Lady Bulldogs to host Austin Peay in Elmore Gymnasium

NORMAL - The Alabama A&M women’s basketball team will close out the 2012 portion of their schedule at home when they take on Austin Peay State University on “The Hill”. Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 29^th.

Alabama A&M brings an eight-game losing streak into Saturday’s contest. The Lady Bulldogs won a season-opening contest against Division II Miles, Nov. 9. AAMU recently traveled to Las Vegas where they dropped three contests, opening with a loss to nationally-ranked Notre Dame before losses to host UNLV and Old Dominion. A&M is 0-1 against OVC opponents this season, dropping a 69-54 decision at Murray State, Dec. 16^th.

Junior forward Jasmine Sanders has been the team’s leading scorer in four of the last five contests and is averaging 12.2 points per game during that span, bringing her season average up to a team-best 9.6 points per game. Junior guard Alyssa Strickland (8.4 ppg) and senior center NaDra Robertson (8.3 ppg) are the team’s next two leading scorers, Robertson also is averaging a team best 7.4 rebounds per game.

Austin Peay women's basketball team led nearly wire-to-wire en route to a 69-42 non-conference win against Lipscomb, Friday night, at the Dunn Center.

Leslie Martinez led Austin Peay with a 12-point, eight-rebound, and five-steal performance. Senior Meghan Bussabarger added 11 points and Nicole Olszewski chipped in 10. Eleven Lady Govs players scored in the contest.

Tickets are still available $10.00 for general admission and $15 for reserved seating. For fans that can’t make the holiday contests click here to follow the game live.

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