UAPB wins 6th straight SWAC game with 72-66 victory over Prairie View

Travon Harper finished with 7 points, 6 boards and 3 blocks in the win over Prairie View.

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - With his team leading by just two points on the road and less than 30 seconds remaining in the game, junior guard Martaveous McKnight did what he does best; drove near the free throw line and gave his defender a shot fake, sending him flying in the air while McKnight calmly drained the game-winning shot as his team produced a 72-66 road victory over Prairie View A&M. This marks the sixth straight Southwestern Athletic Conference victory for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as it improves to a perfect 6-0 in SWAC play.

McKnight finished with a game-high 39 points on 13-of-20 shooting from the field to go along with six boards, five assists, three steals and one block in 38 minutes of action while teammate Trent Steen chipped in with eight points, three rebounds and two steals in 23 minutes. Fellow Golden Lion Travon Harper produced seven points, six rebounds and three blocks in the victory. McKnight finished a near-perfect 10-for-11 from the foul line.

UAPB led by 15 points at the break before the Panthers stormed back to cut its deficit to just two points late in the second half before falling at home. As a team the Golden Lions (6-13, 6-0 SWAC) shot 46 percent from the field while holding its opponents to 39 percent. UAPB hit 18-of-26 free throws while the Panthers (5-15, 2-4 SWAC) hit 16-of-26 from the charity stripe. Prairie View's Gary Blackston finished with a team-high 27 points, grabbed eight boards, dished out eight assists and had three steals in the loss.

UAPB returns to action on Monday, January 22 as it faces Texas Southern University in SWAC action. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. in Houston.

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Gunshot kills WSSU student athlete at party on Wake Forest campus

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- A Winston-Salem State University football player was fatally shot early Saturday morning at a party at Wake Forest University, authorities said.

Najee Ali Baker, 21, died at a local hospital as a result of his wounds.

Baker, who transferred to WSSU in March 2017 from Dean College in Franklin, Mass., was a walk-on defensive lineman for Winston-Salem State's football team who red-shirted this past season. He is from Brooklyn, New York.

“I was shocked when I got the call and as a coach you never want to get this kind of call,” Coach Kienus Boulware said. “I spoke with Najee’s father and it’s a tough call to make to let him know that his son won’t be coming home."

Boulware said Baker would have likely had a chance to be a contributor this fall on the defensive line.

He said the WSSU team will meet at the Bowman Gray Stadium fieldhouse to talk about what happened. Counseling services will also be available.

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Winston-Salem State University football player killed at Wake Forest party

Baker played football one season at Dean College in Franklin, Mass., 
before transferring to WSSU in 2017.

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Tragedy has struck the Winston-Salem State University community.

Najee Ali Baker, 21, was shot and killed at an on-campus party at nearby Wake Forest late Friday, according to Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch.

“At approximately 1 a.m. this morning, Najee Ali Baker, a student at Winston-Salem State University, was shot during an altercation at a party on campus in The Barn,” Hatch said in a statement. “I am deeply saddened to report that the student later succumbed to his injuries. My thoughts and prayers this morning are with the student’s family, friends and classmates, as well as our Wake Forest community.”

Baker, from Brooklyn, N.Y., was taken to a local hospital where he later died. He was majoring in physical education, and he was a walk-on on the football team.

“I’m looking forward to contributing at Winston-Salem State,” Baker told the Winston-Salem Journal last March when he committed. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Charlotte and wanted to get back down south, so I’m very excited about this move.”

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North Carolina A&T Aggies' victory tour continues with Governor's Mansion visit (video)

RALEIGH, North Carolina — The third stop on N.C. A&T’s Celebration Bowl victory tour took two busloads of football players and coaches to the stately Governor’s Mansion on Friday afternoon.

The unbeaten Aggies traded in their helmets and shoulder pads for suit coats and ties for their meeting with Gov. Roy Cooper, who signed a proclamation honoring the 12-0 team for the best season in the program’s 93-year history.

They munched on cookies and sipped sweet tea, wandering from posh room to posh room on the ground floor of the big brick building on Blount Street that opened in 1891.

