The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women's and men's basketball teams return to action this weekend in doubleheader contests at Grambling and Jackson State.
Saturday's contests at Grambling begin at 3 p.m. for the women and 5:30 p.m. for the men, with start times Monday at Jackson State scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The UAPB Sports Network radio broadcast begins 15 minutes before each women's game on 99.3 FM The Beat, online at uapblionsroar.com/live and on the free UAPB Athletics App.
The Lady Lions (2-9 overall, 1-4 SWAC) will play for the first time since Jan. 18 at Alcorn. Last weekend's home games against Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M were postponed due to Covid-19 related issues with both opponents.
Khadijah Brown has six double-doubles this season, including four in five conference games. Coming off a 19-point, career-high 16 rebound game at Alcorn, Brown enters the weekend seventh in the SWAC in scoring (14.4 ppg), second in rebounds (10.9 rpg), t-sixth in blocks (1.8 bpg), fifth in field goal percentage (46.2%) and ninth in free throw percentage (69.6%).
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Grambling (4-5, 3-2) is coming off a 69-61 loss Wednesday at SWAC co-leader Alabama St. Alexus Holt leads Grambling in scoring (13.0 / 10th SWAC), and Justice Coleman leads GSU in rebounding (5.1 / t-14th).
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The UAPB men (3-12, 2-4) will also look to get back on the winning track after home losses to Texas Southern and two-time defending SWAC champion Prairie View A&M last weekend.
Jalen Lynn had season highs in points (13) and assists (four) in Monday's loss to PVAMU.
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Shaun Doss Jr. continues to lead UAPB in scoring and enters the weekend ranked among SWAC leaders in six categories: scoring (fifth at 17.1 ppg), rebounding (seventh at 6.3 rpg), field goal percentage (eighth at 37.9%), free throw percentage (13
th at 67.0%), made 3s/gm (11th at 1.4 per game), blocks (t-10th at 0.7 bpg), and minutes played (fourth at 35.0 mpg).
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Grambling (5-8, 3-3) is coming off back-to-back losses at Prairie View A&M and against Jackson St. Cameron Christon leads GSU in scoring (13.2 ppg/8th in SWAC) and rebounds (5.1 / t-13th SWAC).
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