Week 7, HBCU Scorecard

OVC
Tennessee State (7-0, 3-0 OVC) 40, Southeast Missouri State (2-4, 1-2 OVC) 28

SWAC
Alcorn State (3-4, 3-2 SW) 21, Alabama A&M (6-1, 5-1 SW) 20
Mississippi Vally State (2-4, 2-2 SW) 45, Grambling State (0-6, 0-5 SW) 21
Southern U. (3-3, 2-2 SW) 34, Texas Southern (1-6, 1-4 SW) 7
Jackson State (3-4, 3-2 SW) 37, Alabama State (4-3, 4-2) 34
Prairie View A&M (1-5, 1-3 SWAC) Bye
Arkansas Pine Bluff (4-2, 3-1 SWAC) Bye
*SW (SWAC)

MEAC
Florida A&M (3-4, 3-1 ME) 44, Savannah State (0-6, 0-4 ME) 3
Delaware State (3-3, 2-1 ME) 31, South Carolina State (2-5, 1-3 ME) 17
North Carolina Central (4-2, 3-0 ME) 24, Morgan State (3-3, 2-1 ME) 20 (HC)
North Carolina A&T (3-3, 1-2 ME) 38, Howard U. (4-2, 3-1 ME) 10
Hampton (1-4, 1-2 ME) 28, Norfolk State (2-5, 0-4 ME) 14
Bethune-Cookman  (4-2, 3-0 ME) Bye




SIAC
Tuskegee 16, Stillman 0 (Thursday)
Albany State (Ga.) 16, Morehouse 13
Lane 16, Point U. 10
Clark-Atlanta U. 14, Benedict 10
Fort Valley State 38, Concordia-Selma 12 (HC)
Miles 45, Kentucky State 0


CIAA
Chowan U. 28, Virginia Union 21 (HC)
Winston-Salem State 56, Saint Augustine's U. 37
Shaw 48, Livingstone 20
Johnson C. Smith U. 35, Fayetteville State 18
Elizabeth City State U. 63, Lincoln U. (Pa.) 19
Virginia State 26, Bowie State 20 OT, (HC)




OTHER
Edward Waters 30, Webber International U. 29 (HC)
Lincoln (Mo.) 34, Nebraska-Kearney 27 (HC)
Glenville State 29, West Virginia State 12
Wesley 24, Virginia University of Lynchburg 7
Millerville 35, Cheyney 0
Indianapolis 45, Central State (Ohio) 13

*HC (Homecoming)

A&T gets back on winning track, slams Howard, 38-10

GREENSBORO, North Carolina  --  Mike Mayhew ran for a season-high 138 yards and a touchdown, and the Aggies' struggling offense reasserted itself after two down weeks in a 38-10 win over Howard, which had been undefeated in MEAC play, Saturday at Aggie Stadium.

N.C. A&T (3-3, 1-2 MEAC), which managed only 163 yards of offense against Bethune-Cookman last week, surpassed that total in the first quarter against the Bison (4-2, 3-1) and ended with 367 total yards.

Quarterback Lewis Kindle completed 12-of-21 passes for 125 yards -- also running for a score -- and Dudley grad Ricky Lewis added 76 yards and a score on the ground as the Aggies racked up 242 yards on 44 carries.




A&T's defense also pitched in, returning two Greg McGhee interceptions for scores.

Linebacker D'Vonte Grant had a 40-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter, and cornerback D'Vonte Graham added a 60-yarder -- his second pick of the game -- in the fourth quarter for good measure.

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Savannah State falls again 44-3

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Thirteen is unlucky, just ask the Savannah State Tigers, who lost 44-3 to the Florida A&M Rattlers to drop their 13th straight game dating back to 2011. The losing streak is the longest in the FCS division.

The Tigers never led while falling to 0-6 in 2012 and 0-4 in the MEAC. The Rattlers improved to 3-4 and 3-1 and are back in the thick of the MEAC title chase at the midpoint of the league season.

Florida A&M came into Saturday’s game with the highest passing efficiency in the MEAC conference, but had rushed for just 41 yards total in their previous two games, both losses on the road. The Rattlers pounded the Tigers for 323 yards on the ground.

“We’ve been throwing the ball real well, but it was important that we get more of a balance,” Florida A&M coach Joe Taylor explained after the game.