“It’s nice, man. Really cool,” sophomore wide receiver Elijah Bell said. “Just think, one person gets to live here. I’m glad I got to see it. There’s a lot of history here. There’s history everywhere you look.”

A&T made history of its own this season. These Aggies were the first MEAC team to finish a complete season undefeated since the league was founded in 1971, ending the year with a 21-14 victory over Grambling in the Celebration Bowl in December.



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The World Famed Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band To Perform at Dallas Mavericks’ Jan. 26 Game

DALLAS, Texas -- The “Best Band in the Land” is coming to the American Airlines Center.

The world famous will perform during halftime of the Mavericks game against Portland on Jan. 26. The special appearance is part of the Mavericks’ African American Heritage Night.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m.

African American Heritage Night is a fundraiser for and A portion of the proceeds raised from this special ticket offer will go toward scholarships provided by UNCF and NPHC.

During the game, the Mavericks, local Historical Black College and Universities (HBCU) alumni and the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. – Dallas, will also host Greek Night for the Dallas alumni chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Iota Phi Theta. All members of Greek organizations are encouraged to wear their Greek paraphernalia at the game.



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Swag, speed and threes: Savannah State is the fastest team in college basketball

The Tigers lead the NCAA in three-point attempts and tempo, but miss a ton of shots. Still, that doesn’t bother them, and the style could lead Savannah State to a tourney appearance.

SAVANNAH, Georgia — A lot of folks say that the Golden State Warriors changed basketball with the way they use pace, space and a fire-at-will mentality from beyond the three-point arc.

It’s debatable whether that’s true or not - if Steph Curry and his fellow gunslingers truly altered the game - but what is an absolute fact is that they’ve started a trend. Take a look at the Houston Rockets, who are attempting 43.5 three-pointers per-game. Or try Villanova, Gonzaga or Marquette, who have all attempted more than 490 three-pointers this year.

And that trend has now trickled to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.



The Savannah State Tigers are testing the limits of relying on the three-point shot as the primary way to score points. The result has been a mixed bag of ridiculousness and artistry.

Savannah State is both beautiful and bad, both admirable and awful, and always fun, fascinating and – at times for opposing teams – frightful, because if the Tigers get on a roll, they can be uncatchable and unstoppable.

“We just get up a lot of threes,” said junior guard Dexter McClanahan. “We come in and do what we do. That’s shoot three’s, play fast, and try to outrun ‘em.”

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Xavier Openers are Saturday; Green nears coaching milestones

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NEW ORLEANS — Alan Green is on the verge of a pair of coaching milestones as he leads his Xavier University of Louisiana tennis teams into the 2018 spring semester.
     
Green, in his 15th season as coach of the XULA men and women, needs one dual-match victory to reach 200 in his career with the Gold Rush (men) and two victories to reach 200 with the Gold Nuggets. Green's career records: 199-134 with the men and 198-157 with the women.
     
XULA, a perennial NAIA power, will play its first dual matches at 2 p.m. Saturday against NCAA Division I's South Alabama at Mobile, Ala. The home opener for the Rush and Nuggets will be Jan. 28 — one week from Sunday — against city rival Loyola at XULA Tennis Center. Admission is free to all XULA home matches.
     
Both the men's and women's schedules again will feature a heavy dose of NCAA DI teams and ranked NCAA DII and NAIA opponents. Both teams will play defending NAIA champion Georgia Gwinnett during the Grizzly Invitational at Lawrenceville, Ga., Feb. 16-18. The XULA men will play defending NCAA DIII champion Emory during the Grizzly Invitational, and they'll visit last season's NCAA DII champion, West Florida, April 15.
     
he Gold Rush — the NAIA national runner-up in 2016 and 2017 and No. 2 in the 2017 postseason coaches poll — will play nine duals against NCAA DI (Louisiana-Lafayette twice, Abilene Christian, Jackson State, Jacksonville State, South Alabama, Nicholls State, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State), three against top-10 NCAA DII opponents (No. 1 West Florida, No. 4 Valdosta State, No. 10 Embry-Riddle [Fla.]), one against a ranked NCAA DIII opponent (No. 1 Emory) and six against ranked NAIA teams (No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett, No. 3 Keiser, No. 7 William Carey twice, No. 11 Mobile, No. 25 SCAD Atlanta).
     
