23 lead into the half. The Lady Tigers extended the lead to 56-27 after a free throw by Alexus Williams with 4:57 left in the third and • The Lady Tigers finished with 35 rebounds, including 25 off the defensive glass. Alabama A&M was able to close the gap to 60-40 early in the fourth quarter, but could not get any closer. • The Razorbacks tallied 48 rebounds, with 18 coming on the offensive glass. • Grambling State scored 44 bench points, 26 points in the paint, 15 points off turnovers and 10 second-chance Inside The Numbers points. * Grambling State shot 55.3 percent (26-of-47) from the floor and 61.3 percent (19-of-31) from the free-throw line. • Arkansas added 33 bench points, 22 points in the paint, 18 points off turnovers and 11 second-chance points. * Alabama A&M was 19-of-75 (25.3 percent) from the field and 8-of-13 (61.5 percent) from the charity stripe. * The Lady Tigers finished with 40 rebounds, including 30 coming off the defensive glass. * The Lady Bulldogs tallied 48 rebounds, with 29 coming off the offensive glass. News & Notes * Grambling State finished with 36 bench points, 30 points in the paint, 17 points off turnovers and 14 fastbreak • Grambling State concludes the 2017 portion of its schedule at 3-8 (wins over Louisiana-Monroe, McNeese and points. Southeastern Louisiana). * Alabama A&M registered 26 points in the paint, 23 bench points, 18 points off turnovers and 18 second-chance • The Lady Tigers ended the year with five straight road games (one of which was a neutral contest). points. • Ariel Williams’ previous game-high was nine points against Memphis * There were five ties and three lead changes.

News and Notes * The Lady Tigers played at home for the first time since Nov. 30 when Grambling State played host to South- eastern Louisiana.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs ARKANSAS Alabama A&M vs Grambling State 12/28/17 7 p.m. at Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena) 01/01/18 12 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center

Grambling State 62 • 3-8 Alabama A&M 49 • 5-7, 0-1 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 0-00-00-01122 01130 9 35 Kenisha Tharpe c 5-13 0-0 2-4 7 5 12 3 12 020018 04 NEAL, Monisha g 3-13 1-6 2-4 0 7 7 1 9 2 0 0 0 35 04 Jameica Cobb g 0-9 0-0 0-2 7 1 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 19 05 HILL, Shakyla g 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 3 2 2 6 1 2 33 05 Nigeria Jones g 2-9 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 1 1 21 10 JEANS, Laneisha g 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 14 10 Lauren McKee g 3-7 1-3 0-0 3 3 6 3 7 3 8 0 4 32 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 13 24 Tierra Dark g 0-9 0-1 1-2 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 19 03 PARSONS, Takerra 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 7 01 Aubriana Bonner 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 4 1 4 0 3 23 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 6-12 2-5 2-3 213216310024 02 Natalie Collins 2-7 2-5 0-0 4154 6210219 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 3-12 1-7 1-2 2 3 5 2 8 1 2 1 2 20 03 Courtney Eggleston 1-3 0-1 1-1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 21 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-2 0-0 0-0 0110 00100 6 Alexandra Johnson 2-3 0-0 0-0 0111 41000 9 23 24 JONES, Jekalen 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 DeShawna Harper 1-5 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 3 4 0 2 0 0 16 44 Ashlyn Dotson 1-6 0-0 0-0 1121 2020115 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 2-6 2-3 0-0 1124 6010120 Team 3 0 3 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 4-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 8 0 0 1 0 14 Team 0 1 1 Totals 19-75 3-14 8-13 29 19 48 25 49 9 24 1 12 200 Totals 25-66 7-27 5-9 10 25 35 21 62 12 14 6 6 200 1st - FG %: 6-19 31.6% 2nd: 2-15 13.3% 3rd: 5-22 22.7% 4th: 6-19 31.6% Game: 19-75 25.3% Deadball 3FG %: 1-3 33.3% 0-1 0.0% 1-4 25.0% 1-6 16.7% 3-14 21.4% Rebounds 1st - FG %: 4-13 30.8% 2nd: 5-18 27.8% 3rd: 8-19 42.1% 4th: 8-16 50.0% Game: 25-66 37.9% Deadball FT %: 3-4 75.0% 3-3 100.0% 2-4 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 8-13 61.5% 3 3FG %: 3-8 37.5% 1-5 20.0% 2-9 22.2% 1-5 20.0% 7-27 25.9% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 1-4 25.0% 2-2 100.0% 2-3 66.7% 5-9 55.6% 2,2 Grambling State 78 • 4-8, 1-0 SWAC ARKANSAS 79 • 9-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 0-00-00-00000 00000 7 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 NEAL, Monisha g 5-7 1-1 2-4 2 7 9 1 13 3 3 0 2 28 10 WILLIAMS, KIARA f 4-10 0-0 4-8 8 8 16 1 12 000122 05 HILL, Shakyla g 3-3 0-0 8-10 0553147511028 22 ZIMMERMAN, BAILEY f 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 JEANS, Laneisha g 2-3 2-2 1-4 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 19 03 MONK, MALICA g 2-7 0-1 6-8 1 1 2 1 10 10 6 1 3 35 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 3-6 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 1 8 1 2 0 0 16 14 MASON, JAILYN g 3-11 2-4 0-0 0 7 7 2 8 1 1 0 1 27 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 6 21 COSPER, DEVIN g 6-15 4-7 0-2 044216320034 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 2-5 0-0 0-0 1120 4130022 01 N O R T H C R O S S - B A K E R , 4-9 3-7 3-4 3 1 4 0 14 0 2 0 0 21 13 BOYD, Jazmin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04 SWENSON, KEIRYN 2-3 2-3 2-2 0222 8200024 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 3-5 2-3 3-3 011111010118 13 SPANGLER, GRAYCE 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 5-7 2-4 1-2 0 1 1 3 13 0 1 1 2 18 20 STOUT, SYDNEY 0-2 0-1 0-0 0110 01000 5 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-3 0-0 0-0 1013 00202 8 24 THOMAS,TAYLAH 3-3 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 2 8 1 2 0 1 13 24 JONES, Jekalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 30 WEAVER, MACY 1-2 0-0 1-1 2131 30000 5 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 2-7 0-0 2-4 2461 6110019 Team 4 3 7 Team 2 9 11 1 Totals 25-66 11-24 18-27 18 30 48 11 79 18 13 1 6 200 Totals 26-47 7-10 19-31 10 30 40 16 78 14 22 2 20 200

1st - FG %: 5-13 38.5% 2nd: 8-24 33.3% 3rd: 8-16 50.0% 4th: 4-13 30.8% Game: 25-66 37.9% Deadball 1st - FG %: 5-10 50.0% 2nd: 8-12 66.7% 3rd: 6-13 46.2% 4th: 7-12 58.3% Game: 26-47 55.3% Deadball 3FG %: 4-9 44.4% 4-7 57.1% 3-4 75.0% 0-4 0.0% 11-24 45.8% Rebounds 3FG %: 1-1 100.0% 3-5 60.0% 1-2 50.0% 2-2 100.0% 7-10 70.0% Rebounds FT %: 1-4 25.0% 5-9 55.6% 6-8 75.0% 6-6 100.0% 18-27 66.7% 5,3 FT %: 9-11 81.8% 3-6 50.0% 4-9 44.4% 3-5 60.0% 19-31 61.3% 5 Officials: Missy Brooks, Marc Merritt, Kimberly Thebo Officials: La Shonda Kidd, John Hetcher, Phil Henderson Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. ARKANSAS-None. Technical fouls: Alabama A&M-None. Grambling State-None. Attendance: 1388 Attendance: 189 Estimated Actual Attendance: 1,005 SWAC Opener for both teams

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Grambling State 11 12 20 19 62 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Alabama A&M 16 7 13 13 49 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench GRAMW 26 15 10 9 44 AAMUW 26 18 18 2 23 ARKANSAS 15 25 25 14 79 AR 22 18 11 3 33 Grambling State 20 22 17 19 78 GRAMW 30 17 10 14 36

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-01:12, AR 4th-00:44. Score tied - 0 times. Last FG - AAMUWBB 4th-01:14, GRAMWBB 4th-00:34. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB None, AR by 24 4th-09:52. Lead changed - 0 times. Largest lead - AAMUWBB by 5 1st-08:27, GRAMWBB by 30 4th-01:33. Lead changed - 3 times. GRAMWBB led for 00:00. AR led for 39:38. Game was tied for 00:22. AAMUWBB led for 03:21. GRAMWBB led for 33:18. Game was tied for 03:21.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 13 GAME 14 GRAMBLING STATE 93, ALABAMA STATE 71 SOUTHERN 63, GRAMBLING STATE 44 It was a historic night at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center as Shakyla Hill etched her name into the NCAA The Grambling State University women’s basketball team suffered its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Division I Women’s Basketball record books. (SWAC) loss as the Lady Tigers fell, 63-44, to Southern at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. Hill became the fourth player in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history, and the first in 24 years, to record The Lady Tigers (5-9 overall, 2-1 SWAC), who were 0-for-16 from behind the 3-point line, were outscored in a quadruple-double as the Grambling State University women’s basketball team rolled to a 93-71 victory over every quarter and trailed 19-13 after the first and 31-23 at the half. Southern (3-9, 2-1) used a 20-12 run in the Alabama State. third to take a 51-35 advantage into the final quarter. Hill finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 steals and 10 assists to become the fourth women’s basketball Shakyla Hill followed up her quadruple-double on Wednesday with a double-double on Saturday. She finished player to achieve that feat. with 18 points, 12 rebounds, seven steals and two assists. Monisha Neal added 10 points and three rebounds. “She is very unselfish,” Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray said. “She had to do a lot more last year Briana Green paced Southern with a double-double of 15 points and 10 boards, with five steals. Skylar O’Bear because we didn’t have a lot of pieces. Now she is surrounded by players who feed off what she gives us. To get tallied 13 points and five rebounds. Courtney Parsons registered 10 points and five boards. a quadruple-double is just a testament to the hard work she puts in.” Hill, who only had four points, four steals, three rebounds and three assists at the half, finished the night Turning Point 6-of-11 from the floor, with one 3-pointer and a pair of free throws. She had a triple double with two minutes Grambling State jumped out to a 9-6 advantage after a Kailyn Gideon layup with 6:44 left in the opening quar- remaining in the fourth and was sitting on eight assists, before picking up her ninth and 10th assist with under ter, but the Lady Jaguars answered and took a 10-9 lead after a bucket by Courtney Parsons with 4:32 remaining. 10 seconds to complete the quadruple-double. The Lady Tigers tied the game at 12 with a minute left in the first, but Southern used a 16-3 run over the next The last quadruple-double was by Sonja Tate of Arkansas State against Mississippi Valley State (Jan. 27, four minutes to take a 28-15 advantage with 7:03 remaining in the second quarter. 1993) as she finished with 29 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. Veronica Pettry, of Loyola-Chicago registered 12 points, 10 rebounds, 22 assists and 11 steals for the first official quadruple-double (Jan. 14, 1989). Grambling State battled back and cut the deficit to 28-21 after a pair of free throws by Monisha Neal with 4:45 Unofficially, Jackie Spenser, of Louisville, recorded 12 points, 12 boards, 14 assists and 10 steals against Cincin- left in the first half. Southern stretched the lead to 31-21 after a Briana Green free throw with 3:32 remaining, nati (Feb. 2, 1985). but the Lady Tigers were able to trim the margin to 31-23 before halftime on two free throws by Neal. Deja McKinney led Grambling State (5-8 overall, 2-0 SWAC) with 20 points, three rebounds and three assists. The Lady Tigers opened the second half with a pair of buckets and cut the deficit to 31-27 after a Shakyla Jazmine Torian and Monisha Neal added 12 points each. Hill layup with 8:21 left in the third, but the Lady Jaguars answered and pushed the advantage to 40-29 after a Keimeshia Walker and Ziara Doe paced Alabama State (2-11, 0-2) with 15 points, while Mya Milner tallied 12 3-pointer by Samantha Duncan with 6:27 remaining. points. Tatyana Calhoun recorded 10 points and four boards. Grambling State trimmed the margin to 42-33 after a Hill jumper with 3:42 left in the period, but again South- ern answered and extended the advantage to 51-35 on a Alyric Scott jumper right before the end of the third Turning Point quarter. Grambling State led 21-18 after one quarter and outscored Alabama State in the second, 19-15, to take a The Lady Tigers could never recover from the huge deficit in dropping their first SWAC game of the season. 40-33 advantage into the break. The Lady Tigers, who have struggled a bit in the third quarter this season, took control of the game by out- Inside The Numbers scoring the Lady Hornets, 22-13, to take a 62-46 lead into the final quarter. * Grambling State shot 29.6 percent (16-of-54) from the floor and 66.7 percent (12-of-18) from the free-throw line. Alabama State could not recover from the huge deficit as Grambling State picked up its second consecutive * Southern was 19-of-62 (30.6 percent) shooting and 21-of-32 (65.6 percent) from the charity stripe. victory. * The Lady Tigers finished with 41 rebounds, with 31 coming off the defensive glass. * The Lady Jaguars registered 40 rebounds, including 12 coming off the offensive glass. Inside the Numbers * Grambling State shot 33-of-70 (47.1 percent) from the floor and 16-of-22 (72.7 percent) from the free-throw line. News & Notes * Alabama State was 22-of-48 (45.8 percent) shooting and 25-of-34 (73.5 percent) from the charity stripe. * Shakyla Hill still has not come down after her quadruple double on Wednesday as she has heard from NBA * The Lady Tigers tallied 34 rebounds, with 15 coming on the offensive end. superstars James Harden (Houston Rocket), Chris Paul (Houston Rockets) and LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers). * The Lady Hornets finished with 35 rebounds, including 26 off the defensive glass. * Shakyla Hill came into the game ranked second in the country and first in the SWAC in steals and steals per * Grambling State registered 58 bench points, 37 points in the paint, 36 points off turnovers and 15 sec- game. ond-chance points. * Grambling State opened the New Year with back-to-back wins over Alabama A&M and Alabama State. * Alabama State tallied 33 bench points, 32 points in the paint, 17 points off turnovers and 10 second-chance * The Lady Tigers dropped the first matchup last season to Southern, but picked up two victories over the Lady points. Jaguars, including a 65-56 win in the SWAC semifinals. * The score was tied twice and there was just one lead change.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Alabama State vs Grambling State Grambling State vs Southern University 01/03/18 5:30 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center 1/6/18 3:00 PM at Baton Rouge, La.

