Monday, March 16, 2015

Alabama State Women's Basketball to Face Florida State In NCAA Tourney

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Alabama State women's basketball team will travel to Tallahassee to take on Florida State in the NCAA Tournament.

Making the second NCAA appearance in school history, the SWAC Tournament Champion Lady Hornets (17-14) are the #15 seed for the first time in the Greensboro Regional and will face the second-seeded Seminoles (29-4) Saturday at 12:30 p.m. CT. Fans can listen to the game live on bamastatesports.com.


NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET

"I am excited about this opportunity for our team and for Alabama State University," said head women's basketball coach Freda Freeman-Jackson. "It's an honor being the 15 seed for our team and the conference. That shows we are respected by the NCAA.  It's a great challenge. We played them about 10 years ago and we are excited once again about this."

Alabama State defeated Grambling State (65-62), Jackson State (62-60) and Southern (73-55) to win the conference tournament title for the first time since 2003.


 COURTESY ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

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