HOUSTON, Texas – For the first time since Dec. 21, 2014, the Hornets find themselves looking to get back to their winning ways after dropping an 80-65 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) road game at Texas Southern. ASU last lost at Evansville back before the Christmas break.
Even though the Hornets’ eight-game winning streak has come to an end, it does not mean ASU can’t get back into their winning ways. It will not be easy as ASU (11-6/7-1 SWAC) will look to stay at the top of the conference against Prairie View A&M (6-15/4-4 SWAC).
The Panthers come into the game coming off an impressive 89-63 win over Alabama A&M. They have won three of their last four games and sport one of the top players in the conference in Montrael Scott, the SWAC’s fifth leading scorer averaging 15.5 points per game. He led PVAMU to its win over Alabama A&M with 28 points.
“We really have our work cut out against PV,” Head Coach Lewis Jackson said. “In this league you have to be able to get stops and to do that you have to hunker down and get physical and play tough.”
“It’s going to be a tough game anywhere you go in this league and it will not be any different tomorrow (Monday). We have to do a better job of keeping their guards out of the lane especially after what Texas Southern’s guards were able to do to us. Scott is tough to defend and we had better be ready.”
John Brisco averages 10.8 points per game for the Panthers and senior Tre Hagwood is one of the top point guards in the SWAC. He averages over nine points per game, but has a league-leading 109 assists on the season while also averaging five rebounds per game and has 47 steals.
Jamel Waters leads the Hornets averaging 13.3 points per game. Maurice Strong is having the best season of his career averaging over 10 points per game and is the team-leader in rebounds averaging 7.3 per game.
