Cinderella Lions Upset #1 Morehouse In Quarterfinals of SIAC Tournament https://t.co/u0g0Ds4IA8
— Paine Athletics (@PaineAthletics) February 28, 2019
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Cinderella Lions Upset #1 Morehouse In Quarterfinals of SIAC Tournament
Quarterfinal Round Riddled with Rivalries and Upsets
Quarterfinal Round Riddled with Rivalries and Upsets https://t.co/d6PhSHZBEG
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
Kentucky State Henry becomes all-time wins leader
Henry becomes all-time wins leader https://t.co/9YKQME9Baw
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
Miles College ‘thriving’, provides blueprint for HBCUs nationwide
Miles College ‘thriving’, provides blueprint for HBCUs nationwide https://t.co/VLfjOH4DGR via @The Birmingham Times
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
Morehouse upset in SIAC quarterfinals
Morehouse upset in SIAC quarterfinals https://t.co/O9Nfirw116
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
SWAC Softball Midweek Recaps
#SWACSB Midweek Recaps - Southwestern Athletic Conference https://t.co/uwaPzysnKe
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
Second Half Rally Helps Lift Shaw Past Saint Augustine's, Bears Advance To CIAA Semifinals
SECOND HALF RALLY HELPS LIFT SHAW PAST ST. AUGUSTINE’S, BEARS ADVANCE TO CIAA SEMIFINALS https://t.co/013ZQ2XcLv— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) February 28, 2019
How you gon' do him like that, Hirk!? 🤭👏🏾 #ciaatourney pic.twitter.com/e9nXQ0YBvo— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) February 28, 2019
The tip, the hesitation, the finger roll 👀 Amir Hinton can do it all! #ciaahoops pic.twitter.com/egUUupt7jE— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) February 28, 2019
Mel'Quan Ames read him like a book! 💪🏾🤓 #ciaahoops pic.twitter.com/nAGJCUezhJ— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) February 28, 2019
Trojans Use Tough Defense to Stifle Vikings, Advance to Semifinals
Trojans Use Tough Defense to Stifle Vikings, Advance to Semifinals https://t.co/oyFLaluziW— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) February 28, 2019
Howze about THAT ‼️ Virginia State is battling #ciaahoops pic.twitter.com/CQ79EDBA4n— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Gold Rush continue mastery of NCAA Division I Nicholls
NEW ORLEANS — NAIA men's power Xavier University of Louisiana extended its win streak against Nicholls, beating the NCAA Division I opponent 5-0 Wednesday at XULA Tennis Center.It was the fourth consecutive year that the Gold Rush (3-1), ranked third nationally, defeated the Colonels (2-7). The dual match was scored using NAIA rules.
Gabriel Niculescu and Shaikh Abdullah won in doubles and singles for XULA. Niculescu and Samir Chikhaouigave the Gold Rush a 3-0 lead with an 8-5 victory against Moritz Borges and Nestor Giribet Lopez at No. 3 doubles, then Niculescu made it 4-0 when he beat Eduardo Marino 6-3, 6-0 on the fourth singles court.
Abdullah clinched on the third singles court with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Giribet Lopez. Abdullah and Santiago Perez scored the first point of the dual with an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles against Oleksandr Podgursky and Tobias Lentz.
The No. 2 doubles team of Chris Anders and Pierre Andrieu scored the other point in an 8-3 victory against Marino and Alvaro Barranco.
XULA led in three of the four unfinished singles matches. The dual lasted slightly less than three hours and was contested under sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70s.
XULA has won three consecutive duals and allowed only one point since an opening loss to South Alabama. Nicholls is 0-5 on the road.
XULA's men and women will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to play William Carey at 1 p.m. Friday on Carey's campus. Starting time was pushed up one hour. XULA's women are ranked third in the NAIA, William Carey's women are ninth, and its men are 11th.
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Rush earn quick rematch with Panthers in postseason
NEW ORLEANS — Four days after defeating Philander Smith in the regular-season finale, Xavier University of Louisiana will get another look at the Panthers in a win-or-go-home scenario.
