Men & Women’s Basketball advance to SWAC Tourney

This year’s basketball season has seen success and failures from both the men and women’s teams throughout the season, but as the basketball season reaches its climax, both squads find themselves gearing up for the SWAC Tournament.
This year’s 2018-2019 Lady Jags team saw a path filled with turbulent play and different rotations to start the season, but throughout the middle and latter parts of the season, they had become one of the most dominant teams in the SWAC, finishing a SWAC-best 14-4 conference record.
Throughout the season, the Lady Jags basketball team has steamrolled the competition in the SWAC up to this point in time, suffering only four losses on the season in the SWAC.
As the regular season comes to a close, the Jags stellar play up to this point in the season has earned them the number 1 seed going into the SWAC Tournament, where they will take on Mississippi Valley State.
Southern defeated Mississippi Valley State in both of their meetings this year, winning 74-67 in their first meeting on January 19, as well as their second meeting 67-46 when they met on February 18.
Winning the season series 2-0, the Jaguars will have had two good looks at the competition before their matchup in the SWAC tournament on March 22 at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
Although the men’s basketball team has had their ups and downs this season, they will look to find a silver lining in their season as they head into the tournament as well. Locking up the seventh-seed in the tournament, the men’s team will play at Texas Southern on March 22.
Playing TSU twice on the year, the men’s team will also be facing a familiar foe for their first round matchup. Winning against them on March 9 with a score of 87-77, the Jags were able to make amends for the loss they took in their January matchup, which ended with a score of 77-67, splitting the season series 1-1.
With the conclusion to both the men and women’s basketball season drawing near, both first year coaches, Sean Woods and Carlos Funchess, have led their squads to competitive seasons and SWAC Tournament appearances.
The Lady Jags will play Mississippi Valley State at home on Tuesday, March 22, 2019 at 7:00pm.
The men’s team will also play on Tuesday, but will be hosted by Texas Southern as they look to extend their season into the next round of the tournament.