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Birmingham, Alabama - The Tennessee State University women's golf team wrapped up action at the Ann Rhoads Spring Invitational Monday afternoon.
The spring season-opener saw TSU finish in 16th place with an overall score of 792 after two rounds. After shooting a 416 as a team in the opening round the Tigers improved 40 strokes with a 376 in the second frame.
BRIA NORRIS Sophomore Franklin, TN
Jamie Pierce led Tennessee State with a score of 174 behind rounds of 93 and 81. She finished in a tie for 35th to pace the Tigers. Sara Shoufler carded a 186 (97-89) for 70th place followed by Bria Norris (79th) with a 209 mark. Norris recorded a 112 if the first round before registering a score of 97 in the second stanza.
SARA SHOUFLER SOPHOMORE BEDFORD, INDIANA
Mya Billingsley rounded out the scorers for TSU with 223 (114-109). The University of Indianapolis claimed the tournament title with a score of 644 (336-308) while OVC foe Tennessee Tech finished fourteen strokes behind with 658. Methodist University placed third after carding a 662 (343-319).
Women's golf will return to action at the Murray State New Wave Communications Racer Classic on Sunday, March 4.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Chris Iles scored a career-high 21 points Monday to lead NAIA No. 25 Xavier University of Louisiana to a 74-50 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball victory against Fisk.
The Gold Rush (21-7 overall, 10-3 GCAC) won for the seventh time in eight games and gave Dannton Jackson his 200th career victory as head coach.
Denzell Erves had 16 points and 10 rebounds — his team-leading sixth double-double of the season and his second in a row — and Wanto Joseph scored 12 points.
Jackson is 200-88 in nine seasons at Xavier and has reached 20 victories seven times. He is the third consecutive Gold Rush coach to reach 200 victories — Denny Alexander (1978-90) and Dale Valdery (1990-2002) did it too. Valdery won a Gold Rush-record 234 games, and Alexander won 212.
"I couldn't get to 200 wins on my own," Jackson said. "Reaching 200 is a tribute to all the guys who wore the Xavier uniform. We've had some unbelievable guys in the program. They're responsible for this. I'm really proud to represent Xavier, my alma mater."
Jewaun Wynn scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers, for Fisk (6-20, 2-10).
Xavier overcame a 7-0 Fisk start to lead 28-25 at halftime, then pulled away with a 30-7 burst in the first 13 minutes of the second half. Iles scored 11 points during the run, and Cordell Hadnot's basket with 7:40 remaining gave Xavier its largest lead, 58-32.
"Fisk hit some early shots and played well," Jackson said. "They were attacking the paint and creating shots. Once we were able to control that, we got it going. We depended on our defense again to pull away."
The Gold Rush outshot the Bulldogs 45.5 to 31 percent from the floor and outrebounded them 47-31. Xavier had advantages of 42-18 in points in the paint and 32-14 in bench scoring. Xavier dominated at the line, making 20-of-27 free throws to Fisk's 9-of-20.
"I like the way we're playing. I like the way we're defending," Jackson said. "When we're settled down and defending, we're really a hard team to beat."
Xavier remained one game behind 17th-ranked Tougaloo, an 84-64 winner at home against Talladega, in the GCAC. Xavier and Tougaloo will close the regular season Saturday with conference road games — Xavier will visit city rival Dillard at 7 p.m., and Tougaloo will visit SUNO at 5 p.m.
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HAMPTON, Virginia - Melanie Warner's smile was bright, but it masked myriad emotions.
Warner, Hampton's senior guard/forward, caught the opening tip of Monday night's game against Delaware State with her left hand, then immediately headed to the bench. She spent the rest of the night cheering her teammates, playing their final home game of the season, with the broken finger on her right hand heavily wrapped.
Warner, averaging 10.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 32.7 minutes per game for the Lady Pirates, jammed the finger catching a pass in Sunday's practice. She will have surgery Tuesday and is likely out for the rest of her final season.
"It's bittersweet," said Warner, a 42 percent 3-point shooter who shoots 83 percent from the free-throw line. "Everybody wants to play on senior night, but my teammates held it down, so I'm OK with it. All I can do is be positive and just cheer on my teammates. I know that they have my back."
They certainly did on Monday, dispatching Delaware State 71-44 after a ragged 0-for-9 start from the field. But even as the Lady Pirates (20-4, 12-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) cruised to victory, trailing by no fewer than 23 points in the second half, their missing teammate wasn't far from their thoughts.
SIAC
Kentucky State 52, Miles 44
Paine 89, LeMoyne-Owen 86 (2OT)
CIAA
Virginia State 75, Lincoln Pa. 50
Virginia Union 66, Bowie State 39
Shaw 83, Winston Salem State 57
Johnson C. Smith 81, Saint Augustine's 78
Fayetteville State 78 , Livingstone 71
MEAC
Hampton 71, Delaware State 44
Howard 62, Maryland Eastern Shore 49
Florida A&M 75, South Carolina State 69
Bethune-Cookman 47, Savannah State 43
SWAC
Alabama State 52, Southern 39
Alabama A&M 61, Alcorn State 50
Mississippi Valley 82, Texas Southern 48
Praire View A&M 72, Arkansas Pine Bluff 52
NAIA
Texas College 70, SAGU Tx 59
Langston OK 102, Huston-Tillotson 56
Jarvis Christian Tx 62, LSU Shreveport 56
Wiley Tx 2, Paul Quinn Tx 0 (Forfeit)
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GCAC
Tougaloo 84, Talladega 64
Southern-New Orleans 70, William Carey 59
Xavier 74, Fisk 50
Philander Smith 101, Dillard 90
SIAC
Kentucky State 68, Miles 60
Paine 86, LeMoyne-Owen 71
Benedict 73, Morehouse 55
CIAA
Shaw 80, Winston Salem State 59
Bowie State 101, Virginia Union 82
Virginia State 75, Lincoln Pa. 51
Johnson C. Smith 89, Saint Augustine's 79
Livingstone 74, Fayetteville State 65
MEAC
Norfolk State 66, Longwood 52
Savannah State 67, Bethune-Cookman 44
Delaware State 74, Hampton 68 (2OT)
Florida A&M 83, South Carolina State 82
Howard 53, Maryland Eastern Shore 51
SWAC
Mississippi Valley State 56, Texas Southern 53
Alabama A&M 81, Alcorn State 71
Arkansas Pine Bluff 61, Prairie View A&M 58
Southern 55, Alabama State 53
NAIA
Texas College 74, SAGU Tx 73 (2OT)
Langston OK 93, Huston-Tillotson Tx 68
Wiley 80, Paul Quinn 71
LSU Shreveport 75, Jarvis Christian Tx 54
Webber International 76, Florida Memorial 68
NEW ORLEANS — The Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball team climbed two places to 19th in the NAIA Division I coaches poll. Xavier is 25th in the men's poll for the fourth consecutive week.