The coach praised the extra work his offensive line put in on Monday, on their own, after the staff called them out in a film session on Sunday.

“We kinda challenged the offensive line last Sunday in our team meeting, watching film. We’re normally off on Monday. They took the right attitude from the challenge. Instead of sulking or whatever, they went out on their own Monday. It was good to see that as a coach that they took it personal.”


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SC State Suffers 31-17 Loss To Delaware State

DOVER, DE -- South Carolina State (2-5 overall, 1-3 MEAC) suffered yet another setback dropping its second straight league contest, 31-17 to the Hornets of Delaware State (3-3 overall, 2-1 MEAC) Saturday at Alumni Stadium.

 

"Well, it's another tough loss and I'm heart-broken for these kids (players), said SC State head coach Buddy Pough. There are a lot of reasons we are not winning but lack of effort is not one of them."

 

The Bulldogs offense once again couldn't seem to get things going falling behind 14-0 early in the first quarter. Red-shirt senior Nick Elko (6-2, 220) got the Hornets going early on with a 42-yard toss to freshman running back Dae-Hon Cheung (5-10, 170) at the 11:57 mark.

 

Senior quarterback Derrick Wiley (6-1, 190) pass was intercepted by freshman linebacker Terrick Coltson (6-1, 185) and returned for a 53-yard touchdown with 7:44 left in the quarter. SC State struck back on a forced fumble by sophomore linebackerJustin Hughes (6-1, 220) and recovery in the end zone cut the lead 14-7 with 4:50 left.

 

Senior kicker/punter Nick Belcher (5-9, 175) nailed a 37-yard field goal to close out ...

 

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Sloppy LU Lions routed by ECSU

LOWER OXFORD, Pennsylvania — Turnovers. Dropped passes that killed drives. Almost100 yards in penalties, often with the flag thrown at the most inopportune of times. Add it all together, and it made for a long afternoon for the Lincoln football team.

Paced by running back DaRonte McNeill’s 139-yard, six-touchdown performance, visiting Elizabeth City State University put together a 42-point second half to top the Lions 63-19 at Frank “Tick” Coleman Stadium.

“They are a big, powerful running team,” said Lions coach OJ Abanishe.  “And they have great depth in their running game. They just wore us down in the second half, taking advantage of our lack of depth on the defensive side of the ball.”

The Lions came out swinging behind quarterback Doug Cook, who entered the contest as the CIAA leader in passing yards at 295 per game. Taking over on their own 29 following the opening kick off, the Lions completed three passes with a run sandwiched in to move deep into Vikings territory on their first drive.

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But in a harbinger of things to come, the Lions fumbled it away at the 11.  ECSU took full advantage, kicking the ground game into gear and marching off the 89 yards in 11 plays. McNeill capped the drive with the first of his six TDs, this one a four-yard jaunt.

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No. 3 Winston-Salem State 56, St. Augustine’s 37

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina — Teddy Bacote passed for two touchdowns and ran for another and Tyron Laughinghouse scored two touchdowns for Saint Augustine’s, but third-ranked Winston-Salem State scored 28 consecutive points between the second and third quarters to topple the Falcons 56-37 in a key CIAA matchup at Bowman Gray Stadium.

The loss hurt the Falcons’ (4-3 overall, 2-2 CIAA) chances of winning the Southern Division and reaching the CIAA title game. They are two games behind the unbeaten Rams (7-0 overall, 4-0 CIAA), with three games to go in the regular season. The 56 points are the most the Falcons have allowed in a game since 2009.




The Falcons trailed 21-19 early in the second quarter after Laughinghouse scored his second touchdown on an eight-yard catch from Bacote. The Rams responded with four consecutive touchdowns, including two by Ricky Rozier, to push their lead to 49-19 early in the third quarter.

Bacote, who started despite suffering an injury against Livingstone last weekend, completed 18 of 33 passes for 174 yards for the Falcons, who finished with 254 offensive yards. He had two interceptions in addition to his two scoring passes and touchdown run. Laughinghouse totaled 179 all-purpose yards including an 82-yard kickoff return in the first quarter. He has three touchdowns on kick returns this season.

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NCCU 24, MORGAN STATE 20: Eagles win comeback road thriller

BALTIMORE, Maryland — With his team trailing and less than a minute remaining in the contest, N.C. Central senior tight end Detwan Robinson caught a short pass then broke three tackles on his way to the end zone for the game-winning touchdown, as the visiting Eagles spoiled Morgan State University’s homecoming 24-20.

