Looking Ahead; No Turning Back; Lady Jaguars cruise past Grambling State; SWAC winning streak extends to eight

Southern University women’s basketball team peered their eyes at the goal and did not turn their necks to acknowledge failure as they dismantled the Grambling State Tigers in Saturday’s showdown at F.G. Clark Activity Center 80-52. Their eyes were completely on the prize and that prize is victory.
The Lady Jags came out shooting white hot and defensively smothered the Tigers. The Lady Jags opened with a 14 point lead in the first 12 minutes and never looked back after that.What senior power forward, Jasmine Jefferson, portrayed last week came to pure fruition.
The Lady Jags made their presence known in the paint, outscoring Grambling 36-16, but they were also efficient with their jump shots as well. Head Coach Sandy Pugh said, “We just needed to move the ball and we executed. There were times when the ball didn’t even touch the floor and that’s beautiful to see as a coach.”
Pugh really wanted to set down and notice the usual “hot in the paint” notion as she did not want to team to relinquish a three point shot and shoot to boot bounded defensive strategy to not allow Grambling to score high and sent them to a detrimental point range near halftime.
Southern was led by Britney Washington, who scored a game-high 21 points and snagged 10 rebounds and whipped around a double-double. Senior guard, Kendra Coleman, also tallied in 19 points, shooting 53 percent from the field. Jasmine Jefferson had chipped in with a double-double as she had 13 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. The Jags had 54-28 rebounding margin over the Tigers. Yosha Watson led Grambling with 17 points and 11 rebounds off bench.
Southern went on 16-0 run late in the first half; a run in which they held Grambling scoreless for seven minutes. The Jaguars took a 15 point lead into halftime and came back out smoking from the field. The Jaguars led by as much as 29 points in the second half.
The Lady Jags look to keep this impressive play up and continue their win streak as they have won eight games in a row. The Lady Jags are 8-2 in SWAC play and 10-10 overall. They are second in SWAC standings but have their eyes set on first place. Their eyes are set becasue Texas Southern is still atop the SWAC going 9-1 overall and 12-9 overall. Also Texas Southern are on a 7 game-win streak and took a win from Southern early in the season.
Southern hopes to continue this run of dominance Monday as they take the Jackson State Tigers in the F.G. Clark Activity Center at 5:30 p.m.