Halfcourt heave a big sigh of relief for Hampton University

Photo: Hampton University guard Vincent (Vinny)Simpson, 6-1 sophomore from Cardinal Dougherty H.S., Philadelphia, PA.

Vinny Simpson walked. He claims otherwise, but even his coaches sheepishly concede the extra step. Nearly a week has passed since Simpson's 50-foot heave at the buzzer banked in to lift the Pirates over visiting South Carolina State 77-74. But replaying the shot still prompts smiles in coach Kevin Nickelberry's office and the team's locker room.

"Whenever I saw a shot like that on TV, I thought, 'I wish I could do that one day,' " Simpson said prior to Wednesday's practice. "Especially from halfcourt. And I didn't want to hit one at halftime. I wanted to hit the game-winner." So he did. From a step beyond midcourt. Despite the presence of two defenders.

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UMES Hawks, perched in third place, eye second

Photo: University of Maryland Eastern Shore head women basketball coach Fred Batchelor (4th Year).

4 regular-season games left

PRINCESS ANNE, MD -- University of Maryland Eastern Shore women's basketball coach Fred Batchelor, not long ago, had been reluctant to talk about where his team was in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings. The Hawks only recently crossed the halfway point of the MEAC schedule, and there was a lot of basketball left, Batchelor would point out, and a lot of room to move up or down in the standings.

Well, after a weekend road trip that included a loss to the MEAC's top team, North Carolina A&T, and a big victory against Norfolk State, the Hawks are sitting in a tie for third place. They have just four games remaining, three of which are at home, beginning with Saturday's homecoming contest against Florida A&M.

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Florida Justice to speak at Bethune Cookman University AKA Celebration

Photo: Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice

DAYTONA BEACH, FL -- Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince is the scheduled speaker Sunday at Bethune-Cookman University for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Appointed in 1999, Quince is the first black woman to serve on the state's highest court and the third female justice in the court's history. She is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Howard University is also where the sorority was established June 15, 1908.

The Centennial Founders' Day celebration begins at 3 p.m. at the Center for Civic Engagement. Sunday's program is free and open to the public. Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-letter organization established by black college-trained women. The sorority has more than 49,000 active members.

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Justice Peggy A. Quince was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1948. She is married to Fred L. Buckine, attorney at law, and they have two daughters, Peggy LaVerne, a graduate of Florida A & M University, and Laura LaVerne, a graduate of the University of Central Florida. Justice Quince graduated in 1970 from Howard University with a B.S. Degree in Zoology; she received her J.D. Degree from the Catholic University of America in 1975.

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Former Tennessee State Tigerbelle used endurance well

Photo: Madeline Manning Mims, Ordained Minister, Motivational Speaker and Gospel Singer. Served as a volunteer Chaplain for the U.S. Olympic team in five Olympics since the 1988 Games in Seoul, Korea.

After quiet start, Manning Mims made big impact.

Madeline Manning Mims escaped the ghetto by taking one step at a time. If that sounds kind of slow and methodical, it wasn't. In fact, it was Manning Mims' incredibly fast feet that carried her from an impoverished childhood to Tennessee State University where she became a national record-setter, and then on to the Olympics where she was a gold and silver medal-winner.

On Feb. 29, 2008, Manning Mims will join 10 other inductees being enshrined in the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame during an annual banquet at the Renaissance Hotel. "When I was 16 years old they put me on the U.S. National Team and over to Russia, Poland and West Germany I go,'' Manning Mims said.

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Madeline Manning Mims has been a member of four Olympic track teams (1968, 1972, 1976and 1980) and served as captain in '72, '76 and '80. She is the first and only American female to win an Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter event, accomplishing this feat in Mexico City in 1968. In addition, she won a silver medal as part of the 4 x 400-meter relay team, with teammates Mable Fergerson, Kathy Hammond, and Cheryl Toussaint, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

Manning Mims, a student at Tennessee State from 1968 to 1972, was a consistent winner during her 16-year athletic career.

Manning Mims was inducted in the USATF Hall of Fame in 1984. Here is a link to her Hall of Fame bio and the Olympic and American records held.

