Thursday, February 25, 2021

ICYMI: my story on a @SpringISD 5th grader, his love for @SouthernU_BR ’s @SU_HumanJukebox and their new connection

TSU Volleyball Prepares For 2021 Home Opener Friday Afternoon

Mercer's Black & Orange Challenge On The Docket As Alabama A&M Softball Returns to Action

Blue Tigers Close Home Slate With 60-58 Victory

Big Blue Baseball Sweeps Carolina University, Thursday Evening

Alabama A&M Prepare for Group of Conference Opponents in the Baton Rouge Pod Over the Weekend

Republican senators to Tennessee's public colleges: Stop athletes from kneeling during national anthem

2020-21 Sun Conference Men’s Basketball Award Winners Announced

Women's Basketball: Lady Tornadoes Dominate in GCAC Quarterfinals Win Over Dillard

The Challenges and Triumphs of HBCU Tennis

Delaware State Kick-Off Spring '21 Season With Home Clash Against Howard

FB: Yellow Jackets picked to finish second in MEC South Division.

How Brehanna Daniels is changing the world of NASCAR, one pit stop at a time

Alabama A&M Prepare for Three Game Series at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

TSU Football Opener Postponed, Soccer Changes Venue

Jackson State vs. Mississippi Valley State Football Postponed

Black coaches like Howard University's Larry Scott face choices of being a Power 5 assistant or HBCU head coach.

OVC Football Preview Week of 2/27/21

Terron Armstead (UAPB/New Orleans Saints) built a community center for his hometown. It flooded weeks before opening

Stanley Davis Headed to Albania, Inks Pro Deal with KB Vllaznia

WATCH LIVE: 2021 SWAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

@PresidentPerine: Henry “Hank” Aaron

Four XULA Teams Competed on Wednesday

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Women's Basketball: XULA, leading by four at halftime at home against Philander Smith in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, outscored the Lady Panthers 26-8 in the third quarter and cruised to a 76-53 victory. Da'Jha Virgil scored a career-high-tying 20 points, and Victory Udechi missed one shot in a 15-point, seven-rebound performance. XULA (10-6), winner of a season-high four straight, will play top-seeded Rust in the semifinals Saturday at Jacksonville, Fla.

Softball: XULA's first-year team lost 8-0, then 10-4 at NAIA No. 7 Mobile in Mobile, Ala. In the second game Mecolett Bradley and Destyn Jones doubled for XULA, and Jones had two RBIs, XULA is 2-5, and Mobile is 3-4. XULA's home debut will be Saturday at 2 p.m. against NAIA No. 12 William Carey at the softball facility at Wesley Barrow Stadium. 

Men's Basketball: XULA and Tougaloo played overtime for the second time this season, and this time XULA survived with a 77-74 victory in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at XULA's Convocation Center. Rayshawn Mart scored 27 points and TJ Jones 20 for XULA, which will play sixth-seeded Philander Smith in the semifinals Saturday at Jacksonville, Fla.

Men's Tennis: XULA dropped its fourth straight, 5-2 at the University of New Orleans, XULA (1-4) did not win the doubles point, but Juan Ramirez and Juan Varon rallied from a 4-1 deficit to win 6-4 on the second court.. XULA got singles victories from NAIA All-Americans Santiago Perez on court one and Shaikh Abdullah on court three. 

And What's More: Through 11 p.m. Wednesday XULA collected approximately two-thirds of the nearly 600 votes against Kentucky State in the championship round of a Twitter fan poll conducted by T3 Bracketology (@Tbracketology). The poll question: "Which HBCU arena has the best environment?" Voting will conclude at 8:30 a.m. CST Thursday; you can vote on Twitter by visiting https://twitter.com/TBracketology/status/1363858517850001414. Visit xulagold.com for much more about XULA Athletics.

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Ed Cassiere, Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications
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Jackson State, Deion Sanders look ahead to Mississippi Valley

Prairie View A&M ( @PVAMUPanthers ) guard Cam Mack ( @Camiscute2 ) is second in the nation in assists at 8.2 per game.