MONTGOMERY – Led by senior center Quentori Alford’s performance 10 points, nine rebounds, the Alabama State University Hornets edged over the Faulkner Eagles Thursday night in a close exhibition matchup 63-60.
“It’s always good any time you get a win said Head Coach Freda Freeman-Jackson. It wasn’t pretty but this Faulkner team is not to be taken lightly they had a lot of team chemistry and it showed on the court.”
“It was the first game for all of our athletes so we expected for some of our new girls and some of the older ones to have a few jitters before they got settled into the game.”
Most of the 17 women’s roster saw action in the team’s exhibition game before the start of the 2013-2014 season on Friday against Troy.
Danielle Gazaway scored nine points. Tabitha Bradshaw had eight; while Kierra Paige, Nakiya Smith and Brittney Wright each chipped in with seven points apiece. Jasmine Peeples aided the Lady Hornets’ victory with six points and nine rebounds.
“I thought that the girls played hard today, they did some great things offensively and defensively but, we had some mistakes especially with getting into foul trouble but, overall we did enough to win the ballgame and will go back to the drawing board to improve and get ready for our contest.”
Alabama State begins its regular season at home against Troy University Friday, November 15th, in the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. The contest is slated for 6 p.m.
