Southern splits with Grambling State

GRAMBLING — Southern pitcher Jarrett Maloy gave up just four hits in going the distance to help the Jaguars salvage a split of a Southwestern Athletic Conference doubleheader with Grambling State on Saturday.

Southern took the nightcap, 3-1, behind Maloy’s solid pitching performance. In seven innings of work, he struck out six while walking just one.

Grambling scored all of its runs in the third inning of the first game to take a 5-4 win in the opener of the three-game SWAC West series.

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Bethune Cookman baseball sweeps FAMU Rattlers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida A&M Baseball team grabbed an early 2-0 lead before Bethune-Cookman rallied to complete a sweep of their weekend Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference series with a 16-6 victory here Sunday at Moore-Kittles Field.

Florida A&M (2-11, 0-3 in MEAC) struck first Sunday, taking a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Jared Grace, who reached safely via a one-out single, scored from first on a Jared Jeffries infield hit and a throwing error by B-CU pitcher Eric Thomas.

Bethune-Cookman (14-7, 3-0 in MEAC), which outhit FAMU, 9-7, scored three runs in the top of the sixth to take the lead, 3-2, but broke the game open in the seventh, scoring seven runs on two hits and two errors, aided by several Rattler wild pitches, for a 10-2 lead.

The BCU Wildcats won Saturday games against the Rattlers with scores of 10-0 and 9-1, scoring 35 runs in the three game series.

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Maryland survives against Coppin State

Photo: Coppin State University head coach Derek Brown watches action as the Lady Eagles gives the Terps all they could handle in NCAA Tournament game. CSU ends season at 22-12.

Rashida Suber scored 25 points and Shalamar Oakley had 20 for Coppin State, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The silence in the arena was as telling as the numbers on the scoreboard.

Playing at home against unheralded Coppin State, Maryland found itself locked in a duel with historic ramifications. Only once had a No. 1 seed lost in the opening round, and with 17 minutes left in the game, the mighty Terrapins were in danger of becoming the second such victim.

Maryland finally pulled away to an 80-66 victory Sunday, but the performance was uninspired, unimpressive and hardly worthy of a team that spent the entire season ranked in the top five.

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LSU runs by Jackson State

Photo: Jackson State University guard Carena Easley soaks in the NCAA experience.

Fowles said she believed No. 2-seeded LSU was closer to achieving that more in the final 20 minutes of play of Saturday’s first-round NCAA tournament game which the Lady Tigers administered a 66-32 victory over No. 15 Jackson State before 4,513 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

LSU (28-5) advances to face No. 7 Marist, a 76-57 winner over No. 10 DePaul. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:07 p.m. and the game will be televised by ESPN2. LSU, which has won 17 of its last 19 games, extended its string of NCAA first-round wins to 11, averaging a winning margin of more than 20 points.

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ALABAMA STATE FOOTBALL: Hornets' offense struggles in scrimmage

Photo: #3, RS Junior QB Alex Engram, 5-10/200, Warren, OH/Western Michigan University.

With just a few minutes remaining in Alabama State's second scrimmage of spring drills, redshirt freshman quarterback Devin Dominguez lofted a perfect pass that fell just over tight end Aaron Wallace's shoulder for a four-yard touchdown.

The play was the perfect representation of the Hornets' scrimmage. It was the only TD of the scrimmage, and it came during red zone drills. It was that kind of up-and-down day for the ASU offense.

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South Carolina routs North Carolina A&T in WNIT

Photo: Lady Aggies 6-0 junior forward Brittanie Taylor-James snared 6 rebounds and scored 16 points against South Carolina.

South Carolina freshman Jordan Jones fires for 31 points thanks to WNIT record nine 3-pointers

If there was any question the Gamecocks were motivated to play in the second-tier tournament, it was answered quickly and emphatically.

The Gamecocks showed they are as healthy as they have been since November as they routed North Carolina A&T 102-74 in the opening round of the tournament Friday night at the Colonial Center.

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NFL Vikings give Frazier contract extension, title of assistant head coach

Photo: Former Alcorn State University football/baseball player Leslie Frazier is now Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.

The Vikings formalized defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier's dual role within their organization, adding "assistant head coach" to his title on Wednesday. As part of the promotion, Frazier's contract was extended through the 2009 season.

Although the additional title is largely ceremonial in the NFL, Frazier said it "kind of makes things official" after he spent much of the past year advising coach Brad Childress on "everything ... from top to bottom, on our roster."

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Quick Bio: Frazier played from 1981-86 with the Chicago Bears and was a starter for the 1985 Bears and led the team in interceptions from 1983-85. He notched 20 interceptions in his 65 career games and scored a pair of TDs on returns. An All-America honoree at Alcorn State University, Frazier was a standout in football and baseball.