The home team held a 20-17 advantage when NCCU senior Geovonie Irvine returned a punt 20 yards to give the Eagles good field position at the Morgan State 47. NCCU redshirt junior quarterback Jordan Reid took a sack for a loss to the NCCU 47, but then completed four straight passes — two to Robinson and two to senior running back Arthur Goforth — to move the Eagles to the Morgan State 26.

After Reid’s only incomplete pass of the drive, a throw-away to avoid a sack on third down, NCCU faced fourth-and-two. NCCU head coach Henry Frazier, coaching in his home state for the first time since he serving as head coach at Bowie State in 2003, decided to go for the first down and the win.

Robinson caught a short pass with enough yardage for the first down, then powered his way through three tackles, spun away from several defenders and raced into the blue-and-orange end zone for the game-winner with 25 seconds left.

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SSU looking for first win in Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  --  The Savannah State Tigers are hoping for better results from a trip to Tallahassee, Fla., this time.

The Tigers will be on the road today at 6 p.m. against Florida A&M at Bragg Memorial Stadium in the Florida capital.

Five weeks ago, SSU challenged Florida State across town at Doak Campbell Stadium. That didn’t turn out too well. The Tigers entered as the largest underdogs in college football history (70 ½ points) and didn’t put up much of a fight before losing to the Seminoles 55-0 in a game stopped midway through the third quarter by inclement weather.

SSU followed its fortnight with FBS powerhouses with three more losses to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schools and will enter today’s contest with a 12-game losing streak, the longest in the FCS.

“There are better days ahead for Savannah State, but (the losing) certainly eats at my patience on a daily basis,” Tigers second-year coach Steve Davenport said.





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Hampton-Norfolk State football rivalry turns 50

HAMPTON, Virginia --  As a 10-year-old ballboy on the sideline, Hampton native Devan Hill remembers being awe-struck by the atmosphere surrounding a game in which he later played and now coaches.

Orlando Goodhope followed the lead of older players from his Norfolk neighborhood and then got the thrill of playing against young men he practically idolized.

Donovan Rose embodies one of college football's fiercest and most familial rivalries, growing up a few miles from one campus and spending much of his professional life at the other.





Hampton and Norfolk State renew their annual rivalry 1 p.m. Saturday at Armstrong Stadium, the 50th meeting between programs that know each other intimately.

"In my mind, it's huge because of the tradition and the location of the two schools," former Hampton U. and NFL wide receiver Terrence Warren said. "For decades, this rivalry has played out in backyards all over Hampton Roads. For me, it was a rite of passage to be part of this game."

Warren, a Suffolk native, was well aware of the rivalry growing up. Suffolk, he said, was Norfolk State territory, and he remembers Saturday caravans to see the Spartans. He eventually chose Hampton because of its track program and later turned to football because of the challenge. No game, he said, was bigger than Hampton-Norfolk State.

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SWAC considers AutoZone Park for 2013 baseball tournament

MEMPHIS, Tennessee  --  The Southwestern Athletic Conference is considering moving its 2013 baseball tournament to Memphis.

SWAC commissioner Duer Sharp said AutoZone Park is one of several possible venues. Sharp declined to name the others, but said he was blown away after touring AutoZone Park.

"It's a state-of-the-art facility," Sharp said. "I was impressed when I came up there and did the site visit, to see a 60-foot (video screen) out there. I think it's a great place for a SWAC student-athlete to experience a first-class venue.

"The people in Memphis and at AutoZone Park were very excited we were in town to meet them. We'll take some things back to the council presidents and chancellors and see which direction they would like to go in."

Sharp said the league has one more site visit to take. He hopes to have a decision within two weeks. The SWAC tournament is scheduled for May 15-19.

Memphis Redbirds Foundation treasurer John Pontius said he could see the tournament developing into a big annual event.




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Tennessee State Men's Basketball Opens Preseason Practice

NASHVILLE, Tennessee  -- The Tennessee State men's basketball opened fall practice on Friday in preparation of the team's first contest on Nov. 5 against Fisk.

The Tigers are coming off of one of the most successful seasons in recent history and the team returns four starters. While Tennessee State returns most of its impact players from a year ago, the team will feature a new head coach in Travis Williams.