The Gold Nuggets — ranked No. 1 a combined five times in 2012 and 2013 and No. 10 in the 2017 postseason — will play nine duals against NCAA DI (Louisiana-Lafayette twice, Grambling, Jackson State, Nicholls State, Prairie View A&M, South Alabama, Southern, Southern Miss), two against ranked NCAA DII opponents (No. 5 West Florida, No. 25 Valdosta State) and 11 against ranked NAIA teams (No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett, No. 6 William Carey twice, No. 8 San Diego Christian, No. 9 LSU-Alexandria twice, No. 13 Mobile, No. 14 Cumberlands, No. 15 SCAD Atlanta, No. 16 Arizona Christian, No. 17 Lewis-Clark State).
     
All NAIA team rankings are from the 2017 postseason polls. The first of nine rankings in 2018 will be announced Tuesday.
     
The NAIA National Championships will be played at Mobile, Ala., for the 15th consecutive season. The Gold Rush will attempt to qualify for nationals for the 10th consecutive year and the 10th time overall; the Gold Nuggets will try to qualify for the seventh consecutive year, the 10th time in 11 years and the 12th time overall.
     
Green expects his teams to be well-equipped to handle the demanding schedules. He has eight players with current or previous national or regional ITA rankings during their XULA tenures. The Gold Rush roster includes returning All-Americans Antoine Richard and Catalin Fifea, plus newcomer Samir Chikhaoui, ranked 19th in the NAIA in singles. Richard was third in the 2017 postseason singles rankings; Fifea currently is 42nd. Also back is Pierre Andrieu, who was 12th with Fifea in doubles at the close of 2017.
     
Two-time All-American Charlene Goreau returns for the Gold Nuggets, and she's ranked 23rd nationally. Also back for the XULA women are Yi Chen Pao, No. 50 in singles, and Lacee Ancar, who ranked as high as 12th last year in doubles. Newcomer Manon Bonada is 18th in the South in singles.

