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Sandy Pugh, Head Women's Basketball Coach
Interim Athletics Director, Southern University
As it turns out, Jessica Thomas ended up where she wanted to be all along.
The senior Northwest girls basketball standout inked a letter of intent to play basketball at Southern University next season Tuesday in the Northwest High library with her family and Lady Raiders coach Latosha Malone on hand.
"It's amazing to be where I am because of all the hard work I've put in and coach Malone helping me out a lot on everything I had to do to get to this point," Thomas said. "I had to do a lot of things, keep my grades maintained and stay focused in school and not worry about anything else."
No point for Tulane to sit back and let its WNIT opener against Southern become competitive. The Green Wave swarmed the Jaguars with a full-court press from the onset.
Any lethargic Tulane tendencies the Green Wave might be expected to have after not earning an NCAA Tournament bid never appeared.
Tulane’s pesky defense helped it cruise to a 61-31 win over Southern on Thursday night at Fogelman Arena. The Green Wave will take on Oral Roberts, who defeated TCU, in Tulsa, Okla. either on Saturday or Sunday at 4 p.m.
Missing the women’s NCAA tournament is still a sore spot for tguard Olivia Grayson, who scored a team-high 12 points and still has two years of eligibility remaining.
NEW ORLEANS - Sophomore Olivia Grayson had 12 points and the Green Wave defense forced 22 turnovers as the Tulane University women's basketball team defeated Southern, 61-31, in the opening round of the 2011 WNIT Thursday evening in Fogelman Arena.
The Wave used its press to tally 12 steals - the 15th double-digit steal outing of the year and the most by the team since having 16 thefts at SMU on Feb. 3 - while limiting the Lady Jaguars to a 16.9 field goal percentage (12-of-71). With the win, Tulane improves to 23-10 on the year and advances to take on Oral Roberts in the second round of the WNIT on Monday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in Tulsa, Okla. Southern, meanwhile, concludes its 2010-11 season at 20-12.
NEW ORLEANS – Southern’s stay in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament was over almost before it began as an epidemic of missed shots and turnovers doomed the Jaguars in the first half of a 61-31 loss to Tulane in the first round Thursday night at Fogelman Arena.
Both teams were sloppy offensively at the outset, but the Green Wave (23-10) gradually got a handle on things. Southern (20-12) never did as it finished with its lowest point total of the season, falling short of an 85-36 loss at Miami on Nov. 29. The Jaguars made just 12-of-71 shots (16.9 percent), including 3-for-35 (8.6 percent) in the first half, and committed 22 turnovers.
First-Year PVAMU Head Coach Toyelle Wilson wins first SWAC Championship and NCAA Division I Tournament bid.
GARLAND, TX – Once the final buzzer of the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship sounded, Prairie View A&M senior guard Dominique Smith rushed to embrace freshman guard Siarra Soliz and offer some words of encouragement.
“I’m leaving it,” Smith said. “It’s in your hands now.”
If Saturday’s championship against Southern is any indication, Smith and the rest of the seniors can rest assured that the program’s future is in good hands. Soliz scored a game-high 21 points, senior forward Robin Jones hit a go-ahead jumper with 33 seconds remaining, and the second-seeded Panthers closed the game on a 12-0 run to beat top-seeded Southern 48-44 on Saturday at the Special Events Center and capture the program’s third NCAA Tournament bid.
The Panthers (21-11) will appear in the Big Dance for the first time since...
GARLAND, Texas -- The first half of the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship was more than halfway done when Prairie View A&M's cheerleaders came running into the arena. They hustled down a long flight of stairs to reach the floor, then scrambled into position on the baseline.
Just like their team, they showed up late, but made a lot of noise when it mattered most.
Robin Jones made a go-ahead jumper from the foul line with 33.3 seconds left, the pivotal play in a 12-0 closing run that lifted Prairie View to a 48-44 victory and a berth in the NCAA tournament.
The Lady Panthers (21-11) started slowly in both halves, trailing 10-2 shortly before the cheerleaders arrived, then letting a five-point halftime lead get away by giving up the first seven points of the second half. They trailed nearly the rest of the game, and were down 44-36 with 5:13 left, matching their biggest deficit.