After coaching at the school as an assistant for three seasons, Williams was awarded the head coach position in April. As the top assistant last season, Williams helped restore a winning attitude to the Tigers' program. The Big Blue recorded just nine wins in 2009-10, while improving to 14 victories in 2010-11. Last season, the Tigers completed a 20-13 mark.

This season, Williams will have the luxury of coaching an experienced team led by senior forward Robert Covington and junior guard Patrick Miller.

Last season, Covington led the team in points per game and rebounds per game with 17.8 and 7.9, respectively. At six-foot-nine, Covington is always a threat to score in the low-post, but he really shines from behind the three-point line. He attempted the most three pointers on the team last season (145), but he also made the highest percentage of his shots from behind the arc (.448).

 

While Covington excelled at making outside shots last season, he also had the benefit of playing with a point guard who could feed him the ball in Miller. The Chicago Ill. native led the team with 118 assists last season and also averaged double-digits points per game (10.8). Miller also played his part on the defensive end of the floor, tallying a team-high 51 steals and 120 rebounds.

Covington and Miller will play an integral part for the Tigers this season, but the team also has good leadership across the board with four seniors. Two of those seniors are Jordan Cyphers and Kellen Thornton.

Cyphers, a guard who transferred from Utah, averaged eight points per contest in his first season at Tennessee State and was another deep shooting threat- out of his 198 shots, 121 were from beyond the three-point line. Cyphers made 44 of those shots for a percentage of .364.

Thornton is another transfer that TSU picked up from Illinois State, and he made a splash with the team in his first season. Thornton was third on the team in points per game (9.1) and second in both field goal percentage (.525) and rebounds per contest (4.5).

Rounding out the starting five is sophomore M.J. Rhett. Rhett, a native of Hopkins S.C., started 26 games last season as a freshman and played mostly the power forward position. Rhett had the second most rebounds on the team last year (147) and recorded 14 blocks.

The non-conference schedule looks daunting with games at Missouri and BYU, but the Tigers hope that a tough opening slate will allow them to improve upon last year's second place finish in the Ohio Valley Conference.
 

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DWIGHT FLOYD Weekly Commentary: Black College Football in Perspective

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida --  Today, I will take my 92 year old father to see the FAMU vs. Savannah State football game. He hasn’t missed more than a handful of games since the late 50s when I would accompany him starting around age four. If you do the math that was fifty something years ago for me and in addition to his reserved seat I now have a reserved seat for me and my grandson along with my own parking spot next to the game entrance.

For the record, the top college football teams on any level at one time included teams like Alcorn State, Grambling, Southern, Florida A&M, and Tennessee State. These teams were not just good they were among the very best. They didn’t get to play Ohio State, Notre Dame or USC, but know that coaches like Woody Hayes not only respected these teams, but visited their football camps and on occasion came to watch them play. These and other black college teams like them would today be considered dynasties. Back then a black college championship meant more because winning it really did mean you were one of the best teams in the country bar none.

Too little is said about FAMU’s former Coach Alonzo S. “Jake” Gather. I grew up down the street from a recreation center named in his honor and among the families of some of the outstanding assistant coaches and players like Bobby Lang, Robert Mungen, Willie Galimore, and Hewett Dixon. I remember as a small boy watching Bob Hayes, Ken Riley, Claude Humphrey and Ed “Too Tall” Jones of Tennessee State. Yes, on a rare occasion in the latter stages of black college football greatness I got to see Eddie Robinson and Doug Williams, Alcorn’s Marino “The Godfather” Casem and Steve McNair, Mississippi Valley State’s David “Deacon” Jones and Jerry Rice, Tennessee State’s Joe Meritt and Joe Gilliam, just to name a few.


