JACKSON, Mississippi -- Wheeler Brown is out as Jackson State's director of athletics.
The university informed Brown of its decision to relieve him of his duties Friday afternoon, according to a source with direct knowledge of the events.
Brown was announced as director of athletics exactly two years ago and had one year remaining on a three-year contract.
He inherited a tumultuous situation after the departure of former athletic director Vivian Fuller and had a similarly tumultuous tenure in his two years on the job.
The department was forced to shutter both its women's and men's golf programs, and the jury is still out on Brown's sole major hire — Tiger football coach Tony Hughes. Hughes was considered a major coup for JSU upon his arrival, considering his wealth of ONTINUE READINGcollege coaching experience (albeit as an assistant), but is 6-16 in two seasons.
According to multiple sources, Brown was offered an alternative job inside the athletic department that would have paid him less money and made him an at-will employee instead of him having a contract. He declined.
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Monday, December 11, 2017
Bowl week for North Carolina A&T football: Three things to know
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — At last, it’s game week again for N.C. A&T.
The MEAC football champion Aggies (11-0) have started final preparations for their game against SWAC champ Grambling (11-1) at the Celebration Bowl at noon Saturday in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
A&T hasn’t played since closing an unbeaten regular season at home against N.C. Central on Nov. 18. That’s four weeks between games.
“It gave us an opportunity,” A&T coach Rod Broadway said last week, “to get guys healthy and rest up and focus on academics for a while. We had nine games in a row before we had an open date. So we needed a break, if only to get some guys back.”
Grambling, on the other hand, qualified for a second consecutive Celebration Bowl berth by beating Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship game. The Tigers have two weeks between games.
“I would rather have maybe a week in between, like we have,” Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs said. “Because we're coaching 18- to 23-year-olds, and it is very difficult to keep them focused. It’s a fight to keep them focused on what really matters and what’s important.”
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The MEAC football champion Aggies (11-0) have started final preparations for their game against SWAC champ Grambling (11-1) at the Celebration Bowl at noon Saturday in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
A&T hasn’t played since closing an unbeaten regular season at home against N.C. Central on Nov. 18. That’s four weeks between games.
“It gave us an opportunity,” A&T coach Rod Broadway said last week, “to get guys healthy and rest up and focus on academics for a while. We had nine games in a row before we had an open date. So we needed a break, if only to get some guys back.”
Grambling, on the other hand, qualified for a second consecutive Celebration Bowl berth by beating Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship game. The Tigers have two weeks between games.
“I would rather have maybe a week in between, like we have,” Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs said. “Because we're coaching 18- to 23-year-olds, and it is very difficult to keep them focused. It’s a fight to keep them focused on what really matters and what’s important.”
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GSU QB DeVante Kincade's legs adds another dangerous element inside red zone
GRAMBLING, Louisiana – Under Broderick Fobbs, Grambling State redesigned a name for itself on offense as “home run hitters.”
Especially in 2017, his team’s lineup all possesses the ability to score from anywhere on the field, and arguably redshirt senior quarterback DeVante Kincade hits in the cleanup spot. In two seasons as the G-Men’s trigger man, he’s piled up more than 6,000 yards of total yards and accounted for 62 total touchdowns.
The ability has always been there, but late this season, Kincade and the offensive coaching staff has re-established the 6-foot-1, 190-pound quarterback’s knack for creating plays with his feet inside or around the red zone.
Three weeks ago against Grambling’s biggest rival Southern in the Bayou Classic, Kincade jumpstarted the Tigers with a 9-yard touchdown through an empty middle of the field to give his team the early advantage. In the SWAC Championship Game versus Alcorn State a week later, the Dallas native rushed for two touchdowns, scoring the first touchdown of the game again but the second one making the highlight reel and showing off his athleticism with a spin move before sprinting to the pylon on the 27-yard score, putting GSU ahead, 31-10 in the second quarter.
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Sunday, December 10, 2017
Virginia State's Cannon named Lanier Award winner
ETTRICK, Virginia -- Virginia State senior tailback Trenton Cannon was honored with the Lanier Award, given to the top Division II/III or NAIA player in the state, after leading the Trojans (10-1) to a CIAA championship and playoff appearance.
Following Meadowbrook graduate Bryant Frazier, Cannon is the second consecutive Trojan to win the Lanier Award. The award is named after Willie Lanier, who played for Maggie Walker High School, Morgan State University and the Kansas City Chiefs and who also was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Cannon helped do the same at Virginia State on his way to the Lanier Award. He produced 245 all-purpose yards per game in carrying the Trojans to their first 10-0 start in school history.
Averaging 7.7 yards per carry, Cannon compiled 1,638 yards on the ground to lead the CIAA and scored 22 total touchdowns. He became Virginia State’s all-time leading rusher this season with 4,030 career yards.
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Following Meadowbrook graduate Bryant Frazier, Cannon is the second consecutive Trojan to win the Lanier Award. The award is named after Willie Lanier, who played for Maggie Walker High School, Morgan State University and the Kansas City Chiefs and who also was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Cannon helped do the same at Virginia State on his way to the Lanier Award. He produced 245 all-purpose yards per game in carrying the Trojans to their first 10-0 start in school history.
