TALLADEGA, Ala.— After grabbing a win in the NAIA National Championship Tournament last season, the Talladega College women's basketball team now knows the expectations and path ahead as the team is announcing the schedule for the 2022-2023 season.
First-year Head coach
Akia Stanton and her Tornadoes will host 13 home games in the Dr. Billy C. Hawkins Student Activity Center and 16 dates on the road. The regular season schedule features a full slate of NAIA opponents.
Talladega opens the season with two straight on the road starting Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. against Oakwood in Huntsville, Alabama and concluding in Pulaski, Tennessee on Nov. 3 against Tennessee Southern.
The first home contest of the Stanton era will be a rematch against Oakwood on Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m.
The Tornadoes will then travel to Dallas, Texas and play two games as part of the HBCU Invitational against Harris-Stowe University on Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. and then against Paul Quinn College at 3 p.m. on Nov. 12.
Talladega is picked seventh in the Southern States Athletic Conference preseason coaches' poll. SSAC play will tip off Thursday, Nov. 17 on the road in Montgomery, Alabama at Faulkner University. The game is set for a 5:30 p.m. start.
The Tornadoes first home SSAC contest is against Stillman College as the two in-state institutions are set for Nov. 19 at noon in the Hawkins Student Activity Center.
The schedule features only two home games in December against Life University in SSAC action on Dec. 3 at noon and contest against Tennessee Southern at 1 p.m. on Dec. 31.
Sandwiched between those fates are an SSAC matchup with Blue Mountain College on Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m. and a Dec. 12 game at noon against William Carey University.
Both January and February are filled with nothing but SSAC matchups except for one matchup against Coastal Georgia at 4:30 p.m. in Brunswick, Ga.
The regular season concludes with a road game at Stillman on Feb. 18 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. From there, the Tornadoes will gear up for the SSAC Women's Conference Championship Tournament Feb. 22-25 in Montgomery at Multiplex at Cramton Bowl.
October
Oct. 29 Oakwood University 6:30 p.m. Huntsville, Ala.
November
Nov. 3 Tennessee Southern 6 p.m. Pulaski, Tenn.
Nov. 8 Oakwood University 6:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
Nov. 11 Harris-Stowe 6:30 p.m. Dallas, Texas
Nov. 12 Morehouse College 5:30 p.m. Dallas, Texas
Nov. 17 Faulkner University* 5:30 p.m. Montgomery, Ala.
Nov. 19 Stillman College* Noon Talladega, Ala.
Nov. 22 Samford (Exhibition) TBA Homewood, Ala.
Nov. 29 University of Mobile* 5:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
December
Dec. 3 Life University* Noon Talladega, Ala.
Dec. 10 Blue Mountain* 5:30 p.m. Blue Mountain, Miss.
Dec. 12 William Carey* 5:30 p.m. Hattiesburg, Miss.
Dec. 31 Tennessee Southern 1 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
January
Jan. 3 Brewton-Parker College* 5:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
Jan. 7 Loyola University* Noon New Orleans, La.
Jan. 10 Coastal Georgia 4:30 p.m. Brunswick, Ga.
Jan. 14 Dalton State College* 5:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
Jan. 16 Middle Georgia State University* 4:30 p.m. Cochran, Ga.
Jan. 19 Blue Mountain College* 5:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
Jan. 21 William Carey University* Noon Talladega, Ala.
Jan. 24 University of Mobile* 5:30 p.m. Mobile, Ala.
Jan. 28 Life University* 4:30 p.m. Marietta, Georgia
Jan. 31 Brewton Parker College* 4:30 p.m. Mount Vernon, Ga.
February
Feb. 4 Loyola University* Noon Talladega, Ala.
Feb. 7 Middle Georgia State University* 5:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
Feb. 11 Dalton State College* Noon Dalton, Ga.
Feb. 16 Faulkner University* 5:30 p.m. Talladega, Ala.
Feb. 18 Stillman College* Noon Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Feb. 22-25 SSAC Championships TBA Montgomery, Ala.
Bold= Home Games
*= Conference Matches
