Alcorn Hosts Tougaloo in Midweek Matinee

LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn Women's Basketball hosts its final home game of the 2022 calendar year on Tuesday, Dec. 13, when the Braves welcome in-state opponent Tougaloo to the Davey L. Whitney Complex for a 3 p.m. contest. The game will serve as the fourth home game in the last five outings for the Braves, while Alcorn enters the matchup riding a three-game winning streak at home.
 
THE GAME: Tougaloo vs. Alcorn
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. CT
WHERE: Davey L. Whitney Health and Physical Education Complex (Lorman, Miss.)
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TOYS FOR TOTS DONATIONS
Alcorn Athletics is accepting donations for Toys for Tots at Tuesday afternoon's game against Tougaloo. Donations are asked to be new, unwrapped gifts. The Toys for Tots program run is run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them Christmas gifts.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Keep up with everything Alcorn Women's Basketball this year by following the Braves social media platforms. You can follow @AlcornSports on Instagram and @BravesSports on Twitter.

SERIES VS. TOUGALOO
The Tuesday meeting between the pair of "Magnolia State" opponents marks the 12th all-time outing between the Braves and Bulldogs. Alcorn holds a 7-4 advantage in the series, including wins in each of the last five outings, respectfully. The series began with a Tougaloo win back in 1978-79 under legendary Alcorn coach Shirley Walker, before the Braves then took the next meeting against the Bulldogs that very same season.
 
LAST TIME OUT BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES
Alcorn claimed an 85-61 win over Tougaloo at home in what was the third consecutive win for the Braves in the opening stages of the 2019-20 season under then-head coach Courtney G. Pruitt. Alcorn Women's Basketball got a spectacular performance from senior Jada Hargrove who led the team with a season-high 19 points, career-best nine assists, six rebounds and a season-best five steals during a one-sided victory over the Bulldogs.
 
Kirkland and Clark had their shots falling like rain inside the Davey L. Whitney Complex, combining to go 10-of-13 (.769) from the floor while contributing seven steals between them. Hargrove fell just one (1) assist short of becoming the first women's basketball player since the 2012-13 season to post 10 assists in a single game – setting a new career-best in the process.

As a unit, Alcorn recorded 29 steals on the evening which is the most by the program since the athletics department kept electronic stats in 2012-13. Seven separate Braves snatched two or more steals in the contest with 11 players having at least one.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE ALCORN
Alcorn Women's Basketball shrugged off a slow start as the Braves won their third consecutive home game in defeating visiting Central Arkansas, 45-41 in nonconference play inside the Davey L. Whitney Complex.
 
Alcorn would take its first lead of the game on the heels of a 7-1 run started by T'Naye Griffin's layup (two of her three points in the contest), followed by Tyginae Wright's jumper and a three-pointer from Kailyn Watkins to put the Braves ahead 16-15 with 4:57 showing on the clock. Wright, who finished the game with a game-high two (2) three-pointers, connected on her first long-range effort of the night less than a minute later to extend the Purple and Gold advantage, 19-15.
 
Alcorn would hold a 20-16 edge at the break, as the Braves outscored the Sugar Bears by a 13-8 count in the second stanza. The Braves held Central Arkansas to 30 percent shooting from the field in the second quarter, while firing at a 45.5 percent clip from the field themselves.
 
Alcorn would continue a hot shooting touch in the third quarter, using a 55.6 percent average from the floor throughout the period.
 
Throughout the fourth quarter, the two teams traded the lead three times during the first five minutes.
 
A quick 4-0 spurt by the Sugar Bears, thanks in part to Prim and Wright – which included a fast break layup from the latter, put Central Arkansas on top, 34-33 with 7:09 remaining. Counter to that, a layup from Alcorn's Brown was followed in quick succession by an Obillo jumper from the elbow to give the hosts a 37-34 lead with 4:43 showing on the clock.
 
But it would be Brown driving to the hole for the layup to give Alcorn the lead for good at 40-38 with 2:19 remaining. McCalphia's pair of made free throws would extend the lead at 42-38, before Kayla Mitchell grabbed the offensive board and scored the putback with 12 seconds left to bring Central Arkansas to within 43-41.
 
In the end, two free throws from Wright, adding to her game-high 12 points, sealed the win for the Braves. For the game, the Purple and Gold shot 6-for-18 from beyond the arc connecting on 33.3 percent overall from three-point range. Despite Central Arkansas outscoring the Braves 13-12 in the final period, Alcorn would sink six free throws in the quarter to cement the win for Head Coach Nate Kilbert's side.
 
CATCH THE BRAVES LIVE AT THE WHITNEY IN 2022-23
Season Tickets for the 2022-23 Alcorn men's and women's basketball teams at the Davey L. Whitney Health and Physical Education Complex are now available for purchase at Alcornsports.MyImpactTickets.com/basketball. Season tickets for the home SWAC competitions are $76.25, while single-game admission is $12.65 in advance.

UP NEXT
Alcorn embarks upon a stretch of three consecutive road games entering the holidays, with the Braves heading to Colorado (Dec. 16), Louisiana-Monroe (Dec. 19) and UAB (Dec. 21).
 
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