OAKLAND, California -- Former Fort Valley State University Wildcat Marquette King, currently playing punter for the Oakland Raiders, is the current league leader in the NFL for punt average.
Through the first three games of the regular season, King, in his second season and first year as the Raiders starting punter, is averaging 50.7 yards on 12 punts this season.
In his last game, a 37-21 loss to the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football, King averaged 52.5 yards on six punts and had a long of 66 yards. The Raiders play the Washington Redskins Sunday at home with a 4:25 p.m. kickoff time.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Alabama A&M claims a 12-10 victory over Texas Southern
NORMAL, Alabama – It wasn't pretty and it wasn't the best way to win but it was a win as the Alabama A&M football team claimed 12-10 victory over the Tigers of Texas Southern Saturday evening.
Although Jaymason Lee started the game at quarterback it took Brandon Wells to win the contest as he scored the game winning run. Lee went nine of 23 for 90 yards while Wells finished two of three for 33 yards. Montaurius Smith caught seven balls for 52 yards to lead A&M in the receptions category. Running back Barrington Scott rushed the ball 22 times for 85 yards setting up Brandon Eldemire who carried the ball six times for 85 yards and a touchdown. Free safety A.J. Clark led the team in tackles with nine and a tackle for loss.
The scoring got started after Scott rushed the ball nine times allowing Eldemire to break free for a 64 yard strike for his longest of the year. A&M went up 6-0 after the extra point was missed by Jordan Puente.
The Tigers would get points on the board after a 14 play 69 yard drive that ended with a 35 yard field goal to end the first half with AAMU up 6-3.
The scoring didn't get started again until the fifth drive of the third quarter when Texas Southern scored a six-yard touchdown to give them a 10-6 lead at end of the third quarter.
With the contest on the line and the visitors up by four, head coach Anthony Jones decided he seen enough of Lee and put in Brandon Wells, broken finger and all, to give the Bulldogs another dimension on offense. Wells, with running ability, ran the ball for 13 yards on two carries and threw the ball for 33 yards on two of three passing to give AAMU their chance to win the game with an eight play 49 yard drive that saw Wells rush for a four yard TD to give A&M a 12-10 lead and eventually the win.
"Wells came in and did some things the right way and got us the go ahead touchdown," mentioned Jones.
"We won the game and our main objective was to score one more point than the other team. We achieved that objective, Thank God," said Jones. "We did some good things but we just didn't do enough. We threw the ball and got into point blank range but came up with nothing. What I'm hoping for better play by our team.
"We wanted to win the game and we did enough to do that," Jones recalled. We are not making proper decisions on offense or defense. We are missing check downs and blocks. We have to do better in all aspects of the game."
A&M will have their opportunity to do just that as Mississippi Valley visits "The Hill" on Saturday, Oct. 5 for Homecoming 2013. Game time is set at 1:00 p.m. at Louis Crews stadium.
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NSU report | Spartans stick with just one QB this time
BALTIMORE, Maryland -- If Tyler Clark did enough Saturday to be handed the starting quarterback job at Norfolk State, that's not the way he wants it.He said he'd rather keep earning it.
Clark completed 18 of 28 passes for 125 yards and a pair of touchdowns during NSU's 27-21 MEAC win at Morgan State, becoming the first Spartans quarterback to play a game from start to finish this season.
A former star at Grassfield High in Chesapeake, Clark has split time at the position with fellow sophomores Omari Timmons and Malik Stokes.
Coach Pete Adrian, with the exception of last week, hasn't even publicly named a starter before kickoff, hoping that the mystery would fuel competition.
And competition, apparently, is what Clark wants. Asked whether he thought he'd made a case for keeping the job Saturday, his answer came quickly.
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2 doubles teams, 1 singles player reach semifinals for XU
Flowers, a sophomore seeded fifth in singles, defeated Georgia Gwinnett's Luma Schwab 7-5, 6-3 and Auburn Montgomery's Chanel Cunningham 6-1, 6-3. Flowers will play Brenau's second-seeded Dominika Jasova in the semifinals at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Flowers and Kourtney Howell, the No. 1 doubles seed, advanced when Belhaven's Ainsley Wright and Elizabeth Chrestman retired with Xavier leading 5-0. Flowers and Howell will play their semifinal match against Georgia Gwinnett's Rocio Fernandez and Victoria Svennson after the singles semifinals.
All matches, four in the championship round, will be played Sunday at the XU Tennis Center.
