Sunday, November 25, 2018

No. 6 MSU Caps Homestand With 67-Point Win Over JSU


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Troy Cruises Past Mississippi Valley State


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Colonels defeat TSU, 58-57, to sweep UTEP classic


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Strong Second Half Lifts Maine Over NC A&T


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Slow-Starting NSU Spartans Fall at Lehigh, 62-41


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A&T Volleyball Adds Two Versatile Talents for 2019

EAST GREENSBORO, North Carolina – Fresh off their first above .500 season in 12 years, the North Carolina A&T volleyball team is in pursuit of their first-ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title.

They are bringing in reinforcements to make this historic occurrence happen. Head coach Hal Clifton announced two signees on Friday in Carolina Miranda-Suarez (5-foot-10, outside hitter, Guamani Private School, Borinquen Coqui Volleyball Club, Aguirre, Puerto Rico) and Addy Warfield (5-8, setter, Winter Springs High School, Florida-Orlando Volleyball Academy, Winter Springs, Fla.).

 Miranda-Suarez and Warfield will join a team that loses only one senior in junior college transfer setter Megan Wiggins. They are expected to join a team with three seniors, four juniors and six sophomores.

Miranda-Suarez was the MVP of the 2015 Guamani Private School tournament. She was a National Honor Society student from 2016-18. As a club member of Borinquen Coqui Volleyball Club, she helped them win the Spring Power League Jeep Volleyball Challenge championship. They finished second in their division in the Capital Hill Philadelphia Qualifier. They finished third in The City of Las Challenge AAU.

Miranda-Suarez will bring another versatile player to AggieLand who can play back row and at the net.
“Carolina is a very smooth outside hitter that can play all six rotations,” said Clifton. “She sees the court well and is able to attack line, angle and seam and can do so with power when she needs it or finesse when it requires it. She is a solid passer and defender. Her ball control and defense will make a huge impact on our team.”

 Warfield will serve as Wiggins’ replacement. She will also provide versatility for the Aggies. She can provide the Aggies not only someone who can get the volleyball to the Aggies talented hitters but can also help defend from the back row and score at the net.

“Addy is unassuming as a volleyball player but don’t let that fool you. She is extremely talented and has grown up playing volleyball,” said Clifton. “She is a coach’s kid that just understands the game at a different level. She is accurate with her sets and knows how to put her hitters into positions to score. Addy is a game and competes hard, which is something we love about her. She will continue to raise the level of play in our gym.”

The Aggies are coming off a 14-12 season. It is their first better than .500 season in 12 years. In the process, the Aggies reached their first MEAC tournament championship game in 13 years. They are expected to return first-team All-MEAC outside hitter Courteney Pitt, All-MEAC rookie libero Andrea Laboy-Rivera and versatile talent Edie Brewer.

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North Carolina A&T State Robinson Announces Major Signing

EAST GREENSBORO – The North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team is looking for even more gold even though they have captured two of the last the last three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships.

 They took another step toward staying on top in the MEAC and continuing to be one of the top mid-majors in the nation as head coach Tarrell Robinson announced the signing of Ya’Taria Coleman(5-foot-10, guard, Southwind HS, Memphis Lady Mambas AAU, Memphis, Tenn.).
The Aggies will lose one senior from the 2018-19 season in Charnise Tyler but will add two Division I transfers in Jayla Jones-Pack(6-3, forward/center, Seton Hall, Amityville, N.Y.) and Deja Winters(5-11, forward, Seton Hall, Cleveland, Ohio) to go along with the talents of Coleman.

 “We are very excited about adding Ya’Taria to the Lady Aggie Basketball family,” said Robinson who has four 20-win seasons in the past six. “She is very aggressive on the court and has the ability to score the ball beyond the 3-point arc. She is an elite scorer but an even better person. Ya’Taria is a stellar student in the classroom and we are glad she chose North Carolina A&T State University.”

 Coleman is a two-time all-region performer, a two-time offensive player of the year and a three-time all-tournament team star out of Southwind High School. As a freshman, she averaged 9.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 steals over 21 games and was named Southwind Freshman of the Year. She followed her freshman season by averaging 11.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals over 24 games as a sophomore.

 Southwind went from 13-14 in 2016-17 to 21-12 in 2017-18, Coleman’s junior season, as she posted 13.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 28 games played. Coleman is ranked 17thin the state for the class of 2019 according to National Exposure Basketball Report. She is ranked 457thoverall by All-Star Girls Report Basketball.