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WEEK 7 HBCU Football Saturday

OVC
Tennessee State @ Southeast Missouri State, 7 pm

SWAC
Jackson State @ Alabama State, 2 pm
Alcorn State @ Alabama A&M, 2 pm
Grambling State @ Mississippi Valley State, 3 pm
Texas Southern @ Southern U.  (Homecoming), 6:30 pm

SIAC
Tuskegee 16, Stillman 0 Final (Thursday)
Corcordia-Selma@ Fort Valley State,  (Homecoming), 2 pm
Lane @ Point U., 1 pm
Miles @ Kentucky State 1:30 pm
Benedict @ Clark-Atlanta U., 2pm
Albany State (Ga.) @ Morehouse, 7 pm

CIAA
Elizabeth City State U. @ Lincoln U. (Pa.), 1 pm
Shaw @ Livingstone, 1 pm
Johnson C. Smith U. @ Fayetteville State, 2 pm
Virginia State @ Bowie State (Homecoming), 1 pm
Saint Augustine's U. @ Winston-Salem State, 1:30 pm
Virginia Union @ Chowan U., 6 pm





OTHER
Webber International @ Edward Waters (Homecoming), 3pm 
Central State (Ohio) @ Indianapolis, 6 pm
Cheyney @ Millersville, 3:30 pm
Nebraska-Kearney @ Lincoln (Mo.) 3 pm
Virginia University of Lynchburg @ Wesley College, 1 pm
West Virginia State @ Glenville State, 1 pm

MEAC
North Carolina Central @ Morgan State, (Homecoming), 1 pm
Norfolk State @ Hampton (Battle of the Bay), 1 pm
Howard U. @ North Carolina A&T, 1:30 pm
South Carolina State @ Delaware State, 1:30 pm
Savannah State @ Florida A&M, 6 pm

FVSU has no patsy for homecoming

FORT VALLEY, Georgia --  All Donald Pittman could do was lean back in his chair, laugh and wonder why former athletics director Percy Caldwell picked Concordia College as this year’s homecoming opponent.

“I look at it, and I have to laugh,” Fort Valley State’s fourth-year head coach said. “Wow. Golly.” Concordia is a small Christian college in Selma, Ala., with a Lutheran influence that has been a four-year college for less than two decades. It is part of a 10-campus Concordia University System with locations ranging from New York to California.





The Hornets, members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, head to FVSU on Saturday afternoon for the Wildcats’ final home game of the season with a 4-1 record.

“They’re a good team,” Pittman said. “They have talent. I saw them come from behind in two games to win.” Concordia opened the season with a 20-19 win at FCS Mississippi Valley State and then had a week off after the game with Point University was cancelled.  

The Hornets lost 23-18 at Johnson C. Smith, a Division II team, and then ninth-year head coach Shepherd Skanes was let go, and defensive coordinator Don Lee took over. It was part of a college-wide elimination of positions because of budget problems.


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WSSU has score to settle with St. Aug's

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  Third-ranked Winston-Salem State will put its unbeaten season on the line today against upstart St. Augustine's and can jump into the driver's seat of the CIAA's Southern Division with a victory.

The Rams are 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the CIAA. The Falcons are 4-2 and 2-1. Kickoff is set for 1:30 at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Coach Connell Maynor of WSSU calls St. Aug's the most talented CIAA team he has seen.

"I think we are up for the challenge," Maynor said. "(The defense) is excited to face a good St. Aug's offense, because they want to show that they are an upper-class Division II defense."

WSSU's defense has allowed just two touchdowns in the last three games and to be successful today, it will have to slow three good receivers. Senior Tyron Laughinghouse (30 catches, 7 TDs) leads the group and is among the top players in the CIAA. Brian Richards (40 catches, 3 TDs) and Jermaine Jones (10 catches, 1 TD) can also do damage.

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ECSU Vikings try to get back on track

ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina  -- Waverly Tillar is hoping his football team learned a lesson in last week’s 28-17 loss at Virginia State.

“You have to be 100 percent ready to play or things are going to happen and they are not going to go your way,” he said.

The Vikings weren’t ready, things happened, and practically none of them went their way as previously impotent Virginia State threw three touchdown passes to score only their second victory in six games.  Tillar could see before the game that ECSU was in trouble.

“The guys didn’t come to play, they were flat at the onset and I could sense in the warmups we weren’t clicking,” he said. “This was the first time this year I had seen that. I didn’t know what to expect, but we were playing at Virginia State and any time we had come up there not ready to play, the results were the same.”

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More GCAC weekly awards for Xavier's Fakler and Pieri

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NEW ORLEANS — Catherine Fakler and Matt Pieri of Xavier University of Louisiana were selected the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Runners of the Week for Oct. 1-7. It's the second time this season that each earned that honor.