Please click here: http://www.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=100

Manning Mims has an accomplished daughter, Lana Mims, currently an All-Big 12 star in the long jump, 60m, 100m, 200m, and 4x100 meters sprints at the University of Missouri. The sophomore is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Aerospace ... active as a missionary, visiting Guyana, Suriname, and Belize ... also is a drummer and percussionist.

Lana was a three-time Oklahoma High School champion, winning long jump titles in 2005 and 2006, adding a high jump title in 2006 ... holds the state's second-longest long jump mark all-time and broke the state's 4A record in the event.

Other recent Manning Mims Articles: http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2008/01/turning_gold_into_inspiration.html

Norfolk State Spartans hope transfers will fill gaps

Photo: Norfolk State University head baseball coach Claudell Clark

NORFOLK, VA - Moriba George doesn't hide the fact that his early days with the Norfolk State baseball program were a struggle. "My first year was the worst year of baseball I've ever had," said George, a senior shortstop. "We were like 0-and-February."

But, later that season, things began to change as the Spartans made a surprise run to the MEAC title game. The next year, they went 11-7 in MEAC play, setting their record for regular-season MEAC wins.

Now the Spartans, who open their season Friday against Chicago State in a tournament in Savannah, Ga., are hoping to take another big step.

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http://www.nsuspartans.com/schedule.aspx?path=baseball&schedule=9&

Norfolk State University 2008 Baseball Schedule

HBCU Baseball Classic
2/22/2008 Chicago State Savannah, Ga. 1:30 p.m. Details
2/23/2008 North Carolina Central Savannah, Ga. 10:30 a.m. Details
2/24/2008 Savannah State Savannah, Ga. 1:30 p.m. Details
2/26/2008 Liberty Norfolk, Va. 2 p.m. Details
3/1/2008 Lafayette (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
3/2/2008 Lafayette Norfolk, Va. Noon Details
3/5/2008 Longwood Norfolk, Va. 3 p.m. Details
3/8/2008 North Carolina Central (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
3/9/2008 North Carolina Central (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
3/12/2008 Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. 3 p.m. Details
3/16/2008 Longwood (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
3/19/2008 Virginia Military Institute Norfolk, Va. 3 p.m. Details
3/22/2008 * North Carolina A&T (DH) Greensboro, N.C. 1 p.m. Details
3/23/2008 * North Carolina A&T Greensboro, N.C. Noon Details
3/26/2008 Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. 6 p.m. Details
3/29/2008 * Coppin State (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
3/30/2008 * Coppin State Norfolk, Va. Noon Details
4/2/2008 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. 3 p.m. Details
4/3/2008 Virginia State Norfolk, Va. 3 p.m. Details
4/5/2008 * Maryland Eastern Shore (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
4/6/2008 * Maryland Eastern Shore Norfolk, Va. Noon Details
4/8/2008 William & Mary Norfolk, Va. 6 p.m. Details
4/12/2008 * Bethune-Cookman (DH) Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m.
4/13/2008 Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. Noon Details
4/16/2008 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Va. 5 p.m. Details
4/19/2008 * Delaware State (DH) Dover, Del. 1 p.m. Details
4/20/2008 * Delaware State Dover, Del. Noon Details
4/23/2008 Longwood Farmville, Va. 3 p.m. Details
4/26/2008 Savannah State (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
4/27/2008 Savannah State (DH) Norfolk, Va. Noon Details
4/30/2008 Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, Va. 6 p.m. Details
5/3/2008 * Florida A&M (DH) Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Details
5/4/2008 * Florida A&M Norfolk, Va. Noon Details
5/6/2008 Richmond Norfolk, Va. 6 p.m. Details
5/10/2008 Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 1 p.m. Details
5/11/2008 Gardner-Webb (DH) Boiling Springs, N.C. Noon Details
2008 MEAC Baseball Championship
5/15/2008 MEAC Championship Norfolk, Va. TBA Details
5/16/2008 MEAC Championship Norfolk, Va. TBA Details
5/17/2008 MEAC Championship Norfolk, Va. TBA Details
5/18/2008 MEAC Championship Norfolk, Va. TBA Details

SCSU Bulldogs move FAMU game to Oct. 4

Photo: South Carolina State University athletic director Charlene M. Johnson.