Alabama State 71 • 2-11, 0-2 SWAC Grambling State 44 • 2-1, 5-9 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 22 f Stephens, Kayla 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 4 5 3 5 0 1 29 04 NEAL, Monisha * 2-9 0-3 6-7 1 2 3 2 10 1 2 0 1 36 54 Calhoun, Tatyana c 4-5 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 3 10 0 0 0 0 16 05 HILL, Shakyla * 7-12 0-1 4-5 4 8 12 4 18 2 7 1 7 34 02 Pye, Kenya g 3-5 1-3 1-3 0 4 4 4 8 1 3 0 0 31 10 JEANS, Laneisha * 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 11 03 Walker, Keimeshia g 5-12 1-5 4-4 1 4 5 2 15 0 5 1 1 20 12 COLEMAN, Justice * 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 1 16 11 Smith, Shamyiah g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 15 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 05 Nelson, Aliyah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 03 PARSONS, Takerra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 Lee, Courtney 0-1 0-1 0-0 0110 00200 6 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 0-5 0-2 1-4 0111 1130123 12 Milner, Mya 5-8 0-0 2-3 2 1 3 1 12 0 1 0 2 21 13 BOYD, Jazmin 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 14 Doe, Ziara 2-8 0-4 11-14 224215040030 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 1-6 0-3 0-0 2242 2020017 21 Sapp, Nia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 1-6 0-3 0-0 0 4 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 16 23 Gipson, Arleatha 1-2 0-0 4-6 1232 6130117 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-1 0-0 1-2 0001 1010012 25 Hunt, Amber 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 Team 1 4 5 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 3 4 0 5 0 0 8 Totals 22-48 2-15 25-34 9 26 35 19 71 8 25 2 6 200 Team 1 1 2 Totals 16-54 0-16 12-18 11 32 43 19 44 7 28 3 11 200 1st - FG %: 6-11 54.5% 2nd: 6-12 50.0% 3rd: 4-15 26.7% 4th: 6-10 60.0% Game: 22-48 45.8% Deadball 3FG %: 2-5 40.0% 0-3 0.0% 0-5 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-15 13.3% Rebounds 1st - FG %: 5-11 45.5% 2nd: 2-16 12.5% 3rd: 6-19 31.6% 4th: 3-8 37.5% Game: 16-54 29.6% Deadball FT %: 4-6 66.7% 3-4 75.0% 5-6 83.3% 13-18 72.2% 25-34 73.5% 6 3FG %: 0-3 0.0% 0-7 0.0% 0-4 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-16 0.0% Rebounds FT %: 3-5 60.0% 6-6 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 3-7 42.9% 12-18 66.7% 3 Grambling State 93 • 5-8, 2-0 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Southern University 63 • 2-1, 3-9 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 1-10-00-00000 20000 4 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 NEAL, Monisha g 3-12 1-4 5-6 1 4 5 4 12 4 3 1 4 35 22 Green,Briana f 6-11 0-0 3-5 5 5 10 3 15 251534 05 HILL, Shakyla g 6-11 1-1 2-2 4 6 10 2 15 10 3 0 10 37 33 Blissett,Sarai f 0-5 0-0 1-4 2 3 5 3 1 0 2 4 0 14 10 JEANS, Laneisha g 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 04 O'Bear,Skylar g 3-11 3-8 4-5 145013220031 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 3-7 0-1 0-1 2 0 2 0 6 1 2 0 0 14 05 Charles,Danayea g 0-1 0-1 2-3 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 18 00 MACHADO, Alisicia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 Duncan,Samantha g 2-12 1-5 2-4 1561 7140432 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 1-6 1-3 2-4 2023 5300119 12 Parsons,Courtney 4-8 0-2 2-4 0 5 5 3 10 1 2 0 1 22 13 BOYD, Jazmin 2-2 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 3 7 3 4 0 1 19 20 Butler,Tiamya 0-3 0-0 3-3 1121 3010110 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 4-9 2-5 2-4 112312020025 24 Towner,Jaden 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 11 22 MCKINNEY, Deja 7-13 4-8 2-2 0 3 3 1 20 3 1 0 0 22 30 Brown,Karrington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 3 23 TAYLOR, Darae 2-4 0-0 1-1 1011 50100 6 32 Scott,Alyric 3-7 0-3 2-2 2 3 5 1 8 1 1 0 0 17 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 4-5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 9 0 1 0 0 16 45 Thompson,Briana 0-1 0-0 0-0 0114 00010 8 Team 3 4 7 Team 4 1 5 Totals 33-70 11-24 16-22 15 19 34 24 93 24 18 1 17 200 Totals 19-62 4-20 21-32 16 29 45 19 63 10 19 6 13 200 1st - FG %: 7-22 31.8% 2nd: 8-13 61.5% 3rd: 7-15 46.7% 4th: 11-20 55.0% Game: 33-70 47.1% Deadball 3FG %: 5-13 38.5% 1-3 33.3% 1-3 33.3% 4-5 80.0% 11-24 45.8% Rebounds 1st - FG %: 5-20 25.0% 2nd: 3-16 18.8% 3rd: 6-13 46.2% 4th: 5-13 38.5% Game: 19-62 30.6% Deadball 3FG %: 2-6 33.3% 1-7 14.3% 1-2 50.0% 0-5 0.0% 4-20 20.0% FT %: 2-4 50.0% 2-2 100.0% 7-8 87.5% 5-8 62.5% 16-22 72.7% 2 Rebounds FT %: 7-10 70.0% 5-8 62.5% 7-8 87.5% 2-6 33.3% 21-32 65.6% 7 Officials: Brian Garland, Daisy Lane, Victoria Francis-Monette Technical fouls: Alabama State-None. Grambling State-WILLIAMS, Alexus; BOYD, Officials: Jazmin. Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Southern University-None. Attendance: 250 Attendance: 908

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Alabama State 18 15 13 25 71 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 13 10 12 9 44 ALST 32 17 10 8 33 GRAMW 26 14 5 12 10 Grambling State 21 19 22 31 93 GRAMW 37 36 15 15 58 Southern University 19 12 20 12 63 SUBR 24 25 13 8 25

Last FG - ALST 4th-01:27, GRAMWBB 4th-00:05. Score tied - 2 times. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:05, SUBR 4th-00:54. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - ALST by 8 1st-07:04, GRAMWBB by 23 4th-08:27. Lead changed - 1 time. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 3 1st-09:02, SUBR by 21 4th-00:54. Lead changed - 5 times. ALST led for 05:35. GRAMWBB led for 32:52. Game was tied for 01:33. GRAMWBB led for 03:30. SUBR led for 34:42. Game was tied for 01:44.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 15 GAME 16 GRAMBLING STATE 75, ALCORN STATE 68 GRAMBLING STATE 81, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 79, OT The Grambling State University women’s basketball team had four players reach double figures in scoring as Shakyla Hill and Monisha Neal reached double figures as the Grambling State University women’s basketball the Lady Tigers held off a late Alcorn State run in a 75-68 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) win at the team rallied to defeat Prairie View A&M, 81-79 in overtime in a Southestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) game at Davey L. Whitney Complex. the Fredrick C. Hobdy on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Tigers (6-9 overall, 3-1 SWAC) led 24-8 after one quarter and 43-29 at the break. Alcorn State (5-10, Prairie View A&M (4-11 overall, 2-2 SWAC) led 14-13 after one quarter but Grambling State (7-9, 4-1) outscored 1-3) cut the margin to 53-50 after three periods, but could not get any closer. the Lady Panthers in the second quarter, 21-17, to take a 34-31 advantage into the break. The Lady Panthers led Shakyla Hill led the way for the Lady Tigers with 16 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals. Justice at the end of the third quarter, 56-53, but the Lady Tigers rallied and got a 3-pointer by Ariel Williams to send Coleman registered a career-high 16 points, on 7-of-9 shooting, with five rebounds and five assists. Monisha Neal the game into overtime tied at 72. added 15 points, four boards, three assists and a pair of steals, while Ariel Williams chipped in with 15 points, Hill paced the Lady Tigers with 24 points, on 12-of-19 shooting, with eight rebounds, eight assists and four six rebounds and six assists. steals. Neal contributed 20 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three blocks. Tia Sanders paced Alcorn State with a game-high 26 points, eight boards, four assists and two steals. Alexus Shala Dobbins registered 35 points, including 7-of-17 shooting and 21-of-27 at the free-throw line. She added Freeman registered 19 points, five assists and four steals, while Briana Tolliver chipped in with 11 points and nine rebounds and seven assists to pace the Lady Panthers Dominique Newman tallied 22 points, four rebounds nine boards. and six steals.

Turning Point Turning Point Grambling State trailed, 54-51, heading into the final quarter, but Prairie View A&M used a 8-0 run, capped by Grambling State, coming off the heels of Saturday’s loss to Southern, opened the game on an 8-2 run, capped a Newman 3-pointer to grab a 62-55 advantage with 8:24 left. by a Monisha Neal 3-pointer with 7:39 left in the first quarter. The Lady Tigers extended the advantage to 20-8 The Lady Tigers trimmed the margin to 62-61 after a bucket by Alexus Williams with 6:27 left, and tied the with 1:12 remaining in the period and took a 24-8 lead into the second quarter. game at 65 after a Hill layup with 4:32 remaining. Alcorn State cut the margin to 39-29 after an Alexus Freeman bucket with 1:15 remaining in the second The Lady Panthers took a 72-69 lead after a Dobbins layup with 2:06 left, but Grambling State kept fighting quarter, but the and with 31 seconds remaining, Ariel Williams sank a 3-pointer to tie the game at 72. Lady Tigers got four straight points by Ariel Williams to take a 43-29 advantage into the break. Grambling State had one final opportunity to win the game in regulation as the Lady Tigers forced a stop on The Lady Braves came out in the third quarter and used a 16-7 run, capped by a by a Nwarie Ugochinyere layup the defensive end, but Neal’s shot as time expired fell short to send the game into overtime. with 2:09 left and Alcorn State trailed by just three points, 53-50, after an Alexus Freeman 3-pointer as time In the extra period, the Lady Tigers raced out to a 78-73 lead after a Hill layup with 1:51 remaining, but the expired with Grambling State holding a 53-50 advantage. Lady Panthers cut the deficit to 81-79 after a Newman 3-pointer with 1:11 left. The Lady Tigers began the fourth quarter on an 8-2 run, capped by a Kailyn Gideon layup with 7:48 remaining. Despite closing the gap to two points, Prairie View A&M couldn’t get any closer as the Lady Tigers picked up Alcorn State closed the gap to 71-64 after a Freeman 3-pointer with 1:40 left, but that would be as close as the their second consecutive conference win. Lady Braves would get as a bucket by Coleman with 57 seconds remaining sealed the Grambling State victory. Inside The Numbers Inside The Numbers * Grambling State shot 42.9 percent (30-of-70) from the floor and 69.2 percent (18-of-26) from the free-throw line. * Grambling State shot 63.8 percent (30-of-47) from the floor and 63.2 percent (12-of-19) from the free-throw line. * Prairie View A&M was 22-of-69 (31.9 percent) from the field and 31-of-39 (79.5 percent) from the charity stripe. * Alcorn State was25-of-74 (33.8 percent) from the field and 9-of-14 (64.3 percent) from the charity stripe. * The Lady Tigers finished with 43 rebounds, including 32 coming off the defensive glass. * The Lady Tigers finished with 34 rebounds, with 29 coming on the defensive end. * The Lady Panthers tallied 52 rebounds, with 18 coming on the offensive end. * The Lady Braves registered 39 rebounds, including 23 on the offensive glass. * Grambling State finished with 29 bench points, 44 points in the paint, 27 points off turnovers and six fast break points. News & Notes * Prairie View A&M registered 26 points in the paint, six bench points, 27 points off turnovers and 14 sec- * Justice Coleman’s previous career high was six points (Alabama and Alabama State). ond-chance points. * Kailyn Gideon finished with a career-high eight points. * There were 14 ties and 17 lead changes. * Grambling State will honor Shakyla Hill for recording her 1,000-career point in between the men’s and women’s game on Saturday against Prairie View A&M. News & Notes * Shakyla Hill came into the game ranked second in the country and first in the SWAC in steals and steals per *Shakyla Hill was honored between the men’s and women’s basketball game for her 1,000-point plateau she game. reached on Dec. 10 during a loss at Alabama. * Monisha Neal is now just 52 points shy of 1,000 for her career. She is currently sitting on 948 in her four-year * Monisha Neal now needs just 32 points to reach 1,000 points for her career. * Saturday’s game was Military Appreciation Day at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. career.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs Alcorn Prairie View A&M vs Grambling State 1/8/18 5:30 PM at Lorman, Miss. 1/13/18 3 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center

