Tuesday, January 15, 2019

BSU Men's Basketball Wins Fifth Straight Defeating Fayetteville State 68-52


Bowie State Fourth Quarter Rally Pushes Bulldogs Past Fayetteville State Lady Broncos 55-51


Golden Bull Women Top No. 8 Trojans, 65-54

LC Takes 102-91 win over Chowan


Strong Second Half Soars Chowan Hawks Past Livingstone


VUU Panthers Complete North Carolina Sweep


Virginia Union Lady Panthers Race Past St. Aug's


Shaw Bears Snap A Seven-Game Skid With 87-70 Win Over Lincoln (Pa.)




Tillman, Machado Notch Career-Highs as Lions Tame Bears in Raleigh

13 D2 Football student-athletes selected to play in Saturday's NFLPA Collegiate Bowl


Week 7: SIAC Basketball Players of the Week


SWAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week: January 15


Benedict's Bey Wins SIAC Player Of The Week For Fourth Time


Benedict Upsets 7th-Ranked Morehouse, 89-83

Claflin Lady Panthers Hold off Albany State


Jackson’s Career-High 30 Leads CAU Over Paine, 77-64


Carter and Daniels power Tuskegee past Central State in overtime

Tuskegee Golden Tigers pull away late, wins eighth straight


KSU 'Breds lead wire-to-wire, upset Miles


Miles Golden Bears down Thorobreds for fourth straight win


Spring Hill Badgers Rally Falls Short Against LeMoyne-Owen


Valentine Lifts SHC Badgers to Overtime Win


NCCU Football Head Coach Announces Five New Staff


Hill provides thrill as Gold Nuggets win 59-58

Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketballLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Jas Hill made 1-of-2 free throws with 2.2 seconds remaining Monday to give Xavier University of Louisiana a 59-58 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference women's basketball victory against Philander Smith.
     
The Gold Nuggets (13-5, 3-0) won in Mims Gymnasium for the first time after five consecutive losses dating to 2014. Overall it was XULA's eighth victory in its last 10 games.
     

Hill scored 12 points, Essence Wells nine and Caprice Taylor eight for XULA, which trailed 28-24 at halftime and spent about 5 1/2 minutes with the lead. Hill, Maya Trench and Mikayla Bates grabbed six rebounds apiece, and Taylor had five steals.
     

Hill, Wells and Taylor each made a pair of 3-pointers.
     

Briauna Mitchell scored 15 points and Terralyn Dominick 10 for the Lady Panthers (11-9, 2-2). Dominick, the GCAC Player of the Year last season, was 3-of-15 from the floor and committed eight turnovers.

XULA shares first place in the GCAC with defending champion Dillard.
     

XULA will play host to GCAC opponent Edward Waters at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Convocation Center.


   
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Rush rally from 21 down but fall 70-67 in overtime

Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketballLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball erased a 21-point second-half deficit before losing 70-67 in overtime Monday to Philander Smith.
     
The Gold Rush (9-8, 1-2 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference) will play twice at home this week: 7 p.m. Thursday against Oakwood in a non-league game, then 5 p.m. Saturday against GCAC rival Edward Waters.
     

XULA trailed 31-16 at halftime and 41-20 with 13:42 remaining in the second half, but the Gold Rush rallied and forced overtime when Rayshawn Mart made a 3-pointer from the right corner with 2.8 seconds remaining. That tied the score at 57.
     

XULA led 64-61 in overtime after Mart's layup with 90 seconds remaining, then the Panthers (5-13, 2-2) scored nine of the final 12 points and took the lead for good, 66-64, on Jaylon Bardley's basket with 22 seconds remaining.
     

Mart scored 20 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Damani Flanagainscored nine points and William Loyd eight for XULA.
     


Dejalin Austin scored 21 points, Bardley 13 and Na'Quon Cothron 12 for Philander Smith.
     

The teams combined to miss 30 free throws. XULA was 23-of-37 from the line and missed five in the final five minutes of regulation.
     

The Gold Rush are 0-2 this season in overtime and 5-3 in games decided by four points or fewer.

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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