2018 XULA Tennis Schedule
Team(s)	Date(s)	Opponent	Site	Time(s)
Both	Jan. 20 (Sat.)	at South Alabama	Mobile, Ala.	2 p.m.
Men	Jan. 27 (Sat.)	at Louisiana-Lafayette  (DH)	Lafayette, La.	10 a.m./2 p.m.
Both	Jan. 28 (Sun.)	LOYOLA (N.O.)	XULA TENNIS CENTER	Noon
Men	Feb. 2 (Fri.)	JACKSONVILLE STATE	XULA TENNIS CENTER	2 p.m.
Women	Feb. 3 (Sat.)	at Louisiana-Lafayette  (DH)	Lafayette, La.	10 a.m./1:30 p.m.
Women	Feb. 8 (Thu.)	at Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, Miss.	2:30 p.m.
Women	Feb. 9 (Fri.)	Grambling	Baton Rouge, La.	3 p.m.
Women	Feb. 10 (Fri.)	LSU-Alexandria	Alexandria, La.	Noon
Both	Feb. 16-18 (Fri.-Sun.)	Grizzly Invitational	Lawrenceville, Ga.	TBA
Both	Feb. 21 (Wed.)	at Nicholls State	Thibodaux, La.	1 p.m.
Men	Feb. 22 (Thu.)	Prairie View A&M	Baton Rouge, La.	2 p.m.
Both	Feb. 23 (Fri.)	at Mobile	Mobile, Ala.	3 p.m.
Both	March 2 (Fri.)	at William Carey	Hattiesburg, Miss.	3 p.m.
Women	March 8 (Thu.)	at Arizona Christian	Phoenix, Ariz.	4 p.m. MST
Women	March 9 (Fri.)	Lewis-Clark State	Phoenix, Ariz.	6:30 p.m. MST
Women	March 10 (Sat.)	Westmont	Phoenix, Ariz.	Noon MST
Women	March 10 (Sat.)	Ottawa (Ariz.)	Phoenix, Ariz.	6 p.m. MST
Women	March 11 (Sun.)	San Diego Christian	Phoenix, Ariz.	Noon MST
Both	March 18 (Sun.)	SCAD ATLANTA	XULA TENNIS CENTER	TBA
Men	March 23 (Fri.)	ABILENE CHRISTIAN	XULA TENNIS CENTER	3 p.m.
Women	March 24 (Sat.)	LSU-ALEXANDRIA	XULA TENNIS CENTER	Noon
Men	March 26 (Mon.)	at Embry-Riddle	Daytona Beach, Fla.	3:30 p.m. EDT
Men	March 27 (Tue.)	Keiser	Orlando, Fla.	1 p.m. EDT
Women	April 6 (Fri.)	SOUTHERN	XULA TENNIS CENTER	3 p.m.
Both	April 8 (Sun.)	JACKSON STATE	XULA TENNIS CENTER	Noon
Both	April 12 (Thu.)	WILLIAM CAREY	XULA TENNIS CENTER	1 p.m.
Both	April 14 (Sat.)	Valdosta State	Pensacola, Fla.	3 p.m.
Both	April 15 (Sun.)	at West Florida	Pensacola, Fla.	Noon
Both	April 16 (Mon.)	LEWIS-CLARK STATE	XULA TENNIS CENTER	10 a.m.
Both	TBA	NAIA Unaffiliated Group Tournament	TBA	TBA
Both	May 15 (Tue.)- May 19 (Sat.)	NAIA National Championships	Mobile, Ala.	TBA
(DH) doubleheader Home matches (in bold and CAPITAL LETTERS) are played at XULA Tennis Center (capacity 200), Xavier University campus, New Orleans TBA — to be announced All times are Central, except where noted Schedule is subject to change Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications XULAgold.com XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA  twitter.com/xulagold www.facebook.com/xulagold

PSAC and Wolves facing issues after Cheyney drops football program

LOCK HAVEN, Pennsylvania -- When it was announced last month that CheyneyUniversity was discontinuing its football program, Steve Murray was hardly shocked. The commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference saw it coming.

“No, it was not a surprise at all,” he said. “We had some conversations with them back in the middle of the summer about their financial situation — and the realities of it.”

The PSAC announced on Dec. 7 that Cheyney dropped its football program amid the university’s tough financial times. The decision to eliminate the program has sent shockwaves throughout the PSAC, of which IUP is a member.

“We’ve responded and made the schools aware of the situation,” Murray said. “We’re getting the word out and getting information, but it’s not easy by any stretch of the imagination.”

Back in August, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, which oversees the 14 state-owned universities, announced it would forgive Cheyney’s more than $30 million in debt if the university can maintain a balanced budget over the next four years. That means Cheyney needed to begin slashing its budget — and the football program was one of the first things to go.

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Hughes, JSU making progress with high school recruits

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Now that he has 11 mid-year juco transfers enrolled in classes, JSU coach Tony Hughes and his staff are making a recruiting push for 15 to 20 high school seniors to complete his 2018 recruiting class.

They're off to a solid start, with verbal commitments from six prospects.

In addition to Louisville defensive back Lakevias Daniel (who has been committed for months), Hughes earlier this week received commitments from Starkville wide receiver Cameron Hines, dual-threat quarterback Chapelle Wade from George Washington Carver High School in Birmingham, Mobile (LeFlore) linebacker Timontre Graham and a pair of offensive linemen: Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Central guard Cameron Beal and Natchez tackle
Cedric Dunbar.

Hines is the headliner here. At 6-foot and 185 pounds, he’s shown the ability to create separation that was missing for JSU’s receiving corps for much of last season. He was the third-most productive receiver in the state as a senior, with 70 catches for 913 yards and 12 touchdowns.