The 2008 South Carolina State versus Florida A&M football contest at Tallahassee, Florida has been moved to Oct. 4 instead of its original date of Oct. 18 in order to assist the Rattlers with a scheduling conflict, Bulldog athletics director Charlene Johnson announced Monday.

The date change, which came after consultation between the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and SC State and Florida A&M officials, will allow the Rattlers to play their longtime rival Southern on Oct. 18, the originally scheduled date of the SCSU-FAMU contest, and give Florida A&M a twelfth game in 2008.

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2008 SCSU Bulldog Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time

8/30 Central Florida Orlando, FL TBA
9/6 BENEDICT ORANGEBURG, SC TBA
9/13 BETHUNE-COOKMAN ORANGEBURG, SC TBA
9/20 Clemson Clemson, SC TBA
9/27 Winston-Salem State Winston-Salem, NC TBA
10/4* Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL TBA
10/11 NORFOLK STATE ORANGEBURG, SC TBA
(Homecoming)
10/18* Open
10/25 HAMPTON ORANGEBURG, SC TBA
11/1 Delaware State Dover, DE TBA
11/8 HOWARD ORANGEBURG, SC TBA
11/15 Morgan State Baltimore, MD TBA.
11/22 North Carolina A&T Greensboro, NC TBA

@ All Starting times to be announced later
* Date Change

Pending football slate at Grambling to include Northwestern State

GRAMBLING — Grambling will announce a 2008 football schedule, perhaps as early as today, that includes a new home-and-home deal with Northwestern State. That leaves at least one more non-conference date still to fill. GSU will open next season at Nevada.

“I’m hopeful I can release a schedule in the coming days,” said Grambling athletics director Troy Mathieu. “I’m just waiting on the actual contracts to get in.”

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GSU Tenantive Football Schedule 2008
Date Location

Aug. 30: at Nevada
Sept. 6: Alcorn State
Sept. 13: at Northwestern State
Sept. 20: Jackson State
Oct. 4: Prairie View A&M*
Oct. 11: at Alabama A&M
Oct. 18: Alabama State
Nov. 1: at Mississippi Valley
Nov. 8: Arkansas-Pine Bluff**
Nov. 15: at Texas Southern
Nov. 29: Southern***
Dec. 13: SWAC Championship Game

*-Cotton Bowl, Dallas
**-War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Ark.
***-Superdome, New Orleans
Bold - Home game

Bethune Cookman Lady Wildcats blow lead, lose to Morgan State in OT

Photo: Sophomore, Corin Adams made 10 of 13 free throws and scored 19 points to lead Morgan State to victory. The 5-7 point guard is from Madison H.S., Brooklyn, NY.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Bethune-Cookman hit just one field goal in the final 10 minutes of regulation and blew a 15-point lead as Morgan State defeated the struggling Wildcats 55-50 in overtime Monday at the Ocean Center.

Corin Adams' drive with 3:40 left gave the Bears their first lead of the game at 42-40. But freshman Jalisa Isaac of New Smyrna Beach swished a 3-pointer from the corner with 21 seconds to play to put B-CU up 44-42. That was the 'Cats' first field goal since 10:29 when Euneshia Proctor's layup gave B-CU a 39-24 advantage.

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UMES Lady Hawks crush Norfolk State 84-65

NORFOLK, Va. - It started nine games ago. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) went on a seven game winning streak in conference play before they dropped their last two contests. That streak began with a win over Norfolk State University (NSU) and the Lady Hawks hope the streak begins anew as they toppled that same Spartan team 84-65 Monday night on the campus of NSU.

April McBride, Tiffany Reid and Queenique Tyler all posted 16 points in the game. For Tyler it is a new career high while fellow freshmen Casey Morton added 15 points. Both McBride and Reid had a double double as they grabbed 13 and 10 rebounds respectively.