Grambling State 75 • 6-9, 3-1 SWAC Prairie View A&M 79 • 4-11, 2-2 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 PARSONS, Takerra * 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 3 5 0 2 0 0 21 23 Nealey, La'Neique f 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 3 2 0 2 1 0 32 04 NEAL, Monisha * 6-8 2-4 1-1 0 4 4 0 15 3 3 0 2 40 40 Campbell, Mariah f 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 5 8 4 4 0 3 1 0 23 05 HILL, Shakyla * 6-13 1-1 3-5 1 6 7 3 16 6 6 1 4 39 05 Dobbins, Shala g 7-17 0-0 21-27 279335770545 12 Newman, Dominique g 7-22 3-13 5-6 1 3 4 3 22 0 3 0 6 45 12 COLEMAN, Justice * 7-9 0-0 2-3 1 4 5 3 16 5 6 0 1 29 14 Presley, Talisha g 4-9 1-5 1-2 2 1 3 1 10 0 1 0 1 27 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 4-5 0-0 0-0 0 9 9 4 8 0 4 4 1 37 02 Penniman, Jordyn 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 5-8 0-2 5-8 1 5 6 0 15 6 4 0 0 34 03 Robinson, Alexis 0-4 0-4 0-0 0333 0012118 Team 1 0 1 21 Hicks, Kendra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Totals 30-47 3-7 12-19 5 29 34 13 75 20 25 5 8 200 22 Tieuel, Chelsea 0-4 0-2 2-2 1341 2111014 34 Cobb, Jhyrah 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 5 4 0 4 0 0 15 1st - FG %: 10-15 66.7% 2nd: 7-10 70.0% 3rd: 4-8 50.0% 4th: 9-14 64.3% Game: 30-47 63.8% Deadball Team 3 4 7 3FG %: 3-5 60.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 3-7 42.9% Rebounds FT %: 1-3 33.3% 5-8 62.5% 2-3 66.7% 4-5 80.0% 12-19 63.2% 3 Totals 22-69 4-26 31-39 18 34 52 24 79 8 23 5 13 225 Alcorn 68 • 5-10, 1-3 SWAC 1st - FG %: 3-18 16.7% 2nd: 5-18 27.8% 3rd: 8-16 50.0% 4th: 4-8 50.0% Game: 22-69 31.9% Deadball 3FG %: 0-6 0.0% 0-6 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 4-26 15.4% Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT %: 8-10 80.0% 7-8 87.5% 9-12 75.0% 6-7 85.7% 31-39 79.5% 5 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Grambling State 81 • 7-9, 4-1 SWAC 10 Jamaysha Bernard * 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 15 Alexus Freeman * 8-23 3-11 0-2 2 0 2 2 19 5 7 0 4 40 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 20 Tia Sanders * 9-22 5-12 3-5 4 4 8 4 26 4 5 0 2 40 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 14 25 Miracle Rushing * 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 0 4 21 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 3-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 1 22 04 NEAL, Monisha g 4-13 0-1 12-12 279120340345 32 Jada Hargrove * 1-6 0-2 2-2 2 0 2 4 4 3 2 0 0 23 05 HILL, Shakyla g 12-19 0-0 0-4 2 6 8 4 24 8 6 0 4 42 12 Kristian Dewitt 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 15 14 Brianna Tolliver 3-8 1-3 4-5 5 4 9 4 11 1 1 0 1 17 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 2-6 2-2 0-0 1 2 3 3 6 0 5 0 2 21 22 Ugochinyere Nwarie 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 28 13 BOYD, Jazmin 2-7 0-4 3-4 0334 7161031 23 Cloe Lane 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 3-11 1-5 2-2 2 3 5 1 9 0 1 0 0 18 24 De'Asia Brown 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-0 0-0 0-0 0002 00000 4 Team 2 0 2 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 3-7 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 13 Totals 25-74 9-31 9-14 23 16 39 22 68 18 17 0 15 200 Team 2 5 7 Totals 30-70 3-12 18-26 11 32 43 23 81 12 22 3 11 225 1st - FG %: 4-16 25.0% 2nd: 8-23 34.8% 3rd: 8-18 44.4% 4th: 5-17 29.4% Game: 25-74 33.8% Deadball 3FG %: 0-7 0.0% 3-11 27.3% 2-5 40.0% 4-8 50.0% 9-31 29.0% Rebounds 1st - FG %: 6-16 37.5% 2nd: 8-15 53.3% 3rd: 6-18 33.3% 4th: 7-16 43.8% Game: 30-70 42.9% Deadball 3FG %: 1-1 100.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-4 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 3-12 25.0% FT %: 0-2 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 3-3 100.0% 4-5 80.0% 9-14 64.3% 2 Rebounds FT %: 0-3 0.0% 5-9 55.6% 7-8 87.5% 4-4 100.0% 18-26 69.2% 3 Officials: Betty Booker-Parks, Ron Harris, and Darren McClure Officials: Kelvin Short, Jachy Watson, Demoya Williams Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Alcorn-None. Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-None. Grambling State-None. Attendance: 591 Attendance: 515 Military Appreciate Day Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Total In Off 2nd Fast Grambling State 24 19 10 22 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench GRAMWB 40 17 5 16 15 Prairie View A&M 14 17 25 16 7 79 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Alcorn 8 21 21 18 68 ALCN 18 24 24 6 13 PVAM 26 27 14 8 6 Grambling State 13 21 19 19 9 81 GRAMW 44 27 12 6 29

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:57, ALCN 4th-00:30. Score tied - 0 times. Last FG - PVAM OT-01:11, GRAMWBB OT-01:26. Score tied - 14 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 18 2nd-09:44, ALCN None. Lead changed - 0 times. Largest lead - PVAM by 7 4th-08:24, GRAMWBB by 5 3rd-09:34. Lead changed - 17 times. GRAMWBB led for 39:40. ALCN led for 00:00. Game was tied for 00:16. PVAM led for 24:46. GRAMWBB led for 13:24. Game was tied for 06:50.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 17 GAME 18 TEXAS SOUTHERN 73, GRAMBLING STATE 63 JACKSON STATE 82, GRAMBLING STATE 70 Jazmin Boyd led three players into double figures with 13 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Grambling State The Grambling State University women’s basketball team fell behind early in the third quarter and could not University women’s basketball team dropped a 73-63 decision to Texas Southern in a Southwestern Athletic recover in dropping its second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) game, falling, 82-70 to Conference (SWAC) game at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Jackson State at the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center. Texas Southern (8-8 overall, 3-2 in SWAC) took advantage of Grambling State’s (7-10, 4-2) 35.7 percent (5-of-14) Grambling State (7-11 overall, 4-3 SWAC) led 17-12 at the end of one quarter and were tied with Jackson State at 30 at the break. Jackson State 10-6, 5-2) outscored Grambling State, 22-16, in the third and held off a late shooting in the fourth quarter to take home the win. charge in the fourth to pick up the win. Boyd finished with 13 points, one rebound, one assist, and one steal. Shakyla Hill added 12 points, four Monisha Neal, who came into the game needing 24 points to reach 1,000 for her collegiate career, finished rebounds, four assists and two steals. Justice Coleman registered 10 points. with a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Grambling State offense. Jazmin Boyd came off Joyce Kennerson, the nation’s top scorer, paced Texas Southern with 23 points, four rebounds, five assists, and the bench and scored 11 points, including 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. Shakyla Hill registered 11 points, six five steals. Kaitlyn Palmer contributed 20 points, three rebounds, three assists and one block. Taylor Robinson assists and four boards. added 15 points, six rebounds and one block. Christina Ellis led five Jackson State players in double figures with 18 points, four rebounds, three steals and three assists. Katie Hunt added a double-double of 12 points and 13 boards, while Kawaii Perry recorded 11 Turning Point points and a pair of assists. Derica Wiggins and Marneisha Hamer each tallied 10 points.

The game was tied 49-49 at the end of the third, but Texas Southern took over the game in the fourth quarter. Turning Point Boyd closed a seven-point gap to four points, 59-55, with 6:06 remaining after a 3-pointer, but Texas Southern With the game tied at 30 at the half, Jackson State held Grambling State without a bucket from the field for answered with an 11-1 run, capped by a Robinson bucket with 2:10 left, giving TSU a 70-56 advantage. five minutes and used a 12-2 run, capped by a pair of free throws by Wiggins to take a 48-38 lead with 2:29 A 10-point game was as close as Grambling State got as they fell 73-63 in The Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly remaining in the third quarter. Center. Grambling State trimmed the deficit to 50-46 after two free throws by Justice Coleman with five seconds left, but Ellis’ jumper at the buzzer gave Jackson State a 52-46 advantage after three quarters. Inside The Numbers Jackson State pushed the margin to 61-50 after a Hamer layup with 7:48 left, but Grambling State kept fighting · Grambling State shot 42.9 percent (24-of-56) from the floor and 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from the free-throw line. back, cutting the deficit to 63-60 after a Coleman layup with 5:03 emaining.r That would be as close as Grambling State would get in dropping its second straight game. · Texas Southern was 26-of-54 (48.1 percent) shooting and 13-of-20 (65.0 percent) from the charity stripe. · Grambling State finished with 26 rebounds, with 18 coming on the defensive end. Inside The Numbers · Texas Southern tallied 42 rebounds, with 28 coming on the defensive glass. · Grambling State shot 39.0 percent (23-of-59) from the floor and 76.9 percent (20-of-26) from the free-throw · Grambling State scored 22 points in the paint, 21 off turnovers, two fast break points and eight second-chance line. points. · Jackson State was 31-of-71 (40.3 percent) shooting and 17-of-24 (70.8 percent) from the charity stripe. · Texas Southern scored 34 points in the paint, 19 second-chance points and 14 points off turnovers. · Grambling State finished with 38 rebounds, including 27 on the defensive glass. · There were 13 lead changes and nine ties. · Jackson State tallied 51 rebounds, with 23 coming on the offensive end. · Grambling State scored 30 points in the paint, 18 bench points, 10 points off turnovers and seven sec-

ond-chance points. News & Notes · Jackson State recorded 35 bench points, 32 points in the paint, 24 points off turnovers and 18 second-chance · Monisha Neal scored eight points and is now 24 points shy of reaching 1,000 for her collegiate career. points. · The last time these two teams met up was at the 2017 Toyota SWAC Basketball Tournament, with Texas South- · There were seven ties and eight lead changes. ern winning the SWAC Championship with a 70-66 victory. · Grambling State’s next three games will be on the road as GSU faces Jackson State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and News & Notes Mississippi Valley State. · Monisha Neal scored eight points and is now eight points shy of reaching 1,000 for her collegiate career. · For the first time in conference play, Grambling State has dropped two straight games and the last time GSU lost back-to-back SWAC games was Jan. 14 and Jan. 16, 2017 against Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M. · Grambling State began a three-game SWAC road swing on Saturday at Jackson State and will conclude the trip against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Jan. 27) and Mississippi Valley State (Jan. 29).

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Texas Southern vs Grambling State Grambling State vs Jackson State 1/15/18 5:30 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center 1/20/18 3:00 PM at Lee E. Williams AAC (Jackson, Miss.) Grambling State 70 • 7-11, 4-3 Texas Southern 73 • 8-8, 3-2 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 4-60-00-10334 8104127 22 McELRATH, Breasia f 3-7 0-0 1-3 2 5 7 3 7 1 4 2 2 38 04 NEAL, Monisha g 6-16 2-4 2-3 3 9 12 3 16 2 4 2 3 40 32 SMITH, Nycolle f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 05 HILL, Shakyla g 3-8 0-1 5-8 0 4 4 4 11 6 10 0 3 32 02 MILLS, Camille g 3-5 0-0 1-2 2 4 6 1 7 3 2 0 2 40 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel g 3-12 1-3 2-2 0 1 1 1 9 1 2 0 0 31 03 KENNERSON, Joyce g 7-17 2-8 7-8 1 3 4 2 23 5 4 0 5 40 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 3-70-02-23034 8220032 03 20 PALMER, Kaitlyn g 7-14 6-11 0-0 123120321040 PARSONS, Takerra 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 BOYD, Jazmin 2-7 1-3 6-6 0 3 3 1 11 0 1 0 2 16 04 MURRAY, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05 OKWILAGWE, Catherin 0-1 0-0 0-0 0333 0020010 23 TAYLOR, Darae 1-2 0-0 3-4 0 2 2 0 5 2 1 0 1 9 35 LANE, Isis 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 9 44 ROBINSON, Taylor 6-6 0-0 3-5 516415031011 Team 3 3 6 Team 0 4 4 Totals 23-59 4-11 20-26 11 27 38 20 70 14 21 7 10 200 Totals 26-54 8-19 13-20 14 28 42 17 73 13 19 4 9 200 FG % 1st Half: 9-27 33.3% 2nd half: 14-32 43.8% Game: 23-59 39.0% Deadball 1st - FG %: 6-11 54.5% 2nd: 4-10 40.0% 3rd: 7-18 38.9% 4th: 9-15 60.0% Game: 26-54 48.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 4-11 36.4% Rebounds 3FG %: 3-6 50.0% 2-3 66.7% 2-6 33.3% 1-4 25.0% 8-19 42.1% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 20-26 76.9% 2 FT %: 4-5 80.0% 2-4 50.0% 2-5 40.0% 5-6 83.3% 13-20 65.0% 3 Grambling State 63 • 7-10, 4-2 SWAC Jackson State 82 • 10-6, 5-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 1-10-00-00002 20010 5 15 Mariah Smelser f 3-60-00-02684 6111223 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 11 00 Maria Conyers-Jordan g 0-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 04 NEAL, Monisha g 4-9 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 3 8 4 0 1 1 40 04 Christina Ellis g 7-171-63-3224118320327 05 HILL, Shakyla g 5-11 0-1 2-4 2 2 4 4 12 4 6 0 2 40 14 Kawaii Perry g 5-10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 11 2 1 0 1 21 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 5-9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 21 24 Katie Hunt g 3-4 0-0 6-8 4 9 13 3 12 4 3 3 4 29 05 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 3-5 2-3 0-2 0 1 1 4 8 0 1 0 1 15 Oshaela Gray 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 15 11 Sumer Williams 1-2 0-0 0-0 0002 21000 4 13 BOYD, Jazmin 3-7 3-7 4-6 011113120134 21 Derica Wiggins 3-14 1-5 3-4 4 0 4 0 10 1 1 0 1 24 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 3-14 1-7 0-0 1 2 3 1 7 0 2 0 0 28 22 Jasmine Redmon 1-3 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 7 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 23 Marneisha Hamer 4-10 0-0 2-3 4 1 5 1 10 0 1 0 0 11 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 6 32 Keendra Shelton 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 Team 3 8 11 35 Chelsea Causey 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 1 6 1 1 0 0 13 Totals 24-56 6-20 9-16 8 18 26 19 63 11 14 2 5 200 Team 2 1 3 1st - FG %: 9-16 56.3% 2nd: 4-15 26.7% 3rd: 6-11 54.5% 4th: 5-14 35.7% Game: 24-56 42.9% Deadball Totals 31-77 3-14 17-24 23 28 51 16 82 18 13 4 14 200 3FG %: 2-6 33.3% 2-5 40.0% 0-3 0.0% 2-6 33.3% 6-20 30.0% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 1-2 50.0% 3-6 50.0% 2-4 50.0% 9-16 56.3% 3 FG % 1st Half: 12-41 29.3% 2nd half: 19-36 52.8% Game: 31-77 40.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 3-14 21.4% Rebounds Officials: B. Schertz, G. Dixon, S. Fleming FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 13-16 81.3% Game: 17-24 70.8% 4 Technical fouls: Texas Southern-None. Grambling State-None. Attendance: 615 Officials: W. Flowers, c. Cordova, B. Deavers SWAC Digital Network Game Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Jackson State-None. #BlackTheHAC Game Attendance: 1979

