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Final Alcorn State 61 Florida A&M 48 Head Coach Nate Kilbert Post Game

January 25, 2026·13 min·1 clip

Kiara Henderson is described as an unstoppable point forward who can rebound, post, and hit threes every nine days.

1. Alcorn State Lady Braves basketball coach Nate Kilbert is interviewed by Charles Edmund following a 61-48 road victory over Florida A&M (FAMU) Lady Rattlers. 2. Coach Kilbert is the sole guest; Edmund serves as the interviewer and narrates key in-game sequences. 3. The interview explores how a smaller, faster Alcorn team won a road game in Florida while managing foul trouble, turnovers, and opponent three-point shooting. 4. Kilbert says winning two games in Florida is something 'a lot of teams not gonna be able to do,' framing it as a program statement. 5. The team's speed advantage is central to his explanation: 'we are faster in key positions' even though most opponents are larger. 6. Star player Cheatham picked up her fourth foul with 3:47 left in the third quarter and ultimately fouled out, followed by Denae Anderson also fouling out. 7. Despite losing two starters to fouls, Kilbert says Alcorn outscored FAMU in that stretch, citing a similar situation earlier in the season at Alabama State. 8. Kiara Henderson finished with eight turnovers, which Kilbert defends as a product of aggressive playmaking rather than careless ball handling. 9. Kilbert describes Henderson as the most dominant 5'9" or 5'10" player he has ever coached, noting she functions as a point forward, rebounder, post player, and emerging three-point threat. 10. Henderson consistently guards opponents as large as 6'3" and 200-plus pounds without complaint, which Kilbert treats as a mark of character. 11. Freshman Jazz hit a big three-pointer in the fourth quarter, prompting Kilbert to tell his staff to stop asking whether to play her — 'She ain't no freshman no more.' 12. Maya Claydaw hit a three-pointer with roughly 90 seconds left that extended the lead from six to nine; Kilbert admits he was quietly hoping she would not shoot. 13. Claydaw has the standing green light from Kilbert, who called the shot 'a dagger' that effectively ended FAMU's comeback attempt. 14. FAMU surprised Kilbert with their three-point volume, but he says holding them to 48 points while they were hot from beyond the arc reflects well on Alcorn's defense. 15. The team recorded 23 turnovers, which Kilbert contextualizes as mostly live-ball mistakes from trying to create, none of which led to fast-break points against them. 16. Point guard Jasharia Hunt dealt with early foul trouble for the second consecutive game, but Kilbert says the backup guard rotation of DeLazia, Jada, and Denae Anderson can handle it. 17. The team's flights back home were cancelled due to weather, leaving them in a Florida hotel, which Kilbert reframes as extra time for rest, film study, and Grambling game-planning. 18. Kilbert delivers a coaching philosophy aside: 'Things you can't control, why worry about it?' — he says he slept the previous night working on the FAMU game plan and plans to sleep well after this win. 19. Coaches and fans of HBCU women's basketball who track SWAC standings and roster developments will find detailed, candid analysis here. 20. Listeners with no connection to SWAC basketball or HBCU athletics will find little broader context to sustain interest.

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A steady postgame check-in on defense, late threes, and the Lady Braves' 61-48 win.

The postgame conversation stays focused on the 61-48 win and the defense behind it. Nate Kilbert keeps coming back to the same basic idea: stay locked in, trust the scoring to come from different places, and lean on a group that gets hard to handle when it is moving together.

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You want the coach's honest first read on how Alcorn won in Florida.

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