The Gold Rush (17-13) and the Panthers (11-18) will meet at 11 a.m. EST Friday in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at Jacksonville, Fla. The venue will be the Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex (1859 Kings Road, zip code 32209) at Edward Waters College.
XULA is seeded fourth, and Philander is fifth.
XULA head coach Alfred Williams isn't a fan of playing the same opponent in consecutive games, but he's certain of what his team must do to advance to Saturday's semifinals.
"We have to be able to match Philander Smith's toughness, and we have to able to execute," Williams said. "Philander is a scrappy, tough, defensive-minded team. They will make adjustments after Monday's game."
Monday's game was one of XULA's best of the season: a 93-76 home victory. William Loyd and Ed Carter scored 27 points apiece for the Gold Rush, and Carter made eight 3s to tie the XULA game record.
There have been other highlights this season — including Rayshawn Mart's last-second scores in victories against William Carey, Virgin Islands and Campbellsville — but this year's Gold Rush team enters the postseason with five fewer victories than it had a year ago. Last season the Gold Rush finished 24-9, shared the GCAC regular-season championship with Dillard, lost to the Bleu Devils in the GCAC Tournament final, then earned an at-large bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship tournament.
"This has been a roller coaster season that didn't quite meet expectations," Williams said. "But we are excited about going to the conference tournament with some momentum and think we can keep it going. Hopefully we have learned from our setbacks during the regular season. I really feel that we haven't peaked yet — we haven't played our best basketball yet."
The XULA men may be on the right track. They closed the regular season with three straight double-digit home victories against GCAC opponents. Conversely, the Gold Rush were 1-5 against the three teams ahead of them in the conference standings: Tougaloo (0-2), Talladega (0-2) and Dillard (1-1).
Loyd, a 6-foot-5 junior forward from Baton Rouge, La., leads the Gold Rush with 13.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Mart (6-3 sophomore guard, Houma, La.) averages 12.3 points, Carter (6-1 sophomore guard, Detroit) averages 10.0, and Jeff Dixon (6-2 senior guard, New Orleans) averages 9.8.
The XULA-Philander Smith winner will play top-seeded Tougaloo (ranked fourth nationally) or eighth-seeded Rust in the semifinals at 7 p.m. EST Saturday. The championship game is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. EST Sunday. The tournament champion will receive the GCAC's automatic bid to the national tournament March 20-26 at Kansas City, Mo.
If the Gold Rush win the GCAC Tournament, it will be a major drought-breaker. The XULA men have not won this event since it beat SUNO 81-66 in the final on March 2, 1996, at Mobile, Ala.
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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The Gold Rush (17-13) and the Panthers (11-18) will meet at 11 a.m. EST Friday in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at Jacksonville, Fla. The venue will be the Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex (1859 Kings Road, zip code 32209) at Edward Waters College.
XULA is seeded fourth, and Philander is fifth.XULA head coach Alfred Williams isn't a fan of playing the same opponent in consecutive games, but he's certain of what his team must do to advance to Saturday's semifinals.
"We have to be able to match Philander Smith's toughness, and we have to able to execute," Williams said. "Philander is a scrappy, tough, defensive-minded team. They will make adjustments after Monday's game."
Monday's game was one of XULA's best of the season: a 93-76 home victory. William Loyd and Ed Carter scored 27 points apiece for the Gold Rush, and Carter made eight 3s to tie the XULA game record.
There have been other highlights this season — including Rayshawn Mart's last-second scores in victories against William Carey, Virgin Islands and Campbellsville — but this year's Gold Rush team enters the postseason with five fewer victories than it had a year ago. Last season the Gold Rush finished 24-9, shared the GCAC regular-season championship with Dillard, lost to the Bleu Devils in the GCAC Tournament final, then earned an at-large bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship tournament.
"This has been a roller coaster season that didn't quite meet expectations," Williams said. "But we are excited about going to the conference tournament with some momentum and think we can keep it going. Hopefully we have learned from our setbacks during the regular season. I really feel that we haven't peaked yet — we haven't played our best basketball yet."
