By Kendrick Marshall
HBCU Sports
https://hbcusports.com/
Alabama A&M University’s women’s basketball team returns home this week with a chance to carve out a new chapter in program history.
Riding a 10-game winning streak, the Bulldogs will host a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) contests at the AAMU Event Center, welcoming Arkansas–Pine Bluff on Thursday before Mississippi Valley State comes to town on Saturday.
The current run is Alabama A&M’s longest win streak since the 1996-97 season, when the program won 11 consecutive games.
This time, the stakes are similar — and the opportunity just as significant. To surpass that 11-game mark and set a new program record, the Bulldogs will need to protect their home floor and complete a sweep of the two-game homestand.
Alabama A&M’s surge has not gone unnoticed beyond the SWAC. The Bulldogs have started to make noise on the national mid-major scene, earning recognition this week in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
For the first time this season, the women’s team received votes in the poll, picking up 13 votes in the latest release.
The Bulldogs are the only SWAC women’s program currently receiving votes, underscoring the strength of their recent play and rising profile. Alabama A&M enters the homestand at 14-9 overall and 10-1 in conference action, positioning itself firmly in the SWAC title chase while standing on the verge of history in front of its home crowd.
Kendrick Marshall
Kendrick Marshall is an award-winning journalist and a graduate of Jackson State University.
