LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn State University women's basketball (4-12, 2-3 SWAC) hopes to bounce back from a tough home loss to Prairie View A&M University during the Florida swing of their Southwestern Athletic Conference schedule. The Lady Braves will square off with the Lady Rattlers of Florida A&M University on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. (ET) and against the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats on Monday, Jan. 29 at 5 p.m. (ET).
    The Lady Braves have their work cut out for them against both opponents. In their last outing, ASU couldn't find a rhythm against PVAMU and dropped the contest, 55-61. The Lady Braves ended the game with four players in the double digits for points.
Nakia Cheatham led the team with 14 points, six rebounds, and one block. Zy'Nyia White followed her with 13 points and five rebounds as well as
Destiny Brown with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Tyginae Wright rounded out the scorers with 10 points and four assists.
Nia McCalphia contributed four steals.
    For the season, White leads the team averaging 12.6 points per game. Cheatham and Brown are rebound machines averaging 6.9 and 6.8 boards per game, respectively. Wright has kept the ball moving with 3.1 assists per game.
    Florida A&M (3-13, 2-3 SWAC) enters the contest on Saturday afternoon off a road win over -Mississippi Valley State University, 62-55. Ahriahna Grizzle was the leading Lady Rattler in that game as she posted 23 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals. Olivia Delancey accounted for 14 points, five rebounds, and two steals. Ivet Subirats tallied a team-high nine rebounds while Hailey Brennan accounted for three steals.
    Grizzle is the season leader in scoring, assists, and steals averaging 16.9 points, 3.1 assists, and two steals. Delancey is second in scoring averaging 11.6 points per game. Nashani Gilbert is FAMU's leading rebounder averaging 5.2 boards per game.
    Bethune-Cookman (12-6, 3-2 SWAC) comes to the court against the Lady Braves after routing the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a nail biter, 73-70. The Wildcats had four players explode with big point totals in the game. O'Mariyah Tucker racked up a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kayla Clark also recorded a double-double of 14 points and 19 rebounds while Kerrighan Clark scored 13 points. Clark also tallied four assists. Karianna Woods rounded them out with 12 points of her own.
    Through 18 games, Chanel Wilson and Chanelle McDonald lead the team in scoring averaging 12.7 points and 10 points, respectively. Wilson also leads the team in assists averaging 3.4 per game. Clark has the boards on lock as she averages nine rebounds per game.
    For the Florida A&M contest, fans can tune in to watch the action on the Rattlers+. To see the Lady Braves against BCU, fans can tune in to the Cat Eye Network. Fans can also listen to the action on WPRL 91.7.
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