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POSTED: Oct 21, 2010
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The Southern women’s basketball team returns 10 players after going 23-9 and winning both the 2010 SWAC regular season and tournament championships last year. They earned 19-of-20 first-place votes.
Southern tops the order of finish with 199 points, with Prairie View A&M (151), Alabama A&M (142), Grambling State (134) and Texas Southern (117) rounding out the top half of the league.
Alabama State (108), Alcorn State (88), Mississippi Valley State (70) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (64) were next while Jackson State (31) rounds out the predicted order of finish.
Prairie View A&M’s Dominique Smith was picked as SWAC Preseason Player of the Year. Smith, a senior guard who was also named to the preseason first-team, averaged 13.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game last season. She garnered All-SWAC second team honors in 2010 for her efforts.
Southern’s Freda Allen was named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Allen joins Smith on the preseason first-team after leading the team in rebounds (5.7 rpg) and blocked shots (34).
Joining Smith and Allen on the preseason
All-SWAC first team are Southern’s Hannah Kador, Alabama State’s Tanika
Jackson and Texas Southern’s Gabrielle Rosiji.
The Second team consists of
Alcorn State’s Kiara Ruffin, Alabama A&M’s Whiquitta Tobar and
Gabrielle Williams, Grambling State’s Secrett Anderson and Arkansas-Pine
Bluff’s Jasmine Abrams.
Preseason Predicted Order of Finish
(First-Place Votes in Parentheses)
| Team | Points |
| 1. Southern (19) | 199 |
| 2. Prairie View A&M (1) | 151 |
| 3. Alabama A&M | 142 |
| 4. Grambling State | 134 |
| 5. Texas Southern | 117 |
| 6. Alabama State | 108 |
| 7. Alcorn State | 88 |
| 8. Mississippi Valley State | 70 |
| 9. Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 64 |
| 10. Jackson State | 31 |
Preseason Player of the Year: Dominique Smith, Prairie View A&M
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Freda Allen, Southern
First Team
G - Dominique Smith, Prairie View A&M, Sr.
G - Hannah Kador, Southern, Sr.
F - Tanika Jackson, Alabama State, Sr.
F - Freda Allen, Southern, R-Sr.
C - Gabrielle Rosiji, Texas Southern, Sr.
Second Team
G - Kiara Ruffin, Alcorn State, Jr.
G - Whiquitta Tobar, Alabama A&M, Jr.
F - Secrett Anderson, Grambling State, Sr.
F - Jasmine Abrams, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jr.
C - Gabrielle Williams, Alabama A&M, Jr.
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