The XULA men may be on the right track. They closed the regular season with three straight double-digit home victories against GCAC opponents. Conversely, the Gold Rush were 1-5 against the three teams ahead of them in the conference standings: Tougaloo (0-2), Talladega (0-2) and Dillard (1-1).
Loyd, a 6-foot-5 junior forward from Baton Rouge, La., leads the Gold Rush with 13.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Mart (6-3 sophomore guard, Houma, La.) averages 12.3 points, Carter (6-1 sophomore guard, Detroit) averages 10.0, and Jeff Dixon (6-2 senior guard, New Orleans) averages 9.8.
The XULA-Philander Smith winner will play top-seeded Tougaloo (ranked fourth nationally) or eighth-seeded Rust in the semifinals at 7 p.m. EST Saturday. The championship game is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. EST Sunday. The tournament champion will receive the GCAC's automatic bid to the national tournament March 20-26 at Kansas City, Mo.
If the Gold Rush win the GCAC Tournament, it will be a major drought-breaker. The XULA men have not won this event since it beat SUNO 81-66 in the final on March 2, 1996, at Mobile, Ala.
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Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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Top-seeded Nuggets to meet SUNO at 5 p.m. EST Friday
NEW ORLEANS — Women's basketball city rivals will meet for a third time this season when top-seeded Xavier University of Louisiana meets SUNO at 5 p.m. EST Friday in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at Jacksonville, Fla.The GCAC announced pairings, venues and times late Tuesday. Top-seeded XULA (23-6) and eighth-seeded SUNO (6-22) will play in the Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex (1859 Kings Road, zip code 32209) at Edward Waters College.
XULA clinched a tie for the GCAC regular-season championship with a 55-54 home victory last week against SUNO, then won it outright Monday with a 66-57 home victory against Philander Smith. The championship is the Gold Nuggets' 30th of the Title IX era and their first in the GCAC regular season since 2012-13.
"We've really been a work in progress the whole year," 20th-year head coach Bo Browder said. "I felt like we had a good team on opening night, and it looked like our chemistry kept getting better as the season went along. I think we surprised a lot of people, but we're not surprised because we knew about the kind of team we would have if we worked hard and played together."
Although SUNO finished 12 games behind XULA in the regular-season standings, the Gold Nuggets needed fourth-quarter rallies to beat the Lady Knights twice this year. In addition to last week's one-point decision, XULA won 45-40 at SUNO Jan. 28.
Jas Hill, a 5-foot-7 junior guard/forward from Mobile, Ala., leads the Gold Nuggets in scoring with 15.0 points per game. Essence Wells (5-10 junior guard, Irving, Texas) averages 8.8 points, and Kyla Duncan (5-10 freshman forward, Metairie, La.) averages 6.6. Mikayla Bates (5-7 senior guard, Baton Rouge, La.) leads the Nuggets with 5.4 rebounds per game and 51 steals.
The Gold Nuggets have made 186 3-pointers, breaking the school season record of 167 set in 2003-04 and tied in 2011-12.
The XULA-SUNO winner will meet fourth-seeded Edward Waters or fifth-seeded Philander Smith in the semifinals at 5 p.m. EST Saturday. The championship game will tip off at 2 p.m. EST Sunday. The tournament champion will receive the GCAC's automatic bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship March 13-19 at Billings, Mont.