The polls, the 10th of the season, were announced Monday afternoon before Xavier's Gulf Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader at Fisk.
The Gold Nuggets are in the top 25 for the 28th consecutive time. The Gold Rush appear in the top 25 for the 21st time in 22 polls.
Both XU teams were 2-0 this past week. The Gold Nuggets (20-8) won 52-46 at home against Tougaloo and 60-53 at Edward Waters. The Gold Rush (20-7) rallied from 16 down to beat Tougaloo 67-61, then won 68-57 at Edward Waters.
he Tougaloo doubleheader was the final night of XU basketball at The Barn. A 4,500-seat arena, which is still under construction, will replace XU's 75-year-old gymnasium next season.
The Rush failed to climb despite a victory against Tougaloo, which entered the game 18th. Yet Tougaloo climbed one place to 17th.
Oklahoma City's women and Oklahoma Baptist's men are the top-ranked teams. Oklahoma City was a unanimous No. 1 for the fourth straight week, and Oklahoma Baptist replaced Shorter at the top.
Receiving votes for the second straight week was GCAC newcomer Talladega, whose women collected 10 points, five more than a week ago, and are 33rd.
Xavier is one of 10 schools with women's and men's teams in the top 25. The other schools are Azusa Pacific, Campbellsville, Columbia (Mo.), Georgetown (Ky.), Lee (Tenn.), Rogers State, Shorter, Southern Nazarene and Westmont. A week ago there were 11 such schools.
Both XU teams will close the regular season Saturday at longtime city and GCAC rival Dillard, then travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the GCAC Tournament on March 1-3.
NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Feb. 19) Rank Team Record Points Last
1 Oklahoma City (12) 25-1 312 1
2 Union (Tenn.) 27-2 302 2
3 Freed-Hardeman 24-4 292 3
4 Lee (Tenn.) 28-1 282 4
5 Westmont 25-2 272 6
6 Lubbock Christian 22-4 261 7
7 Shawnee State 23-4 246 9
8 Cumberlands 23-3 242 5 9 Langston 25-2 229 10
10 Olivet Nazarene 25-3 225 11
11 Vanguard 20-5 211 12
12 Azusa Pacific 20-6 199 13
13 Lewis-Clark State 23-4 193 8
14 Saint Xavier 20-7 183 14
15 Southern Nazarene 21-7 167 15
16 Westminster (Utah) 18-7 164 18
17 Georgetown (Ky.) 19-8 157 17
18 Belhaven 22-6 151 16 19 Xavier 20-8 125 21
20 Shorter 23-5 119 22
21 Campbellsville 18-10 103 20
22 MidAmerica Nazarene 20-8 100 24
23 Loyola 21-4 99 19
24 Columbia (Mo.) 20-8 88 25
25 Rogers State 18-10 56 RV
Others receiving votes: Avila 50, LSU-Shreveport 48, St. Catharine 26, Biola 23, Lyon 19, William Woods 16, Lindsey Wilson 12, Talladega 10, Robert Morris (Chicago) 1, Montana State Northern 1, Our Lady of the Lake 1, San Diego Christian 1, St. Gregory's 1.
NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Feb. 19) Rank Team Record Points Last
1 Oklahoma Baptist (9) 24-3 310 2
2 Shorter (3) 26-2 302 1
3 Robert Morris (Chicago) 24-3 294 3
4 Concordia (Calif.) 22-5 273 11
5 Southern Poly 22-5 268 4
6 Martin Methodist 22-6 261 6
7 Our Lady of the Lake 21-6 248 7
8 Lindsey Wilson 18-8 231 16
9 Mountain State 21-7 230 9
10 Rogers State 21-6 228 5
11 Texas Wesleyan 21-5 193 12
12 Point Loma Nazarene 18-7 188 RV
13-tie Georgetown (Ky.) 20-7 185 10
13-tie Montana Western 21-7 185 15
15 John Brown 22-6 182 13
16 Lee (Tenn.) 19-7 177 14 17 Tougaloo 22-6 142 18
18 Columbia (Mo.) 22-6 138 20
19 LSU-Shreveport 19-7 117 19
20 Campbellsville 20-8 112 RV
21 Westmont 18-7 101 8
22 Montana State Northern 22-6 99 22
23 Southern Nazarene 20-8 87 23
24 Azusa Pacific 21-7 85 17 25 Xavier 20-7 82 25
Others receiving votes: Cumberland 75, MidAmerica Nazarene 67, Evangel 26, Cal State San Marcos 21, Saint Xavier 16, Freed-Hardeman 14, Southwestern Assemblies of God 9, Olivet Nazarene 8, Westminster (Utah) 5, Cumberlands 5, Union (Tenn.) 1, Biola 1, Baker 1, Pikeville 1, Harris-Stowe 1, Voorhees 1, St. Catharine 1, Oklahoma Christian 1.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Howard University women's basketball team won its eighth straight, 62-49, over the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (9-16, 6-7 MEAC) at Burr Gym on senior night. The Lady Bison, now 21-7 on the season, will finish the 2011-12 campaign with a 10-1 home record.
