MONTGOMERY, Alabama - It was a long bus ride home from Baton Rouge, La. The loss to Southern was bad enough, but the shooting percentage (54 percent) of the Jaguars was higher than any Southwestern Athletic Conference team has recorded against a Lewis Jackson-coached team in recent memory.And the Alabama State men's basketball players have paid the price for it this week. "It's been really extreme these past couple of days," said senior Tramaine Butler. "Practice has been pretty crazy these last three days."
This was a team picked to win the conference and even if Jackson would have given the edge to Mississippi Valley State because of its strong presence in the paint and its perimeter shooters, he never would have expected his team to go on the road in January and allow Alcorn State and Southern to shoot a combined 51 percent from the field.
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