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Grambling State To Play At Northwestern State On Sept. 8

NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana -- Northwestern State athletic director Greg Burke annually needs to find two football games to go along with nine Southland Conference games to fill out a schedule.

His present to first-year NSU head football coach Brad Laird is a season-opening date at Texas A&M on Sept. 1 followed by a home opener against Grambling State the following week. Nine weeks of Southland Conference play fill out the schedule.

“I think it’s an opportunistically challenging schedule,’’ Burke said. “Playing a Power Five, which we’re going to have to do pretty much every year. Got a very high quality FCS (opponent) and then you look at the entire Southland Conference and you see that anything can happen any week. There will be no shortages of challenges with that schedule. But it is also a great opportunity for our program and new leadership.’’

The Demons, 4-7 last season, will likely be heavy underdogs at College Station, Texas, for the first game of the Jimbo Fisher Era.

They will also leave with a $515,000 check for their time.

Burke said playing one Power Five school such as Texas A&M brings in enough guarantee money to keep NSU from having to play two guarantee games.

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TSU's Jordan Reed Signs with KB Trepça in Kosovo

NASHVILLE, Tennessee --Tennessee State University graduate Jordan Reed (Philadelphia, Pa.) inked his first professional basketball contract to play for KB Trepça in Kosovo. Reed is the fifth player who played for TSU during Dana Ford's head coaching tenure to sign a pro deal.

“What a great opportunity for a great young man,” Ford said. “We are very proud of Jordan and all of his accomplishments both on the court as well as off. He will be a fantastic addition to the KB Trepça organization.”

Reed, who graduated from TSU in 2017, suited up for the Tigers during the 2016-17 season after redshirting in 2015-16. Helping TSU post a 17-13 record as a redshirt senior, the Philadelphia, Pa. native put up 8.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in his lone season on the court in Nashville.

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Last season, Reed reached 1,000 career points at the Division I level including points scored during his first three collegiate seasons at Binghamton University in New York.

Reed, who had two double-doubles for the Tigers in 2016-17, posted a season-high 23 points to go with nine rebounds in TSU’s road win at Middle Tennessee on Nov. 19, 2016.

“I just want to thank everyone on the TSU staff and everyone on campus who had a hand in my success,” Reed said.

• KB Trepça competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.
• Reed joins Tahjere McCall, Keron DeShields, Wayne Martin and Xavier Richards as players who suited up for the Tigers under fourth-year Head Coach Dana Ford before going on to pro careers.
• Wayne Martin is also currently playing professionally in Kosovo.  
• Reed finished his collegiate career with 1,175 career points (three seasons at Binghamton, one at TSU).
• He posted 25 career double-doubles and a total of 59 games with 10 or more points.

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Southern notebook: Ladarius Skelton brings missing piece to Southern roster — a dynamic running quarterback

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Southern coach Dawson Odums said he has finally found the missing ingredient to his offense in junior college transfer quarterback Ladarius Skelton.

Though the Jaguars have consistently ranked among the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s best offenses throughout Odums’ tenure, he said it has been unable to reach its true potential because the threat of a quarterback run has never truly been there unless Southern subbed in its backup.

Skelton is the latest — and most dynamic — addition to a quarterback position group that now includes three players in the classic dual-threat mold.



“Hopefully we can be as explosive or even more explosive than we’ve ever been,” Odums said. “With Dray Joseph and Austin Howard, we didn’t really have great runners back there. Now we’ve got great runners.

“If they can have the decision-making of Dray Joseph or Austin Howard, look out. The sky’s the limit for how good we can be offensively.”

Having an elusive running threat at the quarterback position, Odums said, will not allow opposing defenses to load up the line of scrimmage with defenders, and will give Southern an advantage in terms of numbers.

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Ice freezes out Xavier home doubleheader with William Carey

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Xavier University of Louisiana's home basketball doubleheader with William Carey was not played Wednesday (Jan. 17, 2018) because of icy weather.
     

All XULA activities were shut down for the day. XULA will reopen at 11 a.m. Thursday.
     

It is not known yet if the games will be rescheduled.
     