Advancing in men's singles was the undeeded XU team of Jordan Harrell and Nikita Soifer. They beat Belhaven's Daniel Prado and Ignacio Osse 8-3 and Belhaven's Andre Almeida and Enrico Patriarca 8-6. Harrell and Soifer will play AUM's top-seeded Nicolas Pinones and Miguel Grifol after the singles semifinals.
All four singles semifinals in the main draw will begin at 9 a.m.
Both consolation singles champions were crowned. AUM's Maria Vargas defeated Belhaven's Mary Lichlyter 9-7 in the women's final, and XU freshman Tushar Mandlekar won the men's title after receiving default victories in the final two rounds.
Belhaven's long-standing policy of prohibiting intercollegiate competition on Sundays caused it to forfeit two semifinal matches -- one an all-Belhaven matchup -- in the men's consolation singles and another in men's doubles. Tournament officials denied a Belhaven request to complete the matches early next week by traveling to the site of its opponents.
Mandlekar won three times Saturday to reach the semifinals and dropped just one game. He beat Point's Anthony Tucker 8-0, William Carey's Emmanuel Lacko 8-0 and Belhaven's Tomas Ojeda 8-1.
Georgia Gwinnett's unseeded Erik Moberg upset AUM's top-seeded Pinones 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 1-0 (10-8) in the quarterfinals. The only seeded men's singles player remaining is AUM's No. 7 Grifol, who advanced after a 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3) victory against Georgia Gwinnett's second-seeded Bruno Tiberti.
AUM's Jade Curtis, the No. 1 seed in women's singles, advanced after dropping one game in two victories. Curtis and Cunningham, seeded second in doubles, won twice.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
WSSU rolls past Virginia Union 55-15
RICHMOND, Virginia - Different season, more of the same for Winston-Salem State.
The Rams, the two-time defending CIAA champions, opened their conference season with another convincing win. This time, it was a 55-15 romp against Virginia Union in front of 2,000 at Hovey Field on Saturday afternoon.
The performance was vintage WSSU, jumping out to a big lead and coasting from there.
“We have to come out early and show people that we are the same Rams,” said Coach Connell Maynor of the Rams, whose team rolled up 509 yards and scored four touchdowns on their first five possessions. “We are going to fight for 60 minutes.”
It wasn’t much of a fight. The Panthers (0-4) were intent on crowding the line of scrimmage on defense —and quarterback Rudy Johnson of the Rams took advantage.
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The Rams, the two-time defending CIAA champions, opened their conference season with another convincing win. This time, it was a 55-15 romp against Virginia Union in front of 2,000 at Hovey Field on Saturday afternoon.
The performance was vintage WSSU, jumping out to a big lead and coasting from there.
“We have to come out early and show people that we are the same Rams,” said Coach Connell Maynor of the Rams, whose team rolled up 509 yards and scored four touchdowns on their first five possessions. “We are going to fight for 60 minutes.”
It wasn’t much of a fight. The Panthers (0-4) were intent on crowding the line of scrimmage on defense —and quarterback Rudy Johnson of the Rams took advantage.
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Tennessee State Tigers Sink CSU Marauders, 73-6
ST. LOUIS, Missouri –- The Tennessee State football team scored its most points in nearly 15 years and defeated the Marauders of Central State, 73-6, in Saturday’s Gateway Classic.
The Tigers tallied a season-high 539 yards in the rout, including 311 yards on the ground. TSU’s 539 yards were the most for the team since its 76-0 drubbing of UT Martin on Oct. 24, 1998.
CSU, meanwhile, only managed 180 yards, the second fewest yards TSU has allowed all year.
Tennessee State scored touchdowns on 10 of its 13 possessions and its longest drive lasted a mere 4:08.
TSU got on the scoreboard early, as a mishandled punt by CSU on its opening possession set up the Tiger offense at the Marauder four-yard line. Two plays later, Broughton found the end zone to put TSU up, 7-0.
The Marauders had more trouble on special teams during their next possession as Big Blue blocked a punt to give its offense great field position, this time at the CSU 41. It took TSU three plays to score a touchdown on its ensuing drive, and German ended it with a 31-yard pass to Wesley Samuels.
The Marauders had more trouble on special teams during their next possession as Big Blue blocked a punt to give its offense great field position, this time at the CSU 41. It took TSU three plays to score a touchdown on its ensuing drive, and German ended it with a 31-yard pass to Wesley Samuels.
TSU led 14-0 after just 5:21 of game time and would not look back.
The Tigers had a total of four touchdowns during the first quarter including a 20-yard run by Broughton and a 15-yard wide receiver reverse to Ryan Mitchell.
