BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Annually, January presents potential danger.The month marks the start of Southwestern Athletic Conference play, which tends to tow a cloudy picture of which SWAC teams are for real — and which are not. Who the SWAC’s real contenders are — or perhaps may be — in a league with similarly structured clubs usually clears as January comes and goes.
Picked fourth by the SWAC’s coaches and sports information directors in an October preseason poll, the Jaguars have cleared the fog with a bold answer as their January ended Saturday in a bumpy 64-56 win against Alcorn State.
Southern’s a contender.
Saturday’s win inside the F.G. Clark Activity Center simply maximized the scope of what this Southern’s women’s basketball team could be.
Saturday was Southern’s seventh win in a row. Once 1-8 through nonconference play, the Jaguars are now 9-9 overall and a SWAC-best 8-1. They haven’t lost since a seven-point slugfest on Jan. 3 at Prairie View A&M, their second SWAC game.
To say the least, they’re hot. And they’re aware of it. More importantly, they're also keenly aware of their flaws, many of which were glaring Saturday.
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