Three players reached double-figures en route to their 13th conference victory. Tamoria Holmes had a solid night with 22 points, five assists, three steals, and a career-best three blocks in 39 minutes of action. Saadia Doyle finished one board shy of a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds. Zykia Brown tallied 10 points – just one shy of her 1,500th point – and pulled down six off the glass.
As a team, the Lady Bison finished with a 31.3 shooting clip (15-for-28). HU scored 20 points off 23 UMES miscues, while committing 18 of its own.
In the first period, HU got off to a fast start with a quick triple from Holmes – the first of five by the Lady Bison in the first three-plus minutes of regulation. UMES responded with a layup by Shanyce Stewart, but India Bradford hit a three-pointer on the next possession to give the Lady Bison a four-point edge, 6-2. A layup by Nicole Deterville gave HU a 13-4 lead by the 16:02 mark.
Sparked by a Chelsea Sanders jumper, the Lady Hawks notched a 16-2 run over a seven minute span to take a 20-15 slim cushion over HU midway through the period. From there, the advantage changed hands three times, with Howard ending the first 20 with a 9-2 run to take a 32-26 lead into the lockerroom.
In the second stint, Holmes scored five-straight unanswered points to push the advantage to 37-28 by the 16:14 mark. UMES cut it to six on two different occasions, but would get no closer than that for the remainder of the game. Howard achieved its widest margin at 14 (50-26) off a four-point play by Brown and a shot from behind the arc by Doyle at the 9:07 mark – her first made three-pointer of the season.
For the Lady Hawks, Kwinnyata Mercer notched 12 points, while Sanders tallied 10. Amber Cook chipped in with eight points in 29 minutes of action.
The Lady Bison are back in action on Sat. Feb. 25 for their final regular season match against Delaware State beginning at 5 p.m.
Follow Coach G's fan page on facebook to get a behind the scenes look at the team as they make their push toward the Big Dance: www.facebook.com/NikiGeckeler.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama - You can't miss it. A huge new football stadium is rising above the campus of Alabama State University. It's the latest in a string of construction projects at the school. But this one is different. Some say it puts ASU in direct competition with the city of Montgomery and the newly renovated Cramton Bowl.
The New Hornet Stadium
ASU's new stadium will be the largest in the SWAC conference. In fact, it will hold more than three times the number of fans that normally attends Hornet football games. But university officials say that doesn't concern them. They say they're building for the future. The stadium is one of more than a dozen new construction projects on campus in the last five years. There are new dorms, new classroom buildings, and a new library.
"The economy is conducive to construction, so we've taken advantage of economic times," said Kippy Tate, Vice President of Buildings and Grounds. Together, the recent projects cost ASU more than a quarter of a billion dollars. The football stadium's price tag is $62 million. It is designed to hold nearly 30,000 fans, but can be expanded in the future to accommodate 55,000.
Photo 1: Florida A&M 6'-1" senior guard/forward Antonia Bennett, Lakeland, Florida (Lake Gibson High School) is majoring in Occupational/Physical Therapy. Bennett leads the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in several statistical categories, with per game averages of 19.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.5 steals, and 1.7 block shots. The FAMU Lady Rattlers leads the conference in scoring offense at 72.1 points per game average and is seventh in scoring defense holding opponents to an average of 63.7 points per contest. In addition to having had a 14 game win streak, the Lady Rattlers have out-of-conference wins over Alabama-Birmingham, Southern Mississippi, Southeastern Louisiana, Jacksonville, Northwestern State, Tennessee State and Austin Peay State.
Any defensive player that has the assignment of guarding Antonia Bennett will be in need of therapy by the end of the game. Bennett is a very smooth operator that can breakdown any defensive player and drive to the hoop for a score or foul. And she will kill you with her length on the offensive boards. A zone defense actually plays to her strength as she is a consistent shooter from 15-18 feet.
The Lady Rattlers are currently 19-6, 12-1 MEAC, tied for first place with the defending MEAC Champions Hampton University Lady Pirates and Howard University Lady Bison (2/20/12).
Photo 2: Howard University's All-American redshirt-junior forward Saadia Doyle has taken the Lady Bison to new heights, with its first 20-win season in twelve years. The explosive 5'-11" scorer is from Atlanta, Georgia, Columbia High School and is a fierce defender and rebounder. Doyle is second in the MEAC in scoring, averaging 17.9 points per game and sixth in rebounding at 8.4 caroms per game.
The strength of the Lady Bison team is its scoring defense, holding teams to a league second best 53.7 points per game and forcing the opposition into 19.1 turnovers per game. Doyle's inside game is unstoppable -- she has forced MEAC defenses into 158 fouls, where she averages 80 percent from the line (6th in MEAC). The Lady Bison is currently tied for first place in the MEAC at 21-7, 13-2 MEAC.
Howard's signature wins are over Wake Forest, Navy, Detroit, Buffalo, Seton Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson, Mount St. Mary's and New Jersey Tech. It's most difficult opponents have been Hampton (0-2) and FAMU (1-1).
3. Photo 3: She beat Cancer! But the burning question is can she beat down Florida A&M and Howard for the 2011-12 MEAC Crown?
Sure she can!
Jericka Jenkins -- all 5'-4" is the best player in the MEAC with the best talented, supporting cast that know how to win the big games. The honorable mention AP All-American from Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster High School) made a wise decision and chose the Hampton Lady Pirates over University of Oklahoma Sooners. With Jenkins at point guard, the Lady Pirates have knocked off Pittsburgh, Boston College, Jacksonville, Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne, Chicago State, Maryland Baltimore County, Central Michigan and East Carolina this season.
The two-time defending MEAC champion Lady Pirates are 20-4, 12-1 MEAC and have won at least 20 games for the third straight season. Hampton leads the MEAC in scoring defense at a per game average of 48.5, with an astounding +18.2 scoring margin on all opponents. Jenkins is averaging a conference leading 7.9 assists per game. She is scoring at a clip of 14.0 points per game, good enough for 9th place in the conference ranking. The little dynamo has slashed for 105 fouls where she leads the MEAC with a free throw percentage of 87 percent. Jenkins also ranks 8th in 3-point shooting, 1st in assist/turnover ratio and 1st in minutes played -- averaging 38.3 minutes per game.
