In a doubleheader, the Jackson State men’s and women’s teams came out victorious.
Entering Saturday’s doubleheader at Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center, the Jackson State men’s and women’s basketball teams hadn’t experienced home games on the same day since Feb. 27, when each squad knocked off Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Finally playing back-to-back games on campus after that long hiatus, the Tigers registered another pair of victories, this time against Alcorn State’s men’s and women’s teams.
JSU’s women’s team was coming off eight consecutive road games – the last five defeats against No. 11 Kansas State, Oregon State, Mississippi State, Miami, and No. 10 Texas. But the Tigers had no problem opening Southwestern Athletic Conference play as they began pursuit of a fifth straight league title by routing the Braves,
