MEAC Announces Weekly Women's Basketball Honors

#MEACWBB: @MEACSports Announces Weekly Women's Basketball Honors #IBackTheMEAC https://t.co/OYwphNYoQE

— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) December 4, 2018

SWAC WBB Player of the Week: Dec. 4

#SWACWBB POW: @TSUWomensHoops forward Niya Mitchell claims the honors after averaging nearly a double-double over the past week. Mitchell had 15 pts and 7 reb in a win over Savannah State, and notched a 12-pt, 11-reb double-double at Michigan State. MORE: https://t.co/LCofDHbgNV pic.twitter.com/OyzfN5chID

— The SWAC (@theswac) December 4, 2018

2018 Charm City College Classic

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— Morgan State Bears (@MorganStBears) October 18, 2018

EVENT DETAILS

Towson University vs. Morgan State University Men's Basketball @ 1:15PM

University of Maryland vs. Loyola University Chicago @ 4PM

CHARM CITY COLLEGE CLASSIC

Clutch Shooting Carries ECSU Vikings Past Claflin In CIAA Opener, 77-69

Clutch Shooting Carries Vikings Past Claflin In CIAA Opener, 77-69 https://t.co/H3GjkJ3hEr

— ECSU Athletics (@ECSUVikings) December 4, 2018

Claflin Shocks Vikings At The Buzzer, 47-45

Claflin Shocks Vikings At The Buzzer, 47-45 https://t.co/bFfQ27HfT1

— ECSU Athletics (@ECSUVikings) December 4, 2018

No. 25 Queens Jumps Out to Early Lead in Rout of Virginia Union

No. 25 @QueensMBB Jumps Out to Early Lead in Rout of Virginia Union https://t.co/eSD6w5ors2

— Queens Athletics (@QueensAthletics) December 4, 2018

VSU Women’s Basketball Claims 7th Place in the Recent D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll

Women’s Basketball Claims 7th Place in the Recent D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll https://t.co/GgENevnLuX

— VSU Athletics (@VSUsports) December 3, 2018

Newberry Holds Off Benedict Rally, 81-73

Newberry Holds Off Benedict Rally, 81-73 https://t.co/vG5lbikhwW

— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) December 4, 2018

Lange's 18 points led an efficient Newberry offensive attack to an 81-73 road win over Benedict College.

FULL STORY:https://t.co/wW7tBh1vMm

— Newberry Wolves (@NewberrySports) December 4, 2018

Fort Valley State Wildcats 20-Point Trio Leads Final Minutes Game-Deciding Winning Run

Wildcats 20-Point Trio Leads Final Minutes Game-Deciding Winning Run https://t.co/WNVtPTzuMF

— FORT VALLEY STATE (@FVSU) December 4, 2018

Tuskegee drops Auburn-Montgomery, earns third straight victory

TU drops AUM, earns third straight victory https://t.co/V1xeNe2NH5

— Tuskegee Athletics (@MyTUAthletics) December 4, 2018

Culver putting in work against AUM. Golden Tigers lead 32-25...start of second half. pic.twitter.com/sBSPbCfRzr

— Tuskegee Athletics (@MyTUAthletics) December 4, 2018

Newton, Johnson Named MEAC Offensive, Defensive Players of Year

Congratulations to the @MEACSports Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year - @HUBISONFOOTBALL QB @NewtonCaylin and @FOOTBALL_NCAT DL Darryl Johnson! pic.twitter.com/bHk7gU6mjh

— Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) December 4, 2018

Congratulations to @MEACSports Offensive Player of the Year @NewtonCaylin from @HUBISONFOOTBALL! pic.twitter.com/VVoFLCuDuT

— Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) December 4, 2018

Congratulations to @MEACSports Defensive Player of the Year Darryl Johnson from @FOOTBALL_NCAT! pic.twitter.com/C85d96xu7h

— Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) December 4, 2018

.@MEAC_Commish Dennis Thomas ready to announce the 2018 @MEACSports Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year as part of #NFFDinner festivities pic.twitter.com/lAmih7PkXB

— Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) December 4, 2018

NEW YORK CITY  -- Howard University quarterback Caylin Newton and North Carolina A&T State defensive end Darryl Johnson were named the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively. The players were named officially at the 61st annual National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame press conference on Tuesday morning in New York City, which was streamed live on Facebook.