No doubt, Jericka Jenkins is a very special player (who won her battle with Cancer as a teenager) that has immense drive, a competitive spirit, but has tremendous personality and smarts. In other words, this lady got game!
Jenkins also leads the nation in assist per game, 4th in the nation in assist-turnover ration (2.67) and 23rd in free throw percentage (.867). This is no fluke as she has improved upon her national rankings from last season.
Jenkins will receive her degree in Criminal Justice/Criminology in May 2012, after four-years of college --making the Dean's List every semester at Hampton. I look forward to seeing the Lady Pirates return to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and all three players, Bennett, Doyle and Jenkins being named MEAC Co-Players of the Year. Pound for pound, it can be fairly augued that Jericka Jenkins has been the best point guard in the MEAC in the past two or three decades.
Pay attention NCAA! Hampton is having difficulty in scheduling out-of-conference games with the top mid-major and BCS programs. No one wants to pencil in a home L by scheduling the Lady Pirates. Expect to see the same towards Howard and FAMU in the next few seasons. Hampton was seeded 13th in last year's NCAAs and proved worthy of the ranking.
Howard, FAMU and Hampton ALL deserve an invite to the Big Dance, but we know that isn't going to happen this season. MEAC women's basketball is no longer a cupcake league for our top 3-4 teams. Just ask Wake Forest, Seton Hall, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Southern Miss or Alabama-Birmingham. The MEAC got game!
Photo Courtesy: Florida A&M, Hampton and Howard Sports Information
HOUSTON -- The 2012 Urban Invitational achieved its primary goal over the weekend at Minute Maid Park by giving several HBCU programs national exposure while promoting the value of education.
Alabama State, Grambling State, Southern, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern represented the HBCU participants this year. Also, No. 24 UC Irvine played in the tournament.
Although the tournament was scheduled to take place at the Astros MLB Urban Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park for two of the days (Friday and Sunday), inclement weather caused the event to take place entirely at Minute Maid Park for the weekend.
The games on Saturday aired on MLB Network and MLB.com, with analysis from Greg Amsinger and two-time All-Star Harold Reynolds.
"I think it's a great opportunity for the HBCU schools to get the exposure," former Astros two-time All-Star Bob Watson said. "I tip my cap to Major League Baseball and the Astros for giving the schools an opportunity to play in a facility like Minute Maid Park.
NOTE: It's great to see how HBCU are continually linked by family members...
If you didn't know, Vince Coleman Sr. played college baseball at Florida A&M. His cousin Greg Coleman also played on the Rattlers football team and ran the sprints, and hurdles on the FAMU Track and Field Teams. Greg was drafted into the NFL as a punter in the 14 round in 1976 by the Cincinnati Bengals, but ended up at Cleveland in 1977, and had a nice 12 year career in the NFL -- playing for Cleveland, Minnesota and the Washington Redskins. Greg was noted for his coffin corner kicks, and his fake punts, as he had great speed, like Vince Sr.
Last I read, Greg was a sideline reporter for Minneapolis/St. Paul radio station that covered the Minnesota Vikings, and was working as an ordained minister. He has served as an associate pastor in the Twin Cities for a number of years. Greg is enshrined in the FAMU Football Hall of Fame and the State of Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Vince was also a two-sports star at FAMU in football and baseball. In 1981 he set the single season stolen base record for the Rattlers, stealing 65 bases in 69 attempts. But, his football kicking abilities--like his cousin Greg, is what made him legendary in Rattlers' lore. Vince is remembered for kicking the game winning 34 yard field goal in Florida A&M's upset of the University of Miami in 1979. The final score, 16-13, giving the Division I-AA Rattlers its first win over one of Florida's Division I-A Big 3.
The NFL was also interested in drafting Vince as a punter, but he chose to go the baseball route. He was drafted in the 10th round of the '82 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. In a nutshell, Vince had a stellar 12 year career managing to become a two-time all-star and 6th in MLB history in stolen bases (752). The former NL Rookie of the year ('85) was signed by seven teams during his productive career. He ended with a .264 batting average, 1425 hits, and 752 stolen bases. Not bad for an athlete that played in the SIAC.
I remember that Vince Sr. and Greg were both products of William Raines High School in Jacksonville, Florida -- the same school that Dr. Julian White had built into a musical powerhouse ('61-'71), before returning to FAMU in 1972 as the associate director of bands for the FAMU Marching 100.
Back in those days, Jacksonville high schools like Raines, Matthew Gilbert, and New Stanton, among others were major feeders to FAMU, SU and TSU; and fueled the Florida A&M rivalry with Southern University and Tennessee State in every competition imaginable, including ping-pong.
Vince Coleman Jr. will have the opportunity to write his own legacy at Southern without looking over his shoulders and being reminded of his dad's record setting accomplishments at FAMU.
It's funny how we are all connected. Rattlers, and Tigers, and Jaguars. Oh My!
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Southern University's 2012 football schedule features a season-opening date at Football Bowl Subdivision member New Mexico on Sept. 1 and seven games away from A.W. Mumford Stadium, the Athletics Department announced Saturday. For the first time since playing at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2009, the Jaguars open the season against a FBS opponent in the first-ever meeting against New Mexico at University Stadium in Alberquerque, N.M. One week later, Southern host Mississippi Valley State in its home and SWAC opener on Sept. 15 before reaching the season's first off week. The Jaguars wrap up the month of September on the road against two rivals on Sept. 22 at Jackson State, followed by a return trip to Atlanta to take on Florida A&M on Sept. 29 in the Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic in the Georgia Dome. Southern travel to Lorman, Miss. to take on Alcorn State on Oct. 6, before hosting Texas Southern for homecoming on Oct. 13 and Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Oct. 20. Southern embarks upon a two-game road swing when the Jaguars return to Shreveport, La. to meet Prairie View in Independence Stadium, where the two teams met in 2010, on Oct. 27. The following week, Southern visits Alabama A&M for a rare late-season matchup in Louis Crews Stadium. Southern closes the 2012 campaign looking to snap a four-game losing streak to arch-rival Grambling State in the State Farm Bayou Classic on Nov. 24. The Jaguars, who will make six television appearances, including three live broadcasts, are slated to make a Thursday night appearance on ESPNU as apart of the sport broadcasting company's agreement with the SWAC. ESPN will select the Thursday night game that will broadcast from a list of proposed games submitted by Southern, which includes the Jaguars Sept. 15 game against Miss. Valley St. Southern other two live broadcast will appear courtesy of NBC (Grambling, Nov. 24) and NBC Sports (Florida A&M, Sept. 29) - previously refered to as Versus. Season book applications are available at the SU Ticket Office.
