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A Q&A with Coach Jackson on Women’s Basketball’s Greece Tour

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MOBILE, Ala. – The South Alabama Women's Basketball team completed a Greece Tour in the first week of August, where they toured historical sites, bonded as a team, served the community and faced international competition across two games. After the tour's completion, Head Coach Yolisha Jackson answered questions about the tour.

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What was the overall purpose of the tour?

"The main purpose was the cultural experience, but also the team bonding, team building and the practices and competition."
"The NCAA allows you to do one of these every four years … A lot of times, there are study-abroad programs, but our athletes can't participate because they are student-athletes.