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Texas Southern 19 12 18 24 73 Grambling State 17 13 16 24 70 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench TSUW 34 14 19 10 16 GRAMW 30 10 7 0 18 Grambling State 23 11 15 14 63 GRAMW 22 21 8 2 30 Jackson State 12 18 22 30 82 JCKSTW 32 24 18 6 35

Last FG - TSUW 4th-02:10, GRAMWBB 4th-00:00. Score tied - 9 times. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:21, JCKSTW 4th-00:02. Score tied - 7 times. Largest lead - TSUW by 14 4th-02:10, GRAMWBB by 7 2nd-09:37. Lead changed - 13 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 7 1st-02:13, JCKSTW by 13 4th-08:54. Lead changed - 8 times. TSUW led for 16:00. GRAMWBB led for 17:21. Game was tied for 06:39. GRAMWBB led for 13:11. JCKSTW led for 20:43. Game was tied for 05:54.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 19 GAME 20 GRAMBLING STATE 66, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 57 GRAMBLING STATE 64, MISS. VALLEY STATE 62 The Grambling State University women’s basketball team took advantage of 33 Arkansas-Pine Bluff turnovers Shakyla Hill scored 11 of her team-high 20 points in the first half as the Grambling State University women’s and cashed in on those with 28 points as the Lady Tigers halted a two-game losing streak with a 66-57 victory basketball team held on for a 64-62 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) win against Mississippi Valley over the Lady Golden Lions in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) game at the H.O. Clemmons Arena. State at the R.W. Harrison Complex. Grambling State (8-11 overall, 5-3 SWAC) trailed 13-11 after one quarter and 32-29 at the break. The Lady Grambling State (9-11 overall, 6-3 SWAC) trailed 14-11 after one quarter, but dominated the second, 23-12, to take a 34-26 advantage into the third quarter. The Lady Tigers led 54-42 after three, but the Devilettes made a Tigers outscored the Lady Golden Lions (3-15, 1-7), 24-17 in the third and took a 53-49 advantage into the final big comeback and cut the deficit to one with 40 seconds left, before Grambling State pulled out the win. period. Hill nearly finished with a double-double as she led the Lady Tigers with 20 points, on 7-of-11 shooting, with Monisha Neal came into the game needing just eight points to register 1,000 for her collegiate career and she nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and one blocked shot. Justice Coleman added a career-high 18 points finished with 11 points, five boards, three steals and two assists. Shakyla Hill added 11 points, nine boards, eight and four boards. steals and six assists, while Alexus Williams poured in a career-high 10 points, four rebounds and one steal. Kristy Parker led Mississippi Valley State (1-20, 1-8) with 22 points, seven boards, three steals and a pair of Aiya Hassan led Arkansas-Pine Bluff with a game-high 15 points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks. Shawn- assists. LaKendra Bassett tallied 15 points, three steals, two rebounds and two assists, while Kenya Arnold led tayla Harris tallied a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, along with a game-high four blocked shots. the way on the galss with 11 rebounds.

Turning Point Turning Point After a slow start in the first quarter, Grambling State turned a three-point deficit into a 22-19 advantage after Grambling State entered the second half trailing by three points (32-29) and fell behind 36-29 after a Harris a Monisha Neal layup with 5:15 remaining in the second. A jumper by Desiray Mosely pulled the Devilettes to jumper with 8:10 left in the third. The Lady Golden Lions extended the margin to 39-32 after a bucket by Trasity within 24-23 with 3:23 left in the first half, but Grambling State used a 10-0 run over the next two minutes to take Totten with 6:58 remaining. a 34-23 lead after a Hill bucket with 1:11 remaining. From that point on, the Lady Tigers dominated the quarter as Grambling State closed out the period with a The Lady Tigers stretched the advantage to 42-32 after a Hill 3-pointer with 6:37 remaining in the third, but 21-10 run to take a 53-49 advantage into the final quarter. Mississippi Valley State was able to cut the margin to 45-41 after a pair of free throws by Mosely with 2:54 left. Arkansas-Pine Bluff cut the margin to 53-52 after a Hassan 3-pointer just 29 seconds into the fourth, but Grambling State concluded the third on a 9-1 run to take a 54-42 lead into the final quarter. Mississippi Valley State slowly chipped away at the Grambling State lead and cut the deficit to 660-58 after Grambling State answered with a 7-0 run, capped by a Hill layup with 6:30 remaining. a Bassett layup with 1:28 left. However, Hill answered with a 3-pointer on Grambling State’s next offensive The Lady Golden Lions closed the gap to 62-57 after a Noe’ll Taylor bucket with 2:14 left, but that would be as possession to give the Lady Tigers a 63-58 advantage with 55 seconds remaining. close as Arkansas-Pine Bluff would get. The Devilettes trimmed the margin to 63-62 after a three-point play by Bassett with 39 seconds left. However, Neal was fouled with 10 seconds remaining and she made 1-of-2 from the foul line to give Grambling State a Inside The Numbers 64-62 lead. · Grambling State shot 29.4 percent (20-of-68) from the field and 75 percent (21-of-28) from the free-throw line. Mississippi Valley State had a chance to tie the game, but Bassett’s layup with six seconds left was off target · Arkansas-Pine Bluff was 24-of-50 (48 percent) shooting and 5-of-11 (45.5 percent) from the charity stripe. and Coleman grabbed the round as the Lady Tigers escaped with the victory. · The Lady Tigers finished with 30 rebounds, including 14 on the offensive glass. Inside the Numbers · The Lady Golden Lions registered 50 rebounds, with 37 coming off the defensive glass. * Grambling State shot 24-of-50 (48 percent) from the field and 13-of-19 (68.4 percent) from the free-throw line. · Grambling State scored 28 bench points, 28 points off turnovers, 20 points in the paint and seven sec- * Mississippi Valley State was 22-of-60 (36.7 percent) shooting and 11-of-16 (68.8 percent) from the charity ond-chance points. stripe. · Arkansas-Pine Bluff recorded 28 points in the paint, 24 bench points and eight points off turnovers. * The Lady Tigers tallied 36 rebounds, with 26 coming off the defensive glass. · There were six ties and three lead changes. * The Devilettes recorded 33 rebounds, with 13 coming on the offensive end. * Grambling State registered 28 points in the paint, 16 points off turnovers and eight bench points. News & Notes * Mississippi Valley State finished with 32 points off turnovers, 20 bench points and 18 points in the paint.

· Alexus Williams’ previous career high was nine points against Memphis (12/21/17) and Alabama State (1/3/18). News and Notes · Grambling State has won four straight in the series since its last loss to UAPB coming on Jan. 30, 2016. * The Lady Tigers have won three contests this season in games decided by three points or less. · Grambling State returns to the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center for two straight SWAC games as the Lady * After dropping a pair of SWAC games, Grambling State has now won two consecutive games. Tigers begin the second half of the SWAC schedule on Saturday, Feb. 5 against Southern (High School Day). * Grambling State’s head coach Freddie Murray remains unbeaten against Mississippi Valley State.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Grambling State vs Mississippi Valley S 1/27/18 5:00 PM at H.O. CLEMMONS ARENA 01/29/18 5:30 PM at Itta Bena, Miss. (R.W. Harrison Complex)

Grambling State 66 • 8-11, 5-3 SWAC Grambling State 64 • 9-11, 6-3 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 NEAL, Monisha * 4-14 1-3 2-2 415111230342 05 HILL, Shakyla * 3-12 0-1 5-7 5 4 9 3 11 6 4 0 8 40 04 NEAL, Monisha * 1-6 0-0 3-4 2 6 8 3 5 2 4 2 2 37 12 COLEMAN, Justice * 2-7 1-1 1-2 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 38 05 HILL, Shakyla * 7-11 3-5 3-5 1 8 9 4 20 7 4 1 5 37 13 BOYD, Jazmin * 1-9 1-5 3-4 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 6 37 12 COLEMAN, Justice * 8-13 0-2 2-4 224318010032 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 3 4 0 2 3 1 33 13 BOYD, Jazmin * 1-6 0-3 3-4 0 1 1 3 5 2 4 0 0 22 03 PARSONS, Takerra 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 4-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 3 0 28 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 3-6 1-3 2-3 0112 9000116 03 PARSONS, Takerra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 0-4 0-3 2-2 1120 2120216 23 TAYLOR, Darae 2-6 0-0 4-4 0110 8000012 23 TAYLOR, Darae 3-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 6 3 2 0 2 12 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 3-4 1-1 3-4 2 2 4 3 10 0 1 0 1 21 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 3 Team 2 1 3 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 4 1 0 10 Totals 20-68 5-17 21-28 14 16 30 15 66 10 11 3 21 250 Team 3 3 6 1st - FG %: 5-20 25.0% 2nd: 5-16 31.3% 3rd: 5-15 33.3% 4th: 5-17 29.4% Game: 20-68 29.4% Deadball Totals 24-50 3-14 13-19 10 26 36 21 64 15 22 7 11 200 3FG %: 1-4 25.0% 0-4 0.0% 3-4 75.0% 1-5 20.0% 5-17 29.4% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 8-11 72.7% 11-15 73.3% 2-2 100.0% 21-28 75.0% 0,4 1st - FG %: 5-13 38.5% 2nd: 9-15 60.0% 3rd: 6-10 60.0% 4th: 4-12 33.3% Game: 24-50 48.0% Deadball Arkansas-Pine Bluff 57 • 3-15,1-7 SWAC 3FG %: 1-3 33.3% 0-3 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 1-5 20.0% 3-14 21.4% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 5-7 71.4% 7-10 70.0% 1-2 50.0% 13-19 68.4% 2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Mississippi Valley S 62 • 1-20, 1-8 01 Brewton, Destiny * 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 19 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 11 Ohanta, Faith * 2-6 0-2 3-4 1 8 9 2 7 1 3 0 1 24 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 Muhammad, Malik * 2-4 1-3 1-2 0 2 2 2 6 1 4 0 1 25 01 BASSETT, LaKendra * 5-16 1-5 4-8 022015240340 24 Taylor, Noe'll * 3-4 0-0 0-2 1 7 8 0 6 0 1 0 0 21 04 PARKER, Kristy * 7-20 4-10 4-4 2 5 7 3 22 2 3 0 3 40 35 Harris, Shawntayla * 6-11 0-0 0-0 5 5 10 2 12 064037 11 GREEN, Stormy * 0-00-00-00110 01000 7 03 Murdock, Tiffany 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 8 12 ARNOLD, Kenya * 0-3 0-1 1-2 5 6 11 3 1 1 1 0 1 32 04 Richardson, Kye 0-3 0-0 0-2 0222 0630034 35 BONNER, Makayla * 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 5 4 1 5 0 2 24 05 Totten, Trasity 0-4 0-2 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 13 FLOYD, Sydney 4-7 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 3 9 2 3 0 2 24 14 Daniel, Ashlee 1-1 0-0 0-0 0443 2351027 21 Hassan, Aiya 6-7 3-4 0-0 2 2 4 3 15 0 4 2 0 30 21 BOLDEN, Kassaedy 1-3 0-0 0-0 1120 20000 4 31 Darden, Katherine 2-2 0-0 0-0 0110 41100 4 23 MOSLEY, Desiray 3-7 1-3 2-2 1 1 2 2 9 2 2 0 4 29 40 Hatter, Shania 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Team 2 0 2 Team 2 5 7 Totals 22-60 7-21 11-16 13 20 33 16 62 11 18 0 15 200 Totals 24-50 4-11 5-11 13 37 50 18 57 17 33 7 3 250 1st - FG %: 6-11 54.5% 2nd: 5-13 38.5% 3rd: 4-17 23.5% 4th: 7-19 36.8% Game: 22-60 36.7% Deadball 1st - FG %: 5-16 31.3% 2nd: 8-15 53.3% 3rd: 8-13 61.5% 4th: 3-6 50.0% Game: 24-50 48.0% Deadball 3FG %: 2-4 50.0% 1-5 20.0% 1-4 25.0% 3-8 37.5% 7-21 33.3% Rebounds 3FG %: 0-1 0.0% 3-6 50.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 4-11 36.4% Rebounds FT %: 0-3 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 7-7 100.0% 3-5 60.0% 11-16 68.8% 4 FT %: 3-8 37.5% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 5-11 45.5% 0,3 Officials: Eric Koch, Weonta Williams, Montrel Simmons Officials: Betty Parks, Tim Hackett, Ken Davis Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Mississippi Valley S-None. Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Arkansas-Pine Bluff-None. Attendance: 2401 Attendance: 916 Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 11 23 20 10 64 Grambling State 11 18 24 13 66 GRAMW 28 16 5 2 8 GRAMW 20 28 7 2 28 Mississippi Valley S 14 12 16 20 62 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13 19 17 8 57 UAPBWB 28 8 6 0 24 WMVSU 18 32 13 4 20

