Grambling State Tigers guard Shakyla Hill (right) drives around Texas Southern Lady Tigers forward Breasia McElrath (left) during the SWAC tournament championship game in March 2017.

Here are the best players so far this season from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). You’ll get updates on how these top players and others are doing for the rest of this season.

Here they are, this week’s top five HBCU women’s and men’s hoopers in 2019. You’re welcome!

The women

No. 5: Niya Mitchell, forward, Texas Southern (Southwestern Athletic Conference’s (SWAC) leading rebounder, fifth-leading scorer)

No. 4: Ashley Bates, guard, Hampton (fourth nationally in steals, second in Big South scoring)

No. 3: Jayla Thornton, guard, Howard (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s (MEAC) leader in 3-point percentage and 3-pointers made)

No. 2: NaJai Pollard, forward, Delaware State (leads MEAC in scoring, 22.7 points per game)

No. 1: Shakyla Hill, guard, Grambling State (leads SWAC in scoring, assists and steals) On the bubble: Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Shawntayla Harris and Jackson State’s Marneisha Hamer

The men

On the bubble: Bethune-Cookman’s Cletrell Pope and North Carolina A&T’s Terry Harris