JSU Derica Wiggins joins 1,000 point club as Lady Tigers beat Philander Smith

JACKSON, Mississippi – The Jackson State women’s basketball team defeated the Philander Smith Lady Panthers 88-56 Saturday evening at the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center on the Jackson State campus.

JSU senior guard Derica Wiggins joined the JSU 1,000 point club en route to scoring a game high 19 points. Wiggins, who wen 7-20 from the field and was a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line, led a balanced JSU scoring effort. Christina Ellis added 13 points on 6-10 shooting from the field and Mariah Cauhryn-Smelser added 12 points and five rebounds. Katie Hunt just missed out on a double-double as she finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. Chelsea Causey led JSU’s rebounding efforts as she finished with a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with seven points. Oshaela Gray scored seven points and recorded a game high seven steals.



Terralyn Dominick led Philander Smith with 18 points.

JSU used a solid defensive effort to beat the Lady Panthers, holding Philander​ Smith to 29.5 percent shooting from the field and 26.7 percent from three point range. JSU shot 42.2 percent from the field.

The Lady Tigers turned 30 Philander Smith turnovers into 36 points. JSU dominated in the paint scoring 52 points and allowing only 15. The Lady Tigers bench also came through, scoring 48 points.



FINAL STATS

Philander Smith led for only 55 seconds in the game.

Next Up: JSU returns to action Monday, Jan. 1 to face Alabama State in the SWAC opener at the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center on the JSU campus.

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First Coast Battle of the Bands & MLK Celebration - Jan.13, 2018

JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- First Coast Battle of the Bands welcomes six of the nations top college marching bands to Jacksonville to include Florida A&M University Marching 100, Bethune Cookman University Marching Wildcats, South Carolina State University Marching 101, Talladega College Marching Tornadoes, Tuskegee University Crimson Pipers and Edward Waters College Triple Threat. Also participating in this event are local high school marching bands from Raines H.S., Ribault H.S., Lee H.S. and many more; plus national entertainment.

This is a all age family event and kids 5 and under are FREE.

Where: Hodges Stadium University of North Florida
Time: Gates Open at 12:00 Noon; ShowTime Starts at 1:00 PM Sharp!
MORE Information: www.JaxBattleofTheBands.com

Discount Tickets available until 1/1/18  --GET TICKETS

2017 Tennessee State University OVC Basketball Media Day Highlights -- #RoadtoEvansville

EVANSVILLE, Indiana -- Head Tennessee State University Basketball Coaches Dana Ford and Jessica Kern attend OVC Media Day in Evansville, Indiana in November.  

The 2017/18 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Media Guide is now available for downloading at: Download Complete Guide - PDF File (7 MB)



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The Ohio Valley Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by VisitMyrtleBeach.com, will be held February 28 through March 3, 2018 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The Ford Center, which opened in 2011, is an 11,000-seat arena located in the core of Evansville’s downtown district. The 290,000-square foot facility is the region’s center for sports and entertainment.

Each week leading up to the OVC Championships, we will hear from OVC head coaches who reflect on their favorite tournament memories, what makes tournament basketball special and the excitement of playing in the Ford Center for the first time.




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Southern and Texas Southern, the SWAC's top teams, to meet in Houston to begin league play

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- There’s not much time to waste. At least not for the heavyweights.

With the turn of the new year, Southwestern Athletic Conference play is here, and it will begin with the steamiest, and arguably best, bout the conference has to offer. If you've followed the preseason's polling, it could be the decider between the conference's best and runner-up.

Texas Southern and Southern, picked to finish No. 1 and No. 2 by the SWAC’s coaches and sports information directions in October’s preseason poll, begin 2018 with a New Year’s Day duel at 8 p.m. in Houston. The game, which will be televised on ESPNU, will begin a two-month stretch of SWAC-on-SWAC action until the league's tournament begins in early March.

Ahead of Southern in second, Texas Southern was picked to repeat as SWAC champion by the leagues following a 16-2 SWAC run in 2016-17 and a third conference tournament victory in the past four seasons.

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Dillard University Bleu Devils Hires IWU's Derek Gay as Head Track & Field Coach

HEAD COACH DEREK GAY
DILLARD UNIVERSITY
TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Following a lengthy nationwide search, Dillard University Athletics has hired Indiana Wesleyan University's Derek Gay as its head track & field and cross country coach. Gay will replace longtime Bleu Devils coach Bobby Williams, who announced his resignation prior to the start of the cross country season.

Gay brings a wealth of experience to the job, formerly serving as assistant track & field coach for sprints, men's & women's 400 and 400-hurdles and heptathalon, as well as strength and conditioning coordinator for distance athletes for the Wildcats. A 2011 graduate of Indiana Wesleyan (Marion, Indiana), Gay competed in the high jumps and intermediate hurdles. Gay was instrumental in the team's overall success during his active years, with the Wildcats' men's track and field team winning the Crossroads League Championship in both 2010 and 2011, and the men's and women's cross country teams wining in 2010.

Dillard's new track & field and cross country coach will have large shoes to fill. Head Coach Williams, a graduate of the University of New Orleans who competed for the Privateers, in 2012 brought the Bleu Devils their first GCAC men's track & field championship since 2010. Williams also produced a number of NAIA All-Americans under his leadership, including the widely successful 2012 men's 1600-meter relay team and women's 400-meter relay teams, which placed 4th and 8th in the nation, respectively.

Gay will assume his duties as Bleu Devils coach in January.

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Taylor Roberts Named OVC Freshman of the Week

NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Tennessee State University women’s basketball forward
Taylor Roberts was named the adidas OVC Freshman of the Week for the fourth time on Tuesday.

Roberts continued her impressive rookie season with a career-high 27 points in TSU’s last game versus Marshall. She helped the Lady Tigers erase a 31-point deficit and hold the opponent to only 22 second half points.

The Oklahoma City, Okla. native made 10-of-11 free-throws and tallied five rebounds in the game. She also recorded two steals and one assist.

This is Roberts’ fourth OVC Freshman of the Week award.

TSU returns to action on Dec. 28 when the Lady Tigers open OVC play at UT Martin. Game time is set for 3 p.m. in Elam Center.

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