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SOUTHWEST
BASKETBALL TEAMS SWEEP JACKSON STATE
 The
5th-ranked Lady Saluqis basketball team improved to 19-0
on the season with a 74-61 win over Jackson State on
Saturday afternoon in Jackson, Tennessee.
Candace
Rucker (Northside) led Southwest with 24 points and
Starkitsha Luellen (Melrose) posted her fifth straight
double-double with 15 points and 17 rebounds. The Lady
Saluqis also received outstanding play off the bench
from Cristil Camper (Tunica Rosa Fort) with 11 points
and 4 assists,
Brittany Butler (Craigmont) (pictured
at right) with a career-high 9 points, and
Raquel
Brigham (West Memphis) with 8 points.
 In
the men’s game against Jackson State,
A.J. Nance
(Marion) and
Markecio Beal (Wooddale) (pictured at
left) scored 22 points each to lead the Saluqis to a
93-70 victory and improve their record to 19-3. Beal
also led the team with eight rebounds to go along with
his career-high point total.
DeAngelo Riley (Kirby) was
the only other Saluqi to score in double figures with 16
points.
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