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:23, UAPBWBB 4th-02:14. Score tied - 6 times. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:55, WMVSU 4th-00:39. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 9 4th-00:23, UAPBWBB by 11 2nd-02:56. Lead changed - 3 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 12 3rd-00:51, WMVSU by 5 1st-08:47. Lead changed - 3 times. GRAMWBB led for 16:47. UAPBWBB led for 17:58. Game was tied for 05:13. GRAMWBB led for 29:13. WMVSU led for 08:33. Game was tied for 02:12.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 21 GAME 22 GRAMBLING STATE 79, SOUTHERN 71 GRAMBLING STATE 68, ALCORN STATE 51 The Grambling State University women’s basketball team had three players finish in double figures as the Lady Shakyla Hill and Jazmin Boyd scored 42 of the Grambling State University women’s basketball’s 68 points as Tigers avenged their early Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) loss to Southern, 79-71, on Saturday night at the Lady Tigers swept the season series from Alcorn State, 68-51, in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. game on Monday night at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Grambling State (10-11 overall, 7-3 SWAC), which ended a seven-game win streak for Southern, led, 15-14, Grambling State (11-11 overall, 8-3 SWAC), which extended their win streak to four games, were tied with after one quarter and took a slim, 38-36, advantage into the break. The Lady Jaguars out-scored the Lady Tigers Alcorn State (9-13, 5-6) at eight after the end of the first quarter, but were able to take a 28-23 advantage into in the third, 18-15, and held a 54-53 lead through three quarters. Southern (9-10, 8-2) pushed the margin to as the break. The Lady Tigers out-scored the Lady Braves in the third, 19-14, and led by as many as 20 points in the many as six points in the final quarter, but the Lady Tigers took advantage of a flagrant foul and out-scored the final quarter to pick up the victory. Lady Jaguars, 26-17, in the fourth to pick up the victory. Hill led the way for the Lady Tigers with 22 points, six rebounds, six assist, and four steals, while Boyd added Monisha Neal led the way for the Lady Tigers with 18 points, six rebounds and two assists. Shakyla Hill regis- 20 points, four rebounds, one assist and one block. tered 16 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals, while Jazmin Boyd tallied 12 points, four rebounds Cloe Lane paced Alcorn State with 14 points, three rebounds and two steals, while De’Asia Brown added 11 and one assists. points, eight rebounds, four assists and one steal. Briana Green paced Southern with 27 points, seven rebounds, one assist and four steals, while Jaden Towner added 11 points, four rebounds and four steals. Turning Point Grambling State held a slim 37-35 advantage after a bucket by Miracle Rushing with 3:30 left in the third Turning Point quarter. However, the Lady Tigers closed out the period on a 10-2 run to take a 47-37 lead into the final quarter. Southern led 54-53 after three quarters and extended the advantage to 63-57 after a Green jumper with 6:31 Grambling State extended the lead to 60-42 after a layup by Boyd with 4:32 remaining and Alcorn State could remaining. However, the Lady Tigers quickly answered and used a 7-0 run, capped by a Boyd layup to grab a never recover. 64-63 lead with 3:40 left.

The Lady Tigers kept the foot on the gas pedal as Grambling State pushed the margin to 75-70 after two free throws by Boyd with 43 seconds left. Inside The Numbers Southern never recovered as Grambling State got clutch buckets by Hill down the stretch to snap the sev- · Grambling State shot 44.4 percent (24-of-54) from the floor and 69.2 percent (18-of-26) from the free-throw line. en-game win streak by the Lady Jaguars. · Alcorn State was 19-of-62 (30.6 percent) shooting and 7-of-18 (38.9 percent) from the charity stripe. · The Lady Tigers finished with 43 rebounds, with 30 coming on the defensive end. Inside The Numbers · The Braves tallied 40 rebounds, with 19 coming on the offensive glass. · Grambling State shot 45.0 percent (27-of-60) from the floor and 74.2 percent (23-of-31) from the free-throw line. · Grambling State scored 34 points in the paint, 23 off turnovers, six fast break points and 13 second-chance · Southern was 27-of-59 (45.8 percent) shooting and 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) from the charity stripe. points. · The Lady Tigers finished with 38 rebounds, with 22 coming on the defensive end. · Alcorn State scored 18 points in the paint, eight second-chance points and 17 points off turnovers. · The Lady Jaguars tallied 41 rebounds, with 17 coming on the offensive glass. · There were two lead changes and two ties. · Grambling State scored 40 points in the paint, 19 off turnovers, six fast break points and 16 second-chance points. News & Notes · Southern scored 28 points in the paint, six second-chance points and 14 points off turnovers. · Grambling State has won four straight games (Mississippi Valley State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Southern, Alcorn · There were 14 lead changes and nine ties. State). · The Lady Tigers swept the season series from the Lady Braves. News & Notes · Grambling State has not lost a game against Alcorn State since February 10, 2014. · The last time Grambling State beat Southern was on March 10 in the 2017 SWAC Tournament, with the Lady · Lady Tigers head coach Freddie Murray remains unbeaten in the month of February (9-0). Tigers picking up a 65-56 victory. · Monisha Neal was honored with a ceremony in between games for picking up her 1,000-career point last week against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Southern University vs Grambling State Alcorn vs Grambling State 02/03/18 3 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center 02/05/18 5:30 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center Southern University 71 • 9-10, 8-2 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Alcorn 51 • 9-13, 5-6 SWAC ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 22 Green,Briana f 10-16 0-1 7-8 437427150428 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 42 Thompson,Briana c 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 17 25 Miracle Rushing f 3-6 0-0 0-9 4 3 7 4 6 0 1 0 4 21 04 O'Bear,Skylar g 0-5 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 16 33 Danasia Fennie f 1-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 26 05 Charles,Danayea g 0-5 0-1 2-4 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 21 15 Alexus Freeman g 2-11 1-5 3-4 0331 8340327 23 Duncan,Samantha g 4-10 1-4 0-0 4262 9021017 20 Tia Sanders g 1-7 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 2 5 0 6 0 2 40 02 Scott,Alyric 3-5 1-2 1-2 1 4 5 0 8 1 4 0 1 23 32 Jada Hargrove g 1-4 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 19 11 Cowart,Rishonti 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 01000 0 12 Kristian Dewitt 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 Parsons,Courtney 3-6 0-1 0-4 1 2 3 5 6 4 2 0 1 17 14 Brianna Tolliver 1-6 0-0 0-0 2355 2020018 14 Butler,Tiamya 0-0 0-0 2-2 0113 2531117 22 Ugochinyere Nwarie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 15 Brewington,Melody 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 23 Cloe Lane 5-12 3-7 1-1 033214020218 21 Legard, Le'Neshon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 24 De'Asia Brown 5-9 0-0 1-2 5 3 8 2 11 4 3 0 1 25 24 Towner,Jaden 5-9 1-3 0-0 3 1 4 0 11 0 2 0 4 23 Team 2 2 4 1 33 Blissett,Sarai 1-2 0-0 0-0 1123 2111112 Totals 19-62 6-21 7-18 19 21 40 21 51 10 22 0 13 200 45 Brown,Karrington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Team 2 4 6 1st - FG %: 3-16 18.8% 2nd: 5-15 33.3% 3rd: 5-15 33.3% 4th: 6-16 37.5% Game: 19-62 30.6% Deadball Totals 27-59 3-15 14-24 17 24 41 24 71 17 23 3 16 200 3FG %: 1-5 20.0% 2-7 28.6% 2-5 40.0% 1-4 25.0% 6-21 28.6% Rebounds FT %: 1-4 25.0% 3-7 42.9% 2-6 33.3% 1-1 100.0% 7-18 38.9% 5 1st - FG %: 6-15 40.0% 2nd: 8-15 53.3% 3rd: 7-18 38.9% 4th: 6-11 54.5% Game: 27-59 45.8% Deadball 3FG %: 0-2 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 1-6 16.7% 1-4 25.0% 3-15 20.0% Rebounds Grambling State 68 • 11-11, 8-3 SWAC FT %: 2-4 50.0% 5-8 62.5% 3-4 75.0% 4-8 50.0% 14-24 58.3% 4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Grambling State 79 • 10-11, 7-3 SWAC ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 33 GIDEON, Kailyn c 3-4 0-0 3-5 2 5 7 3 9 1 0 4 1 27 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 5 7 3 2 1 5 0 0 25 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 1 1 18 05 HILL, Shakyla g 9-15 1-2 3-4 336422640434 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 4-9 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 2 23 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel g 1-5 0-3 0-2 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 0 2 23 04 NEAL, Monisha g 5-14 1-3 7-9 246218230040 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 3-6 1-1 2-2 1 5 6 0 9 1 2 0 1 25 05 HILL, Shakyla g 5-12 0-2 6-8 6 3 9 3 16 7 6 0 3 40 13 BOYD, Jazmin 5-14 0-4 10-11 1 3 4 2 20 1 3 1 0 32 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 2-5 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 2 8 3 4 0 1 25 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 0-2 0-2 0-0 0000 00001 5 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 2 7 23 TAYLOR, Darae 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 1 0 0 2 17 13 BOYD, Jazmin 4-5 0-1 4-4 134012120020 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-2 0-0 0-0 2243 0030012 20 TORIAN, Jazmine 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 Team 1 3 4 23 TAYLOR, Darae 2-4 0-0 2-4 1010 60001 5 Totals 24-54 2-12 18-26 13 30 43 17 68 14 21 5 11 200 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 2-5 0-0 0-1 4 0 4 4 4 0 1 0 2 16 1st - FG %: 3-13 23.1% 2nd: 6-13 46.2% 3rd: 9-16 56.3% 4th: 6-12 50.0% Game: 24-54 44.4% Deadball Team 1 5 6 3FG %: 0-4 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 1-5 20.0% 2-12 16.7% Rebounds Totals 27-60 2-9 23-31 16 22 38 18 79 14 20 1 12 200 FT %: 2-2 100.0% 8-10 80.0% 0-0 0.0% 8-14 57.1% 18-26 69.2% 4

1st - FG %: 5-15 33.3% 2nd: 7-15 46.7% 3rd: 7-13 53.8% 4th: 8-17 47.1% Game: 27-60 45.0% Deadball Officials: Nicole Brannon, Kelly Johnson, Ifeyinwa Seales 3FG %: 0-3 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 1-2 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-9 22.2% Rebounds Technical fouls: Alcorn-Alexus Freeman. Grambling State-BOYD, Jazmin. FT %: 5-8 62.5% 8-11 72.7% 0-0 0.0% 10-12 83.3% 23-31 74.2% 2 Attendance: 1109 Officials: LaShonda Kidd, Darren McClure, Marc Merritt Greek Night Technical fouls: Southern University-Blissett,Sarai. Grambling State-None. Grambling State enters with a three-game win streak Attendance: 3875 Alcorn State enters having lost its last two games High School Day Grambling State sweeps season series

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Southern University 14 22 18 17 71 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Alcorn 8 15 14 14 51 SUBR 28 14 6 6 29 ALCN 18 17 8 2 27 Grambling State 15 23 15 26 79 GRAMW 40 19 16 6 27 Grambling State 8 20 19 21 68 GRAMW 34 23 13 6 24