Fakler, a sophomore from Phoenix, Ariz., and a graduate of Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School, broke the XU women's record for 6,000 meters for the second time this season and the third time in her career. She ran that distance in 24 minutes, 7.38 seconds and finished third among non-NCAA Division I athletes in the Mississippi College/Watson Ford Invitational cross country meet at Clinton, Miss. Fakler led the Gold Nuggets to their second team championship of the season.

Pieri, a senior from New Orleans and a graduate of Brother Martin High School, extended his GCAC men's career record with 12 weekly awards. He has earned the honor at least twice in each of his four seasons. Pieri finished second among non-Division I runners in the MC/Watson Ford men's 8K race in 27:12.43. It was the 16th top-10 finish and 11th top-5 finish of Pieri's career.

Both XU teams will return to Clinton to compete Oct. 20 in the GCAC Championships. The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets both seek a seventh consecutive team championship.

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Tennessee State's Rod Reed sits in ideal spot for contract talks

NASHVILLE, Tennessee  --  Tennessee State’s climb into the Football Championship Subdivision polls and first place in the OVC has put coach Rod Reed in a favorable position as he negotiates his contract.

Talks between Reed and athletics director Teresa Phillips have intensified as the Tigers have started 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the OVC heading into Saturday’s game at Southeast Missouri. An extension for Reed and possible pay raise could be agreed upon soon, according to Phillips.

“This is how it is in coaching,” Phillips said. “Coaches win and they get patted; they lose and they get fired. When we started talking heading into the season it wasn’t just about money or adding years. It was to do some revision work to his contract to make it similar to some of our other coaches. Now we’re talking more about an extension and money.”

TSU has hired new men’s and women’s basketball coaches since Reed signed his five-year deal with an annual salary of $160,000 before the 2010 season.

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Miles seeking to limit penalties against Kentucky State

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  --  Perfection might not be attainable but that isn't stopping Miles College from striving for it.

Since losing 31-30 to North Alabama at Legion Field in the Labor Day Golden Classic to start the season, the Golden Bears have reeled off five straight victories. They've dumped Shaw University (N.C.) West Georgia, Albany St. (Ga.), Benedict (S.C.) and Clark-Atlanta.

The defending Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champs look poised to repeat, heading into their meeting with conference foe Kentucky State Saturday at 1:30 p.m..

Nonetheless, following their 28-7 win against Clark on homecoming last weekend, coach Reginald Ruffin decided to switch up his team's practice schedule to get his team's attention.

The Golden Bears (5-1, 3-0), one of the least-penalized teams in the conference last season, were whistled for 13 infractions for 108 yards, including an ejection against the Panthers.



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Fayetteville State basketball teams to greet fans with tip-off celebration today

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina  -- Preparations for the 2012-2013 basketball season will begin with a party and scrimmages at Fayetteville State today.

The Broncos will tip off their preseason with the "Be Part of the Frenzy'' event for students and fans, featuring giveaways, a slam dunk competition and formal introductions of the men and women's teams.Hosted by disc jockey Big Bruce from 104.5 FM, the festivities are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Capel Arena. The first 100 students to arrive will be awarded T-shirts.

The FSU women's team finished 11-15 last year overall and 5-11 in conference play. They were picked to finish fifth in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association's Southern Division this season. The women will participate in a brief scrimmage today starting at 8:30 p.m.

The men's team, 10-17 overall and 6-10 in CIAA play a year ago, was projected for a fourth-place finish in the Southern Division this season. They'll take the floor for a scrimmage at about 8:50 p.m.



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Tuskegee defense dominates in 16-0 win at Stillman

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama --- Tuskegee defeated Stillman College 16-0 Thursday night with a lot of defense and just enough of Missouri transfer running back Derrick Washington.

The Golden Tigers got to Stillman quarterback Josh Straughan early and often, intercepting him twice, returning one for a touchdown and ending a drive in the red zone in the first half on another.

If the Golden Tigers weren't picking the true freshman off, they were plastering him onto the grass. They finished with five sacks on their way to their first shutout of the season against a Stillman team that had scored at least 24 points in five of six previous games.

"I was pleased with the way the defense played period," said Tuskegee coach Willie Slater, who mentioned the importance of getting pressure on Straughan earlier in the week. "They didn't score a point. That says it all right there. I thought our defense played great tonight."

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Tuskegee 16, Stillman 0: Golden Tigers pull off road shutout

TUSCALOOSA — Tuskegee scored early on an interception return and benefited from some Stillman mistakes for a 16-0 victory on Thursday.

