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Olivia Delancy selected Preseason All-SWAC Second Team, Rattlers picked fifth in SWAC

9/19/2024 10:30:00 AM

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Florida A&M women's basketball's Olivia Delancy received preseason honors as she was voted to the Preseason All-SWAC Second Team.

Delancy is the Rattlers returning leading scorer after finishing second behind the 2024 SWAC Player of the Year, Ahriahna Grizzle, averaging 12.1 points per game. Delancy also averaged 4.0 rebounds per game and 1.5 steals per game.

Delancy had her best performance in the SWAC opener at Bethune-Cookman when she scored 29 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Delancy scored 20-plus points five times and grabbed four-plus rebounds 17 times. 

High Expectations for Rattlers

The Rattlers have high expectations this season as the league voted the Rattlers fifth in the SWAC Predicted Order of Finish with three first-place votes. 

The Rattlers finished seventh last season after finishing 8-10 in SWAC play and lost 66-60 in the first round of the SWAC Tournament to Grambling State.

Predicted Order of Finish
  1. Grambling State- 276 (10) 
  2. Southern- 232 (2) 
  3. Alabama A&M- 226 (4) 
  4. Jackson State- 211 (4) 
  5. Florida A&M- 178 (3) 
  6. Prairie View A&M- 165 (1) 
  7. Alcorn State- 157
  8. Bethune-Cookman- 142
  9. Texas Southern- 117 
  10. Alabama State- 114 
  11. Arkansas-Pine Bluff- 86
  12. Mississippi Valley State- 46

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