With the win, UMES improves to 8-4 in league play and stands third in the MEAC tied with Morgan State and Delaware State, both of whom UMES has defeated this season.

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Oakley Scores 25 in CSU Eagle Win at Florida A&M

Photo: Shalamar Oakley, 5-6 point guard, Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson H.S.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Senior Shalamar Oakley paced five players in double figures in points with 25 and Coppin State extended its winning streak to four straight with an 85-64 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over Florida A&M on Monday in Gaither Gymnasium.

Oakley was 11-of-19 from the floor and also added nine points, three assists and one steal. Danielle Anders had 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Rashida Suber scored 13 points and dished out a career-high 10 assists. Jennifer Martin and Whitney Cunningham each scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Eagles.

Coppin State (15-11, 9-3 MEAC), which won for the ninth time in the last 10 games, shot 60.0 percent from the floor in the second half and outscored the Rattlers 52-32.

Florida A&M (11-13, 2-9 MEAC) shot only 32.9 percent from the floor for the game and was 1-of-17 from beyond the three-point arc.

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Oakley was a transfer from Hofstra University to Coppin State University and has completed her undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice (3.2 GPA) and is in graduate school. She has aspirations of playing basketball professionally in the WNBA or overseas. Oakley was an All-MEAC rookie and All-MEAC first team scholar-athlete .

Mississippi Valley edges Southern Jaguars

Chris Watson’s one-handed tip-in with 23 seconds to play lifted Mississippi Valley State to a 52-51 Southwestern Athletic Conference victory in front of 759 Monday night at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Southern (8-16, 6-7 SWAC) lost its fourth straight game and for the sixth time in its last eight games after a 4-1 conference start. Valley (9-15, 7-6) snapped a two-game losing streak. The Delta Devils had lost four of its previous six games. SU can look back at a host of missed opportunities. The Jaguars led by 15 points with 7:31 left in the first half, but squandered that momentum before halftime.

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JSU's coach must retool after 2007 success

The reigning Southwestern Athletic Conference East Division baseball champions have been picked to retain the title in 2008.

The honor carries very little weight with Jackson State coach Omar Johnson. "That doesn't mean anything," Johnson said. "They didn't pick us to win last year, and we basically walked through the second half. "It's who's going to play well down the stretch." What it does mean is the Tigers are being held in high respect around the league after just one season with Johnson leading the program.

With a rookie head coach, Jackson State (33-23) posted its first 30-win season since athletic director Bob Braddy ran the team. The feat was even more meaningful considering the 2006 season was virtually wiped clean because JSU used two players that were ineligible.

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Jackson State Season Opener: at Georgia State, Friday: 4 p.m.

Southern University, FAMU to play this season

Photo: Southern University Dancing Dolls -2007

Southern and Florida A&M will play football in 2008 after all.

The schools, with the help of South Carolina State, came to an agreement to play, and FAMU sent out a release announcing the game Monday. The sides have yet to sign a contract. “We agreed to it,” Southern Athletic Director Greg LaFleur said Monday.

A new contract establishing dates for the final three games (barring any interruption: at Florida A&M in 2009 and 2011 and at Southern in 2010) will need to be authored. “It worked out great,” LaFleur said. “Thanks to South Carolina State. This would not have been possible without the cooperation of South Carolina State.”

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Proposed 2008 Football Schedule

Date Opponent

Aug. 30 at Houston
Sept. 6 at Tenn. State
Sept. 13 MISS. VALLEY
Sept. 20 Open
Sept. 27 at Alcorn State*
Oct. 4 at Jackson State*
Oct. 11 TEXAS SOUTHERN*
Oct. 18 FLORIDA A&M
Oct. 25 at Prairie View*
Nov. 1 UAPB*
Nov. 8 Open
Nov. 15 ALABAMA STATE*
Nov. 22 Open
Nov. 29 Grambling* (Bayou Classic)

* Southwestern Athletic Conference games
Home games in CAPS

'Fang' Mitchell, among 13 to enter Gloucester County (N.J.) Sports Hall of Fame

Photo: Ron "Fang" Mitchell, head basketball coach Coppin State University - 21 years; (29 years experience), native of Philadelphia, PA; graduate of Coppin State University.

