Sunday, November 11
Tuscaloosa, AL
2 p.m.
Jax State
at
Alabama
11/10/2012 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville State will usher in its 30th season of women's basketball on the road in Tuscaloosa, Ala. against the Crimson Tide of Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 11. Tip off is set for 2 p.m. at Foster Auditorium on the UA campus.
Sunday's duel with Alabama marks the second consecutive year that JSU has opened the season against a team from the Southeastern Conference. Last season, the Gamecocks visited Mississippi State for the season debut.
Both squads are coming off impressive exhibition performances as they tuned up for the 2012-13 campaign. The Gamecocks rallied from a halftime deficit and produced a 49-point second half performance to top Blue Mountain College, 81-67. UA ousted in-city foe Stillman College, 94-39 last Monday night. The Crimson Tide enters the fifth season under Wendell Hudson and finished 2011-12 with a 12-19 overall mark and 2-14 within the SEC.
JSU enters its third year under head coach Annette Watts and looks to rectify a 4-25 overall mark a season ago. The nucleus of Watts squad returns with experience under their belt. Leading the way for Jax State will be top returning scorer, sophomore Briana Morrow. Morrow, who was named to the Ohio Valley Conference's All-Newcomer Team after a stellar freshman season, averaged 11.4 points per game and pulled down 7.5 rebounds. Sophomore Candace Morton will move to the shooting guard spot after maintaining the point guard position last year.
A host of new faces fill the rest of the roster, including junior transfer Dashauna Truss, who comes to the Gamecock program after transferring from Stetson University and will take over the point guard position. Truss saw her first action in Red and White in the Monday exhibition and finished with 13 points, five assists and five rebounds. Freshman Peyton Hisel earned the start in the post against BMC and turned in a solid outing with 14 points and seven boards.
The Gamecocks will start the 2012-13 season as the youngest team in the Ohio Valley Conference. Head coach Annette Watts has a combined 11 sophomores and freshmen on her third JSU squad.
Jax State and Alabama will be meeting for the sixth time on the hardwood and the Gamecocks will be looking for their first win in the series that first started during the 1989-90 season. Today's visit to the Capstone will be the fifth one as Alabama traveled to Jacksonville for the 2001 meeting. The last meeting came during the 2007 campaign with UA edging JSU, 63-54. The nine-point win by the Crimson Tide was one of three close decisions in the series. In the first meeting ever, UA claimed a 69-63 win and topped JSU, 86-79 the following season.
Sunday's meeting with the Crimson Tide marks the 17th season opener against an in-state program since the 1983-84 season. JSU has played nine different Alabama programs, but Sunday's JSU-UA meeting will be the first season-opening contest between the two schools.
Jacksonville State will be playing its 261st game against a team from the state of Alabama. Entering the Alabama contest, JSU sports a 149-112 overall record and a 57% winning percentage against schools within the state lines. The Gamecocks have posted a 73 wins against the other NCAA Division I programs in the Yellowhammer State.
After the season opener, JSU will make the short trip over to Atlanta, Ga. on Wednesday, Nov. 14 for a match up with Georgia State. Jax State returns to the Peach State next Saturday with a contest versus the Bears of Mercer in Macon, Ga. The Gamecocks conclude the four games in a nine-day stretch with their season opener on Monday, Nov. 19 against Samford at the Pete Mathews Coliseum on the JSU campus.
JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville State will usher in its 30th season of women's basketball on the road in Tuscaloosa, Ala. against the Crimson Tide of Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 11. Tip off is set for 2 p.m. at Foster Auditorium on the UA campus.
Sunday's duel with Alabama marks the second consecutive year that JSU has opened the season against a team from the Southeastern Conference. Last season, the Gamecocks visited Mississippi State for the season debut.
Both squads are coming off impressive exhibition performances as they tuned up for the 2012-13 campaign. The Gamecocks rallied from a halftime deficit and produced a 49-point second half performance to top Blue Mountain College, 81-67. UA ousted in-city foe Stillman College, 94-39 last Monday night. The Crimson Tide enters the fifth season under Wendell Hudson and finished 2011-12 with a 12-19 overall mark and 2-14 within the SEC.
JSU enters its third year under head coach Annette Watts and looks to rectify a 4-25 overall mark a season ago. The nucleus of Watts squad returns with experience under their belt. Leading the way for Jax State will be top returning scorer, sophomore Briana Morrow. Morrow, who was named to the Ohio Valley Conference's All-Newcomer Team after a stellar freshman season, averaged 11.4 points per game and pulled down 7.5 rebounds. Sophomore Candace Morton will move to the shooting guard spot after maintaining the point guard position last year.
A host of new faces fill the rest of the roster, including junior transfer Dashauna Truss, who comes to the Gamecock program after transferring from Stetson University and will take over the point guard position. Truss saw her first action in Red and White in the Monday exhibition and finished with 13 points, five assists and five rebounds. Freshman Peyton Hisel earned the start in the post against BMC and turned in a solid outing with 14 points and seven boards.
The Gamecocks will start the 2012-13 season as the youngest team in the Ohio Valley Conference. Head coach Annette Watts has a combined 11 sophomores and freshmen on her third JSU squad.
Jax State and Alabama will be meeting for the sixth time on the hardwood and the Gamecocks will be looking for their first win in the series that first started during the 1989-90 season. Today's visit to the Capstone will be the fifth one as Alabama traveled to Jacksonville for the 2001 meeting. The last meeting came during the 2007 campaign with UA edging JSU, 63-54. The nine-point win by the Crimson Tide was one of three close decisions in the series. In the first meeting ever, UA claimed a 69-63 win and topped JSU, 86-79 the following season.
Sunday's meeting with the Crimson Tide marks the 17th season opener against an in-state program since the 1983-84 season. JSU has played nine different Alabama programs, but Sunday's JSU-UA meeting will be the first season-opening contest between the two schools.
Jacksonville State will be playing its 261st game against a team from the state of Alabama. Entering the Alabama contest, JSU sports a 149-112 overall record and a 57% winning percentage against schools within the state lines. The Gamecocks have posted a 73 wins against the other NCAA Division I programs in the Yellowhammer State.
After the season opener, JSU will make the short trip over to Atlanta, Ga. on Wednesday, Nov. 14 for a match up with Georgia State. Jax State returns to the Peach State next Saturday with a contest versus the Bears of Mercer in Macon, Ga. The Gamecocks conclude the four games in a nine-day stretch with their season opener on Monday, Nov. 19 against Samford at the Pete Mathews Coliseum on the JSU campus.
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