2012 Southern U. Football Schedule(Printable PDF) September 1 at New Mexico (Alberquerque, N.M. | University Stadium) 15 Miss. Valley State 22 at Jackson State (Jackson, Miss. | Veterans Memorial) 29 vs. Florida A&M (Atlanta Football Classic | Atlanta, Ga. | Georgia Dome) October 6 at Alcorn State (Lorman, Miss. | Jack Spinks Stadium) 13 Texas Southern (Homecoming 2012) 20 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 27 at Prairie View A&M (Shreveport, La. | Independence Stadium) November Nov. 3 at Alabama A&M (Huntsville, Ala. | Louis Crews Stadium) Nov. 10 Alabama State (Senior Night) Nov. 24 vs. Grambling State (State Farm Bayou Classic | New Orleans, La. | Mercedes-Benz Superdome) Courtesy: Southern University Athletics Media Relations
Syracuse, NY -- Tyree Smallwood, a member of Syracuse University's recruiting class of 2011, is now headed to FCS college Bethune-Cookman, according to a report in the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Smallwood, who failed to qualify academically out of Cornwall Central High School in New Windsor, ended up enrolling at Milford Academy prep school in New Berlin. But the 5-11, 180-pound running back never became a part of SU's 2012 class.
Smallwood is still listed on the 2011 Milford Academy football roster, but statistics for him, which had been listed during the season, have been removed.
B-CU signs ex-Syracuse 3-Star signee
Former Syracuse signee Tyree Smallwood signed a letter of intent Friday to play football next season at Bethune-Cookman, Wildcats coach Brian Jenkins said Sunday.
Smallwood rushed for more than 2,500 yards as a high school senior at Cornwall, N.Y., in 2010 and signed with Syracuse but did not qualify. He played football for Milford Academy prep school in New Berlin, N.Y., this past season. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound speedster will play wide receiver for B-CU but will likely also see time at running back, Jenkins said.
"I'm real excited about this one," Jenkins said of his 16th signee of the 2012 class. "He has legit 4.3 speed. When you watch him run, it's impressive. You can see it on film. We look at him as a major offensive weapon. I think he'll help us out immediately."
OXFORD, Ohio -- Tennessee State used an 11-0 run late in the game to seal a 68-61 victory over Miami (Ohio) in the annual Sears BracketBusters game on Sunday afternoon at Millett Hall.
Miami (8-17) built a 12 point lead in the second half, but Tennessee State (19-10) started firing back. Wil Peters hit a trey at 9:50 to help the Tigers pull within two. From there, TSU would tie the game on the next possession.
The Tigers took a 53-51 lead after Peters hit another trey with five minutes left. Miami took a brief 54-53 lead, but TSU used part of an 11-0 run in the final 3:44 to take the go-ahead lead.
Tennessee State extended its' win streak to nine games - the longest since the 1994-95 season. TSU forced 14 Miami turnovers, scoring 15 points in the process. TSU out-scored Miami 32-to-11 off the bench. The win also gave TSU a 4-2 all-time record in the BracketBusters.
From the field, the Tigers knocked down 46 percent (21-of-45), including 54 percent (13-of-24) in the second half. Miami was held to 37 percent (7-of-19) in the second half.
Four Big Blue student-athletes reached double-figures in the game. Robert Covington scored 14 points, shooting 4-of-8 from the field. Covington pulled in six rebounds, collected five steals, an assist and a block. Covington's six rebounds on Sunday gave him 662 in his career, moving him in 13th all-time in school history, passing Nico Childs (1987-91).
Patrick Miller scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half. Miller grabbed six boards and dished out three assists in 36 minutes.
Also adding 12 points was forward Kellen Thornton. The junior was 6-of-10 with three rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Jordan Cyphers notched 10 points, while Kenny Moore inked nine for the Tigers.
Tennessee State trailed by nine at the half, giving up 50 percent shooting (12-of-24) to Miami. The RedHawks were 7-of-13 behind the arch. TSU was held to 38 percent (8-of-21) and out-rebounded 18-to-9 in the opening frame.
Miami used five triples in the first eight minutes to open a 19-11 lead with 11:56 left in the first half. TSU rallied back within three after Kenny Moore made a basket and connected on an and-one.
The RedHawks used another triple and two inside baskets to maintain their lead to 30-25 with 3:07 left in the game.
At the halftime buzzer, Miami's Will Sullivan was fouled at the 3-point line. He made two-of-three attempts to extend the RedHawks lead to 35-26 at the break.
The RedHawks opened up to a double-digit lead, but the Tigers started to claw back. Patrick Miller connected on six straight points to help the Tigers pull within 45-41 as 10:29 remained on the clock.
Wil Peters hit a trey at 9:50 to put the Tigers within 46-44. Miami added two more points and TSU again pulled within added a bucket from Thornton.
The Tigers tied the game at 48. Peters' triple at 5:01 gave the Tigers the 53-51 lead. Miami battled to take a brief 54-53 advantage with 3:44 remaining.
Thornton added a basket underneath and Cyphers hit a triple on the next possession to give TSU the 58-54 lead with 2:12 left. From there TSU used a Cyphers dunk and another two-pointer from Thornton to seal a 68-61 win over Miami.
Tennessee State closes out the regular season with No. 14/16 Murray State on Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Gentry Center. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU.
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana -- The Indiana Hoosiers are mathematically eliminated from being able to win the Big Ten after starting off so strongly when conference play began, but all is not lost for the boys in crimson. At this point they're more concerned with just upping themselves to a good position in the NCAA Tournament, after all.
