Sunday, September 28, 2014

Florida A&M Lady Rattler Basketball Schedule Announced

HEAD COACH LeDAWN GIBSON
Courtesy FAMU Athletics

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- The 2014-15 FAMU Women’s Basketball Schedule has been released and the coming season opens Friday, November 14 at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.

FAMU opens their home schedule the following Tuesday, November 18 against Alabama State at 7:00 p.m. in the Al Lawson Center, jumpstarting a three-game homestand which features a late morning bout against Webber International (11:30 a.m.) on Thursday, November 20, and a clash against Troy University on Monday, November 24 at 7:00 p.m.

The Lady Rattlers of Coach LeDawn Gibson then head to Dallas for the SMU Thanksgiving Tournament, Friday and Saturday, November 28-29, facing off against host SMU on Friday, followed by either Southern Cal or Sam Houston State on Saturday.

FAMU’s road tour continues into December and January, with seven games away from Tallahassee, starting Saturday, Deecember 6 with the MEAC opener at South Carolina State, followed by a pre-Christmas trip to the Bayou State of Louisiana, to face Southern University, on Wednesday, December 17, followed by a Saturday, December 20 matchup at Southeastern Louisiana.

After Christmas, the Lady Rattlers will be off to South Florida for the University of Miami’s Post Christmas Tournament at Coral Gables, where they will face host Miami on Sunday, December 28, then will tangle with either LSU or UNC Greensboro on Monday, December 29.

In January, FAMU opens with a Peach State swing, at Kennesaw State on Friday, January 2 and at Mercer in Macon, on Sunday, January 4.

MEAC play resumes for the duration of the schedule, beginning with a weekend home set against Norfolk State (Saturday, January 10) and Hampton (Monday, January 12), before hitting the road the following weekend (Saturday-Monday, January 17 and 19) against Morgan State and Coppin State in Baltimore.

The next three games will be home contests, on Saturday, January 24 against Howard; Monday, January 26 against Maryland-Eastern Shore, and Saturday, January 31 agaubst archrival Bethune-Cookman.

February begins with two road games on consecutive Mondays – February 2 at North Carolina Central and February 9 at Delaware State, before the North Carolina duo of North Carolina A&T (Saturday, February 14) and North Carolina Central (Monday, February 16) come to the Lawson Center.

FAMU finishes February on the road at Bethune-Cookman (Saturday, February 21), Savannah State (Monday, February 23) and North Carolina A&T (Saturday, February 28).

The Lady Rattlers will close their regular season schedule at home against Savannah State on Thursday, March 5, before heading to Norfolk, Va., for the 2015 MEAC Tournament, Monday through Saturday, March 9-14 at The Scope.

Florida A&M University Women's Basketball 2014-15 Schedule

DateOpponentLocationTime (ET)

Fri, Nov 14 Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL 5:00 pm
Tue, Nov 18 ALABAMA STATE HOME 7:00 pm
Thu, Nov 20 WEBBER UNIVERSITY HOME 11:30 am
Mon, Nov 24 TROY UNIVERSITY HOME 7:00 pm
SMU THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT
Fri, Nov 28 SMU at Dallas, TX 7:00 pm
Sat, Nov 29 USC/Sam Houston State at Dallas, TX 5/7 PM
Sat, Dec 06 South Carolina State * at Orangeburg, SC 4:00 pm
Wed, Dec 17 Southern University at Baton Rouge, LA 7:00 pm
Sat, Dec 20 SE Louisiana at Hammond, LA 2:00 pm
MIAMI POST CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT
Sun, Dec 28 University of Miami at Coral Gables, FL 1:00 pm
Mon, Dec 29 LSU/UNCG at Coral Gables, FL TBA
Fri, Jan 02 Kennesaw State at Kennesaw, GA 7:00 pm
Sun, Jan 04 Mercer University at Macon, GA 2:00 pm
Sat, Jan 10 NORFOLK STATE * HOME 4:00 pm
Mon, Jan 12 HAMPTON HOME 6:00 pm
Sat, Jan 17 Morgan State * at Baltimore, MD 2:00 pm
Mon, Jan 19 Coppin State * at Baltimore, MD 5:30 pm
Sat, Jan 24 HOWARD * HOME 4:00 pm
Mon, Jan 26 MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE * HOME 6:00 pm
Sat, Jan 31 BETHUNE-COOKMAN * HOME 1:00 pm
Mon, Feb 02 North Carolina Central at Durham, NC 5:30 pm
Mon, Feb 09 Delaware State * at Dover, DE 5:30 pm
Sat, Feb 14 NORTH CAROLINA A&T * HOME 4:00 pm
Mon, Feb 16 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL * HOME 6:00 pm
Sat, Feb 21 Bethune-Cookman * at Daytona Beach, FL 2:00 pm
Mon, Feb 23 Savannah State * at Savannah, GA 6:00 pm
Sat, Feb 28 North Carolina A&T * at Greensboro, NC 4:00 pm
Thu, Mar 05 SAVANNAH STATE * HOME 6:00 pm
MEAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Mon, Mar 09 TBA at Norfolk, VA TBA

* Conference Games

COURTESY FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 

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