Last FG - SUBR 4th-01:00, GRAMWBB 4th-00:08. Score tied - 9 times. Last FG - ALCN 4th-00:56, GRAMWBB 4th-02:03. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - SUBR by 6 4th-06:31, GRAMWBB by 8 4th-00:08. Lead changed - 14 times. Largest lead - ALCN by 4 2nd-07:58, GRAMWBB by 20 4th-03:30. Lead changed - 2 times. SUBR led for 15:40. GRAMWBB led for 18:53. Game was tied for 05:19. ALCN led for 02:28. GRAMWBB led for 34:29. Game was tied for 03:03.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 23 GAME 24 GRAMBLING STATE 75, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 68 TEXAS SOUTHERN 66, GRAMBLING STATE 56 Kailyn Gideon didn’t attempt a shot for 39 minutes, but her jumper with 42 seconds remaining lifted the Gram- The Grambling State University women’s basketball team saw its five-game Southwestern Athletic Conference bling State University women’s basketball team to a season sweep of Prairie View A&M, 75-68, in a Southwestern (SWAC) win streak snapped with a 66-56 loss to Texas Southern at the Health and Physical Education Arena. Athletic Conference (SWAC) game at the William J. Nicks Building. Grambling State (12-12 overall, 9-4 SWAC) fell behind by six in the opening quarter, but used a 10-0 run over a Grambling State (12-11 overall, 9-3 SWAC) used a 17-3 run over a 3-minute and 40-second stretch in the five-minute stretch as the two teams enter the second tied at 14. However, Texas Southern (14-9, 9-3) out-scored opening quarter and took a 23-20 advantage into the second. The Lady Tigers led by as many as 12 points in the Grambling State in the second, 21-12, to take a 35-26 advantage into the half. Grambling State scored nine points second period and took a 39-29 lead into the break. in the third and headed to the final period trailing, 55-35. Grambling State got as close as eight points in the final Grambling State pushed the margin to 13 points in the third, but Prairie View A&M used a 19-7 run to close period, but couldn’t get any closer in the loss. out the period with the Lady Tigers holding a slim, 54-53 lead. Prairie View A&M (8-14, 6-5) held the Lady Tigers Shakyla Hill paced Grambling State with 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. Jazmin Boyd to without a field goal for over seven minutes in the final quarter, but Grambling State used a 15-6 run over the tallied 13 points and four assists, while Kailyn Gideon finished with nine boards and a game-high seven blocks. final five minutes to pick up its fifth straight win. Joyce Kennerson led Texas Southern with 25 points, including for 3-pointers, with five rebounds and three as- Shakyla Hill tied a career high with 26 points, on 7-of-14 shooting, with six rebounds, three assists and three sists. Kaitlyn Palmer chipped in with 14 points, while Taylor Robinson registered a double-double of 11 rebounds steals. Jazmin Boyd added 17 points, including three 3-pointers, with two assists and one steal. Monisha Neal led and 10 points. the way defensively with 10 rebounds. Shala Dobbins paced the Lady Panthers with 21 points, four assists, three steals and a pair of boards. Talisha- Turning Point Texas Southern raced out to a 10-4 advantage after a Kennerson 3-pointer with 5:39 remaining in the opening Presley tallied 14 points, three rebounds, two steals, one block and one assist, while La’Neique Nealey registered quarter, but Grambling State battled back and used a 10-0 run, capped by a Hill layup with 44 seconds left to grab a double-double of 12 points and a game-high 14 boards. a 14-10 lead. Texas Southern scored the final four points of the quarter as the two teams were tied at 14 entering the Turning Point second period. Grambling State trailed 8-4 after a bucket by Dobbins with 6:30 left in the opener quarter, but the Lady Tigers Texas Southern began the second on a 10-3 run, capped by a Palmer trey to take a 24-17 advantage with roared back and used a 17-3 run over the next 3:40 to take a 21-11 advantage after Neal layup with remaining. 5:52 left. Grambling State cut the margin to 24-20 after a Jazmine Torian 3-pointer with 5:28 remaining, but TSU Prairie View A&M stormed back as the Lady Panthers trailed 23-20 at the end of the first quarter. closed out the half on a 11-6 run to take a 35-26 lead into the break. Grambling State quickly answered and used a 10-2 run over the first five minutes of the second quarter to Grambling State struggled in the third and were out-scored, 20-9, as Texas Southern extended its halftime lead grab a 33-22 advantage after a Hill jumper with 4:31 left. The Lady Panthers cut the margin to eight, but the Lady to 20 points, 55-35, as the two entered the final quarter. Tigers took a 39-29 lead into the half. Grambling State failed to go away quietly and cut the double-digit deficit to 64-56 after two free throws by The Lady Tigers extended the lead to 47-34 after a jumper by Hill with 8:49 left in the third, but the Lady Justice Coleman with 41 seconds left. Texas Southern sealed the game at the line as Palmer sank a pair with 36 Panthers battled back and used a 19-7 run to close out the period down one, 54-53. seconds remaining and Hill missed a layup with 26 seconds left as Texas Southern ran out the clock to pick up In the final period, Grambling State went over seven minutes without a bucket from the field, but Prairie View the win. A&M was unable to get some distance and led 64-61 after a Mariah Campbell layup with 3:15 remaining. The Lady Tigers responded in a big way as Grambling State used a 9-2 run over the next two and a half minutes to Inside the Numbers grab a 70-66 lead after Gideon’s jumper. * Grambling State shot 20-of-67 (29.9 percent) from the floor and 8-of-13 (61.5 percent) from the free-throw line. The Lady Panthers could not recover as Grambling State got clutch free throws down the stretch by Hill to pick * Texas Southern was 24-of-56 (42.9 percent) shooting and 12-of-14 (85.7 percent) from the charity stripe. up the win. * Grambling State registered 29 rebounds, including 16 on the offensive glass. * Texas Southern recorded 53 rebounds, with 35 coming on the defensive end. Inside The Numbers * Grambling State finished with 17 points off turnovers, 15 bench points, 12 points in the paint and six sec- · Grambling State shot 42.2 percent (27-of-64) from the field and 83.3 percent (15-of-18) from the free-throw line. ond-chance points. · Prairie View A&M was 25-of-55 (45.5 percent) shooting and 14-of-17 (82.4 percent) from the charity stripe. * Texas Southern tallied 30 points in the paint, 17 bench points, 16 second-chance points and 10 points off · The Lady Tigers finished with 37 rebounds, with 23 coming on the defensive end. turnovers. · The Lady Panthers recorded 34 rebounds, including nine on the offensive glass. · Grambling State scored 30 points in the paint, 26 points off turnovers, 18 bench points and 18 second-chance News and Notes points. * Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray dropped his first game in the month of February (10-1) · Prairie View A&M finished with 24 points in the paint, 13 bench points and 10 points off turnovers. * Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray is 23-8 in his two years at the helm in SWAC play, with half of the losses coming to Texas Southern. · There were two ties and three lead changes.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs Prairie View Grambling State vs Texas Southern 02/10/18 3 p.m. at Prairie View, Texas (William J. Nicks) 2/12/18 5:35 p.m. at Houston, Texas

Grambling State 75 • 12-11 (9-3 SWAC) Grambling State 56 • 12-11, 9-3 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 20 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 5 9 3 2 1 0 7 0 29 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 1-6 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 3 3 1 0 0 3 29 34 NEAL, Monisha f 3-11 0-3 1-2 2 2 4 3 7 3 3 1 2 40 05 HILL, Shakyla g 7-14 1-3 11-12 213526330336 03 PARSONS, Takerra g 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 18 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 7-14 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 1 17 2 5 0 1 33 05 HILL, Shakyla g 6-20 1-4 4-5 5 2 7 4 17 4 4 0 2 29 34 NEAL, Monisha g 4-14 1-3 0-0 2 8 10 1 9430140 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 4-15 4-9 1-2 101213420138 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 12 COLEMAN, Justice 2-5 1-2 2-2 2 0 2 2 7 0 1 0 0 22 23 TAYLOR, Darae 2-3 0-0 0-0 2240 41000 9 23 TAYLOR, Darae 1-2 0-0 0-0 0000 20000 6 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 3 25 TORIAN, Jazmine 2-7 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 3-7 0-0 3-4 1563 9022020 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-0 0-0 0-0 0003 0001011 Team 1 2 3 Team 0 1 1 Totals 27-64 6-14 15-18 14 23 37 16 75 11 15 3 9 200 Totals 20-67 8-25 8-13 16 13 29 18 56 12 11 9 7 200

1st - FG %: 9-17 52.9% 2nd: 8-17 47.1% 3rd: 6-16 37.5% 4th: 4-14 28.6% Game: 27-64 42.2% Deadball 1st - FG %: 6-15 40.0% 2nd: 4-17 23.5% 3rd: 4-12 33.3% 4th: 6-23 26.1% Game: 20-67 29.9% Deadball 3FG %: 2-4 50.0% 0-1 0.0% 3-7 42.9% 1-2 50.0% 6-14 42.9% Rebounds 3FG %: 1-2 50.0% 4-12 33.3% 0-3 0.0% 3-8 37.5% 8-25 32.0% Rebounds FT %: 3-3 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 12-14 85.7% 15-18 83.3% 1 FT %: 1-2 50.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 6-9 66.7% 8-13 61.5% 1,1 Prairie View 68 • 8-14 (6-5 SWAC) Texas Southern 66 • 13-9, 8-3 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 23 La'Neique Nealey f 6-11 0-0 0-2 3 11 14 3 12 410140 32 Nycolle Smith f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 13 40 Mariah Campbell f 2-5 0-0 2-2 1 8 9 2 6 1 1 0 1 33 44 Taylor Robinson c 5-10 0-0 0-0 5 6 11 4 10 0 4 1 0 21 05 Shala Dobbins g 6-11 1-1 8-8 022321450337 02 Camille Mills g 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 1 0 1 6 1 0 27 12 Dominique Newman g 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 0 2 24 03 Joyce Kennerson g 7-21 4-7 7-8 1 4 5 1 25 3 2 0 0 40 14 Talisha Presley g 6-11 2-5 0-0 123014121234 20 Kaitlyn Palmer g 4-8 2-3 4-4 1 5 6 1 14 3 4 0 0 37 02 Jordyn Penniman 4-8 1-4 4-5 0 0 0 3 13 1 0 0 0 22 05 Catherine Okwilagwe 4-5 0-0 0-0 4 5 9 3 8 0 3 0 1 19 03 Alexis Robinson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 12 Chynna Ewing 2-5 0-0 1-2 1122 5230125 22 Chelsea Tieuel 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 21 Makenna Pouengue 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 32 Jhyrah Cobb 0-4 0-0 0-0 2131 00100 7 35 Isis Lane 2-3 0-0 0-0 0442 4211018 Team 1 1 2 1 Team 3 0 3 Totals 25-55 4-12 14-17 9 25 34 13 68 16 18 1 9 200 Totals 24-56 6-10 12-14 18 35 53 17 66 11 23 3 3 200

1st - FG %: 9-15 60.0% 2nd: 3-15 20.0% 3rd: 8-10 80.0% 4th: 5-15 33.3% Game: 25-55 45.5% Deadball 1st - FG %: 4-13 30.8% 2nd: 9-15 60.0% 3rd: 9-17 52.9% 4th: 2-11 18.2% Game: 24-56 42.9% Deadball 3FG %: 1-2 50.0% 1-5 20.0% 2-2 100.0% 0-3 0.0% 4-12 33.3% Rebounds 3FG %: 2-3 66.7% 3-3 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 6-10 60.0% Rebounds FT %: 1-1 100.0% 2-2 100.0% 6-6 100.0% 5-8 62.5% 14-17 82.4% 1 FT %: 4-4 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 7-8 87.5% 12-14 85.7% 2 Officials: Marlin Ramsey (R), Isaac D. Johnson (U1), Stacie Blow (U2) Officials: Brian Garland, Kristin McKinnon, Shandra Twine Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Prairie View-None. Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Texas Southern-None. Attendance: 324 Attendance: 1018

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Grambling State 23 16 15 21 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 14 12 9 21 56 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench GRAMW 30 26 18 4 18 GRAMW 12 17 6 4 15 Prairie View 20 9 24 15 68 PVAMW 24 10 8 6 13 Texas Southern 14 21 20 11 66 TSU 30 10 16 6 17

Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-00:42, PVAMW 4th-00:16. Score tied - 2 times. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-01:05, TSU 4th-03:38. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 13 3rd-07:23, PVAMW by 4 1st-08:19. Lead changed - 3 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 4 1st-00:44, TSU by 20 3rd-00:22. Lead changed - 2 times. GRAMWBB led for 30:32. PVAMW led for 06:55. Game was tied for 02:33. GRAMWBB led for 00:43. TSU led for 35:42. Game was tied for 03:13.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 25 GAME 26 GRAMBLING STATE 93, JACKSON STATE 89, OT GRAMBLING STATE 73, ARKANASAS-PINE BLUFF 63 Jazmin Boyd and Justice Coleman combined to score 61 points as the Grambling State University women’s Shakyla Hill flirted with a triple double as she was one rebound shy as the Grambling State University women’s basketball team got back into the win column with a thrilling 93-89 overtime victory over Jackson State in a basketball team clinched home court for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opening round with a 73- Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) game at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. 63 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Grambling State led, 18-15 after one period, but Jackson State took a 38-36 lead into the break. JSU led by Hill, who registered a quadruple double on Jan. 3 against Alabama State, had 13 points, six assists, five steals just one, 57-56, heading into the final quarter. Grambling State led by three down the stretch, but a 3-pointer by and four rebounds at the break. She ended the day with 22 points, 11 assists, nine boards and seven steals to Chelsea Causey tied the game at 71 and forced overtime. pace the Grambling State offense. Jazmin Boyd registered 17 points, on 5-of-10 shooting, with two assists and Boyd paced Grambling State (13-12 overall, 10-4 SWAC) with her career-high 31 points and added three re- two rebounds, while Justice Coleman added 11 points, three rebounds and one assist. bounds, four assists and one steal. Coleman tossed in a career-high 30 points, five rebounds and one steal. Grambling State (14-12 overall, 11-4 SWAC), which captured its second consecutive victory, led for nearly Monisha Neal chipped in with 16 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals, while Shakyla Hill finished the entire game as the Lady Tigers took a 21-10 advantage into the second quarter. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6-20, with a double-double of 10 points and 11 assists, with seven rebounds and four steals. 4-12) out-scored Grambling State in the second, 15-14, but trailed 35-25 at intermission. The Lady Golden Lions Marneisha Hamer led Jackson State (12-11, 7-7) with 27 points, six rebounds, one assists and one steal. chipped away at the deficit in the third as the Lady Tigers took a 48-41 advantage into the final period. Causey registered a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Christina Ellis added 10 points, seven Malik Muhammad paced Arkansas-Pine Bluff with 15 points, on 5-of-8 shooting, and five rebounds. Destiny rebounds, three assists and one steal. Brewton tallied 13 points, a team-high seven assists, two boards and one steal, while Faith Ohanta chipped in with a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds. Turning Point Grambling State took a 60-59 advantage on a bucket by Boyd with 7:09 left in the fourth quarter, but Jackson Turning Point State answered and grabbed a 65-63 lead after a layup by Katie Hunt with 4:03 remaining. Arkansas-Pine Bluff took an early, 8-6, lead after a 3-pointer by Muhammad, but Grambling State dominated Grambling State took control for the next three minutes and took a 71-67 lead after two free throws by Boyd the final six and half minutes of the first quarter, outscoring the Lady Golden Lions, 15-2, as Hill buried a 3-point- with 1:52 left, but again Jackson State answered and got buckets by Jasmine Redmon and Causey to tie the game er from nearly half court as time expired to give Grambling State a 21-10 lead. at 71 and force overtime. Grambling State pushed the advantage to as many as 15 points, 29-14, after a 3-pointer by Ariel Williams with In the extra period, Grambling State took an 88-86 lead after a jumper by Neal with 1:19 left and a free throw 4:43 left in the first half, but Arkansas-Pine Bluff rallied and cut the margin to 35-25 at the break. by Hill pushed the margin to 89-86 with 32 seconds remaining. The Lady Golden Lions continued to chip away at the deficit, trimming the margin to 37-33 after a free throw Jackson State tied the game at 89 after a 3-pointer by Ellis with 13 seconds left, but Grambling State got a by Ohanta with 6:39 left in the third. The Lady Tigers responded with an 11-3 run, capped by a Williams layup layup by Neal and Alexus Williams down the stretch to pick up the victory. with 2:39 remaining. Back came Arkansas-Pine Bluff as the Lady Golden Lions cut the margin to 48-41 at the end of three quarters. Inside the Numbers Arkansas-Pine Bluff never got any closer than six points, 61-55, during the final three minutes as Grambling * Grambling State shot 35-of-80 (43.8 percent) from the floor and 14-of-20 (70.0 percent) from the free-throw line. State picked up its second consecutive SWAC win. * Jackson State Southern was 37-of-81 (45.7 percent) shooting and 13-of-22 (59.1 percent) from the charity stripe. * Grambling State registered 46 rebounds, including 27 on the defensive glass. Inside the Numbers * Jackson State recorded 54 rebounds, with 23 coming on the offensive end. * Grambling State shot 27-of-56 (48.2 percent) from the floor and 12-of-18 (66.7%) from the free-throw line. * Grambling State finished with 40 points in the paint, 26 points off turnovers, 16 second-chance points and six * The Lady Tigers was 22-of-50 (44.0 percent) shooting and 13-of-20 (65.0 percent) from the charity stripe. bench points. * The Lady Golden Lions recorded 30 rebounds, with 25 off the defensive glass. * Jackson State tallied 54 points in the paint, 45 bench points, 16 second-chance points and 27 points off turn- * Arkansas-Pine Bluff registered 33 rebounds, with 27 coming on the defensive end. overs. * Grambling State finished with 34 points in the paint, 10 bench points, eight second-chance points and 23 points off turnovers. News and Notes * Arkansas-Pine Bluff tallied 26 points in the paint, 18 points, 11 second-chance points and eight points off * Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray is 24-8 in his two years at the helm in SWAC play. turnovers. * Grambling State is 2-0 this season in overtime wins. * Grambling State split the season series with Jackson State. News and Notes * Jazmin Boyd and Justice Coleman scored 28 of Grambling’s 36 points for the first half. * Grambling State head coach Freddie Murray is 25-8 in SWAC play in his two years at the helm. * Justice Coleman’s previous career high was 18 points against Mississippi Valley State on Jan. 29. * The Lady Tigers swept the season series over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. * Jazmin Boyd’s previous career high was 24 points against Arkansas- Pine Bluff on Feb. 25, 2017. * Monisha Neal was recognized in between games during Senior Day.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Jackson State vs Grambling State Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs Grambling State 02/17/18 3 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center 02/24/18 3 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center

Jackson State 89 • 12-11, 7-7 SWAC Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63 • 6-20, 4-12 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 Mariah Smelser f 0-10-02-21011 20101 6 11 Ohanta, Faith f 5-10 1-3 2-3 1 10 11 4 13 131034 23 Marneisha Hamer f 12-19 0-0 3-6 2 4 6 2 27 1 1 3 1 34 21 Hassan, Aiya f 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 15 14 Kawaii Perry g 2-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 13 31 Darden, Katherine f 0-30-00-00110 00200 5 21 Derica Wiggins g 3-12 0-3 2-2 2 2 4 3 8 0 3 0 0 27 01 Brewton, Destiny g 4-9 1-1 4-4 0 2 2 2 13 7 2 0 1 34 22 Jasmine Redmon g 1-5 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 4 3 5 3 0 1 26 13 Muhammad, Malik g 5-8 3-6 2-4 1 4 5 1 15 0 1 0 0 34 00 Maria Conyers-Jordan 2-4 0-1 1-2 1 1 2 0 5 2 2 0 2 20 03 Murdock, Tiffany 0-1 0-1 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 01 Bianca King 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00100 3 04 Richardson, Kye 1-2 1-2 0-0 0001 3020015 04 Christina Ellis 4-6 1-1 1-1 3 4 7 3 10 3 5 0 1 23 05 Totten, Trasity 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 11 Sumer Williams 4-11 0-0 0-0 3141 8320224 14 20 Jniya Tallie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Daniel, Ashlee 2-2 0-0 0-2 1011 4030019 24 24 Katie Hunt 2-4 0-0 2-2 0331 6012213 Taylor, Noe'll 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 5 0 0 9 32 Keendra Shelton 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 35 Harris, Shawntayla 2-6 0-0 1-1 1343 5011117 35 Chelsea Causey 7-13 1-2 1-5 4 10 14 2 16 130030 40 Hatter, Shania 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 Team 6 5 11 Team 2 5 7 Totals 37-81 2-10 13-22 23 31 54 22 89 16 22 6 11 225 Totals 22-50 6-15 13-20 6 27 33 15 63 11 20 2 4 200

1st - FG %: 5-18 27.8% 2nd: 9-16 56.3% 3rd: 8-21 38.1% 4th: 9-18 50.0% Game: 37-81 45.7% Deadball 1st - FG %: 3-13 23.1% 2nd: 6-12 50.0% 3rd: 5-11 45.5% 4th: 8-14 57.1% Game: 22-50 44.0% Deadball 3FG %: 0-2 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-3 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 2-10 20.0% Rebounds 3FG %: 2-3 66.7% 0-4 0.0% 2-3 66.7% 2-5 40.0% 6-15 40.0% Rebounds FT %: 5-13 38.5% 5-5 100.0% 3-4 75.0% 0-0 0.0% 13-22 59.1% 3 FT %: 2-2 100.0% 3-4 75.0% 4-7 57.1% 4-7 57.1% 13-20 65.0% 4 Grambling State 93 • 13-12, 10-4 SWAC Grambling State 73 • 14-12, 11-4 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 GIDEON, Kailyn c 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 7 0 30 04 NEAL, Monisha f 3-11 1-4 0-0 0663 7220140 04 NEAL, Monisha g 7-17 1-2 1-1 1 6 7 3 16 6 4 0 2 45 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 5 6 0 1 4 2 23 05 HILL, Shakyla g 4-11 0-1 2-5 2573101140436 05 HILL, Shakyla g 9-13 2-3 2-3 1893221180740 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 11-17 5-6 3-3 4 1 5 1 30 0 6 0 1 38 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 4-12 1-5 2-4 1 2 3 1 11 1 0 0 0 25 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 10-23 3-10 8-9 123131430145 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 5-10 1-2 6-9 202417210025 03 PARSONS, Takerra 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 03 PARSONS, Takerra 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 1-1 0-0 0-0 0112 21201 9 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 3-4 2-3 0-0 0002 8010119 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 17 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 1-3 0-0 0-2 0004 2010015 Team 0 5 5 Team 9 8 17 Totals 27-56 7-17 12-18 5 25 30 22 73 17 14 4 11 200 Totals 35-80 9-19 14-20 19 27 46 18 93 22 23 7 9 225 1st - FG %: 9-15 60.0% 2nd: 4-14 28.6% 3rd: 6-11 54.5% 4th: 8-16 50.0% Game: 27-56 48.2% Deadball 1st - FG %: 7-20 35.0% 2nd: 6-15 40.0% 3rd: 8-16 50.0% 4th: 7-17 41.2% Game: 35-80 43.8% Deadball 3FG %: 3-5 60.0% 1-4 25.0% 1-4 25.0% 2-4 50.0% 7-17 41.2% Rebounds 3FG %: 2-4 50.0% 3-6 50.0% 3-6 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 9-19 47.4% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 5-7 71.4% 0-0 0.0% 7-11 63.6% 12-18 66.7% 3 FT %: 2-2 100.0% 3-3 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 6-10 60.0% 14-20 70.0% 2 Officials: Bobby Deavers, Daisy Lane, Marc Merritt Officials: Bobby Jarmon, Kelvin Short, Jaclyn Watson Technical fouls: Jackson State-None. Grambling State-None. Technical fouls: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-None. Grambling State-None. Attendance: 1127 Attendance: 934 Breast Cancer Awareness Day Grambling State hosts Senior Day

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Jackson State 15 23 19 19 13 89 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Arkansas-Pine Bluff 10 15 16 22 63 JCKSTW 54 27 16 10 45 UAPBWB 26 8 11 4 18 Grambling State 18 18 20 20 17 93 GRAMW 40 26 16 10 6 Grambling State 21 14 13 25 73 GRAMW 34 23 8 4 10

Last FG - JCKSTW OT-00:13, GRAMWBB OT-00:00. Score tied - 14 times. Last FG - UAPBWBB 4th-00:03, GRAMWBB 4th-00:05. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - JCKSTW by 4 2nd-02:20, GRAMWBB by 8 1st-02:57. Lead changed - 20 times. Largest lead - UAPBWBB by 2 1st-06:56, GRAMWBB by 15 2nd-04:43. Lead changed - 2 times. JCKSTW led for 11:00. GRAMWBB led for 28:59. Game was tied for 05:01. UAPBWBB led for 00:56. GRAMWBB led for 38:38. Game was tied for 00:26.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 27 GAME 28 GRAMBLING STATE 64, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 55 ALABAMA A&M 71, GRAMBLING STATE 64 Shakyla Hill finished with a double-double as the Grambling State University women’s basketball team won its Shakyla Hill scored a career-high 35 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Grambling State University women’s third straight game with a 64-55 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Monday night at the Fredrick C. Hobdy basketball team dropped a 71-64 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) decision to Alabama A&M on Thurs- Assembly Center. day night at T.M. Elmore Gymnasium. Grambling State (15-12 overall, 12-4 SWAC) led 23-9 after one quarter and 34-16 at the break. Mississippi Grambling State (15-13 overall, 12-5 SWAC) came into the contest one game back in the SWAC standings behind Valley State (2-27, 2-15) cut the deficit to 44-30 at the end of three periods and closed the gap to seven points, Southern and tied with Texas Southern. A win would have given the SWAC a three-way tie atop the standings as but never got any closer. Texas Southern defeated Southern. However, Grambling State remained in third after the loss to Alabama A&M. Hill paced Grambling State with 21 points and 10 boards, along with six assists and three steals. Jazmin Boyd Hill led all scorers with 35 points, on 12-of-24 shooting, and three 3-pointers. She added 12 rebounds, with registered 13 points, seven boards, two assists and one steal, while Monisha Neal chipped in with 11 points, eight nine coming on the defensive glass, along with four steals and four assists. Jazmin Boyd tallied 16 points, four rebounds and two steals. boards and three assists. LaKendra Bassett led the Devilettes with 13 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals. Kenya Arnold Nigeria Jones paced Alabama A&M (11-17, 6-11) with 22 points and three assists, while Natalie Collins added recorded 12 points and eight boards, while Makayla Bonner registered four rebounds and a pair of blocks. 12 points. Aubriana Bonner registered a double-double of 11 rebounds and 10 points and Ashlyn Dotson tallied 10 points and eight boards. Turning Point Grambling State raced out to a 17-4 lead after a Neal jumper with 4:51 left in the opening quarter as the Lady Turning Point Tigers built a commanding 23-9 advantage. The Lady Tigers started out of the gate slowly and trailed 9-4 after a Natalie Collins 3-pointer with 6:30 Mississippi Valley State closed the gap to 25-15 after a bucket by Stormy Green with five minutes remaining in remaining in the opening period, but Grambling State rallied and used a 9-3 run over the next four minutes to the first half, but Grambling State closed out the second quarter on a 9-1 run to take a 34-16 lead into the break. grab a 13-12 advantage after a bucket by Alexis Williams with 2:10 left in the quarter. Grambling State kept its foot on the gas pedal in the third period, as Mississippi Valley State closed the margin The Lady Bulldogs outscored the Lady Tigers down the stretch in the first quarter, 7-3, to take a 19-16 lead into to 38-26 after two free throws by Desiray Mosley, but the Lady Tigers extended the lead to 44-28 with 1:07 left the second. in the quarter and took a comfortable 44-30 lead into the final period. Grambling State trimmed the deficit to 24-22 after a Takerra Parson’s jumper with 8:56 remaining, but Ala- The Devilettes cut the double-digit deficit to 50-43 after a free throw by Mosley with 4:38 left, but Mississippi bama A&M extended the advantage to 34-25 after a layup by Ashlyn Dotson, giving the Lady Bulldogs a 34-25 Valley State could not get any closer. lead with 3:26 left. The Lady Tigers closed the gap to 34-30 with 2:05 left, but the Lady Bulldogs used a 6-2 run to take a 40-32 Inside the Numbers lead into the half. * Grambling State was 24-of-63 (38.1 percent) shooting and 12-of-17 (70.6 percent) from the charity stripe. Alabama A&M took a 51-43 advantage after a bucket by Nigeria Jones jumper, but Grambling State rallied and * Mississippi Valley shot 21-of-57 (36.8 percent) from the floor and 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) from the free-throw closed the gap to 55-54 after Jazmin Boyd sank a pair of free throws with 33 seconds left in the third. line. Grambling State took a 70-58 lead after a Hill three-point play with 7:50 left and built a 64-58 advantage with * The Lady Tigers registered 45 rebounds, with 27 off the defensive glass. 4:43 remaining. However, the Lady Tigers went scoreless down the stretch as the Lady Bulldogs closed out the * The Devilettes recorded 33 rebounds, including 24 on the defensive end. game on a 13-0 run. * Grambling State finished with 34 points in the paint, 6 bench points, 15 second-chance points and 18 points off turnovers. Inside the Numbers * Mississippi Valley captured 28 points in the paint, 15 bench points, eight second-chance points and 14 points * Grambling State shot 21-of-59 (35.6 percent) from the field and 18-of-24 (75 percent) from the free-throw line. off turnovers. * Alabama A&M shot 37.3 percent (25-of-67) from the floor and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the charity stripe. * The Lady Tigers tallied 38 rebounds, including 28 on the defensive glass. News and Notes * The Lady Bulldogs recorded 47 rebounds, with 16 coming on the offensive end. * Grambling State won its 10th home game of the season, the most in the program in over 10 years. * Grambling State registered 28 points in the paint, 14 fast-break points, 11 second-chance points and 10 points * The Lady Tigers completed a season sweep of Mississippi Valley State. off turnovers. * Grambling State will host a SWAC Tournament Quarterfinal game on Tuesday, March 6 with a 6:30 p.m. tip-off * Alabama A&M finished with 18 points in the paint, 15 second-chance points, 13 points off turnovers and 12 at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. fast-break points. * Lady Tigers head coach Freddie Murray is 13-1 in his two years in the month of February. * Grambling State Department of Athletics honored its Faculty and Staff, along with the AD Honor Roll, during News and Notes halftime. * The loss snapped a six-game winning streak against Alabama A&M, dating back to the 2014-15 season.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Mississippi Valley S vs Grambling State Grambling State vs Alabama A&M 02/26/18 5:30 p.m. at Grambling, La. - Hobdy Assembly Center 03/01/18 5:30 p.m. at T.M. Elmore Gym (Huntsville, Ala.)