Tuskegee scored on a 5-yard interception return by William Buford, a 12-yard run by Derrick Washington and a 25-yard field goal by Eduardo Murillo on the lone first-half red zone possession for either team. Tuskegee’s Washington was especially troublesome for Stillman in the first half, gaining 63 total yards, including 41 on the ground. He finished with 79 rushing yards on 13 attempts and also caught a pass for an additional 22 yards.

The Tuskegee defense stymied Stillman’s offense for most of the first half, with Jamar Hornsby intercepting another Joshua Straughan pass in the Tuskegee end zone when Stillman was able to drive to the Tuskegee 19-yard line, Stillman’s most successful drive of the first half.

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XU Nuggets will open with 8 consecutive games in new arena

 Xavier University Convocation Academic Center

NEW ORLEANS — The Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball team will test its new home early and often.
    

The Gold Nuggets will open the 2012-13 regular season with eight consecutive games in the Convocation Academic Center, which is nearing completion for a Nov. 3 basketball doubleheader debut. XU athletics director Dennis Cousin announced the Nuggets' schedule Thursday.
    

It's the first time that the XU women have opened with that many consecutive home games. It's also the first time that the Gold Nuggets played eight in a row at home at any time in a season since 2001-02.
    
Xavier — 26-9 last season, the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champion and No. 16 in the final NAIA Division I coaches poll — will visit LSU in a Nov. 1 exhibition, then help christen the CAC with a 3 p.m. game against Johnson & Wales (Fla.) two days later. The Johnson & Wales game will follow a 1 p.m. men's game between Xavier and Morehouse. Tailgating and a ribbon-cutting will precede the doubleheader.
    
The Gold Nuggets, 243-22 the past 19 seasons at The Barn, a 1,300-seat gymnasium which opened in 1937, hope to continue their home dominance in the new arena, which features 3,817 permanent seats for athletics events. Seventeen of 28 regular-season games will be at home.
    

"The Barn has been great to us," said Bo Browder, in his 14th year as head coach. "But I've always believed our success has been more about the young ladies we've been blessed to be able to put on the court. We're looking forward to moving to a great new arena and putting our stamp on it."
    

Xavier closed its tenure at The Barn with 10 consecutive victories. The Nuggets' current home win streak in conference is 22.
    

Four of Xavier's first eight home opponents — Westminster (Utah) on Nov. 17, LSU-Shreveport on Nov. 19, Langston on Nov. 22 and city rival Loyola on Dec. 5 — qualified, like the Nuggets, for the 2012 NAIA Division I National Championship. Xavier has been a fixture at the national tournament, qualifying for it 16 times in the past 18 seasons.
    

For the seventh consecutive season and the 11th time overall, the Gold Nuggets will play host to the Xavier Classic, with games on Thanksgiving and the day after. Xavier will play Langston and Texas College in that event.
    

Also visiting Xavier on Jan. 2 will be Bethel (Tenn.), an NAIA tournament qualifier three consecutive seasons from 2009-11.
    

First-time XU opponents will be Johnson & Wales, Westminster, Bethel and Faulkner. Xavier will play Faulkner — a third-year program but a 20-game winner each of the past two seasons — Dec. 29 on the second and final day of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Huntingdon College's Roland Arena in Montgomery, Ala. On the previous day the Nuggets will play Belhaven, another 2012 NAIA tournament qualifier.
    

Xavier will open defense of its GCAC championship Jan. 5 at Edward Waters. The GCAC changed its times this season for Saturday conference doubleheaders. After a longtime policy of 5 and 7 p.m. tip-offs, Saturday start times will be 3 p.m. for women's games and 5 p.m. for men's. The GCAC allows changes to starting times by mutual agreement of the competing schools, and four times this season the Gold Nuggets will play the second game in conference doubleheaders — Jan. 19 at home against Philander Smith, Jan. 21 at home against Fisk, Feb. 2 at home against Talladega and Feb. 9 at Philander Smith.
    

SUNO will visit XU on Jan. 14, and Dillard will visit on Feb. 23 in the regular-season finale. The Gold Nuggets' road games against their GCAC city rivals will be Jan. 26 at Dillard and Feb. 16 at SUNO.
    