They can start with a win over MEAC squad North Carolina Central -- a team that they should absolutely destroy, especially at home -- on Wednesday at 7 PM ET. It won't matter much in the standings, but they can drag momentum from that into their weekend tie against Minnesota.
It took a brilliant comeback and overtime for Notre Dame to beat Villanova last week, but they kept their winning streak alive at eight straight games and all but guaranteed they would keep their spot in the Top 25 rankings, where they placed 25th last week. The Fighting Irish are third in the Big East and can move over Marquette into second place if they can beat the West Virginia Mountaineers on Wednesday at 7 PM ET.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Howard University will kick off the 2012 season against Morehouse College in the Second Annual Nation's Football Classic on Saturday, September 1 at 3:30 pm at RFK Stadium. The Bison will then travel to Piscataway, New Jersey to face Rutgers on September 8.
Howard will follow with its first conference game of the season when it travels to Norfolk, VA to take on defending MEAC champion, Norfolk State on September 15 at 4 pm.
Following a bye on September 22, the Bison will play their first "official" home game when they host Savannah State in Greene Stadium at 1 pm on September 29. Florida A&M comes to Greene Stadium on October 6, followed by a road game at rival North Carolina A&T on October 13.
Howard will return home for homecoming the following week to take on the Bears of Morgan State. The schedule then takes the Bison on the road to Orangeburg, SC for a date with the Bulldogs of South Carolina State on October 27.
Howard returns home on November 3 for a conference showdown with Hampton and will then travel to Statesboro, Georgia for a first-ever game against perennial FCS power, Georgia Southern onNovember 10.
The Bison will close out the 2012 regular season with a home game against Delaware State on November 17.
Howard Bison 2012 Football Schedule Date Opponent Location Time
9/01/12 Morehouse, Washington, DC RFK Stadium 3:30 p.m. Nation's Football Classic
9/08/12 at Rutgers Piscataway, NJ,TBA
9/15/12 at Norfolk State,Norfolk,VA Dick Price Stadium,4 p.m.
9/22/12 OPEN 9/29/12 Savannah State, Washington, DC, Greene Stadium 1 p.m. 10/06/12 Florida A&M, Washington, DC , Greene Stadium 1 p.m.
10/13/12 at North Carolina A&T, Greensboro, NC, Greensboro, NC TBA 10/20/12 Morgan State (Homecoming) Washington, DC 1 p.m.
10/27/12 at South Carolina State, Orangeburg, SC TBA 11/03/12 Hampton, Washington, DC 1 p.m.
11/10/12 at Georgia Southern, Statesboro, GA TBA 11/17/12 Delaware State, Washington, D.C. 1 p.m., Senior Day
NASHVILLE, Tennessee --- The Tennessee State University women's golf team will kick-off the spring season at the Ann Rhoads Spring Invitational on Sunday, Feb. 18 in Birmingham, Alabama.
The tournament, hosted by Birmingham Southern, will feature 18 teams, including two from the Ohio Valley Conference: Southern Illinois, Methodist, UT Tyler, Belmont, Anderson, Lipscomb, Montevello, Lenoir-Rhyne, King College, Indianapolis, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Jackson State, IUPUFW, Indiana State and host Birmingham Southern.
Play will begin on Sunday with the practice rounds set for Saturday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley.
Oxmoor Valley is a 54-hole facility in Birmingham built on former mining land owned by U.S. Steel. Sculpted from the peaks and valleys of the Appalachians, the courses offer scenic forests, numerous creeks and challenging elevation changes.
This weekend will mark Tennessee State's first action since participating in the F&M Bank Intercollegiate last October. TSU finished in 10th place led by Jamie Pierce's score of 157. She recorded a low of 77 in the final round.
In a preseason poll that was released earlier this month, Tennessee State was selected to finish the league race in eighth place.
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NORMAL, Alabama - For much of this season, sixth man Mike Celestin had given the Southern men’s basketball team the kind of off-the-bench surge it needed, sparkling in his role as a spot-up shooter. So when he hurt his shoulder in a victory at Grambling on Feb. 4 and fell into a deep slump, Celestin’s teammates didn’t ostracize him.
“You know what? The team was pulling for him,” SU coach Roman Banks said. “He’s a big part of what we do.” Saturday night at Alabama A&M, Celestin was back in form. Celestin drained four 3-pointers, and he and Quinton Doggett led the team with 16 points in a 72-65 victory before a crowd of 1,087 fans at T.M. Elmore Gym.
“It’s good to have him back,” Banks said. His re-emergence came at a great time, as Southern (14-13, 10-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference) snapped a two-game losing streak and remained alone in second place.
LANDOVER, Maryland – Saturday was a record-setting day for a Norfolk State men’s track and field team accustomed to breaking records. The Spartans kept alive their own streak of consecutive MEAC titles Saturday, winning their seventh straight indoor championship at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex.
The Spartans finished with 161.5 points. Maryland Eastern Shore was second with 93.5. NSU won six of the seven races that were run on Saturday, and eight of the 10 track events during the meet.
Senior distance runner Josef Tessema earned MEAC Men’s Most Outstanding Runner honors for the second straight year. He repeated his trio of victories from 2011, winning the 5,000 meters on Friday and both the mile and 3,000 meters on Saturday. He set a meet record in the latter, finishing in 8 minutes, 34.21 seconds. That took more than 15 seconds off the previous meet record of David Kimani of Hampton in 2010 (8:49.99).
Tessema, who also ran a leg on the winning distance medley relay team Friday, contributed 32.5 points to NSU’s total.
That was one of five meet records tied or set during the meet by the Spartans, four of which came on Saturday. Senior Sean Holston earned a sweep of the 200 and 400 meters for the third straight year and broke his own meet record in both events Saturday. He clocked a 21.08 in the 200 and 47.24 in the 400. His previous meet records were 21.32 in the 200 from the 2010 championship, and 47.44 in the 400 from last year’s MEAC indoor
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee State’s football team will return to William Jasper Hale Stadium for the first time since 1998 to play Austin Peay on Sept. 15. The Tigers are tentatively scheduled to play two other games — Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 6) and Tennessee Tech (Oct. 27) — at the stadium on campus in the 2012 schedule released Thursday.