After winning the 2017 MEAC Rookie of the Year award, Newton ended his sophomore campaign ranking among the nation's leaders in several categories, including passing yards per completion (1st/16.85) and total offense (7th/313.3). The Atlanta product was named to the 2018 Walter Payton Award Watch List after winning MEAC Offensive Player of the Week twice and is a finalist for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award. In the season opener against Ohio (Sept. 1), he posted 532 total yards, which was the third-highest output in program history. Newton completed his sophomore campaign as the MEAC's top passer with 2,629 yards and 22 touchdowns in 10 games.

Newton is Howard's first MEAC Offensive Player of the Year since Greg McGhee's back-to-back honors in 2013 and 2014. He is the younger brother of NFL superstar Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers and the first MEAC Offensive MVP as a sophomore since Tarik Cohen in 2014. As a freshman, Newton made national headlines as he led Howard to the largest upset vs. the spread in college football history. Howard was a 45-point underdog against UNLV.

Johnson, N.C. A&T State's first MEAC Defensive Player of the Year since Chris McNeil in 1997, leads the MEAC in sacks (10.5) and tackles for loss (18.5). He is a two-time first-team All-MEAC performer for the nationally ranked Aggies and is also a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award for the best FCS defensive player in the nation. The 6-5 standout from Kingsland, Ga. is also a finalist for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award as he has had at least a half-sack in every game played this season with a high of two versus Gardner-Webb. With Johnson the anchor of the defensive line, North Carolina A&T State ranks second nationally in total defense amongst FCS teams and first in rush defense.

This year’s honorees are both underclassmen as this marks the first time since 2014 that the Player of the Years are both underclassmen (Tarik Cohen / Javon Hargrave). The Aggies have also had at least one student-athlete earn either MEAC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year for the fifth straight year.

Today we got to present awards to two amazingly athletes in our MEAC Player of the Year ceremony! It was an amazing event that brought out great people entwined within the MEAC. https://t.co/8MNTcLoW20

— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) December 4, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS 4zerobam FOR BECOMING THIS YEARS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR! This was your year! You had standout play and everyone feared your name! You brought it game after game and… https://t.co/5qz1K1w24E

— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) December 4, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS @NewtonCaylin FOR BECOMING THIS YEARS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR! You worked hard and showed an elite caliber of play as the year progressed! Continue to perform with the… https://t.co/rouPSF6M3B

— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) December 4, 2018

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TONIGHT ON VIDEO STREAM: Bethune-Cookman at St. Mary's @ 10 pm ET

Come 👀 the Gaels in action tomorrow night...
🏀Saint Mary’s vs Bethune-Cookman
⏰7:00pm
📍McKeon Pavilion#GaelsRise #HereWeCome @smc_gaelforce @smcgaels https://t.co/k1m4gwgnDQ

— Saint Mary's Hoops (@saintmaryshoops) December 4, 2018

GAME INFORMATION
Game No. 9 vs. Bethune-Cookman (4-4) 
Date/Time: Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7:00 p.m. PST
Location: McKeon Pavilion (Moraga, Calif.)
TV: https://wccsports.com/watch/?id=153347
Radio: https://tunein.com/radio/Saint-Marys-IMG-Sports-Network-s280256/
Live stats: https://smcgaels.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Gaels' all-time head to head record: 1-0 (Last meeting: 12/17/11, H, SMC 77 - BCUM 52)

WATCH LIVE STREAM

Kendrick is Nuggets' first-ever region coach of year

 NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana has produced another first for its volleyball program with the selection of Pat Kendrick as the 2018 American Volleyball Coaches Association NAIA All-Southeast Region Coach of the Year.
     
