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{{Short description|Sports venue in Lorman, Mississippi}}
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'''Davey Whitney Complex''' is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] and physical education center in [[Lorman, Mississippi]]. It was built in 1975 and is home to the [[Alcorn State University]] Braves men's and women's [[basketball]] teams and women's volleyball team.

The Physical Education Complex was built at a cost of $3.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86719077/alcorn-us-new-7000-seat-gym-will-be-rea/|title=Alcorn U's New 7000 Seat Gym Will Be Ready During Fall|work=The Clarion-Ledger|page=B2|date=August 4, 1974|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> The new facility added much-needed seating capacity and classroom space, as well as an Olympic-size swimming pool.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alcorn cagers have new home|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86719245/alcorn-cagers-have-new-home/|access-date=October 8, 2021|page=24|work=Delta Democrat-Times|date=June 2, 1974}}</ref> The first game in the complex was the final game of the 1974–75 men's basketball season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86719520/alcorn-outlasts-southern-120-110/|title=Alcorn Outlasts Southern 120-110|pages=13, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86719565/alcorn/ 17]|first=Ponto|last=Downing|work=The Clarion-Ledger|date=February 18, 1975|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref>

Nicknamed the "Scalping Grounds", stylized later as the '''Scalpin' Grounds''', it was renamed in 1993 after [[Davey Whitney]], who coached the Braves from 1969 to 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Alcorn State to rename gym to honor Whitney|page=3C|date=October 14, 1993|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86719007/alcorn-state-to-rename-gym-to-honor-whit/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|first=Derrick|last=Mahone|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> Whitney returned to Alcorn for a second stint from 1996 to 2003, making him one of the few Division I coaches to have coached in an arena or stadium named for him.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=swac.org |title=Davey L. Whitney Dies at age of 85 |url=http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210082408 |access-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==
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{{Alcorn State Braves basketball navbox}}
{{Alcorn State Lady Braves basketball navbox}}
{{Southwestern Athletic Conference basketball venue navbox}}
{{Alcorn State University}}

[[Category:College basketball venues in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Alcorn State University buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Alcorn State Braves basketball]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Claiborne County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1975]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Mississippi]]


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