TURKEY DAY CLASSIC BUZZ --Tuskegee at Alabama State
WHAT: Tuskegee (9-1) at Alabama State (7-3)
WHEN: Thursday, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Alabama State's new stadium
TV: The game will be televised live on ESPNU
LINE: None
THIS GAME WILL DETERMINE: Technically, nothing. Tuskegee, the Southern
Intercollegiate Conference champion, will go on to to the Pioneer Bowl on
December 1st and Alabama State's season is over regardless of the outcome. But
it's the 89th annual meeting between the Division II Tuskegee and FCS
Alabama State, making it a perfect kickoff to rivalry weekend.
Tuskegee's lone loss came in a 7-6 game against Alabama A&M, the
Hornets', arch-nemesis, in Week 1. Alabama State beat the Bulldogs by 18 in the
Magic City Classic. Tuskegee has downed Miles and Stillman, which owns a victory
against Concordia-Selma. So, if there were a state black college championship
game, it'd be this. And all that's not to mention the fact, the Hornets are
opening their new $62-million on-campus stadium to cap off their homecoming week
with the oldest classic game in all of black college football.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
HU's Rose works toward next season, awaits sit-down with A.D.
HAMPTON, Virginia -- Donovan Rose walked off the field at Morgan
State last Saturday a winner for just the third time all season, a small
consolation in as frustrating a year as he has experienced in football.
Yet when Hampton University's head coach reflected on the 2012 season, the message to his players came from one week earlier, after the Pirates lost yet another close game in which they contributed to their own downfall — at Delaware State.
"I told them: Remember this feeling, so you do what's necessary never to feel it again," Rose said. "When we do what we're supposed to do and play the type of football that you're coached and deliver, it's all going to take care of itself.
Hampton U. (3-7) concluded its worst season since going 2-9 in 1991, the final year of the Fred Freeman Era and when the athletic program was firmly planted in Division II and the CIAA.
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Yet when Hampton University's head coach reflected on the 2012 season, the message to his players came from one week earlier, after the Pirates lost yet another close game in which they contributed to their own downfall — at Delaware State.
"I told them: Remember this feeling, so you do what's necessary never to feel it again," Rose said. "When we do what we're supposed to do and play the type of football that you're coached and deliver, it's all going to take care of itself.
Hampton U. (3-7) concluded its worst season since going 2-9 in 1991, the final year of the Fred Freeman Era and when the athletic program was firmly planted in Division II and the CIAA.
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The CI: Shakeup in coaching ranks
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- It’s firing season for football
coaches.
Virginia State fired head coach Andrew Faison after 11 seasons. Faison finished with a record of 58-53 but his Trojans struggled to challenge North Division heavyweights Elizabeth City State and Bowie State.
In the South Division, Livingstone has fired Elvin James, according to Football Scoop, a website that tracks coaches on the collegiate and professional levels. The site said the school was scheduled to name a replacement on Nov. 19.
Fayetteville State cut ties with Kenny Phillips earlier this month after 13 seasons. Phillips led the Broncos to their best stretch in school history, going 75-63 mark during his tenure with three CIAA championships and three appearances in the Division II playoffs. FSU has reassigned Phillips, who still has a year remaining on his contract, to other duties.
Programs and coaches with CIAA ties haven’t been immune from pink ...
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Virginia State fired head coach Andrew Faison after 11 seasons. Faison finished with a record of 58-53 but his Trojans struggled to challenge North Division heavyweights Elizabeth City State and Bowie State.
In the South Division, Livingstone has fired Elvin James, according to Football Scoop, a website that tracks coaches on the collegiate and professional levels. The site said the school was scheduled to name a replacement on Nov. 19.
Fayetteville State cut ties with Kenny Phillips earlier this month after 13 seasons. Phillips led the Broncos to their best stretch in school history, going 75-63 mark during his tenure with three CIAA championships and three appearances in the Division II playoffs. FSU has reassigned Phillips, who still has a year remaining on his contract, to other duties.
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Forward progress at JCSU
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- After finishing above .500 and second in the
CIAA South, Johnson C. Smith football has a definitive goal: Compete for the
division title in 2013.
