SWAC Announces 2012-13 Women's Basketball Preseason Honors
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BIRMINGHAM - Prairie View A&M University was picked to win the 2012-13 Southwestern Athletic Conference women's basketball title in a preseason poll of the league's head coaches. The announcment was made by the Southwestern Athletic Conference on Tuesday, October 16, 2012.
The Lady Panthers, last year's SWAC Tournament Champions, earned 81 points, including six first-place votes, while Southern was selected to finish second garnering 76 points.
Alabama A&M picked up 61 points and a first-place vote for a predicted third-place finish followed by Alabama State with 58 points to finish fourth.
Rounding out the poll includes: Alcorn State (51 points), Mississippi Valley State (39 points - one first-place vote), Jackson State (37 points), Grambling State (34 points), Texas Southern (32 points - one-place vote) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (23 points).
2012-13 All-SWAC Preseason Women's Basketball Team
The 2012-13 Preseason All-SWAC first and second teams are spotlighted by Prairie View A&M senior forward Latia Williams and Alcorn State senior guard Carolinsia Crumbly. Williams was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year and Crumbly was tagged Defensive Player of the Year.
Last season, Williams finished second in the SWAC in scoring, averaging 14.2 ppg while posting 8.0 rpg, leading the Lady Panthers in both categories. Crumbly recorded 2.7 steals per contest finishing second in the league behind teammate Kiara Ruffin. She also averaged 9.1 ppg.
In addition, Williams was selected to the All-SWAC Preseason first team while Crumbly received second team honors.
The preseason first team feature guards, Kiara Etienene (Prarie View A&M) and Kendra Coleman (Southern), forward Alia Frank (Mississippi Valley State) with center Tiffany Kellum (Jackson State) rounding out the squad list.
The second team includes: guard Rachel Jones (Jackson State), forwards Chigozianyi Okwumabua (Arkansas-Pine Bluff) and Jasmine Sanders (Alabama A&M) with Quentori Alford (Alabama State) closing the selection at the center position.
2011-12 SWAC Women's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
(Selected by SWAC Head Basketball Coaches)
| TEAMS |
Points (First Place Votes) |
| 1. Prairie View A&M |
81 (6) |
| 2. Southern |
76 |
| 3. Alabama A&M |
61 (1) |
| 4. Alabama State |
58 |
| 5. Alcorn State |
51 |
| 6. Mississippi Valley |
39 (1) |
| 7. Jackson State |
37 |
8. Grambling State
|
34 |
| 9. Texas Southern |
32 (1) |
| 10. Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
23 |
2011-12 Preseason All-Southwestern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Team
(Selected by SWAC Head Basketball Coaches)
Preseason SWAC Player of the Year: Latia Williams - Prairie View A&M
Preseason SWAC Defensive Player of the Year: Carolinsia Crumbly - Alcorn State
First Team
G Kiara Etienne - PVAM
G Kendra Coleman - SU
F Alia Frank - MVSU
F Latia Williams - PVAM
C Tiffany Kellum - JSU
Second Team
G Carolinsia Crumbly - ALCN
G Rachel Jones - JSU
F Chigozianyi Okwumabua - UAPB
F Jasmine Sanders - AAMU
C Quentori Alford - ALST