MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State University hit the practice field for their weekly Tuesday night practice to begin preparations for a red-hot Alcorn State team that sits atop the East Division with Jackson State carrying a 3-1 overall record and a perfect 2-0 conference record."Coach Hopson has done a real good job with this team," Head Coach Reggie Barlow said. "I think he is finally getting his guys into that program and they are a team that is playing with a lot of confidence right now."
ASU may lead the Southwestern Athletic Conference in scoring (34.2 ppg), but Alcorn is not far behind standing in fourth averaging 31.5 points per game.
"Offensively they have three solid running backs that are getting the job done for them," Barlow said. "They have a really good quarterback that has thrown for a high percentage and completed a lot of passes."
Alcorn's lone loss of the season was 51-7 at Mississippi State. You take out that score and Alcorn's defense is only allowing 19 points per game in their three wins.
"Defensively they have a nice size defensive front," Barlow added. "Their secondary guys are skilled and play the game the right way. They played against Pine Bluff the defending SWAC Champions and went in and got a victory. So they are playing at a high level and playing with a lot of confidence."
"When they come in here they will be feeling the same way. They have a win against Mississippi Valley and of course they want to come in here and get one against us."
The Saturday evening game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. and will be shown live on Hornet Vision. The game can also be heard on WVAS FM 90.7 beginning with the pregame show at 4:45 p.m.
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