This is the second straight year that weather affected a William Carey doubleheader at XULA. The schools agreed on a cancellation last season after an EF3 tornado (wind speeds between 136 to 165 mph) hit William Carey's campus in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Jan. 21, 2017. Damages included Carey's basketball facility, Clinton Gym.
     

Next for the Gold Rush and the Gold Nuggets will be a Saturday doubleheader at Gulf Coast Athletic Conference and city rival Dillard. The women's game will tip off at 3 p.m. at Dent Hall, followed by the men at 5. Dillard's visit to XULA will be Feb. 17.

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‘Make it right’: Descendants of slaves demand restitution from Georgetown

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One-hundred-and-eighty years after Jesuit priests sold slaves to save Georgetown University from financial ruin, a group of descendants is calling for restitution.

The university’s president has apologized for the sale, and the school has taken steps to make amends. But Georgetown owes its existence to the money made from the sale of 272 enslaved people, argued Georgia Goslee, lead counsel for the GU272 Isaac Hawkins Legacy group. And the school is no longer near insolvency, but instead a thriving, elite university with a substantial endowment.

She declined Wednesday at a news conference to name the amount the group proposed to the university in June, but said her clients “do not believe Georgetown has fully atoned for the wealth it unjustly accumulated off the back of unpaid slave labor.”

Asked about the possibility of reparations, a school spokeswoman said Georgetown’s president, John DeGioia, has been clear about the ways the university could most significantly address racial injustice. That includes educational opportunities, perhaps partnerships with historically black universities, or help with college readiness, genealogy, memorials and reunion projects.



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Ex-DSU star Milstead interviews for Hornets football head coaching job

DOVER, Delaware -- Rod Milstead loves Delaware State football.

And whoever is the Hornets’ next coach, the former DSU standout offensive lineman is going to be pulling for them.

But Milstead also hopes he’s the one who gets the chance to put the DelState program back together.

The 48-year-old Milstead said on Wednesday that he has interviewed for the DSU head coaching job that was left open when Kenny Carter was fired on Nov. 20 after three seasons.

“It’s a place that I have gained so much from,” Milstead about his alma mater. “I would just like to come back and share some of my life lessons that I have learned over the years — not only with the game of football but with the game of life.”

The Hornets went just 3-30 over the past three seasons after going 2-9 this past fall. Milstead, however, said he’s not intimidated by the situation.

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Elizabeth City State Vikings Tune-Up Norfolk State 76-67

NORFOLK, Virginia -- For its final nonconference game of the regular season, Norfolk State returned to its CIAA roots .

It was the rockiest of reunions for the Spartans, who fell short yet again against a lower-level opponent.

Shyheld Petteway scored 23 points and Division II Elizabeth City State overcame a 13-point first-half deficit in a 76-67 upset Monday night at Echols Hall.

The Spartans lost for the second straight time and the fifth time in seven games.

And how they did it was especially frustrating for coach Robert Jones.

NSU (3-14) led 33-20 with six minutes left in the first half before the Vikings (6-6) came to life.

ECSU took a 42-39 lead on John Maynor’s 3-pointer from the top of the key just over three minutes into the second half and never trailed again.

The Vikings, who had lost four straight coming in, three times led by as many as 11 points in the second half.

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Fayetteville State Releases 2018 Football Schedule

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina -- The 2017 CIAA Southern Division Champions, Fayetteville State University, released its 2018 football schedule.

The Broncos, who finished 6-5 overall and 5-2 in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, will have an even split schedule with five home and away games.

FSU will open the season on the road in Pennsylvania for a non-conference contest against the Lions of Lincoln University on Saturday, September 1st. In 2015, Fayetteville State won 49-17 for an unblemished 3-0 gridiron record.

The following weekend (Sept. 8), the Broncos will travel to Wingate, NC for a rematch against Wingate University.  The Bulldogs lost 31-0 in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs to West Florida.

On September 15th, Fayetteville State will close out the non-conference portion of the schedule with a home-opener against Benedict College. The Broncos sport a 3-2 series advantage after a 23-17 victory in 2001.