 Coleman was named Shelby County Interscholastic Athletic Scholar-Athlete of the Month. With Jones-Pack and Winters, the Aggies have the 57thbest recruiting class according to All-Star Girls Report Basketball.

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TSU Women's Basketball Fights in 58-53, Loss to Wisconsin

Final Score: Tennessee State 53 – Wisconsin 58
Records: TSU (0-6) – UW (5-0)
Venue: Municipal Auditorium
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee State University women’s basketball team took Big Ten opponent Wisconsin to the wire in a 58-53 loss on day two of the Challenge in Music City Basketball Tournament Saturday afternoon in Municipal Auditorium.
Tennessee State (0-6) erased a 16-point deficit but Wisconsin (5-0) made a key stop and free-throws with seconds left to secure the win.
Taylor Roberts led TSU in scoring for the second straight night with 25 points and broke the Challenge in Music City record for most points in a game. Tia Wooten recorded five steals in the game, also a tournament record.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • TSU Leaders
    • Points: Taylor Roberts – 25
    • Rebounds: Taylor Roberts, Asia Sims - 6
    • Assists: Lauren Elliott - 4
    • Steals: Tia Wooten - 5
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • TSU opened the game by outscoring Wisconsin 9-2 and shot 50 percent from the field through the first five minutes of action.
  • Wisconsin answered with an 11-2 run to take the lead, 13-11.
  • TSU managed to tie the game 14-14 before the offense went stagnant.
  • After going nearly six minutes without a point, TSU finally got on the board in the second quarter on a Taylor Roberts free-throw.
  • The offense continued to struggle and TSU went into the halftime break trailing, 31-19, after being outscored, 17-5, in the period.
  • In the third stanza, a 9-0 run fueled by nine straight points from Taylor Roberts pulled TSU to within seven, 35-28, and forced a Wisconsin timeout.
  • The Lady Tigers continued to press the issue and cut the deficit down to just three, 43-40, on a triple from Taylor Roberts just before the quarter ended.
  • TSU was down, 48-47, when Lauren Elliott sank a jumper to put TSU on top with 4:24 remaining.
  • From there the teams traded buckets.
  • Wisconsin managed to build a 56-52 lead with 25.6 seconds left on the clock.
  • On TSU’s next possession, Tia Wooten was fouled and made one of two attempts to make the score, 56-52, in favor of UW.
  • UW stepped out of bounds on the ensuing possession and the ball went back to TSU with 16.5 seconds.
  • TSU’s next shot attempt was off the mark and UW came away with the rebound.
  • TSU was forced to foul and Wisconsin made both free-throws to seal the win.
GAME NOTES
  • Taylor Roberts posted another season-high with 25 points.
  • Wooten finished with nine points for the second consecutive game.
  • Wisconsin now leads the all-time series 2-0.
  • Taylor Roberts broke Challenge in Music City record for most points in a game while Tia Wooten also set the record for steals with five.
QUOTES
Head Coach Jessica Kern
“I can’t say how proud I am of my team. We rebounded very well. We were definitely undersized. We told the guards in the second half they had to do their part so we would help our tweeners, which we did in the second half. From the free-throw line we didn’t shoot what we usually shoot, however, we shared the ball extremely well. We only had 14 turnovers which is great versus 23 yesterday. It comes down to the last 57 seconds and Wisconsin got out of here with one. But I am so extremely encouraged by this team. We know we are one step away from turning the corner.”
-Overall thoughts on the game.
“We have to make sure that key players are consistently out of foul trouble. That’s where new players have to get their minutes in. If you pick up a quick foul, we’re going to have to rotate a younger body in there and we have to be okay with that. Seasoned players have to be more disciplined in the beginning.”
-On overcoming slow quarters
UP NEXT
  • TSU concludes tournament action tomorrow against Pittsburgh. Game time is set for 5 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium.
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Spartans Surge Past NCCU Eagles in Second Half


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Jackson State Falls To San Diego 58-76


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Saturday, November 24, 2018

GSU upended by IUPUI, 80-69


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Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks 77, Central Penn 52


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Bradley Braves Win Third-Straight, Defeat Chicago State, 86-70


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SSU Comes Back to Edge Alcorn 80-75


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Howard Bison Men's Basketball Outlasts California Baptist


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NCCU Eagles Out-Pace Southern in Emerald Coast Classic Finale


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Bayou Classic: Southern breaks skid, beats Grambling 38-28 with Ladarius Skelton leading the way

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Southern quarterback Ladarius Skelton’s much-anticipated Bayou Classic debut looked at the start like a warm-up act.

By the second half, it had turned smashing.

