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| January
30, 2002 |
| SOUTHWEST
HOSTS NATIONALLY-RANKED JACKSON STATE |
| Southwest Tennessee
Community College men's basketball coach Verties Sails will go for his
499th career win Thursday night as the Saluqis host 14th-ranked
Jackson State Community College. Coach Sails, now in his twenty-third
year as the Saluqis' head coach, has led his team to an 11-8 overall
record this season, including wins in six of the last seven games. The
Saluqis are led by sophomore forward Cortez Stigger, who leads the
Tennessee Junior/Community College Athletic Association with a 22.7
scoring average. Stigger, a product of Melrose High School in Memphis,
also leads the team in rebounding (8.0 per game), assists (62), steals
(34), three-point field goals (52), and three-point field goal
percentage (.394). Other Saluqis averaging in double figures on the
season are sophomore forward Lou Wright (15.0), sophomore guard Larry
Wells (10.6), and freshman guard Antwon Bess (11.1).
The Lady Saluqis, coached by Andrea Martre, are
currently 6-12 overall and are coming off consecutive conference wins
over Dyersburg State and Volunteer State. Sophomore center Latoshia
Bailey leads the team in scoring (13.7 points per game) and rebounding
(9.9), while sophomore guard Torre Thomas adds 12.6 points and leads
in assists (89) and steals (46).
The Southwest-JSCC women's game will begin at 6:00
p.m., followed by men's action at 8:00 p.m. in the Verties Sails
Gymnasium on the Union Campus. The next game for Southwest will be
this Saturday, when the Saluqis and Lady Saluqis travel to Columbia,
Tennessee to take on Columbia State Community College. Game times on
Saturday will be 2:00 p.m. for the women, with the men following at
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