Broughton finished the day with 108 yards on 13 carries – all of which came in the first half.
Tennessee State averaged 11.8 yards per play during the game’s first 15 minutes and led 28-0.
CSU finally found the end zone on its first series of the second quarter as Michael Wilson capped off a 15-play drive with a touchdown. However, Steven Godblot III broke up the ensuing two-point conversion, making the score 28-6 in favor of the Tigers.
The Tigers marched right back down the field on their following possession and Mitchell scored his second touchdown of the game, this time via a 25-yard pass from German. German’s second touchdown put Big Blue ahead, 35-6, with 9:17 to go before halftime.
A perfectly executed naked bootleg on TSU’s next series had German rolling to his right and finding A.C. Leonard wide open for a 30-yard touchdown. Tennessee State faked a kick on the ensuing point after and Holt Claiborne completed a pass to Samuels for two points, making the score 43-6.
TSU drove 46 yards down the field on its last possession of the first half, but German fumbled the ball going into the end zone. CSU recovered and ran out the remaining 28 seconds and went into halftime trailing, 43-6.
Tennessee State had 289 yards of total offense during the first two quarters and held CSU to 106 – 87 of which came on the Marauders’ lone scoring drive.
German was a perfect 8-for-8 during the first half for 159 yards and three scores. German hit five different receivers during the first 30 minutes, but his favorite target was Leonard who hauled in three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown.
Ronald Butler came into the game at quarterback to start the third period and he orchestrated a 5-play, 53 yard drive that ended in a 30-yard touchdown to Mitchell. On the scoring play, Mitchell beat his man, but Butler’s pass was underthrown. Two CSU players touched the ball in the air, but Mitchell came down with it, making the score 50-6.
Mitchell had a career-day, scoring a personal-best two touchdowns. The junior finished the game with two catches for 63 yards.
After CSU was forced to punt, a 32-yard punt return by Weldon Garlington set up the Tennessee State attack at the Marauder 44-yard line. Eight plays later, Adam Davenport scored his first career touchdown off of a 14-yard pass from Butler. The play made the score 57-6 with 6:39 to play in the third quarter.
TSU got on the board again before the third quarter ended as Chris Sanders-McCollum scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard pass in the back of the end zone with a pair of defenders draped all over him. Butler’s third touchdown of the period put TSU up 64-6 to begin the fourth.
Butler finished the day 5-of-8 for 69 yards and three touchdowns. Butler and German combined to complete 13-of-16 for 226 yards and six touchdowns
The two coaches agreed upon a 12-minute fourth quarter, but it didn’t slow down TSU.
The Tigers added nine points during the final period – a 63-yard rushing touchdown from Darion Hall and a safety.
With his nine points, Godfrey tied TSU legend and current coach Mike Jones for third on the school’s all-time scoring list with 258 career points.
TSU will return home and to conference play next weekend when the club squares off against Southeast Missouri on Sept. 28 at LP Field at 6 p.m.
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XU Gold Nuggets again put the clamp on Edward Waters
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Taylor Reuther's 13 kills, Jodi Hill's career-high eight kills and freshman Destiny Jackson's first three aces of her collegiate career helped the Gold Nuggets (11-7, 3-0) extend their win streak to five. Xavier has won 31 in a row against GCAC opponents since the start of the 2011 season.
Edward Waters' 28 points are the second-fewest allowed by Xavier. Seven of the Gold Nuggets' top 14 defensive performances have occurred against the Lady Tigers. Xavier allowed its fewest-ever points in a second set.
Xavier's hitting percentage is its second highest since resuming the program in 2010. Hill hit .667 -- the best this season by an XU player with a minimum 10 attempts -- Reuther hit .550, and Chinedu Echebelem successfully converted all six of her attacks.
Hill and Reuther had two kills apiece in a 7-0 run to start the match. Xavier had eight- and nine-point runs in the second set.
Latavia Graham led Edward Waters (5-11, 0-6) with four kills.
Xavier limited the Lady Tigers to an .027 attack percentage and had advantages of 40-14 in kills, 8-2 in aces and 41-22 in digs. Jodi Chatters led Xavier with nine digs, and Echebelem had eight.
Jackson, in her most extensive playing time of the season, served back-to-back aces in the second set and also produced two assists and five digs.
Xavier will stay on the road and play another GCAC match at Talladega at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Gold Nuggets' next home matches will be next Saturday at the Convocation Center -- 1 p.m. against GCAC and city rival Dillard, then 4 p.m. against St. Thomas (Texas).
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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