Skelton, a sophomore transfer playing in his first Classic, threw two of his three touchdown passes in the third quarter to break open the game and carry the Jaguars to a 38-28 victory Saturday in front of 67,871 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The raw stats weren’t important to Jaguar Nation. Skelton and his mates delivered Southern from Grambling’s three-game Bayou Classic winning streak and landed the SWAC West Division title.

Southern (7-3, 6-1) will play at East Division champ Alcorn State on Saturday for the conference title.

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Road To The Championship HBCU Football Scoreboard: Week 13



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

 NCAA DIVISION II Playoffs - Second Round
Valdosta State 66, Bowie State 16

MEAC
North Carolina Central 21, South Carolina State 17

 SWAC
Prairie View A&M 60, Texas Southern 14
Southern 38. Grambling State 28  Bayou Classic, Attendance:  67,871
Alabama State 31, Mississippi Valley State 24 OT, Turkey Day Classic (11/27/18)



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NCCU Rallies for Comeback Victory at SC State

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina – North Carolina Central University overcame a double-digit second half deficit by scoring 21 unanswered points to capture a 21-17 road win over South Carolina State University on Saturday inside Oliver C. Dawson Bulldog Stadium.

 NCCU (5-6, 3-4 MEAC) had two red zone scoring chances in the first half, but the Eagles lost a fumble on third-and-goal from the 1-yard line and had a 23-yard field goal attempt blocked. The Eagles also lost two other fumbles before halftime and trailed 10-0 at the break.
NCCU redshirt-freshman quarterback Dominique Shoffner came off the bench to start the second half, and engineered three touchdown drives of more than 60 yards.

 Near the end of the third quarter, Shoffner threw a strike to senior receiver Brandon Sharp, who raced down the sideline for a 31-yard touchdown and the Eagles' first score on an 11-play, 80-yard drive.

 NCCU took its first lead at 10:36 of the fourth quarter when Tyquan Watson ran 19 yards to the end zone to put the Eagles ahead 14-10. Less than four minutes later, Watson caught a screen pass and outran the Bulldogs down the sideline for a touchdown and a 21-10 cushion with 6:40 left to play.

 S.C. State (5-6, 4-3 MEAC) responded with 30-yard touchdown connection from quarterback Tyrece Nick to receiver Quan Caldwell with 4:56 remaining.

 The NCCU defense nailed down the victory by forcing a turnover - the third fumble recovery of the season by linebacker King Kiaku - and stopping the Bulldogs inches short of a first down on S.C. State's final possession.

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 Shoffner finished with 153 passing yards and two touchdown tosses, while rushing for 33 yards. Watson accumulated 49 yards on the ground with a touchdown, and 44 yards receiving with another score.

 Jerome Foster topped the NCCU defense with nine tackles, while Darius Royster recorded seven takedowns, including 4.0 hits for a loss with a sack. Senior Davanta Reynolds tallied five tackles and a fumble recovery.

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PVAMU Football De-Claws the Tigers Wrapping Up the 2018 Season

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- The Prairie View A&M football team defeated Texas Southern 60-14, in their final game of the season at Panther Stadium on Saturday.

 Seniors Jontre Epps, Quinton Bell, Issac Claiborne, TyQuan Fields, Nathan Foreman, Zach Collins, Jamal Fontenot, Willie Green, Cedric Porter, Aaron Townsend, Markus Hardy, Will Skinner, Anthony Stubbs, Damond Jackson, D'Marcus Moon and Steven Guillory were all honored at the beginning of their final collegiate game as a Panther

The seniors that played their final minutes gave their last game of the season a different and more special meaning.

 Head coach Eric Dooley said the win, and great showing from the defense in particular, both came down to the team-oriented playing style shown by players.

 "It was a team thing," he said. "We had a lot of seniors on defense. Those guys played for one another, as they have all year long. We came out on top this year, that's why there's more smiles."

 The teams traded scores in the first quarter. The Panthers (5-6) got on the board first after a 5-yard rushing touchdown by Jalen Morton, giving them the early 7-0 lead. Morton accounted for both touchdowns in the first quarter, after another 9-yard rush touchdown with under six minutes remaining. PVAMU went into the second quarter leading 13-7 over the Tigers.

 The Panther's controlled the game throughout the second quarter. After a 66-yard rush, Morton gave the team a 20-7 lead with 12:39 left in the period. Caleb Broach also contributed to the dominating quarter with a 2-yard rushing touchdown at the 6:18 mark. Tristen Wallace then scored the last points of the period after catching a 19-yard pass from Morton, allowing PVAMU some half time cushion with a 40-14 lead.