The Golden Bulls (6-4, 5-2 CIAA) have enough ingredients to at least improve on its 2012 record, which took a hit with upset losses to West Virginia State and Lincoln. They rebounded from a 2-4 record to win four straight to beat preseason expectations of the league’s coaches, who predicted a fifth-place finish in the six-team CIAA South.
JCSU coach Steve Aycock is looking to leverage the Golden Bulls’ consecutive winning seasons – which last happened in 1973 – as a selling point with recruits.
“We’ve had a few guys come in and visit with us that’s excited about what we’re doing,” he said. “We just hope people look at since we’ve taken over as head coach and brought the staff in that Johnson C. Smith is a team on the rise.”
Although Winston-Salem State is the undisputed king of the CIAA, JCSU returns enough personnel to perhaps contend for a spot in the NCAA Division II playoffs or Pioneer Bowl.
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The Golden Bulls (6-4, 5-2 CIAA) have enough ingredients to at least improve on its 2012 record, which took a hit with upset losses to West Virginia State and Lincoln. They rebounded from a 2-4 record to win four straight to beat preseason expectations of the league’s coaches, who predicted a fifth-place finish in the six-team CIAA South.
JCSU coach Steve Aycock is looking to leverage the Golden Bulls’ consecutive winning seasons – which last happened in 1973 – as a selling point with recruits.
“We’ve had a few guys come in and visit with us that’s excited about what we’re doing,” he said. “We just hope people look at since we’ve taken over as head coach and brought the staff in that Johnson C. Smith is a team on the rise.”
Although Winston-Salem State is the undisputed king of the CIAA, JCSU returns enough personnel to perhaps contend for a spot in the NCAA Division II playoffs or Pioneer Bowl.
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No revenge for Jackson State in UAPB rematch
JACKSON, Mississippi -- When Jackson State players return to campus next Tuesday to begin
preparations for Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the Dec. 8 SWAC championship game, there
will be no talk of revenge.
UAPB (9-2, 8-1 SWAC) was the last team to beat the Tigers, gashing JSU (7-4, 7-2) for a season-high 319 yards on the ground in a 34-24 win in October.
JSU has won five straight since that loss on a soggy night in Arkansas.
“That was a game ago,” JSU coach Rick Comegy said. “This is a brand new ballgame. We can reflect back on things we did wrong, but I don’t think we need to reflect back in a way of revenge. That takes away from play.
“I think we just go to go in there and play solid football and do what we do best and not worry about any type of revenge,” Comegy said.
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UAPB (9-2, 8-1 SWAC) was the last team to beat the Tigers, gashing JSU (7-4, 7-2) for a season-high 319 yards on the ground in a 34-24 win in October.
JSU has won five straight since that loss on a soggy night in Arkansas.
“That was a game ago,” JSU coach Rick Comegy said. “This is a brand new ballgame. We can reflect back on things we did wrong, but I don’t think we need to reflect back in a way of revenge. That takes away from play.
“I think we just go to go in there and play solid football and do what we do best and not worry about any type of revenge,” Comegy said.
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Road trip tests Florida A&M Rattlers
TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The road that FAMU has traveled so far hasn’t been an
easy one and it’s getting tougher with every stop that the men’s basketball team
makes. The Rattlers’ next stop comes tonight at the University of Arkansas.
During the next 10 days, they’ll travel to Las Vegas for a tournament, then play at Jacksonville before coming home for a Dec. 1 game against Bethune-Cookman University at the Lawson Center.
Being away from home against teams from the Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC has presented some challenges, the biggest of them for coach Clemon Johnson being finding ways to keep his players’ confidence up. The Rattlers (0-3) go into every game as underdogs and, with the exception of a five-point loss to Houston, the games haven’t been close.
Things could have been much easier for the Rattlers against less powerful opponents, but with a financially strapped athletic department the financial guarantee take precedent.
“What I have to do is keep convincing those guys that this (playing against bigger programs) isn’t how it’s going to be for the entire year,” Johnson said Monday night before a team practice.
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FAMU MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE -2012
During the next 10 days, they’ll travel to Las Vegas for a tournament, then play at Jacksonville before coming home for a Dec. 1 game against Bethune-Cookman University at the Lawson Center.