Averaging 7.7 yards per carry, Cannon compiled 1,638 yards on the ground to lead the CIAA and scored 22 total touchdowns. He became Virginia State’s all-time leading rusher this season with 4,030 career yards.
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Coach James Hill Jr. Wins 200th Career Game
Coach Hill has been at the helm of the VSU women's basketball program for the past eleven seasons. Hill currently holds a 200-125 overall coaching record. Before taking over the program at VSU, Hill served as assistant women's basketball coach at Shaw University from 2003-2006.
James Hill Jr., has elevated the women's basketball program since arriving on campus at Virginia State University in 2006. He has secured five 20 plus winning seasons since arriving at VSU, the most in VSU women's basketball school history. In 2013-14, Hill was recognized for a year of excellence where the women's basketball program held the best start to the season (11-0 record) in school history, longest winning streak (15 games), best record since 1988 (24-1), highest National Collegiate Athletic Association Ranking in School History (#10), ranked first in Historically Black Colleg53e and University out of all the NCAA Divisions, made an NCAA appearance and had the best basketball overall record (25-3) in VSU's men's and women's basketball history. Coach Hill was named the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Associations (CIAA) Coach of the Year three times and HBCU Mid-Major Coach of the Year twice.
Under Hill's leadership, the 2013-14 team were CIAA Northern Division Champions, three of his players were selected to the First Team All-Conference, and the Trojans were ranked no.1 in defense and 5th in the regional ranking. Coach Hill also received the Big House Gaines Award during the 2014-15 season. In 2015, Trojan women's basketball team claimed the CIAA Championship Title, while most recently Hill was named Coach of the Year by SportsTalk 1450 WCLM for the 2016-2017 season. Hill ensures that the team is well rounded in academic success and community outreach.
Under the leadership of James Hill Jr., The VSU Trojans finished its 2017 season with an impressive 22-8 overall record. The CIAA Co-Northern Division Champs finished the final game of the regular season (19-7, 11-5 CIAA) with a 69-50 victory over the Lady Lions of Lincoln University on the road. The Virginia State University women's basketball team secured its twentieth win of the season with an impressive 73-40 win over St. Augustine's University in the first round of the 2017 CIAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Bojangles Coliseum on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. In addition to a very impressive season the Virginia State University women's basketball team secured the 10th spot in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Atlantic regional rankings.
Virginia State University Head Women's Basketball Coach was inducted into the Shaw University's Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday, November 2, 2017. Coach Hill continues to add on to his long list of accomplishment with the start of the 2017-18 season as the Trojans remains undefeated!
Congratulations to Coach Hill on his monumental win!
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History repeats itself as Delaware downs Delaware State in women's basketball
NEWARK, Delaware -- Meeting for the first time in 10 years, Delaware and Delaware State followed a familiar pattern, despite the long layover, in their women’s basketball encounter Sunday.Delaware was dominant, putting together a 17-point first-quarter run that removed any mystery en route to an 84-49 victory in front of 1,311 at the Carpenter Center.
“That’s a good in-state win,” said first-year Delaware coach Natasha Adair.
Delaware has won all 10 meetings between the state’s lone Division I programs, and Sunday was the 25th anniversary of their first get-together on Dec. 10, 1992, in Dover.
Sophomore Samone DeFreese scored a game-high 19 points for Delaware. Nicole Enabosi’s 17 points and 11 rebounds comprised the junior’s eighth double-double this year and 29th of her career.
The Blue Hens (6-4) have won four of their last five and feel like they’ve found a groove.
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Texas Southern Lady Tigers turn away Northwestern State Demons for third straight win
ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana – The Lady Tigers of Texas Southern University jumped out to an insurmountable lead in the first quarter Saturday and never looked back as claimed a 56-43 win over Northwestern State.
Joyce Kennerson maintained her place as the nation's second-leading scorer after pouring in a game-high 28 points on 7-of-14 shooting. The junior from Port Arthur drained four out of her five 3-point tries and handed out a career-best eight steals.
Kaitlyn Palmer and Catherine Okwilagwe scored 10 points apiece for the Lady Tigers (4-4), who won their third straight game, and second over a Southland Conference opponent in as many contests. Okwilagwe's 10 points marked a career high, while Palmer matched a career high with three blocked shots.
Cheyenne Brown scored 15 points to lead Northwestern State (4-4).
The Lady Tigers return to action Sunday, Dec. 17, when they host Paul Quinn College at TSU's H&PE Arena. Tipoff has moved from its original start time to 7 p.m. to accommodate a Houston Cougars men's basketball game earlier that afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lady Tigers needed only one quarter to seize control of the game as they outscored Northwestern State 26-9 over the first 10 minutes. Palmer's 3-pointer with 8:43 remaining in the period broke a 2-2 tie and gave TSU a lead it would not relinquish for the duration of the game.
A 13-2 TSU run between the 7:14 and 2:10 marks of the opening period gave the Lady Tigers a commanding 21-6 lead. After NSU's Jocelyn Scott knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:56 remaining to cut the deficit to 21-9, the Lady Tigers finished by scoring the final five points of the first quarter.