The Broncos 2018 campaign for a fourth CIAA football title will begin on September 22nd with a home game against Elizabeth City State University. FSU will travel back to Murfreesboro, NC on the pursuing weekend (Sept. 29th) to face Chowan University in its final cross-divisional game.

The CIAA Southern Division tilt will start on October 6th at the Durham County Memorial Stadium against Shaw University.  FSU has won the last five contests against the Bears.

Fayetteville State will return to Luther “Nick” Jeralds Stadium for a contest against Johnson C. Smith University (Oct. 13) before a road trip to Raleigh, NC on October 20th against Saint Augustine’s University.

Homecoming activities will begin on Monday, October 22nd and reach the highlight of the football game against Livingstone College on Saturday the 27th.

The regular season will come to an end on November 3rd with the Rams of Winston-Salem State University visiting the confines of Jeralds Stadiums. Last season, the Broncos defeated WSSU in a dramatic 23-22 victory to claim the Southern Division Title and a trip to the CIAA Championship game.

All game times will be announced at a later date.

2018 FSU Broncos Football Schedule

Sept. 1 at Lincoln (Pa.) Lincoln Univ. PA
Sept. 8 at Wingate Wingate, NC
Sept. 15 Benedict Fayetteville, NC
Sept. 22 Elizabeth City St. Fayetteville, NC
Sept. 29 at Chowan Murfreesboro, NC
Oct. 6 at Shaw Durham, NC
Oct. 13 Johnson C. Smith Fayetteville, NC
Oct. 20 at St. Augustine's Raleigh, NC
Oct. 27 Livingstone (HC) Fayetteville, NC
Nov. 3 Winston-Salem St. Fayetteville, NC

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Delaware State Hornets Earn #5 Ranking In National Collegiate Equestrian Association Poll

WACO, Texas -- The Delaware State equestrian Flat riders are No. 5 in the country, according to a National Collegiate Equestrian Association poll released today. The NCEA has announced the first set of Event Rankings for 2017-18 collegiate season, as determined by the group’s selection committee.

Delaware State ranks fifth in Equitation on the Flat poll. Among the Hornets’ highlights on the Flat this season was an upset in the event of No. 1 Georgia on Nov. 17. The Hornets won three of the five rides, led by freshman Erin Gordon (Highlands Ranch, Co.) who topped the team with a winning score of 78. Hayley Anderson (sr.; Ne Boston, N.H.) also earned a point on the Flat for the Hornets with a score of 75 vs. UGA. Molly Gara (so.; Chicago, Ill.) captured Delaware State’s third point on the Flat with 73, while DSU’s Zoe Kirsch (fr.; Pittstown, N.J.) posted a solid mark of 76 in the Georgia contest.

Also this season, Anderson was selected as the United Equestrian Conference Flat Rider of the Month for Oct. 2017 after posting a 2-1 record and earning two Most Outstanding Performer awards. She had an average score of 84.33 in the month, including two 90-plus marks. The average victory margin was 10.5 in her two October wins.

In the summer of 2017, the NCEA Board of Directors approved a change to the National Championship format which includes four Event titles that will be included in the April 2018 NCEA National Championship. The Event titles will be determined through a head-to-head bracket format in each of the four events that comprise a head-to-head in-season meet. The Event rankings are determined by the NCEA Selection Committee and are released to the National Championship. The final set of rankings will be used to seed teams for the Event title competitions in Waco, Texas.

The Delaware State equestrian team will begin the 2018 portion of its schedule on Feb. 9 at South Dakota State. The next home competition is scheduled for March 2-3 against South Carolina and Baylor.

JANUARY 16, 2018 EVENT RANKINGS: EQUITATION ON THE FLAT

1. SMU

2. AUBURN

3. TEXAS A&M

4. FRESNO ST.

5. DELAWARE STATE

6. GEORGIA

7. OKLAHOMA ST.

8. UT-MARTIN

9. SOUTH DAKOTA ST.

10. SOUTH CAROLINA

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