Being away from home against teams from the Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC has presented some challenges, the biggest of them for coach Clemon Johnson being finding ways to keep his players’ confidence up. The Rattlers (0-3) go into every game as underdogs and, with the exception of a five-point loss to Houston, the games haven’t been close.
Things could have been much easier for the Rattlers against less powerful opponents, but with a financially strapped athletic department the financial guarantee take precedent.
“What I have to do is keep convincing those guys that this (playing against bigger programs) isn’t how it’s going to be for the entire year,” Johnson said Monday night before a team practice.
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FAMU MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE -2012
Date | Opponent | Location | Time (ET) | Results | |||
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Thu, Nov 01 | Albany State (Exhibition) | Tallahassee, Fla. | 7 p.m. | ||||
Fri, Nov 09 | Houston | at Houston, Texas | 12 p.m. | 76 - 81 (L) Final STATS |
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Tue, Nov 13 | Stetson | at DeLand, Fla. | 7 p.m. | 66 - 88 (L) Final STATS |
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Sun, Nov 18 | Arizona State | at Tempe, Ariz. | 2 p.m. | 70 - 97 (L) Final STATS |
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Tue, Nov 20 | Arkansas | at Fayetteville, Ark. | TBA |
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Fri, Nov 23 | Longwood | at Las Vegas, Nev. | TBA | ||||
Sat, Nov 24 | Presbyterian/Longwood/Cornell | at Las Vegas, Nev. | TBA | ||||
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Thu, Nov 29 | North Florida | at Jacksonville, Fla. | 7 p.m. | ||||
Sat, Dec 01 | Bethune-Cookman * | Tallahassee, Fla. | 6 p.m. | ||||
Tue, Dec 04 | Edward Waters College | Tallahassee, Fla. | 7 p.m. | ||||
Sat, Dec 08 | Allen University | Tallahassee, Fla. | 4 p.m. | ||||
Sat, Dec 15 | Clemson | at Clemson, S.C. | TBA | ||||
Tue, Dec 18 | Texas Tech | at Lubbock, Texas | TBA | ||||
Sat, Dec 29 | Georgia | at Athens, Ga | TBA |
Gaston-Loyd's late basket gives XU 46-45 victory against LSUS
NEW ORLEANS -- Whitney Gaston-Loyd's basket with 6.3 seconds remaining Monday lifted Xavier University of Louisiana to a 46-45 women's basketball victory against LSU-Shreveport at the Convocation Center.
Gaston-Loyd, with 13 points, was the only double-figure scorer for the Gold Nuggets (3-1), who are ranked 11th in NAIA Division I.
Xavier outscored the Lady Pilots (3-1), ranked 19th, 9-3 after Sharde Henry's free throw gave LSUS a 42-36 lead with 6:44 remaining. Gaston-Loyd scored the Nuggets' final four points, including a basket at 2:10 which gave them their first lead in more than 13 minutes.
Henry scored 15 points and Jenna Diakos 13 for LSUS, and Victoria Smith had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Henry missed a running 3-pointer from the right side with two seconds remaining, and Diakos, who grabbed the rebound, could not beat the buzzer with a final shot.
Danielle Tucker had eight points and a season-best nine rebounds for Xavier, and Carmen Holcombe had a season-high seven points, a career-high-tying two blocked shots and a career-best four steals.
LSUS outshot Xavier 37.8 to 30.8 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Nuggets 42-38. Xavier got 33 points from its bench and had a 20-5 advantage in points off turnovers.
Angelica Alexander's basket gave Xavier its largest lead, 19-8, at 9:58 of the first half. Smith tied the score at 22 with two free throws,, and Tucker's basket with three second remaining gave the Nuggets a 24-22 halftime advantage.
Smith's basket with 16:59 remaining gave LSUS its first lead, 28-27.
Xavier will play NAIA No. 14 Langston at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Xavier Classic at the Convocation Center. It will be the Nuggets' third consecutive game against a ranked opponent. The other games Thursday will match Wiley against Tuskegee at 3 p.m. and Texas College against Dillard at 5 p.m.
