BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- As Grambling lined up to run what would be the final play of the game on Southern's 1-yard-line Saturday, Jaguars coach Dawson Odums called time out to get everyone on the same page. Southern senior defensive end Arthur Miley was already there.
Odums said when the defensive unit came to the sideline, he asked what they saw when Grambling came to the line of scrimmage. Miley noticed something about Grambling quarterback Johnathan Williams.
"Miley said, 'I think they're going to sneak it,''' Odums said, recalling the conversation. "He said the quarterback had his right foot back and he was in a crouched position. I said, 'Let's get our sneak defense in then.' And Miley said, 'Coach, let's run the one we ran two years ago.' I'm like, 'Two years ago?' So I said okay, 'Out of Delta, let's go wham.' And that's what we did.''
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Gold Nuggets use late spurt to defeat LeMoyne-Owen
NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana scored 10 consecutive points in the final five minutes Wednesday to earn a 52-45 women's basketball victory against LeMoyne-Owen.
Vinnie Briggs and Whitney Gathright scored 13 points apiece for the Gold Nuggets (6-4), ranked 18th in NAIA Division I. They have won four straight and five of their last six games.
Teneshia Jones' 3-pointer for the Lady Magicians (0-5) tied the score at 40 with 5:19 remaining. Then Xavier rattled off 10 straight points during the next two minutes, starting with Gathright's basket at 4:59.
Xavier won for the second straight game after trailing at halftime. LeMoyne-Owen led 24-22 at the break. But the Lady Magicians never led again after Eliqua Brooks' 3-pointer gave the Gold Nuggets a 25-24 lead with 19:27 remaining.
Brooks scored 11 points, and teammate Donyeah Mayfield grabbed 11 rebounds to reach double figures for the second time this season.
Tenesha Wright had 15 points and 10 rebounds for LeMoyne-Owen, an NCAA Division II member.
Xavier extended its home win streak to 23 games. The Gold Nuggets are 4-0 this season in their Convocation Center.
Xavier will break for final exams, then play host to Faulkner at 5 p.m. Dec. 15.
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Southern University Football: 2014 SWAC Experience
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
VSU Trojans' Success Brought Pride Back
ETTRICK, Virginia — Bloomsburg University quarterback Tim Kelly lined up under center with under a minute remaining and took two kneel-downs to bring the clock to zero on Virginia State's football season. Kelly had run in three touchdowns, mostly untouched, and was the difference-maker the Huskies needed to blow by the Trojans in the second round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs. But as the clock hit zero and both teams met at midfield for the typical post-game handshakes, something unexpected happened. Even though the Trojans had been manhandled in a 35-14 loss, there were cheers emanating from their side of the field. Many Virginia State alumni had made the six-hour trek to Pennsylvania to cheer on the team which had helped ease the pain the university has felt over the past two years.
Virginia State has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons recently with crime, last year's suspension of the CIAA Title game and petty violence occurring on campus which has led to lower enrollment numbers at a time when the school has a shortfall of $19 million. Additionally, the school has cut services while continuing construction projects which includes an $84 million multipurpose center.
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Gold Nuggets rally to win at No. 22 Mobile, 57-55
MOBILE, Alabama -- Vinnie Briggs scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half Monday to help Xavier University of Louisiana rally for a 57-55 victory against Mobile in a matchup of ranked NAIA Division I women's basketball teams.
The Gold Nuggets (5-4), ranked 18th, defeated the Lady Rams (2-5), ranked 22nd, for the second time this season.
Xavier, which trailed by 13 points late in the first half, took the lead for good, 54-53, when Eliqua Brooks made two free throws with 1:54 remaining. Mobile missed two shots in the final five seconds, including a Kali Koenig 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Whitney Gathright scored 13 points and Brooks 10 for the Gold Nuggets, who won their third straight and climbed above .500 for the first time this season.
Brooks scored all her points in the second half, including Xavier's final seven. Her 3-point play at 1:32 gave the Gold Nuggets a 57-53 lead.
Koenig scored 20 points and Jakela Johnson 13 for Mobile, and Jammieca Hudson had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Xavier trailed 30-21 at halftime after shooting 19.4 percent from the floor. The Gold Nuggets shot 50 percent in the second half.
"Our defense was outstanding in the second half, and we shot the ball much better than we did in the first half," XU coach Bo Browder said.
Xavier will play LeMoyne-Owen of NCAA Division II at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Convocation Center.
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No. 9 Crusaders defeat No. 13 Gold Rush, 69-59
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The Crusaders (7-0) outscored the Gold Rush 15-0 in the final 4:08 of the first half to take a 29-17 lead at the break. Xavier (8-3) never got closer than eight points in the second half.
Leo Garrett scored 10 points and Deoine Weeks nine for William Carey.
Jarvis Thibodeaux had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Xavier, Sydney Coleman had 15 points and seven rebounds, and Anthony Goode scored 10.
William Carey outshot Xavier 48.8 to 37 percent from the floor. The Gold Rush missed 16 free throws, twice as many as the Crusaders.
Xavier will visit city rival Loyola at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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