 Prairie View A&M continued their dominant showing after the brak. Trazon Connley completed a 31-yard pass to Hardy for their first touchdown of the second half with 9:03 left in the period. After intercepting a TSU pass, Skinner completed a 23-yard return and lengthened PVAMU's lead 53-14. Connley threw for his second touchdown of the quarter to Andre Lewis for 64 yards.

 The Panther's defense kept Texas Southern out of the end zone throughout the fourth. Enabling PVAMU to both start and end the fourth quarter leading 60-14, the largest margin of victory in the history of the Labor Day Classic series.

 Coming out of the final game of the season, Morton looked back on his 'bittersweet' final game playing with a number of players he came into the program with.

 "[I'm] excited and sad," he said. "Excited because we won the game, that's what we're supposed to do. Sad because it's the last game with the seniors. I came in with a lot of these seniors and it's sad because,it's our last game and I have a great bond with them."
Dooley said now that the season is over, the team has found a sense of identity and now understands his way of play.

 "They know who I am now," he said. "They know what I stand for and now they know their identification, which is: 'we're going to play hard for 60 minutes regardless of who we play and what we do'. It's going to be some adversity, but you have to be able to overcome those things. I think the team has gotten stronger through the loses. You never can benefit off of losses, but when you lose it gives you that strength and understanding."

 With the season coming to a close, the coaches will now focus on recruiting in the off season and the team will start preparing for Spring Football.

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 As the football careers of some come to a close, Dooley said he reminded his players of today's meaning.
"I tried to warn the guys, even the guys that weren't seniors, that when this day comes and that opportunity is over, it's like the world ended. But it's really not, it's the ending of something and the start of something new. We want to make sure that when those young men leave here they're successful no matter what."

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Second Half Burst Leads #1 Valdosta State to 66-16 Victory Over #4 Bowie State

VALDOSTA, Georgia -- Big plays and second half surge leads #1 Valdosta State to 66-16 NCAA Super Region 2 (Second Round) victory over #4 Bowie State. The was Bowie State's deepest post season run and wraps up the Bulldogs exception season at 10-3.

 Senior Amir Hall threw for a game-high 287 passing yards, completing 20-of-36 and two touchdowns. Redshirt sophomore Montez Clay and senior Lansana Sesay led all receivers with 92 reception yards each and redshirt senior Gilbert Lunsford accounted for 73 reception yards.

 Defensively for the Bulldogs, senior Derrick Tate led the way with 12 total tackles followed by fellow senior Kyle Jackson with eight tackles. The Bowie State trio of senior Roger Richardson and Tre'Von King along with junior William Flowers tallied seven tackles apiece and redshirt freshman Thomas Riddick was responsible for a half dozen tackles.

 Bowie State got on the board first on an Amir Hall to Maurice Williams for 7-yard pass, catch and score at the 8:39 of first quarter and Gene Carson PAT was good to give Bulldogs the early 7-0 lead.

 The Bulldogs defense holds Valdosta on its second drive of the game and capitalizes with a 12-play, 54-yard drive capped off by a 32-yard Carson field goal to give Bowie State 10-0 lead at 13:36 mark of second quarter.

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 Valdosta State (11-0) answered quickly with a 73 kickoff return by Seth McGill down to the Bowie State 15-yard line. VSU's Jamar Thompkins found the Bulldogs end zone, cutting the deficit to 10-7. Valdosta State's Stephen Denmark picked off a Hall pass at the BSU 28-yard line and returned it for six to shift the advantage over to the Blazers at 14-10 with 12:51 left in the second quarter.

 A Rogan Wells 5-yard rushing touchdown and PAT pushes Valdosta State lead to 21-10 over Bowie State with 4:04 left before halftime.

 Hall connected with Lansana Sesay for a 72-yard touchdown pass trimming Bowie State's deficit to 21-16 with 2:42 left in 2nd quarter.

 Bowie State and Valdosta State went into halftime with 222 and 215 yards of total offense respectively. The most glaring first half stat for Valdosta's Blazers were 114 yards in kickoff returns and possession time of 18:35.

 Valdosta State scores on opening drive of second half when Wells finds Brian Saunds in the back of the end zone for a 4-yard score. Andrew Gray's extra point was good to set the score at 28-16 at the 9:09 mark. A 27-yard Valdosta State field goal by Gray extends the Blazers lead to 31-16 with 4:55 left in third quarter. Another huge play for the Blazers as Wells hits Lio'undre Gallimore for a 33-yard score to give Valdosta State a 38-16 cushion with 3:30 left in quarter.

