The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers close out the regular season hosting the Alcorn State Lady Braves and the Southern University Jaguars. The Lady Panthers still have an outside chance of qualifying for the South Western Athletic Conference Tournament. In order to qualify, the Lady Panthers have to win out and Texas Southern has to drop their final two games.
Currently, TSU sits in eighth place with a 5-11 conference mark, while the Lady Panthers sit in ninth place at 4-12.
If the Lady Tigers win on Thursday against Alcorn State, or on Saturday against Southern, they will automatically clinch a tournament berth.
If the two teams finish with identical records, TSU would be awarded the eighth seed spot due to the fact that the Lady Tigers defeated PV by a greater margin in head-to-head victories. ASU has clinched at least a share of the regular season conference championship with two games remaining.
The Lady Braves present a balanced scoring attack led by seniors Latoya Johnson and Shikhia Sims. Johnson averages 12.8 ppg, (6th in the conference), while Sims ranks 8th in SWAC with 11.1 ppg.
The Southern Lady Jaguars have clinched a tournament berth as well. The Lady Jags are in a two-way tie for fourth place with Alabama A&M. Led by the phenomenal play of junior point guard Rolanda Monroe, Southern has enjoyed their fair share of success this season under fourth year head coach Sandy Pugh.
Monroe ranks in the top five of five conference statistical categories including scoring,free throw percentage, steals, three pointfield goal percentage, and three point field goals made. A win bySouthern, coupled by a Grambling State loss would move the Jaguars into
a tie with GSU for third place.
The Lady Panthers defeated number one ranked Alcorn State 49-45, and loss to Southern 51-48.