Coppin State University men's basketball coach Ron "Fang' Mitchell, along with former Washington Township High football star Mike Koerner will be among the 13 inductees to the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame during the 28th annual Induction Banquet on March 18, 2008 at Auletto's Caterers in Almonesson, New Jersey, the executive committee has announced.

Tickets for the 28th Annual Banquet are available by calling (856) 435-3367.

Ron "Fang" Mitchell (Gloucester CC): The longtime Coppin State men's basketball coach, Mitchell has earned a reputation as one of the nation's top collegiate coaches. Entering this season, he was Coppin's all-time winningest coach with 318 career victories, three NCAA tournament appearances, two NIT bids, six 20-win seasons, and a share of nine Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles in the 1990s.

Mitchell was a former star player at Gloucester County College, averaging 23 points per game his sophomore season. He later coached the GCC men's basketball teams to a career record of 227-45 from 1978 to 1986, winning four regional junior college titles and 10 Garden State Conference crowns.

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Bright night for DSU Hornets

Photo: DSU 6-6/225 guard/forward Roy Bright hit for 19 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 steal to lead the Hornets attack against the Aggies.

North Carolina native leads DSU to crucial MEAC win over NCA&T.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Roy Bright took the abuse from the Dawg Pound and responded Monday night with a smile and a game-winning basket.

Playing in his home state and before a large contingent of family and friends, Bright delivered. He led Delaware State to a crucial Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball victory, 70-66, over North Carolina A&T before a rowdy Corbett Sports Center crowd of 3,752.

A native of Durham, N.C., Bright finished with 19 points.

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NSU beats UMES 68-61 with lots of help from Murphy

Photo: NSU senior Tony Murphy stepped up with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 steals to keep the Spartans tied with Morgan State for first place in the MEAC.

NORFOLK, VA - When his team needed him most Monday night, Norfolk State senior guard Tony Murphy was there – as he always has been. The Spartans were reeling and on the verge of losing to Maryland-Eastern Shore. But Murphy willed his team to victory, helping Norfolk State prevail 68-61.

First, he helped wrest the lead away from Eastern Shore for the final time, burying a 3-pointer with 4:52 left . Then he knocked out the Hawks with a three-point play two minutes later in what is likely his final home game of his career. It was the defining moment on a night when Murphy scored 25 points.

“It’s good to see him step up,” Norfolk State coach Anthony Evans said. “He’s a senior and it’s great to see him knocking down some shots.”

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JSU Lady Tigers escape Texas Southern with 51-48 win

Photo: Erica Traham, 5-10 junior forward, Baton Rough, LA scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in the JSU win.

JSU Office of Athletic Media Relations

HOUSTON, Tex. - After taking a nine point lead into halftime the Jackson State women's basketball team had to fight tooth and nail to hang on and beat Texas Southern 51-48 in Southwestern Athletic Conference action Monday night.

With the win JSU improves to a 13-10 overall record and an 11-2 SWAC mark. Texas Southern falls to 7-15, 5-7.

Two Lady Tigers scored in double figures, with Erica Trahan leading the way with 17 points on 6-9 shooting. Carena Easley followed with a double-double. She finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Camile Parks led Texas Southern with 11 points and eight rebounds.

JSU held a 23-14 halftime lead. In the first half, neither team lit up the scoreboard. Jackson State shot 25 percent from the field and Texas Southern shot 17 percent.

In the second half Texas Southern outscored JSU 34-28. The Lady Tigers out rebounded TSU 49-46.

Jackson State will return to action Feb. 23 when the Lady Tigers travel to Grambling, LA to face Grambling State in SWAC action. Tip-off is set for 5:30 pm.

THE GOOD FIGHT

Photo: Tywain Mckee, 6-2 senior point guard/shooting guard, Philadelphia, PA/Bartram H.S., major: Criminal Justice.

