LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn welcomes in-state opponent Jackson State to Davey L. Whitney Complex on Saturday for the return game of the yearly Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women's Basketball series when the two sides face off Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m.
 
Earlier this year, Alcorn captured a hard-fought 49-45 win over their in-state opponents in Jackson. In that game, Kiarra Henderson topped the Purple and Gold with 19 points, four assists and three rebounds.
 
What: Game Twenty-Five
Who: Alcorn (14-10, 11-2 SWAC) vs. Jackson State (8-17, 6-7 SWAC)
When: Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m.
Where: Lorman, Miss. – Davey L. Whitney Complex (7,000)
 
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IN THE RANKINGS
▪ Alcorn is not ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25
▪ Jackson State is not ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25
 
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NEWS & NOTES
▪ The Braves have the league's third-best scoring defense allowing just 61.0 points per game. Opponents are shooting at a league third-lowest 38.6 percent mark against the Braves as well.
▪ Alcorn is knocking down 30.8 percent of its shots from three-point range.
▪ Nakia Cheatham needs just 23 points to eclipse 1,000 points in her Alcorn career.
▪ Cheatham leads the Braves in scoring with 302, and provides an average of 7.0 rebounds per contest as well.
▪ Meanwhile, Kiarra Henderson is the team leader in assists (107), while also sitting second in steals (46).
▪ The three-pointers are provided by Maya Hunkin-Claytor, as she has knocked down a team-high 59 across the campaign, shooting at a 36.0 percent touch from beyond the arc.
▪ As a team, Alcorn is shooting just 64.1 percent from the fere throw line.
▪ Defensive specialist Dalayja Hurt-Floyd has pulled in 42 steals, 48 rebounds and handed out another 28 assists on the year.
 
RECAPPING ALCORN'S LAST GAME (vs. Bethune-Cookman)
Maya Hunkin-Claytor poured in a season-high 22 on Saturday afternoon as Alcorn erased a halftime deficit to pull off a thrilling 66-57 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) win over visiting Bethune-Cookman in a women's basketball contest taking place at Davey L. Whitney Complex in Lorman, Mississippi.
 
With the win, Alcorn pulls off the first season sweep of Bethune-Cookman since the Wildcats joined the SWAC in 2021.
 
• Maya Hunkin-Claytor had a season-high 22 points with all of her field goals coming from three-point range.
• Hunkin-Claytor finished the day shooting 7-for-12 from long range.
• Chrishunti Walker reached double figures for the fourth game – her third in the last four outings, scoring 13 points in the contest.
• Nakia Cheatham handed out a game-high five assists.
• With 11 points provided, Kiarra Hender touched double digits for the fifth consecutive contest. She also finished with eight rebounds.
• Bethune-Cookman shot a season-best first half percentage from the floor (48.1%) as the Wildcats took a 33-26 lead into the locker room at the break.
• Alcorn trailed 14-12 after the opening quarter with the Braves shooting just 26.7 percent from the field.
• BCU built a 21-12 lead just under two minutes into the second quarter off the end of a Madison Holden three-pointer from the left elbow.
• The Purple and Gold went on an 8-0 run sparked by Henderson scoring five points in the run, allowing the Braves to cut the lead at 21-20 in just a two-minute span towards the middle of the second stanza.
• Alcorn used a Hunkin-Claytor three-pointer to begin the second half scoring, kickstarting a 17-0 run in the process.
• After another Hunkin-Claytor three-pointer, the Braves led 43-33 with 6:05 remaining in the third period.
• Holden connected on another of her team-high four (4) three-pointers for the Wildcats to knot the game at 45-all with 2:35 left.
• As the Purple and Gold held a 53-51 lead in the fourth quarter, Cheatham hit on one of two free throws to begin a 7-2 Alcorn run that saw the Braves lead swell to 57-51.
• Ja'Sharreah Hunt would score the final four points of the game for the Braves at the foul line to close out the win and turn in the team's ninth consecutive win at home.
• Alcorn converted 22 Bethune-Cookman turnovers into 37 points.
• BCU outrebounded the Braves by a 35-25 advantage, while also shooting 46.8 percent from the field.
 
ALCORN VS. JACKSON STATE SERIES
▪ Alcorn has won two of the last three meetings against Jackson State, including a 49-45 thriller earlier this season in Jackson.
▪ Prior to defeating the Tigers last season in Jackson, the Braves had lost 15 consecutive to JSU dating back to the 2017-18 season.
▪ The last time Alcorn defeated JSU in Lorman was a 74-51 score line on Feb. 4, 2017.
▪ The 2016-17 season was also the last time the Braves swept the Tigers in a season series.
▪ The two sides met in the 2024 SWAC Tournament title game as well.
 
SCOUTING JACKSON STATE
▪ Jackson State comes into the contest with a record of 8-17 (6-7 SWAC), as the Tigers have split every season series in the league to date.
▪ The Tigers dropped every conference opener of a weekend double, only to bounce back and take the Saturday game, respectfully.
▪ On the road, the Tigers are just 4-10 on the campaign.
▪ Jackson State shoots at a 59.4 percent clip, while hitting 31.8 percent from three-point range.
▪ Rhema Pegues tops the team in scoring with 237 points, while also shooting at a 36.7 percent touch from the floor.
▪ Mikayla Brown is the team's leading rebounder with 178 – 60 of those coming off the offensive glass.
 
UP NEXT
Alcorn travels to the Texas schools for a pivotal road swing in the SWAC standings, as the Braves first take on Texas Southern (February 26) before venturing to Prairie View A&M (February 28).
 
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