JACKSON, Mississippi -- Wayne Brent has his theory on why the opening night of conference play is tough."Everybody is 0-0 and thinks they have a chance to win a SWAC championship," he said. "So you're going to get a team's best shot. As you go through the season, teams start losing games, they start to give up. That first night is just so difficult because teams know if they win that first one, they still have a chance."
Jackson State's SWAC opener definitely presented its own set of challenges.
The Tigers had an answer for all of them, though, in a 68-61 victory against Alabama State at the Lee E. Williams AAC on Saturday night.
JSU (6-8) threatened to pull away multiple times and led by nine points with 8:13 left in the game, but the Hornets (5-8) never surrendered and crept within three points twice in the final 4:29.
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