Forgotten and ignored, Tywain McKee was an unlikely college hoops prospect. Then a basketball legend tapped him on the shoulder.

There are some kids you just want to protect. It would be great to say that about all of them, but the truth is some wear trouble like a too-big pair of jeans, uncomfortable unless they're pretty much engulfed by it. Tywain McKee, back when he was a hunch-shouldered, woolly haired teenager, could have been one of those kids.

"He was swallowed up by strife, living in a hotbed of violence," says former Temple coach John Chaney, who recruited McKee as a Philly high school senior four years ago. Chaney discovered McKee when the Bartram High guard dropped 13 fourth-quarter points in a city-league semis loss to Philly power Simon Gratz. But McKee, who battled a stutter and had always felt uncomfortable in school, fell well short of Temple's academic requirements.

Still, the Hall of Fame coach liked the fight he saw in McKee. He liked that the kid had learned the game from his mom. He liked that McKee kept playing, even after his mother's drug abuse meant she was around less and less. And he liked that McKee didn't lose focus, even while his younger brother, Robert, was skipping school. Chaney wanted to see McKee play at the next level, for him or someone else. "If no one puts a kid like that in a position to succeed, his self-esteem keeps dropping," Chaney says. "I called Fang Mitchell because I knew he would be good for Tywain."

Ron "Fang" Mitchell has spent 21 seasons at Baltimore's Coppin State University, one of 103 historically black colleges and universities in the U.S.

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Price, Tennessee State earn huge win over Austin Peay

Tigers guard will forgo final year

Bruce Price made sure he went out as a winner with Tennessee State's men's basketball team Monday night.

Price decided before the game to forgo his final year of eligibility with the Tigers. He joined the team's four seniors who were honored before the tip-off against Austin Peay at Gentry Center.

Then in the final 46 seconds, Price sank two free throws, stripped the ball from Austin Peay's Ernest Fields under the Governors' basket and pinned a shot by Derek Wright on the backboard to help Tigers hang on for a 73-69 victory before a crowd of 4,857.

"This is where it all started for me and this was a very important game for me,'' Price said. "Even though we weren't hitting our free throws at the end I made sure that I made some good defensive plays with the charges and the block and the strip."

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Hampton Lady Pirates win big against Winston Salem State

Photo: Hampton forward Chivyere Ukoh scored 14 points and had 8 rebounds in the victory. The 6-3 junior is from Woodbridge H.S., Woodbridge, VA.

HAMPTON, Va. - The Hampton University Lady Pirates bounced back after a close loss to South Carolina State University last Saturday to defeat the Lady Rams of Winston Salem State University by a score of 65-41 here at the HU Convocation Center on Monday night.

The Lady Pirates came out red hot after the opening tip, jumping out to a 6-0 run.

The Lady Rams did manage to take the lead at the 10:55 mark when Jalesa Byrd gave WSSU a short-lived lead at13-12 at the 10:55 mark after connecting on one of two free throw tries. But the Lady Pirates gradually built up a comfortable cushion, increasing their lead to 12 points in the waning seconds of the half.

HU’s lead at halftime was 30-18.

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North Carolina A&T stay perfect in conference in win over DSU Lady Hornets

Photo: NCA&T Lady Aggies Ta' Wuana "Tweet" Cook had her usual outstanding game scoring 20 points and 8 assists.

GREENSBORO -- There is actually a way the N.C. A&T women's basketball team can fall short of postseason play. But figuring that out is probably harder than beating the Aggies.

In beating Delaware State 78-53 on Monday, A&T improved to 12-0 in the league and retained a three-game lead over Coppin State (9-3) with four to play. One more Aggie victory or one more loss by the Eagles or Hampton (8-4) clinches the regular-season title and at least a WNIT bid for A&T. The winner of the conference tournament gets the automatic NCAA tournament spot, but a safeguard ensures that any regular-season champion failing to win its league tournament will be invited to the WNIT. A&T hasn't been to postseason since it claimed the MEAC title in 1994.