The AVCA cited three XULA student-athletes, all sophomores, in the region. Kayla Blackwas voted to the first team, and Eva Le Guillou and Vivica Price-Spraggins received honorable mention.
     
The Gold Nuggets were 26-7 this season and 14-0 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. For the eighth consecutive year they won GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and qualified automatically for the NAIA National Championship tournament.
     
Kendrick, in her second season at XULA, led the Nuggets to their first-ever victory against a ranked NAIA opponent when they defeated No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan in four sets in August. Her team set school season records with a .262 hitting percentage and 1.85 blocks per game.
     
All three honored sophomores set school season records. Black, from Spring, Texas, and a graduate of St. Pius X High in Houston, set marks with 407 kills, 3.84 kills per set and 23 matches of 10-or-more kills. Le Guillou, from Velizy-Villacoublay, France, set records with 1,037 assists and 9.78 assists per set. Price-Spraggins, from Chicago and a graduate of Whitney Young Magnet High School, hit a school-record .400 and became the first-ever XULA player to reach 200 kills, 30 aces and 75 blocks in the same season.
     
Black is the fifth Gold Nugget and first sophomore to earn first-team all-region, joining Kimberlee Rock (2004), Taylor Reuther (2013), Claudia Haywood (2015) and Juliana Tomasoni (2017).

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Gold Nuggets hold on to defeat Lady Rams 60-57

NEW ORLEANS — Mikayla Bates's 3-pointer with two minutes remaining put Xavier University of Louisiana ahead to stay in a 60-57 women's basketball victory against Mobile.
     
The victory was the fourth in a row for the Gold Nuggets (9-3), who snapped the two-game win streak of the Lady Rams (3-5).
     
Bates's trey, her only points of the game, came from the left corner to make it 56-54. It was the seventh lead change of the quarter. Mobile twice cut its deficit to one point and missed a chance to regain the lead when Kelsey Pinera was called for traveling under her basket with three seconds remaining. XULA's Jas Hill followed with two free throws for the final margin.
     
Mobile's Kendra Langham missed a 3-pointer the buzzer.
     
Hill scored a game-high 18 points and reached double figures for the eighth time this season. Essence Wells scored 12 points, all in the second half, and had a career-high-tying two blocks and a season-high three steals. Da'Jha Virgil scored a career-high nine points, and Jayla Nichols had a season-high eight points.
     
Janae Strode scored a season-high-tying 17 points for Mobile, and Lauren Bodino scored nine.
     
"I was disappointed that we did not play with a lot of energy after a nice win Friday at Southeastern Louisiana," XULA coach Bo Browder said. "Our defense was good enough to win the game. Not a lot of energy, but we'll get better at that.
     
"Mobile," Browder added, "played extremely hard."

BOX SCORE
     
Mobile outshot XULA 49 to 34.9 percent from the floor. The Gold Nuggets outrebounded the Lady Rams 36-30 — XULA's Nahrie Pierce grabbed a season-high seven — and was plus-4 in turnovers, committing 18 and gaining 22. Mobile blocked nine shot, five by Artasia McDowell, who also had a game-high nine rebounds.
     
"Essence Wells and Jayla Nichols played well for us off the bench," Browder said.
     
XULA defeated Mobile for the seventh straight time and the 15th time in the last 17 meetings. Mobile has lost 17 straight to the Gold Nuggets at XULA since its last victory in 1999.
     
It was the final game before semester exams for XULA, which will resume its schedule at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 at Louisiana-Lafayette.

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Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Introduction of Clarence McKinney, TSU head football coach

The Home Depot College Football Awards (Thursday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m. ET).