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Burton named SIAC Baseball Player of the Week
BREAKING: Burton named SIAC Baseball Player of the Week: https://t.co/ebXiMInrIv#Tuskegee_RYS19 pic.twitter.com/St42IuD1UL
— Tuskegee Athletics (@MyTUAthletics) February 27, 2019
Tuskegee's ends season at SIAC Basketball Tournament
Tuskegee's men end season at SIAC Basketball Tournament #Tuskegee_RYS19 https://t.co/XfjvBll4xS
— Tuskegee Athletics (@MyTUAthletics) February 28, 2019
Mitchell Leads Five in Double Figures as CAU Defeats Central State
Mitchell Leads Five in Double Figures as CAU Defeats Central State https://t.co/sPlcBYcDMo
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
CAU Cheerleaders Win SIAC All-Female Cheerleading Championship
CAU Cheerleaders Win SIAC All-Female Cheerleading Championship https://t.co/35zIOsiqsk
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
CAU Lady Panthers Charge Back From Early Deficit, But Fall to Central State in Overtime
GREAT resilient effort by @CAU_WBasketball fell just short in @TheSIAC Tourney. But PROUD of our @CAU Lady Panthers! https://t.co/3WGbkYME8t@CAUAlumRelation @HometeamBleak @thecaupanther @CauaaDekalb @CAUChicago @atlcauaa @HBCUGameday @CAUTV23 @cauaa_ny @Jazz919WCLKatl— CAU Athletics (@caupanthers) February 27, 2019
A look back @CAU_WBasketball epic game with Central State last night in @TheSIAC Basketball Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. pic.twitter.com/tc5aAh5lVR— CAU Athletics (@caupanthers) February 28, 2019
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Chervelle Cox leads Central State to 86-79 overtime win over Clark Atlanta
#ICYMI - Chervelle Cox finishes with 27 points and 17 rebounds as CSU beats Clark Atlanta to advance in SIAC Tournament - https://t.co/QqJPLDlAaZ pic.twitter.com/F1AOfIzYEP— Central State Athletics (@GO_MARAUDERS) February 27, 2019
Central State women’s downs Clark Atlanta in overtime! #SIAC #AChampWillRise pic.twitter.com/GWnAKKRkdd— The SIAC (@TheSIAC) February 27, 2019
Chervelle Cox was 💰💰💰 in last night's win over CAU. The senior forward finished with a career high 27 points along with 17 rebounds and two blocks to help CSU advance in @TheSIAC tournament #WEareCSU #centralstate #NCAAD2 #SIAC #HBCU #Hoops pic.twitter.com/bNOos2Hoby— Central State Athletics (@GO_MARAUDERS) February 27, 2019
Check out highlghts from last night's win over Clark Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/18VM7o9FBi— Central State Athletics (@GO_MARAUDERS) February 27, 2019
FVSU Wildcats Can’t Hold Game Two Lead, Fall to Barons
Wildcats Can’t Hold Game Two Lead, Fall to Barons https://t.co/2xz9zKVZ3d
— FVSU Sports (@FVSUATHLETICS) February 27, 2019
Close Game Results in 1-0 Loss for Albany State Baseball
Close Game Results in 1-0 Loss for Baseball https://t.co/AeBvVVLLHz
— Golden Ram Athletics (@ASUGoldenRams) February 27, 2019
Golden Rams Secure Ninth Place at Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricane Invitational
Golden Rams Secure Ninth Place at Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricane Invitational https://t.co/mYxVW9LYB7
— Golden Ram Athletics (@ASUGoldenRams) February 27, 2019
Lane Rallies To Beat Benedict, 86-84, In SIAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Lane Rallies To Beat Benedict, 86-84, In SIAC Men's Basketball Tournament https://t.co/5zEbKkBwhp— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) February 27, 2019
Halftime: @benedict_tigers 38, @LaneAthletics 31. #TheBestofBC #TheSIAC #AChampWillRise pic.twitter.com/qDPYHwIhbt— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) February 26, 2019
BC Lady Tigers Sweep Softball Pair From Shaw
Lady Tigers Sweep Softball Pair From Shaw https://t.co/JN02VJOOw6
— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) February 27, 2019
Final from Birmingham: Lane Dragons upset top seed Benedict Lady Tigers 74-61 in quarterfinals of The SIAC Tournament
Final from Birmingham: @LaneAthletics upset top seed @benedict_tigers 74-61 in quarterfinals of #TheSIAC tournament. Still a great season for Lady Tigers. pic.twitter.com/FgwBSp7FYJ
— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) February 28, 2019
Bowie State Cruises Past Broncos to a Quarterfinal Win at CIAA Tournament
Bowie State Cruises Past Broncos to a Quarterfinal Win at CIAA Tournament - Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association https://t.co/cQa5Jlu9uF
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
Defensive Effort Leads Top-Seeded Broncos to Win over Claflin
Defensive Effort Leads Top-Seeded Broncos to Win over Claflin - Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association https://t.co/yqLj9e86TA
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) February 28, 2019
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