Southern women, Jackson State men earn #1 seeds

 

 

BOSSIER CITY, LA – The pairings have been set in next week’s Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament as the Southern Jaguars will be the top women’s seed and the Jackson State Tigers will be the top men’s seed.

 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 6, 2010 - Redshirt senior   Matt Townsend (Lorton, Va./Hayfield) drove in three runs, including a solo home run, and junior   Kevin Munson (Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring) struck out three for his school-record 15^th save as James Madison defeated Alcorn State 8-7 on Saturday afternoon in the Kennel Club Classic at Harmon Stadium.

JMU won its third in a row to improve to 3-3 after the first-ever matchup against Alcorn.  ASU dropped to 4-6.

Senior Day was the highlight at the Davey L. Whitney Gym as Senior Jonathan Boyd scored 21 points as they defeated the Panthers of Prairie View 69-67.  Alcorn(2-16 SWAC), stayed in the game until the very end shocking the Panthers(11-7 SWAC) with a win.