After two years in Jacksonville, Fla., the GCAC Tournament will be played Feb. 28-March 2 in Little Rock, Ark. The tournament winner will earn an automatic bid to the NAIA tournament in Frankfort, Ky. Xavier seeks its fourth consecutive GCAC Tournament championship.
    
This will be the Gold Nuggets' 35th season of the Title IX era.

2012-13 Xavier University Women's Basketball Schedule Click here for an additional link to the basketball schedule All times are subject to change Nov. 1 (Thu.):  at LSU, 7 p.m. (exhibition) Nov. 3 (Sat.):  JOHNSON & WALES (Fla.) (DH), 3 p.m. Nov. 13 (Tue.):  SPRING HILL, 6 p.m. Nov. 17 (Sat.):  WESTMINSTER (Utah) (DH), noon (Homecoming) Nov. 19 (Mon.):  LSU-SHREVEPORT (DH), 5:30 p.m. Nov. 22 (Thu.):  LANGSTON, 7 p.m. (Xavier Classic) Nov. 23 (Fri.):  TEXAS COLLEGE, 2:30 p.m. (Xavier Classic) Nov. 27 (Tue.):  MOBILE (DH), 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5 (Wed.):  LOYOLA (DH), 5:30 p.m. Dec. 14 (Fri.):  at William Carey, 6 p.m. Dec. 28 (Fri.):  Belhaven, 5 p.m. (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic) (1) Dec. 29 (Sat.)  Faulkner, 9 p.m. (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic) (1) Jan. 2 (Wed.):  BETHEL (Tenn.), 2 p.m. Jan. 5 (Sat.):  • at Edward Waters (DH), 3 p.m. EST Jan. 7 (Mon.):  • at Talladega (DH), 5 p.m. Jan. 12 (Sat.):  • TOUGALOO (DH), 3 p.m. Jan. 14 (Mon.):  • SUNO (DH), 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19 (Sat.):  • PHILANDER SMITH (DH), 2 p.m. Jan. 21 (Mon.):  • FISK (DH), 3 p.m. Jan. 26 (Sat.):  • at Dillard (DH), 5 p.m. Jan. 28 (Mon.):  at Mobile (DH), 5:30 p.m. Jan. 31 (Thu.):  WILLIAM CAREY, 6 p.m. Feb. 2 (Sat.):  • TALLADEGA (DH), 2 p.m. Feb. 4 (Mon.):  • EDWARD WATERS (DH), 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 (Sat.):  • at Philander Smith (DH), 2 p.m. Feb. 11 (Mon.):  • at Fisk (DH), 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16 (Sat.):  • at SUNO (DH), 2 p.m. Feb. 18 (Mon.):  • at Tougaloo (DH), 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 (Sat.):  • DILLARD (DH), 3 p.m. (Crosstown Classic, Senior Day and Rush/Nuggets Alumni Weekend) Feb. 28-March 2 (Thu.-Sat):  GCAC Tournament, Little Rock, Ark. March 13-19 (Wed.-Tue.):  NAIA Division I National Championship, Frankfort, Ky. Home games in (in bold and CAPITAL LETTERS) are played at the Convocation Academic Center (capacity 3,817), Xavier University campus, New Orleans • Gulf Coast Athletic Conference game DH — doubleheader with Xavier's men TBA — To be announced (1) at Montgomery, Ala. All times are Central except where noted Call (504) 520-7329 for ticket information

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Loyola sweeps XU to end Nuggets' 7-match win streak

NEW ORLEANS — Katie Hamilton and Sabrina Stansberry had 10 kills apiece Wednesday to lead Loyola to a 25-17, 25-20, 25-19 women's volleyball victory against Xavier University of Louisiana at The Barn.
    
The Wolf Pack (14-5) extended its win streak to three and snapped the seven-match win streak of the Gold Nuggets (12-5). Loyola is 10-0 all-time against its city rival.
    
Taylor Reuther had nine kills, and Moira Kirk had six kills and four blocks for Xavier.
    
Loyola trailed 5-1 in the opening set before scoring 10 consecutive points, half on Xavier attack errors. Loyola went ahead to stay at 8-7 in each of the final two sets.
    
Xavier's next match will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 against Union (Tenn.) in Loyola's Hampton Inn Wolf Pack Classic. The Gold Nuggets also will play Loyola at 6 that evening.

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