The Lady Demons simply had no answer for Kennerson and Palmer in the first 10 minutes, as each player scored 10 points while shooting perfect from the field. Palmer was 4-of-4 from the field, while Kennerson shot 3-of-3; both players made both of their first-quarter 3-point tries.
A defensive struggle ensued in the second period as each team managed only four points apiece while combining to shoot 3-of-27 from the field. The second period was scoreless for more than four minutes until Kennerson's layup with 5:42 remaining gave the Lady Tigers their largest lead of the game at 28-9.
Northwestern State would close the gap to 10 points in the third quarter, only to see TSU pull away. A 6-0 run in the fourth quarter pulled the Lady Demons to within eight with 5:43 left in the final period, only to see the Lady Tigers again respond with four consecutive points of their own.
KEY POINTS
• The Lady Tigers won their sixth consecutive neutral-court game dating back to the 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament.
• Isis Lane pulled in a career-high 15 rebounds for the Lady Tigers, while guard Camille Mills hauled in 10 rebounds.
• The Lady Tigers shot 10-of-12 (83 percent) from the floor in the first period, and 10-of-39 (26 percent) for the remainder of the game.
• The win was the TSU's first-ever triumph over Northwestern State, which had won the three previous meetings between the two teams.
• The matchup marked the first time the Lady Tigers had faced Northwestern State since the 1986-87 season. The Lady Demons also swept a home-and-home series from TSU during the 1983-84 season.
• Kennerson pushed her career point total to 1,073 points. She is only 71 points away from tying Darlene Hale (1978-82) for seventh place on the TSU's all-time scoring list.
• The game was played at Alexandria's Rapides Parish Coliseum, approximately 50 miles from the Northwestern State campus, as part of the men's and women's basketball teams' CenLa Showdown. The NSU men hosted nearby Division III opponent Louisiana College.
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Joyce Kennerson maintained her place as the nation's second-leading scorer after pouring in a game-high 28 points on 7-of-14 shooting. The junior from Port Arthur drained four out of her five 3-point tries and handed out a career-best eight steals.
Kaitlyn Palmer and Catherine Okwilagwe scored 10 points apiece for the Lady Tigers (4-4), who won their third straight game, and second over a Southland Conference opponent in as many contests. Okwilagwe's 10 points marked a career high, while Palmer matched a career high with three blocked shots.
Cheyenne Brown scored 15 points to lead Northwestern State (4-4).
The Lady Tigers return to action Sunday, Dec. 17, when they host Paul Quinn College at TSU's H&PE Arena. Tipoff has moved from its original start time to 7 p.m. to accommodate a Houston Cougars men's basketball game earlier that afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lady Tigers needed only one quarter to seize control of the game as they outscored Northwestern State 26-9 over the first 10 minutes. Palmer's 3-pointer with 8:43 remaining in the period broke a 2-2 tie and gave TSU a lead it would not relinquish for the duration of the game.
A 13-2 TSU run between the 7:14 and 2:10 marks of the opening period gave the Lady Tigers a commanding 21-6 lead. After NSU's Jocelyn Scott knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:56 remaining to cut the deficit to 21-9, the Lady Tigers finished by scoring the final five points of the first quarter.
The Lady Demons simply had no answer for Kennerson and Palmer in the first 10 minutes, as each player scored 10 points while shooting perfect from the field. Palmer was 4-of-4 from the field, while Kennerson shot 3-of-3; both players made both of their first-quarter 3-point tries.
A defensive struggle ensued in the second period as each team managed only four points apiece while combining to shoot 3-of-27 from the field. The second period was scoreless for more than four minutes until Kennerson's layup with 5:42 remaining gave the Lady Tigers their largest lead of the game at 28-9.
Northwestern State would close the gap to 10 points in the third quarter, only to see TSU pull away. A 6-0 run in the fourth quarter pulled the Lady Demons to within eight with 5:43 left in the final period, only to see the Lady Tigers again respond with four consecutive points of their own.
KEY POINTS
• The Lady Tigers won their sixth consecutive neutral-court game dating back to the 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament.
• Isis Lane pulled in a career-high 15 rebounds for the Lady Tigers, while guard Camille Mills hauled in 10 rebounds.
• The Lady Tigers shot 10-of-12 (83 percent) from the floor in the first period, and 10-of-39 (26 percent) for the remainder of the game.
• The win was the TSU's first-ever triumph over Northwestern State, which had won the three previous meetings between the two teams.
• The matchup marked the first time the Lady Tigers had faced Northwestern State since the 1986-87 season. The Lady Demons also swept a home-and-home series from TSU during the 1983-84 season.
• Kennerson pushed her career point total to 1,073 points. She is only 71 points away from tying Darlene Hale (1978-82) for seventh place on the TSU's all-time scoring list.
• The game was played at Alexandria's Rapides Parish Coliseum, approximately 50 miles from the Northwestern State campus, as part of the men's and women's basketball teams' CenLa Showdown. The NSU men hosted nearby Division III opponent Louisiana College.
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