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Tip-In Extends Coppin State Win Streak at FAMU

Photo: CSU 6-3 small forward Antwan Harrison made the game winner on a tip-in. The senior is from Beltsville, MD/Gonzaga College H.S. and is majoring in Sports Management.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Senior Antwan Harrison scored on a tip-in with four seconds remaining lifting Coppin State to a 69-68 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over Florida A&M on Monday in Gaither Gymnasium and extending the Eagles winning streak to five straight.

Harrison, who scored 12 points, followed up a miss by Julian Conyers with the game-winning basket giving Coppin State its longest winning streak since the 2004-05 season.

Tywain McKee sealed the victory for the Eagles with a steal on Florida A&M's final possession.

Coppin State (9-19, 4-8 MEAC) shot 63.6 percent from the floor in the second half and a season-high 51.7 percent for the game. Florida A&M (9-16, 5-7 MEAC) was led by Leslie Robinson who scored a game-high 24 points.

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Hampton sweeps Winston Salem State

Photo: HU Pirates Rashad West was the game high scorer with 18 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. The 6-1/170 senior guard is from Raleigh, N.C./Maine Central Institute.

HAMPTON - Hampton completed a two-game season sweep of nonconference Winston-Salem State on Monday night, using almost its entire roster in the process. It was a rude welcome back for Hampton's former coach Bobby Collins, who now directs the Rams.

Fourteen HU players got in on the Pirates' 67-62 victory at HU Convocation Center. Hampton senior Rashad West's 18 points were the high, with Vinny Simpson tossing in 16 off the bench.

"One of our guys said in the locker room: (WSS) played like it was personal, a backyard ... chip on our shoulder," said HU coach Kevin Nickelberry. "Just all the emotion of the last game; it was a spillover.

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Prairie View A&M routs Grambling State Tigers

Photo: PVAMU guard Gaati Werema led four Lady Panthers in double figure scoring with 28 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal in 26 minutes of action. The 6-0 sophomore is from Orlando, Florida, Orlando Christian Prep.

Prairie View A&M University Sports Information

Gaati Werema's 28 points and 16 rebounds paces the Lady Panther's offensive attack

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (16-8 11-1 SWAC) got back on track with a convincing victory over the Grambling State Lady Tigers (1-22, 0-13 SWAC) on Monday, February 18th in the William Nicks Building.

Lady Panther forward Gaati Werema had a monster night racking up 28 points and 16 rebounds on 9-of-18 shooting from the floor. Werema’s point total also included an impressive 10-of-12 showing from the charity stripe.

Chari Smith had a double-double performance tallying 14 points and 10 rebounds. Overall Prairie View A&M shot 37 percent from the floor, while holding the Lady Tigers to just 20 percent shooting for the game.

PVAMU took their largest lead of the game at 32 points at the 2:20 mark of the second half. From that point Grambling State would get no closer than 30 points.

For the game Prairie View A&M scored 25 points off GSU miscues. The Lady Panthers out scored Grambling State in the paint 34-8 and in second chance points 12-1.

Prairie View A&M will return to the hardwood on Saturday, February 23rd, when they travel to Pine Bluff, Arkansas to take on the UAPB Lady Golden Lions. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m.

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Morgan State rolls over Bethune Cookman

Photo: Point guard Jerrell Green led four Bears in double figure scoring with a career high of 17 points, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 rebound. The 5-10/170 senior is from Baltimore, MD, Seward County C.C./Southern HS, and is majoring in Sociology.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Florida A&M stopped Morgan State's eight-game winning streak Saturday. The Bears were not likely to go winless in Florida.

Morgan State proved to be too big, too quick and too deep in defeating Bethune-Cookman 63-52 Monday at the Ocean Center. "I think they're the best team in the league. They're very talented," said B-CU coach Clifford Reed. "They're definitely one of the best teams for us to match up against. They're big and athletic."

B-CU tried to keep the game as close as possible by consistently holding the ball to the end of the 35-second clock, but the Bears out-rebounded the Wildcats 31-21, shot 46.5 percent from the field and hit 20 of 26 free throws.

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