 The Blazers added seven more points on the Bazemore-Hyder scoreboard with 13:05 to go in the contest following a 12-yard McGill rushing touchdown for the 45-16 advantage. Ivory Durham threw a 38 bomb to Michael Henderson to pad Valdosta's lead at 52-16. Valdosta State was not done as Ivory drilled a 10-yard TD pass to David White to increase the Blazers lead to 59-16. Valdosta was not done as Ivory basically walked into the end zone with 42.3 seconds to go in the contest to account for the final margin of 66-16.

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Strong 3rd quarter carries Gold Nuggets past Lady Bucs

Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketballSAINT THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Xavier University of Louisiana won only 1-of-4 quarters Friday morning, but it was enough to spark a 61-51 women's basketball victory against the University of the Virgin Islands in the UVI Thanksgiving Classic.
     
The Gold Nuggets (6-3) will play Carlow in this event at 8 a.m. AST Saturday — 6 a.m. New Orleans time.
     
XULA outscored UVI 24-11 in the third quarter after trailing 27-24 at halftime. The Gold Nuggets increased their lead to 57-41 in the fourth quarter.
     
Caprice Taylor and Kyla Duncan scored 12 points apiece for XULA, Gina Smith scored 11, and Da'Jha Virgil had eight.
     
Taylor scored in double figures for the first time in seven games, and she grabbed a season-high eight rebounds. Duncan, a freshman, was 5-of-6 from the floor and scored in double figures for the fifth time in seven games. Smith scored in double figures for the second consecutive game.

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Virgil, a freshman, equaled her career best in assists with three and led XULA in that statistic for the first time.
     
Rachel Harvey had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Bucs (3-7), and Asia Vetter scored 11. UVI lost for the sixth consecutive time.

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Alabama A&M Men's Basketball adds 2 players during early signing period

Image result for alabama a&m UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS LOGOSHUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Alabama A&M men's basketball coach Dylan Howard officially announced two members of the Bulldogs' 2019 signing class on Wednesday.

 The Bulldogs signed two players during the NCAA's early signing period.

 The newest members of the program are a pair of Tennessee Valley standouts in forward Mason Ellison (Huntsville, Ala./Lee High School) and combo guard Garrett Hicks (Madison, Ala./James Clemens High School).

 "These are two outstanding editions that we're extremely excited about," Howard said. "Both of these young men are highly-talented players who not only fill needs on our program, but also have the potential to establish a strong foundation for our program's future.

 "Both Garrett and Mason are players who we have recruited heavily from the very beginning. They're local players who are from our campus' immediate footprint, and anytime you have players of their caliber right here in your backyard, it is important to keep that talent here in Huntsville."

 Garrett Hicks | Guard | 6-0 | 170 | Madison, Ala. (James Clemens High School)

Hicks is a 6-0 and 170-pound combo guard who has starred for the past three seasons at James Clemens High School in Madison, Ala. … As a junior last season, Hicks averaged 17.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game while helping James Clemens reach the Class 7A Northwest Regional semifinals in the Alabama High School Athletic Association postseason. … Hicks also is a career 90-percent free-throw shooter. … Following the 2017-18 season, Hicks was a second-team selection on the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Class 7A all-state team, and he was an All-Huntsville Region selection by Al.com.

 "Garrett is a really nice pickup," Howard said. "With Garrett, you're talking about one of the state's best players who can play either the 1 or 2 positions. To gain a player with that type of versatility and talent gives you a lot of options for the future. Not only is he a player who is comfortable with the ball in his hands, but he also is an outstanding shooter and has an extremely high basketball IQ. And let's not forget that he's a 90-percent free-throw shooter, which is a huge bonus."

 Mason Ellison | Forward | 6-6 | 170 | Huntsville, Ala. (Lee High School)\

Ellison is a 6-6 and 170-pound small forward who has starred the past three seasons for Alabama state power Lee High School in Huntsville, Ala. … As a junior last season, Ellison averaged 15.8 points, 8. Rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 1.9 assists while helping Lee reach the Class 5A Northwest Regional in the Alabama High School Athletic Association's postseason. … Following the 2017-18 season, Ellison was a third-team selection on the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Class 5A all-state team, and he was an All-Huntsville Region selection by Al.com.

 "Mason is an extremely versatile player," Howard said. "He's got a lot of talent, but what I love is his toughness. From rebounding to defense, he's the type of player who does a lot of things that help you win basketball games. With Mason, we're getting a player who has a very high ceiling and should definitely make a positive impact on our program."

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