Mississippi Valley S 55 • 2-27, 2-15 SWAC Grambling State 64 • 15-13, 12-5 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 ARNOLD, Kenya f 5-13 0-0 2-2 268312180336 33 GIDEON, Kailyn f 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 4 1 30 35 BONNER, Makayla f 4-8 0-0 3-6 0 4 4 4 11 0 2 2 1 31 04 NEAL, Monisha g 0-3 0-2 2-2 1 5 6 3 2 3 3 0 0 29 01 BASSETT, LaKendra g 5-14 1-7 2-5 134313440340- 05 HILL, Shakyla g 12-24 3-5 8-11 3 9 12 3 35 420439 04 PARKER, Kristy g 1-6 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 12 COLEMAN, Justice g 1-4 0-1 1-4 2 4 6 3 3 0 1 1 0 25 11 GREEN, Stormy g 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 31 13 BOYD, Jazmin g 4-17 1-8 7-7 134116320034 05 FOYE, Ashliegh 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 03 PARSONS, Takerra 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 11 13 FLOYD, Sydney 3-6 2-3 0-0 0221 8010011 11 21 BOLDEN, Kassaedy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 WILLIAMS, Ariel 1-2 0-1 0-0 0000 2010010 23 MOSLEY, Desiray 2-5 0-3 3-4 0111 7300127 23 TAYLOR, Darae 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 12 Team 4 3 7 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 1-1 0-0 0-0 0000 2000010 Totals 21-57 3-17 10-17 9 24 33 14 55 9 15 2 9 200 Team 3 3 6 1 Totals 21-59 4-18 18-24 10 28 38 14 64 10 13 6 6 200 1st - FG %: 4-18 22.2% 2nd: 2-10 20.0% 3rd: 5-12 41.7% 4th: 10-17 58.8% Game: 21-57 36.8% Deadball 3FG %: 0-7 0.0% 1-5 20.0% 0-1 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 3-17 17.6% Rebounds 1st - FG %: 7-14 50.0% 2nd: 6-13 46.2% 3rd: 5-15 33.3% 4th: 3-17 17.6% Game: 21-59 35.6% Deadball FT %: 1-2 50.0% 2-4 50.0% 4-4 100.0% 3-7 42.9% 10-17 58.8% 5 3FG %: 1-4 25.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-5 40.0% 1-7 14.3% 4-18 22.2% Rebounds FT %: 1-2 50.0% 4-5 80.0% 10-14 71.4% 3-3 100.0% 18-24 75.0% Grambling State 64 • 15-12, 12-4 SWAC 3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Alabama A&M 71 • 11-17, 6-11 SWAC ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 04 NEAL, Monisha f 4-11 3-7 0-0 268311130239 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 BOYD, Jazmin f 5-16 1-8 2-3 1 6 7 2 13 2 3 0 1 29 44 Ashlyn Dotson c 4-11 0-0 2-2 178210210024 33 GIDEON, Kailyn c 1-3 0-0 3-7 0 2 2 2 5 0 1 5 0 31 01 Aubriana Bonner g 3-7 0-0 4-4 3 8 11 1 10 0 1 0 1 36 05 HILL, Shakyla g 7-18 0-4 7-7 4 6 10 4 21 6 5 0 3 40 02 Natalie Collins g 4-13 4-12 0-0 044312221134 12 g COLEMAN, Justice 4-7 0-1 0-0 6 2 8 2 8 3 2 1 0 26 05 Nigeria Jones g 7-10 6-7 2-2 1 0 1 4 22 3 2 1 1 29 03 PARSONS, Takerra 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 24 Tierra Dark g 2-6 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 0 6 2 1 0 0 21 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 0-4 0-2 0-0 0110 0220113 03 Courtney Eggleston 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 TAYLOR, Darae 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 04 Jameica Cobb 1-4 0-0 0-0 1341 2410219 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 1-2 0-0 0-0 2023 20101 9 10 Lauren McKee 1-5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 2 11 Team 3 3 6 21 Alexandra Johnson 2-5 0-0 0-4 5161 4000016 Totals 24-63 4-22 12-17 18 27 45 17 64 14 18 6 9 200 23 DeShawna Harper 1-6 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 9 1st - FG %: 9-13 69.2% 2nd: 4-14 28.6% 3rd: 5-21 23.8% 4th: 6-15 40.0% Game: 24-63 38.1% Deadball Team 5 2 7 3FG %: 3-7 42.9% 1-8 12.5% 0-5 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 4-22 18.2% Rebounds FT %: 2-3 66.7% 2-2 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 8-12 66.7% 12-17 70.6% 3 Totals 25-67 11-24 10-14 16 31 47 14 71 16 14 2 7 200

Officials: Nicole Brannon, Darren McClure, Shandra Twine 1st - FG %: 7-18 38.9% 2nd: 7-21 33.3% 3rd: 7-14 50.0% 4th: 4-14 28.6% Game: 25-67 37.3% Deadball Technical fouls: Mississippi Valley S-TEAM. Grambling State-None. 3FG %: 5-9 55.6% 3-6 50.0% 1-4 25.0% 2-5 40.0% 11-24 45.8% Rebounds Attendance: 836 FT %: 0-2 0.0% 4-4 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 6-8 75.0% 10-14 71.4% 2 Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night/AD Honor Roll Officials: Grambling State has won three straight games Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Alabama A&M-None. Grambling State has won 10 games for the first time in over 10 years Grambling State sweeps season series Attendance:

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Mississippi Valley S 9 7 14 25 55 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Grambling State 16 16 22 10 64 WMVSU 28 14 8 10 15 GRAMW 28 10 11 14 8 Alabama A&M Grambling State 23 11 10 20 64 GRAMW 34 18 15 10 6 19 21 15 16 71 AAMUW 18 13 15 12 11

Last FG - WMVSU 4th-00:26, GRAMWBB 4th-00:37. Score tied - 0 times. Last FG - GRAMWBB 4th-05:10, AAMUWBB 4th-01:34. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - WMVSU None, GRAMWBB by 18 2nd-00:09. Lead changed - 0 times. Largest lead - GRAMWBB by 6 4th-04:43, AAMUWBB by 10 2nd-00:53. Lead changed - 8 times. WMVSU led for 00:00. GRAMWBB led for 39:17. Game was tied for 00:43. GRAMWBB led for 07:29. AAMUWBB led for 32:03. Game was tied for 00:28.

GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GRAMBLING STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME GAME 29 GRAMBLING STATE 73, ALABAMA STATE 52 Shakyla Hill and Jazmin Boyd led the Grambling State women’s basketball team in double figures in a 73-52 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) win against Alabama State on Saturday at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. With the victory in the regular season finale, the Lady Tigers earned the SWAC’s No. 3 seed for next week’s SWAC Tournament. Grambling State will face Alcorn State, the No. 6 seed, on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the SWAC Quarterfinals at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Grambling State (15-13 Overall, 12-5 SWAC) trailed at the end of one quarter, 14-10, but used a 13-10 run, capped by a Boyd layup with 4:38 remaining in the second quarter to grab a 23-21 lead. The Lady Tigers pulled away in the second half and led by as many as 21 points. Hill led the Lady Tigers with a double-double of 29 points and 10 rebounds, with three assists and one steal, while Boyd registered 24 points, four rebounds and one steal. Keimeisha Walker paced Alabama State (8-20, 6-11) 15 points and one rebound.

Turning Point Grambling State took a slim, 29-25, lead going into the break and stretched the advantage to 51-40 after three quarters. The Lady Tigers were in cruise control during the final quarter and led by as many as 21 points, 73-52, to pick up the win.

Inside the Numbers * Grambling State shot 28-of-63 (44.4 percent) from the field and 14-of-18 (78.8 percent) from the free-throw line. * Alabama State shot 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from the floor and 57.9 percent (11-of-19) from the charity stripe. * The Lady Tigers tallied 45 rebounds, including 29 on the defensive glass. * The Lady Hornets recorded 43 rebounds, with 20 coming on the offensive end. * Grambling State registered 48 points in the paint, no fast-break points, 12 second-chance points and 14 points off turnovers. * Alabama State finished with 24 points in the paint, 18 second-chance points, five points off turnovers and no fast-break points.

News and Notes * Grambling State swept the season series from Alabama State. * The last time Grambling State faced Alabama State, Shakyla Hill recorded the fourth quadruple-double in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball history. * Grambling State will host Alcorn State in a SWAC Quarterfinal game on Tuesday, March 6 at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m.)

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grambling State vs Alabama State 03/03/18 3:00 p.m. at Montgomery, Ala. (Dunn-Oliver Acadome)

Grambling State 73 • 15-13, 12-5 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 NEAL, Monisha * 1-9 0-1 0-0 1 12 13 1 2 2 1 0 1 39 05 HILL, Shakyla * 10-17 0-3 9-10 4 6 10 3 29 3 5 0 1 38 12 COLEMAN, Justice * 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 32 13 BOYD, Jazmin * 9-20 2-4 4-5 2 2 4 2 24 0 2 0 1 34 33 GIDEON, Kailyn * 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 22 11 WILLIAMS, Ariel 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 12 23 TAYLOR, Darae 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 10 30 WILLIAMS, Alexus 2-2 0-0 1-1 3 3 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 13 Team 3 2 5 Totals 28-63 3-11 14-18 16 29 45 19 73 6 10 1 4 200

1st - FG %: 4-15 26.7% 2nd: 7-16 43.8% 3rd: 9-18 50.0% 4th: 8-14 57.1% Game: 28-63 44.4% Deadball 3FG %: 0-2 0.0% 0-3 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 2-3 66.7% 3-11 27.3% Rebounds FT %: 2-2 100.0% 5-6 83.3% 3-6 50.0% 4-4 100.0% 14-18 77.8% 0 Alabama State 52 • 8-20, 6-11 SWAC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Pye, Kenya * 2-7 0-2 0-0 2 1 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 25 11 Smith, Shamyiah * 2-9 0-2 1-4 3 1 4 2 5 2 3 1 0 34 22 Stephens, Kayla * 1-5 0-0 4-4 5 7 12 2 6 0 2 0 0 37 23 Gipson, Arleatha * 1-7 0-2 0-2 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 23 34 Harvey, Victoria * 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 03 Walker, Keimeshia 7-12 0-3 1-2 1 0 1 2 15 0 1 0 0 15 05 Nelson, Aliyah 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 5 4 0 2 1 0 13 10 Lee, Courtney 2-6 0-2 5-7 0 3 3 2 9 0 1 0 2 27 14 Doe, Ziara 2-6 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 21 Sapp, Nia 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 25 Hunt, Amber 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 4 2 6 Totals 20-61 1-13 11-19 20 23 43 22 52 4 13 2 3 202

1st - FG %: 6-19 31.6% 2nd: 5-17 29.4% 3rd: 5-11 45.5% 4th: 4-14 28.6% Game: 20-61 32.8% Deadball 3FG %: 0-6 0.0% 1-6 16.7% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-13 7.7% Rebounds FT %: 2-4 50.0% 0-0 0.0% 5-9 55.6% 4-6 66.7% 11-19 57.9% 0 Officials: Calvin Garth, Anthony Oliver and Kerry Pierre Technical fouls: Grambling State-None. Alabama State-TEAM. Attendance:

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Grambling State 10 19 22 22 73 Alabama State 14 11 15 12 52

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