Jarrett and Williams named SWAC players of the Week

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Jackson State’s Tristan Jarrett was named the SWAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week following his standout performances this past week.

Jarrett contributed back-to-back solid outings versus Alcorn State and Southern respectively scoring 24 and 22 points. The Tigers won both contests as they improved to 7-4 in league play.

Overall for the week Jarrett averaged 23.0 points per game along with 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.0 steals while shooting an impressive 46 percent from the field.

On the season, the junior from Brownsville, Tenn. ranks first in the SWAC with an average of 17.9 points per game.

He also ranks in the top 10 in the conference in steals (No. 4, 35 steals), field goal percentage (No. 4, 38.2 percent), free throw percentage (No. 9, 66.7 percent) and 3-point field goals made per game (No. 6, 1.7 per game).

Jarrett and the Tigers are coming off of a 67-51 win on ESPNU versus Southern as the Tigers have now won five straight games in a row.

JSU returns to the court Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in Houston, Texas versus Texas Southern.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has named Jackson State’s Ameshya Williams its SWAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week after back-to-back notable outings this past week.

The Gulfport, Miss. native led Jackson State to a pair of wins over Alcorn State and Southern. The Lady Tigers have won 12 straight games and currently sit in first place in the league with an 11-0 record in league play.

In JSU’s win over Alcorn State, Williams scored 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. She also added nine rebounds versus the Lady Braves and followed up that performance with a 17-point, 13-rebound and six-block effort in the Lady Tigers win over Southern.