Hornets named All-SWAC; Tourney available on live Webcast
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Moorer (left) and Mundadi were named All-SWAC conference on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Alabama State Unv. Athletic Dept.) Contributed BOSSIER CITY, LA – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its Tuesday night in a banquet preceding the start of the Farmers Insurance Basketball Tournament and Alabama State University’s Menji Mundadi and Tramayne Moorer both garnered postseason accoloades as part of the 2009-10 Men’s Basketball All-Conference teams. The ASU senior duo were both chosen first-team All-SWAC honorees in a vote by the league’s coaches and sports information departments, and selected members of the media. “I am extremely proud of Menji and Scoop,” said Hornets head coach Lewis Jackson. “I feel like this is a well-deserved honor for both of these guys who have worked extremely hard and been a big part of our team this season. Menji has really blossomed into an all-around performer and is one of the league’s top shooters, while Scoop has been a work horse for us and does so many of the little things for us to be successful.” Mundadi, a guard from Chicago, leads ASU and ranks second in the SWAC in scoring at 16.5 points per game. He also is tops in the conference in 3-pointers per game (3.2) and 3-point shooting (41.2 percent) and ranks 10th and 20th in the nation, respectively. A forward from Hayneville, Moorer is second in the SWAC in rebounding with 6.7 rebounds per game and is ranked 12th in scoring at 11.8 ppg. He also leads the Hornets this season with six double-doubles. Mundadi and Moorer hope to help lead Alabama State to a second consecutive SWAC Tournament title this week. ASU opens tournament play against rival Alabama A&M Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the CenturyTel Center. SWAC Tourney available on live video streaming The Southwestern Athletic Conference will video stream the first two days of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament live free of charge at www.swac.org<http://www.swac.org/>. All eight quarterfinal games (four women’s, four men’s) will be streamed live on the official Conference website. Audio will be provided by the Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN), which will do a live national radio broadcast of all 14 tournament games at www.hsrn.com. “We are excited to bring the quarterfinals of the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament live to our fans via www.swac.org<http://www.swac.org/>,” SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp said. “We have great matchups to kick off this year’s tournament with a host of rivalry games in the opening round in an outstanding facility. Our great fans around the country that can’t make it to Shreveport/Bossier City can catch all the action live on their computer.” The CenturyTel Center is the new home for the Farmers Insurance SWAC Tournament, which kicks off Wednesday at Noon with #2 seed Prairie View A&M taking on seventh-seed Alabama St. in women’s action. Wednesday schedule Noon: Women - #2 Prairie View A&M vs. #7 Alabama St. Thursday schedule Noon: Women - #3 Alabama A&M vs. #6 Alcorn St. |
