HOUSTON – Texas Southern's Joyce Kennerson scored a career-high 30 points Thursday as she led the Lady Tigers to a 64-49 win over visiting Alcorn State.
At TSU's Health and Physical Education Arena, Kennerson shot 10-of-19 from the floor and made three out of her five 3-point attempts; she also handed out a game-high five assists.
The win, coupled with Southern's loss in Prairie View, guaranteed Texas Southern (19-9, 13-4 SWAC) will finish no lower than third place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference standings when the regular season ends Saturday.
Alcorn State (9-19) fell to 9-8 with the loss and was unable to clinch the No. 5 seed in the Toyota SWAC Tournament which begins Tuesday.
Artavia Ford scored 12 points and pulled in five rebounds for the Lady Tigers. Teammate Kaitlyn Palmer chipped in eight points, while Shamiya Brooks tallied six points and a game-high nine rebounds for TSU.
Alexus Freeman, an alumna of Navasota High School, led the Lady Braves with 11 points.
The Lady Tigers jumped out to an 11-2 lead barely five minutes into the game and rarely saw their lead dip below eight points after halftime. TSU shot 43 percent (27 of 58) from the field while holding Alcorn State to 31 percent shooting (19 of 61).
TSU committed fewer turnovers than Alcorn State (18 to 17), and improved to 8-0 when the Lady Tigers commit the same number or fewer turnovers than their opponent.
The Lady Tigers are currently tied for first place in the SWAC with Grambling State, which lost at home Thursday to Alabama State. Grambling owns the tiebreaker with TSU; the Houstonians have a mathematical shot of winning the regular season title if they defeat Southern on Saturday, but would also need Grambling to lose at home to the 2-24 Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs, who have yet to defeat and NCAA opponent this season.
TSU still controls their own destiny in terms of claiming a share of the regular season title and the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. The Lady Tigers host Southern at 5:30 p.m. at the H&PE Arena.
Courtesy: TSU Athletics
At TSU's Health and Physical Education Arena, Kennerson shot 10-of-19 from the floor and made three out of her five 3-point attempts; she also handed out a game-high five assists.
The win, coupled with Southern's loss in Prairie View, guaranteed Texas Southern (19-9, 13-4 SWAC) will finish no lower than third place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference standings when the regular season ends Saturday.
Alcorn State (9-19) fell to 9-8 with the loss and was unable to clinch the No. 5 seed in the Toyota SWAC Tournament which begins Tuesday.
Artavia Ford scored 12 points and pulled in five rebounds for the Lady Tigers. Teammate Kaitlyn Palmer chipped in eight points, while Shamiya Brooks tallied six points and a game-high nine rebounds for TSU.
Alexus Freeman, an alumna of Navasota High School, led the Lady Braves with 11 points.
The Lady Tigers jumped out to an 11-2 lead barely five minutes into the game and rarely saw their lead dip below eight points after halftime. TSU shot 43 percent (27 of 58) from the field while holding Alcorn State to 31 percent shooting (19 of 61).
TSU committed fewer turnovers than Alcorn State (18 to 17), and improved to 8-0 when the Lady Tigers commit the same number or fewer turnovers than their opponent.
The Lady Tigers are currently tied for first place in the SWAC with Grambling State, which lost at home Thursday to Alabama State. Grambling owns the tiebreaker with TSU; the Houstonians have a mathematical shot of winning the regular season title if they defeat Southern on Saturday, but would also need Grambling to lose at home to the 2-24 Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs, who have yet to defeat and NCAA opponent this season.
TSU still controls their own destiny in terms of claiming a share of the regular season title and the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. The Lady Tigers host Southern at 5:30 p.m. at the H&PE Arena.
Courtesy: TSU Athletics