A memorable season for the Southern women’s basketball team has ended. Saturday night in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game, the top-seeded Jaguars lost a late eight-point lead and failed to score over the final 5:13, allowing Prairie View to pull ahead for a 48-44 victory here in Garland, Texas.
The Lady Panthers (21-11) earned the SWAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Southern (20-11) is coming home. Athletic Director Greg LaFleur said SU will turn down a bid to the WNIT because of concerns over travel costs.
GARLAND, Texas — With four minutes left in a 78-53 blowout victory of Mississippi Valley State, facing heavy pressure in the backcourt, Southern University guard Ashley Augerson noticed a longtime teammate breaking free. Augerson heaved an end-to-end pass toward Aerica Hicks, a fifth-year senior who’s known for her defense — not for filling up the box score.
Nonetheless, Hicks hauled in Augerson’s pass, then scored on a layup — just as she was fouled from behind. She completed the three-point play, and the Jaguars bench erupted. By then, they had all but wrapped up a big win in the semifinal round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference women’s tournament.
By then, they knew they’d play Saturday for another championship.
It happened again. In keeping with a decade-long pattern, the Southern men’s basketball team played hard at Grambling on Saturday night. In fact, the Jaguars needed only one or two strong possessions to overtake their archrival on the road. They simply didn’t get what they needed.
Southern’s wild second-half rally fell just short when after Blake Sanford missed two 3-pointers with less than 1:30 remaining, helping the Tigers hold on for a 61-57 victory Saturday night before a crowd of 1,387 at the Grambling Assembly Center.
“First of all, we got behind big, and we spotted them too many points,” SU sixth-year coach Rob Spivery said.
GRAMBLING — Another year. Another trip to Grambling. Another disappointment. Missing shots and failing to execute its halfcourt offense with much success Saturday night, the Southern women’s basketball team suffered a surprising 48-43 loss against Grambling on Saturday night, one that snapped the Jaguars’ two-game win streak to begin Southwestern Athletic Conference play.
It was certainly not what 11th-year coach Sandy Pugh expected. “Look. I mean, we just didn’t ... I mean, this was one of those games where you say, ‘you’ve got to be kidding,’” said Pugh, who described herself as “frustrated” after the game.
Southern University Lady Jaguars head coach Sandy Pugh (image by ryanpknight.com).
The Southern University women’s basketball program has two newcomers but one of them really isnt new at all. In fact, her face is about is familiar as they come.
Rolanda Monroe, a two-time Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year and two-time SWAC tournament MVP, has replaced T.J. Pugh as an assistant, head coach Sandy Pugh said Friday.
Monroe helped the Jaguars win two SWAC championships from 2002-06 and finished her college career as the programs all-time leading scorer. She was working in the private sector in Atlanta and had hoped to get into coaching. T.J. Pugh, a part-time assistant, created a vacancy on the SU staff. He took over as boys basketball coach at McKinley High School this summer.
Southern University Coach Sandy Pugh expects to sign one more player by the end of the late signing period.
Fresh off her trip to the NCAA tournament, Southern women’s basketball coach Sandy Pugh was scanning the country for a good recruit. She had someone specific in mind — a versatile guard who could dribble, shoot, score and play multiple positions. Someone who reminded Pugh of some of her veterans, like standouts Hannah Kador and Ashley Augerson. Just then, Pugh said an old friend called her with a tip: Check out Adrian Sanders, a 5-foot-10 guard/forward from Ridgeway High School in Memphis, Tenn.
“One of my colleagues saw her work out and said, ‘Hey, you have to get this girl.’ I looked at her on tape and we did our homework, and my friend was right,” Pugh said. “Adrian came down (last) weekend, she loved the team and the campus. ... We were lucky to get in on her this late in the game.” Sure enough, Sanders was one of two players to sign national letters of intent to play at Southern next season. She joined Adjua David, a 5-foot-10 forward from New York.
Sanders, a left-hander, averaged 16.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during her senior. She was named to her all-district and all-region teams her senior year. David averaged 23.7 points, 17.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game this season at Boys & Girls High School in Brooklyn. She led New York’s three-tier Public School Athletic League in scoring and rebounds.
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