“As part of the university’s 100-year celebration we wanted to play at least one game at Hale Stadium and we know we are going to be able to do that,” Athletics Director Teresa Phillips said. “We’ll know over the next few months if we will have the people investment we’re hoping for and everything in place to play the other two games there as well.”
If the Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee Tech games are not played at Hale, they will be at LP Field, where the Tigers have played since 1999. Hale Stadium is currently being renovated.
The Tigers, 5-6 last season, will play at LP Field for the 14th annual John Merritt Classic vs. Florida A&M (Sept. 1) and homecoming vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Sept. 29).
CIAA
Livingstone 81, Saint Augustine's 64
Shaw 86, Fayetteville State 74
Winston Salem State 68, Johnson C. Smith 56
Virginia Union 87, Lincoln Pa. 76
Virginia State 67, Bowie State 57
SIAC
Albany State 65, Claflin 63
Benedict 64, Paine 55
Tuskegee 67, Kentucky State 49
Stillman 98, Lane 79
LeMoyne-Owen 91, Miles 73
Clark-Atlanta 85, Fort Valley State 69
GCAC
New Orleans 79, Southern-New Orleans 75
Xavier 68, Edward Waters 57
Philander Smith 101, Talladega 98
Fisk 64, Dillard 54
SWAC
Mississippi Valley State 60, Prairie View A&M 58
Southern 72, Alabama A&M 65
Jackson State 63, Grambling State 60
Texas Southern 84, Arkansas Pine Bluff 65
Alabama State 78, Alcorn State 63
MEAC
Savannah State 76, Florida A&M 57
North Carolina Central 71, North Carolina A&T 66
Morgan State 81, Liberty 69
Howard 70, Coppin State 66
Bethune-Cookman 70, South Carolina State 59
Gardner-Webb 57, Delaware State 56
Delaware 68, Hampton 64
NAIA
Florida Memorial 77, Embry-Riddle (FL) 74
Morris SC 96, Coastal Georgia 68
Huston-Tillotson TX 72, Bacone OK 65
Texas Wesleyan 79, Texas College 71
William Woods MO 75, Harris-Stowe State MO 71
Jarvis Christian 83, Paul Quinn 76 (Forfeit)
Langston OK 79, Southwest NM 69
Wiley TX 61, St. Thomas TX 57
Wilberforce OH 73, Roberts Wesleyan NY 63
Milligan TN 84, Point University GA 79
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
CIAA
Johnson C. Smith 78, Winston Salem State 63
Shaw 80, Fayetteville State 70
Bowie State 60, Virginia State 56v (OT)
Virginia Union 85, Lincoln Pa. 76
Saint Augustine's 75, Livingstone 74
SIAC
Miles 89, LeMoyne-Owens
Albany State, Claflin
Benedict 60, Paine 54
Stillman 87, Lane 75
Fort Valley State 73, Clark-Atlanta 53
Tuskegee 59, Kentucky State 52
GCAC
Xavier 60, Edward Waters 53
Talladega 84, Philander Smith 60
Dillard 83, Fisk 61
SWAC
Arkansas Pine Bluff 69, Texas Southern 52
Mississippi Valley State 63, Prairie View A&M 56
Alabama A&M 67, Southern 62
Alabama State 62, Alcorn State 57
Grambling State 64, Jackson State 56
OVC
Tennessee State 61, Jacksonville State 59
MEAC
Florida A&M 58, Savannah State 45
Hampton 47, Maryland Eastern Shore 29
Howard 50, Coppin State 49
North Carolina A&T 66, North Carolina Central 45
Bethune-Cookman 69, South Carolina State 65
Norfolk State 78, Delaware State 73 (OT)
NAIA
Harris-Stowe State MO 50, William Woods MO 46
Lee TN 78, Voorhees SC 51
Jarvis Christian 2, Paul Quinn 0 (Forfeit)
Wiley TX 81, St. Thomas TX 35
Langston OK 115, Southwest NM 80
Coastal Georgia 67, Morris SC 63
Huston-Tillotson TX 67, Bacone OK 65
Texas Wesleyan 60, Texas College 57
Roberts Wesleyan NY 65, Wilberforce OH 47
Southeastern FL 64, Florida Memorial 57 (OT)
Milligan TN 77, Point University GA 47
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Senior guard Jasmine Grant scored 15 points Saturday to lead NAIA No. 21 Xavier University of Louisiana to a 60-53 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference women's basketball victory against Edward Waters.
The Gold Nuggets (20-8 overall, 10-2 GCAC) reached 20 victories for the 11th consecutive season, which extends a school record. Bo Browder tied the Louisiana collegiate record for consecutive 20-win seasons by a women's basketball coach with 11. Leon Barmore established the record at Louisiana Tech from 1991-2002.
Browder is in his 13th season as Xavier's head coach and has reached 20 victories 12 times. He is 318-110 with the Gold Nuggets. This is the 19th time in 20 seasons that the XU women won 20 or more games.
Grant, the Nuggets' only double-figure scorer, also had seven assists to tie her career best for the second straight game.
Edward Waters held a pair of one-point leads in the first 10 minutes, but Grant passed to freshman Jessica Savannah for a pair of baskets, and Carmen Holcombe made two free throws in a 6-0 run which put the Nuggets ahead to stay, 17-12, at 8:24. Xavier led 30-24 at halftime and extended its lead to 51-40 with 5:43 remaining.
Holcombe and SiMon Franklin scored nine points apiece for the Nuggets.
Tiffany Tolbert scored 16 points for Edward Waters (8-22, 4-10). Ebony Presha scored 14 points, and Jessica Georges had her sixth double-double of the season, 11 points and 13 rebounds.
The Gold Nuggets won back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a month. They completed a two-game regular-season sweep of Edward Waters and improved to 6-0 all-time against the Lady Tigers.
