NCCU Eagles chop down SFA Lumberjack, 65-57

EUGENE, Oregon -- Jereal Scott scored his 1,000th point of his Lumberjack career, but Stephen F. Austin never led in the second half and dropped its second consecutive game, a 65-57 decision to North Carolina Central on the second day of the Global Hoops Showcase at the Matthew Knight Arena.

Scott finished with 12 points and six rebounds to become just the eighth Lumberjack (5-6) in the Division I era to reach 1,000 points for his career, but SFA shot just 37.3 percent as a team on the night and was just 2-for-16 from long distance while the Eagles (5-6) hit 45.1 percent of their shots, including eight three-point buckets.

Desmond Haymon had his best offensive showing since the opening game of the year, pumping in 14 points and pulling down a career-best nine rebounds. He and Antonio Bostic were the only `Jacks to connect from three-point range with Bostic finishing with 11 points on the night.

SFA dominated the glass, outrebounding its opponent for the fifth consecutive game with a 40-23 margin, holding the Eagles to just four offensive rebounds while ripping down 11 of its own. Dominque Sutton led NCCU with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Ebuka Anyaorah rode a 16-point first half to a game-high 18 points and Jeremy Ingram finished with 11 points, all in the final 5:32 of the game.

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NCA&T Aggies run away with 31-21 win over rival NCCU Eagles

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The tone for North Carolina Central University’s day against rival North Carolina A&T was set on its opening drive. The Eagles moved the ball deep into Aggie territory, but lost a fumble. NCCU played catch-up the rest of the afternoon as A&T regained bragging rights in the series with a 31-21 win in front of 18,413 fans inside Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, N.C.

A&T took that opening fumble down the field 77 yards on 11 plays to take an early 7-0 advantage. In the second quarter, the Aggies converted on fourth down and later on third down and 12 yards to go quarterback Lewis Kindle threw a 37-yard touchdown to Wallace Miles to push the lead to 14-0 at 12:27.



That 14-point cushion proved to be too much for the Eagles to overcome. Each time NCCU scored a touchdown, it pulled the squad close, but not even or ahead, and each time the Aggies had an answer.

A&T dominated the ground game, pounding out 213 rushing yards, including 163 rushing yards by senior Mike Mayhew, while holding the Eagles to only nine rushing yards on 19 carries. The Aggies finished the contest with 414 yards of total offense compared to 224 by NCCU.

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HONDA Battle of the Bands announces Winners

Three months ago, 45 marching bands from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) began the journey down the “Road to the Honda,” all competing for a spot in the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase. Out of 45 competing marching bands from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), eight have been chosen to perform in January at the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase.




Representing varied music and performance styles ranging from precision to high-stepping, the eight headlining bands are:

• Albany State University “Marching Rams” (Albany, Georgia)

• Clark Atlanta University “Mighty Marching Panthers” (Atlanta, Georgia)

• Florida A&M University “Marching 100” (Tallahassee, Florida)

• North Carolina Central University “Marching Sound Machine” (Durham, North Carolina)

• Prairie View A&M University “Marching Storm” (Prairie View, Texas)

• Southern University “Human Jukebox Marching Band” (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

• Tuskegee University “Marching Crimson Pipers” (Tuskegee, Alabama)

• Virginia State University “Trojan Explosion Marching Band” (Petersburg, Virginia)






On January 30, 2010, the bands will perform for a crowd of 60,000 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta and prove why they are the best of the best. Marking its eighth year, the Honda Battle of the Bands is the only national scholarship program that showcases an important facet of HBCU heritage and culture – music education.

The eight winning band programs chosen to participate in this year’s Invitational Showcase will be awarded $20,000 by American Honda for their music programs in addition to the $1,000 grant they received for participation in the pre-qualifying fall campus event tour. Through this program Honda is awarding a total of $205,000 in scholarships to HBCU music programs for the 2009-10 academic year, and since the beginning of the program, has awarded grants in excess of $1 million.