.@ncatsuaggies alum, @ChicagoBears RB @TarikCohen pays homage to #HBCU roots. Below, watch preview of his interview that will air on The Home Depot College Football Awards (Thursday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m. ET). More on show's HBCU tribute https://t.co/LvZ56mv0V6 pic.twitter.com/x1jG53e4WK

— ESPN Front Row (@ESPNFrontRow) November 30, 2018

Despite the loss, @TarikCohen picked up nearly 200 total yards. Highlights! pic.twitter.com/KPGLaD96YD

— NFL (@NFL) December 3, 2018

#probowlvote Tarik Cohen for Return Specialist . (RTs count as votes ) pic.twitter.com/w3EpfjoI59

— Tarik Cohen (@TarikCohen) November 29, 2018

The Braves next stop...a rematch of the inaugural @CelebrationBowl vs. NC A&T

.@AlcornStateU’s RB @_Deshawn2 went off Saturday and finished with 177 yards + 3 TDs!

The Braves next stop...a rematch of the inaugural @CelebrationBowl vs. NC A&T pic.twitter.com/TRkyWyZO7k

— Tiffany Greene (@TiffanyAGreene) December 4, 2018

Let's take a look at where De'Shawn Waller ranks nationally:
10th in rushing yards per game (116.4)
18th in rushing TD’s (12)
22nd in all-purpose yards (126.9 ypg)
23rd in total rushing yards (1,048) pic.twitter.com/SngN6KHULa

— Alcorn Sports (@BRAVESSPORTS) December 3, 2018

WJTV Samaria Terry Interviews JSU's new head football coach John Hendrick

WATCH: John Hendrick sits down with WJTV on his vision for the program and what it means to him to be the head football coach at Jackson State. @GoJSUTigers

Full interview: https://t.co/hY9PzSO3rV pic.twitter.com/GtDR2HYZJl

— Samaria Terry (@samariaterry) December 3, 2018

Alabama State Baseball announces early signing class

@BamaStateBB announces early signing class #StateOfMind #myasu

📖: https://t.co/snF8hILATd pic.twitter.com/5X8PP09RxF

— Alabama State Baseball (@BamaStateBB) December 3, 2018

ASU Tennis releases 2019 men’s spring schedule

@BamaStateTennis releases 2019 men’s spring schedule #StateOfMind #myasu

📖: https://t.co/PfrJlLB59P pic.twitter.com/JNCLgZjXl7

— Alabama State Tennis (@BamaStateTennis) December 3, 2018

Alabama State Tennis releases 2019 women’s spring schedule

@BamaStateTennis releases 2019 women’s spring schedule #StateOfMind #myasu

📖: https://t.co/eV895kH01V pic.twitter.com/s3lA9742pe

— Alabama State Tennis (@BamaStateTennis) December 3, 2018

Alabama A&M athletic programs add 12 during early signing period

Alabama A&M athletic programs add 12 during early signing period https://t.co/1BtDZcSjZN

— Ala. A&M Athletics (@AAMUBulldogs) December 3, 2018

Alabama State Women's Soccer Announces Early Signing Class

@BamaStateWSC announces 2018 Signing Class #StateOfMind #myasu

📖: https://t.co/y0uHOL20NH pic.twitter.com/zmRfg2RVbS

— Alabama State Soccer (@BamaStateWSC) December 2, 2018

ASU's Tytus Howard Accepts Invite to Reese's Senior Bowl

Congrats, @levelstothis_2! Excited to get a player from 2 hours up the road from @BamaStateFB but proximity to Mobile had nothing to do with this invite—Howard’s talent and upside did. This dude can really slide his feet. The NFL wants to see him against the best of the best. pic.twitter.com/mNrTmeyUJy

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) December 1, 2018

SCSU women take 67-51 win over Bob Jones

.@BJUBruinsWBB held their own against NCAA DI South Carolina State University on Monday but the team came up short in a 67-51 loss. #WeAreBruins https://t.co/wEfbL63clW

— BJU Bruins (@BJUBruins) December 4, 2018

SCSU RECAP: SCSU women take 67-51 win over Bob Jones