Xavier will stay on the road and play GCAC opponent Fisk at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Nashville, Tenn.
JACKSON, Mississippi - The Jackson State baseball team opened the season with two big wins over Florida A&M and Eastern Illinois Friday night at Robert "Bob" Braddy Field on the opening day of the JSU Tournament. JSU ended the day with a 2-0 record.
In JSU's season opener, the Tigers beat the FAMU Rattlers 15-6. JSU recorded 13 hits and 12 RBI in the win. The Rattlers scored its six runs on 10 hits. Quintavious Drains picked up the win. In six innings of work he recorded nine strikeouts. Heath Blackburn suffered the loss for FAMU.
Charles Epperson and Ethan Bright led JSU's offensive efforts. Epperson went 4-4 at the plate with two runs and two RBI. Epperson also recorded the first home run of the season for the Tigers. Bright went 3-5 at the plate with a run scored and three RBI.
In JSU's second game of the season, the Tigers improved to 2-0 by beating Eastern Illinois 2-1. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, Feb. 18, but was rescheduled to 9:30 pm Friday night due to pending inclement weather on Saturday. The game was a defensive battle as JSU gave up five hits and Eastern Illinois allowed six runs.
JSU scored the first run of the game when Epperson scored on a Frank Solis single. EIU scored its only run of the game in the fourth inning. The Tigers scored the final run of the game when Gabriel Babineaux scored on an error.
Day two of the JSU Tournament should see a 90-plus percent chance of rain on Saturday, Feb. 18
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama | The Stillman College Tigers didn’t look past the last-place Lane Dragons, defeating them soundly 98-79 and extended their winning streak to three in a row. “At this point, anybody can beat anybody and we can’t overlook anyone,” Stillman coach Michael Grant said. “They beat us earlier this year at Lane.”
The Tigers (14-10, 12-10 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) were led by Damian Ford’s 25 points and 12 rebounds. Ladarius Rhone also had a double-double with 11 points and 15 boards. Jeffery Wherry scored 18, including 5-for-7 shooting from 3-point range, and Torrean Walker added 16 off the bench.
The Tigers started hot, especially from long range. Fifteen of Stillman’s first 18 points came from 3-point range, and seven minutes into the game, Stillman led by 20. The big lead did not last for long, as the Dragons answered right back with 12 unanswered points to cut the lead back to single digits. The Tigers let Lane get as close as five before pushing their lead to 13 going into halftime.
Nashville, Tenn. --- In a fiercely contested battle that wasn't decided until the final minute, the Tennessee State University women's basketball team held-off a feisty Jacksonville State team and came away with a, 61-59, win Saturday night in the Gentry Center.
With the victory, Tennessee State (9-18, 5-10 OVC) snapped a five-game skid while Jacksonville State (4-23, 1-13 OVC) dropped its eighth straight.
Chelsea Hudson led TSU and recorded a double-double with 17 points and 18 rebounds while Jasmin Shuler added 14. Alana Morris finished the game with 10 points and six assists for the Lady Tigers.
JSU had two players to register double-doubles as Brianna Morrow tallied 19 points with 10 rebounds followed by Danielle Vaughn's 10 points and 12 boards.
The score was tied when Jacksonville State used six unanswered points to take a 12-6 lead. TSU used a timeout to slow the visitors down and cut the deficit down to two behind buckets from Chelsea Hudson and Donyeah Mayfield out of the break.
After falling behind by four points, TSU fought back to knot the score at 16-all.
The score remained close over the next several possessions. Chelsea Hudson found Donyeah Mayfield under the basket to give the Lady Tigers a, 25-21, lead but the Gamecocks answered right back to close within two.
TSU went into the halftime break leading JSU, 26-23.
In the second frame, JSU used two quick buckets to erase the deficit and capture a, 27-26, lead over TSU. The Lady Tigers regained the advantage when Jasmin Shuler knocked down a triple from the corner for TSU's first points of the half.
The teams traded buckets, until TSU created a little distance behind a small spurt that put the Lady Tigers on top, 37-32. The Gamecocks, however, would not go away and captured the lead following, a 6-0 run of their own.
With 11:16 left in the game, the score was at a, 39-39, deadlock. The Gamecocks hit a free-throw before Destiny Lane nailed a short jumper to put JSU up by three.
The Lady Tigers trailed until back-to-back lay-ups from Alana Morris made the score, 45-44, in favor of the home team. The Gamecocks answered on their trip down the floor and moved ahead, 46-45, with about eight minutes left to play.
The rest of the game was a see-saw battle full of high intensity from both teams.
After playing to another tie, 48-48, with about five minutes left, the score wavered back-and-forth over the next three minutes.
With 2:40 on the clock, Alana Morris connected with Chelsea Hudson to give TSU a slight, 57-55, advantage. TSU moved ahead, 58-55, when Rachel Allen made the first of two free-throw attempts but JSU pulled within one on a drive by Candace Morton.
On TSU's next trip down the floor, Rachel Allen scored to make TSU's lead, 60-57, with 36.1 seconds left in the game. The ensuing possession saw JSU miss its shot attempt and Chelsea Hudson came away with the rebound.
The Gamecocks were forced to foul Hudson and she knocked down one-of-two freebies to give TSU a, 61-57, lead. Following another JSU missed shot, Hudson was fouled again and missed the front end of a one-and-one. Jacksonville State's final shot made the score, 61-59, but it came with only two seconds remaining.
TSU inbounded the ball and the time expired.
Neither team shot particularly well as Tennessee State went 22-of-60 from the field (36.7 percent) and 3-of-19 (15.8 percent) from three-point range. TSU only made 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) from the free-throw line.
Jacksonville State shot 37.7 percent (23-of-61) from the field, including a dismal 10.0 percent (1-10) from long range. JSU went 12-of-18 (66.7 percent) from the free-throw line.
The Lady Tigers will conclude the regular season with a home contest against Murray State on Thursday, Feb. 23. Game time is slated for a 4 p.m. start in the Gentry Center.
BOX SCORE COURTESY: TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION