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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TSU Men's Basketball Knocks Off South Alabama, 68-57
ATLANTA, Georgia -- The
Tennessee State men's basketball team notched its first win of the season with a
68-57 victory over the Jaguars of South Alabama.
Junior guard Patrick
Miller led the Tigers in points, assists and steals with 14, eight
and four, respectively.
Miller also had five of TSU's 46 rebounds. The
Tigers had 15 more rebounds than their opponents.
TSU
won the tip and within three seconds Covington had his first points of the game.
The bucket set the tone early for the Tigers, as they started the game on a 13-2
run.
During the run, guards Jay
Harris and Patrick Miller combined for 11 of the team's
points. Harris was 3-3 in the stretch with a three-pointer.
South Alabama's Mychal Ammons got the Jaguars
within six at 16-10 with a strong drive in the lane. The layup was just two of
his half-high nine points during the period.
The
Tigers kept a large cushion through the next seven minutes, and eventually went
up by nine when a missed three by Jordan
Cyphers was tip-slammed home by Michael
Green.
A
layup from Kellen
Thornton with 2:30 left in the first period gave the Tigers a
13-point lead- their biggest of the half.
Another layup from Thornton made the score 36-24
in favor of TSU heading into the break.
TSU
shot 45 percent from the floor during the first half which was nearly 15 points
higher than its season average.
USA
came out strong to start the second period and went on an 11-2 run to cut the
TSU lead to three. The Tigers were 0-6 from the field during the run.
With
the lead down to just a couple, the Tigers came roaring back with a 13-4 run
that was sparked by a pair of buckets from Robert
Covington.
Covington finished the game with nine points and
a team-high 10 rebounds.
After a bucket by South Alabama made the
score 51-43, the TSU defense held pat and didn't allow the Jaguars to make a
field goal for the next nine minutes.
During those nine minutes, DeShawn
Dockery drained a three and Miller assisted Rhett on an alley-oop.
Those scores, plus a handful of others, allowed TSU to extend its lead to as
many as 21 with just minutes to go in the game.
USA
ended the game on a 10-0 run, but it wasn't nearly enough, as TSU walked away
with an eleven-point victory.
The
Tigers will turn right around and play Georgia State tomorrow at 7 p.m. TSU then
wraps up the week with a game against Monmouth on Wednesday at 11
a.m.
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Coleman and Morgan Named Eddie Robinson Award Finalists
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff head coach Monte Coleman and Mississippi Valley State University head coach Karl Malone were selected as one of the 20 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, presented annually by the Sports Network to the top coach in FCS football.
The announcement was made Monday, November 19, 2012. The winner of the Eddie Robinson Award along with the other postseason honors will be announced at the FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation on Dec. 17 in Philadelphia. All 13 FCS conferences have at least one coach on the list.
Coach Coleman led the Golden Lions to the best regular-season record in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (9-2 overall and 8-1 conference). UAPB ran away with the West Division title and earned a spot in the conference championship game on December 8th in Birmingham, Ala. The Golden Lions will face Eastern Division champion, Jackson State. UAPB finished the regular season with six straight wins.
Under the direction of Morgan, the Delta Devils finished with a 5-6 record including a 5-4 record in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. The win total is one more than their combined total from 2009-11. In his third season as head coach, Morgan's squad ranked fourth in the FCS in total defense during the regular season.
A panel of about 160 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries will select the Robinson Award winner, which is presented by The Sports Network.
The Eddie Robinson Award is awarded annually to college football's top head coach in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). The award was established by The Sports Network in 1987 and is voted upon by the division's sports information directors and selected sports writers. The award is named for Eddie Robinson, the College Football Hall of Fame coach, who retired in 1997 after 56 years at Grambling State University.
Along with the Walter Payton Award and Buck Buchanan Award, it is presented the night before the annual NCAA Division I Football Championship. All three awards are named after former players and coach of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
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The announcement was made Monday, November 19, 2012. The winner of the Eddie Robinson Award along with the other postseason honors will be announced at the FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation on Dec. 17 in Philadelphia. All 13 FCS conferences have at least one coach on the list.
Coach Coleman led the Golden Lions to the best regular-season record in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (9-2 overall and 8-1 conference). UAPB ran away with the West Division title and earned a spot in the conference championship game on December 8th in Birmingham, Ala. The Golden Lions will face Eastern Division champion, Jackson State. UAPB finished the regular season with six straight wins.
Under the direction of Morgan, the Delta Devils finished with a 5-6 record including a 5-4 record in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. The win total is one more than their combined total from 2009-11. In his third season as head coach, Morgan's squad ranked fourth in the FCS in total defense during the regular season.
A panel of about 160 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries will select the Robinson Award winner, which is presented by The Sports Network.
The Eddie Robinson Award is awarded annually to college football's top head coach in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). The award was established by The Sports Network in 1987 and is voted upon by the division's sports information directors and selected sports writers. The award is named for Eddie Robinson, the College Football Hall of Fame coach, who retired in 1997 after 56 years at Grambling State University.
Along with the Walter Payton Award and Buck Buchanan Award, it is presented the night before the annual NCAA Division I Football Championship. All three awards are named after former players and coach of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
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Rush can't handle Payne in first Convocation Center loss
NEW ORLEANS -- Guy Payne made 5-of-6 3-pointers and scored 34 points Monday to
lead William Carey in a 78-68 men's basketball victory against NAIA No. 19
Xavier University of Louisiana.
It was the first loss in six games for Xavier (6-1) in its Convocation Center, which opened Nov. 3.
Payne, a 6-foot-6 junior forward in his first season at William Carey (5-0), was 12-of-15 from the floor and 5-of-8 from the line in 29 minutes. He entered the game averaging 9.3 points. Payne scored 20 points in the second half.
Jeremiah Dunnings scored 17 points and Donzedrick Smith 11 for the Crusaders, who took the lead for good at 25-22 on a Dunnings 3-pointer at 5:02 of the first half. William Carey led 35-31 at halftime and 48-32 after Smith's basket with 13:35 remaining.
Wanto Joseph scored 18 points and Anthony Simmons 17 for Xavier, and Denzell Erves had 12 points and 11 rebounds in his fifth double-double of the season and second in a row.
Gary Smith's basket in the 12th minute gave Xavier its final lead, 18-16.
Xavier outshot William Carey 48.1 to 42.6 percent from the floor, but the Crusaders outrebounded the Gold Rush 40-27. Xavier entered the game with a plus-13.2 rebound margin. Xavier made 12-of-17 free throws after attempting an average of 30.7 in its first six games.
William Carey played without two starters, one injured and the other suspended, and snapped Xavier's 13-game home win streak. It was the third XU loss in its last 51 non-conference home games.
It was the second victory in three nights against a ranked opponent for William Carey, which won 79-76 at home Saturday against NAIA No. 6 Southern Poly.
Xavier will play Concordia (Ala.) at. 2 p.m. Friday and Wiley at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Memphis HBCU Classic at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
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By Ed Cassiere, SID
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
It was the first loss in six games for Xavier (6-1) in its Convocation Center, which opened Nov. 3.
Payne, a 6-foot-6 junior forward in his first season at William Carey (5-0), was 12-of-15 from the floor and 5-of-8 from the line in 29 minutes. He entered the game averaging 9.3 points. Payne scored 20 points in the second half.
Jeremiah Dunnings scored 17 points and Donzedrick Smith 11 for the Crusaders, who took the lead for good at 25-22 on a Dunnings 3-pointer at 5:02 of the first half. William Carey led 35-31 at halftime and 48-32 after Smith's basket with 13:35 remaining.
Wanto Joseph scored 18 points and Anthony Simmons 17 for Xavier, and Denzell Erves had 12 points and 11 rebounds in his fifth double-double of the season and second in a row.
Gary Smith's basket in the 12th minute gave Xavier its final lead, 18-16.
Xavier outshot William Carey 48.1 to 42.6 percent from the floor, but the Crusaders outrebounded the Gold Rush 40-27. Xavier entered the game with a plus-13.2 rebound margin. Xavier made 12-of-17 free throws after attempting an average of 30.7 in its first six games.
William Carey played without two starters, one injured and the other suspended, and snapped Xavier's 13-game home win streak. It was the third XU loss in its last 51 non-conference home games.
It was the second victory in three nights against a ranked opponent for William Carey, which won 79-76 at home Saturday against NAIA No. 6 Southern Poly.
Xavier will play Concordia (Ala.) at. 2 p.m. Friday and Wiley at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Memphis HBCU Classic at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
B-CU's Jenkins among finalists for Eddie Robinson Award
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida -- The two coaches in Saturday's Football Championship Subdivision playoff game
at Municipal Stadium were both named finalists Monday for the Eddie Robinson
Award, given to the FCS national coach of the year.
Bethune-Cookman's Brian Jenkins and Coastal Carolina's Joe Moglia were among
20 coaches whose names will appear on the award ballot.
B-CU (9-2) will host Coastal Carolina (7-4) in a first-round playoff game at 2 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium.
“Obviously this is an extreme honor to be named a finalist for an award of this magnitude,” Jenkins said. “This award not only shows the hard work of a head coach, his staff and players throughout the year, but also the hard work and dedication of a man for whom the award is named.
“Not only was (former Grambling State coach) Eddie Robinson an inspiration to me, but he paved the way for African-American coaches like myself and many more to reach new heights in the college football coaching ranks.”
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B-CU (9-2) will host Coastal Carolina (7-4) in a first-round playoff game at 2 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium.
“Obviously this is an extreme honor to be named a finalist for an award of this magnitude,” Jenkins said. “This award not only shows the hard work of a head coach, his staff and players throughout the year, but also the hard work and dedication of a man for whom the award is named.
“Not only was (former Grambling State coach) Eddie Robinson an inspiration to me, but he paved the way for African-American coaches like myself and many more to reach new heights in the college football coaching ranks.”
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Tuskegee RB Derrick Washington a Finalist for Harlon Hill Trophy
#2 DERRICK WASHINGTON TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY TIGERS |
The 2012 SIAC Football Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year, Washington, is one of eight finalists selected from a field of 24 candidates within the four Super Regions across Division II. The finalists were selected by the NCAA Division II sports information directors during regional voting and will now be placed on the national ballot where 155 of the division's SIDs will select the award's 27th winner.
In his first and only season at Tuskegee, Washington, a transfer from University of Missouri, has been the lightning rod for Tuskegee's 9-1 record this year. As the seventh overall rusher in the nation, the Raymore, Missouri native, led the conference in rushing with 1,399 yards and 13 touchdowns while leading Tuskegee to its 26th SIAC Football Championship. He also averaged 8.1 yards per carry and rushed for more than 100 yards in six games, while running for 200-plus yards three times this season. In his last two outings, Washington rushed for 208 yards against Miles and 224 yards against Fort Valley State in the SIAC Championship game.
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WSSU's Sabb was ready when his time came
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- During his three seasons at Winston-Salem State, Coach Connell Maynor has
quietly built a deep football team that can withstand injuries.
That depth came in handy in the CIAA championship game earlier this month, when offensive lineman Michael Page went down with a broken leg. As redshirt sophomore Michael Sabb trotted onto the field to take Page’s place, he wasn’t nervous.
“I was more concerned with how Michael was doing because I knew it wasn’t good when he went out,” said Sabb, who missed all of last season because of hip surgery. “I hate to see anybody go down — especially with him because he’s a senior and now his career is over.”
But the Rams’ season is not over. Sabb, who is from Raleigh, will be counted on to help a productive offensive line continue to be consistent. WSSU is averaging 44 points a game this season.
The Rams (11-0) had a cohesive five-man offensive line that knew the system very well. Other than Winston Hill, who went down early with a season-ending injury, the line was healthy — the same five players started the last 10 games. That will change Saturday when the Rams take on Shippensburg at noon at Bowman Gray Stadium in a second-round Division II playoff game.
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That depth came in handy in the CIAA championship game earlier this month, when offensive lineman Michael Page went down with a broken leg. As redshirt sophomore Michael Sabb trotted onto the field to take Page’s place, he wasn’t nervous.
“I was more concerned with how Michael was doing because I knew it wasn’t good when he went out,” said Sabb, who missed all of last season because of hip surgery. “I hate to see anybody go down — especially with him because he’s a senior and now his career is over.”
But the Rams’ season is not over. Sabb, who is from Raleigh, will be counted on to help a productive offensive line continue to be consistent. WSSU is averaging 44 points a game this season.
The Rams (11-0) had a cohesive five-man offensive line that knew the system very well. Other than Winston Hill, who went down early with a season-ending injury, the line was healthy — the same five players started the last 10 games. That will change Saturday when the Rams take on Shippensburg at noon at Bowman Gray Stadium in a second-round Division II playoff game.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Jackson State wins SWAC Volleyball Tournament Crown
JACKSON, Mississippi -- Jackson
State University captured back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference
tournament titles after defeating Alabama A&M University, 3-1, on Sunday in
the Lee Williams Athletics and Assembly Center.
The Lady
Tigers won their 22nd straight match on the year using set scores of 23-25,
25-23, 25-19, and 26-17, for their second overall SWAC tournament
crown.
SWAC
Tournament MVP, Christine Edwards, powered JSU (24-11) with a match high, 28
kills, while finishing with nine digs. Mikayla Rolle tacked on 10 kills and
Jenna Siddiqui paced JSU with 44 assists. The Lady Tigers defense totaled 12.5
blocks with Angelica Kelley recording 11 digs to help the back line.
Clairissa
Moore led AAMU (12-20) with a double-double, 18 kills and 14 digs. Savannah
Blackiston finished with 10 kills and Ashley Forman dished out 41 assists. Mary
Carmen-Aponte gathered 13 digs to lead the Lady Bulldogs.
Jackson State receives the automatic qualifier bid to the 2012
NCAA Volleyball Tournament to face an opponent to be announced
during the NCAA.com Selection Show. The show will be televised on ESPNU on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 3 p.m.
CST.
2012 Southwestern
Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team
April Brown (Mississippi Valley)
Breanna McNeil (Prairie View)
Kelsey Espinosa (Prairie View)
Rachel Smith (Alabama State)
Mona Reed (Texas Southern)
Michelle Williams (Southern)
Mikayla Rolle (Jackson State)
Clairissa Moore (Alabama A&M)
Christine Edwards (Jackson State)
Ashley Foreman (Alabama A&M)
Paige Williams (Jackson State)
Tournament
MVP
Christine Edwards (Jackson State)
Coach of the
Year
Rose Washington (Jackson State)
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UMES wins in five-set thriller over Florida A&M to earn berth in the NCAA Tournament
BALTIMORE, Maryland -- Just like last season, Saitaua Iosia's 25th kill in the fifth set against
Florida A&M at the P.E. Complex at Coppin State solidified UMES's
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title. UMES defeated Florida A&M in five
sets (25-16, 25-21, 18-25, 14-25, 15-12) to repeat as conference champions and
earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
First Team All-MEAC Ndidi Ibe (North Richland Hills, Texas) got UMES going in the first set with a pair of kills. A Maline Vaitai (Salt Lake City, Utah) ace tacked on a point for an opening 3-0 run.
After a Katherine Huanec kill, Iosia earned her first kill, followed by an Ibe ace for a 5-1 UMES lead. The Hawks and Rattlers started trading points as UMES stayed ahead, but FAMU got within two 12-10. Ibe came on strong again with a kill and ace, then an Iosia kill built the UMES lead to five. After a FAMU point, Iosia added a pair of kills to push the Hawks up six, later getting a 3-0 run started by an Iosia kill and ace for a 20-12 advantage. Two late kills by Ibe, and a Vaitai ace to end the game, helped UMES get a 25-16 set one win. Ibe was a perfect 6-6 on kills in the first set, adding two aces.
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"The girls believe no matter what," said head coach Don Metil describing the team's fifth set, "In years past
I have had teams that get down, but this team adapted quickly."
UMES improves to 28-5, the highest amount of victories
UMES has had in a season since 2003 when the Hawks went 26-12. Florida A&M
drops to 14-10 on the year.
Iosia (Long Beach, Calif.) finished with 25 kills in the
match, the same amount as last year's title match against FAMU, with 15 digs.
She was honored as the Most Outstanding Performer in the MEAC Tournament for the
second straight season after earning 60 kills, 10 aces and 32 digs combined in
the three matches.
"I was told I wasn't going to play this season," said
Iosia, "I was devastated, and [when I learned I would play] it was a big
motivation, and it was great to be out there."
In addition, Victoria Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) earned a place on
the All-Tournament team after earning 15 kills against FAMU and 48 in the
tournament with a .513 hitting percentage.
"[Victoria] is a fantastic player, she performed fantastic
this weekend, and we needed her to be successful this weekend, and she did; we
had more than one Most Outstanding Player," said Metil about Williams.
Metil was chosen as the Most Outstanding Coach in the
tournament after leading UMES to its second straight MEAC Championship.
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First Team All-MEAC Ndidi Ibe (North Richland Hills, Texas) got UMES going in the first set with a pair of kills. A Maline Vaitai (Salt Lake City, Utah) ace tacked on a point for an opening 3-0 run.
After a Katherine Huanec kill, Iosia earned her first kill, followed by an Ibe ace for a 5-1 UMES lead. The Hawks and Rattlers started trading points as UMES stayed ahead, but FAMU got within two 12-10. Ibe came on strong again with a kill and ace, then an Iosia kill built the UMES lead to five. After a FAMU point, Iosia added a pair of kills to push the Hawks up six, later getting a 3-0 run started by an Iosia kill and ace for a 20-12 advantage. Two late kills by Ibe, and a Vaitai ace to end the game, helped UMES get a 25-16 set one win. Ibe was a perfect 6-6 on kills in the first set, adding two aces.
"As a senior, you always wonder if this is the last time
you'll be out there," said Ibe after the match, "but it was a great feeling to
be out there and win it."
At 1-1 in the second set, Ibe again got UMES started with
a kill and ace, adding a point with a Diana Gonzalez attack error for a 4-1
Hawks lead. Following a pair of exchanges, a Corey Haynes (Falls Church, Va.) kill, Williams kill and
Iosia ace pushed the score to 8-3 UMES. FAMU responded with a 3-0 run, capped by
a Karol Marquez ace, to pull within two. At 11-8 Hawks, the Rattlers won five of
the next six points, including two Maria Ceccarelli kills, to take a 13-12 lead.
UMES countered by taking four of the next five to go up 16-14. The teams battled
some more, tying the set up at 17 and later 18. UMES took command, building on
an Ibe and Vaitai combo block and following up with a Vaitai ace and Gonzalez
setting error for a 21-18 UMES lead. The Hawks did not trail again by less than
two, as late kills by Iosia, First Team All-MEAC Jessie Vicic (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) and Williams
helped the Hawks win 25-21 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
The third set started back and forth as the two teams tied
early 4-4. A pair of UMES errors gave FAMU an early 6-4 advantage. At 9-6
Rattlers, a Vicic dump kill and Ibe solo block on a Pamela Barrera attack pulled
UMES within one. FAMU went back up by three, and again the Hawks got to within
one on an Iosia kill and Ibe ace. But off Ceccarelli's serving, FAMU went on a
4-0 run to go up 15-10. UMES kept getting countered on points until at 19-13,
UMES took the next four points off Haynes's serving to get within two 19-17. But
that is as close as UMES got, as the Rattlers won six of the final seven points
to take set three 25-18.
FAMU continued its strong play into the next set, as the
Rattlers started up 5-2, capped by a Ceccarelli ace. Following an Iosia kill,
three straight Yeisha Arcia kills built Florida A&M's lead to five 8-3. At
10-5, a couple of FAMU errors and two Ibe kills got UMES back within two 11-9.
But the Rattlers responded with a 4-0 run, including two kills and a block from
Ceccarelli, to go up 15-9. UMES could not get back, as at 17-12, a UMES attack
error and Marquez's serving gave FAMU a 5-0 run for a 22-12 Rattlers advantage.
Florida A&M won the set 25-14 to force a fifth set tiebreaker.
UMES came into this match perfect in five-set matches this
year, something that Metil relayed to his team before the tiebreaker set.
"We said to the team that we are 7-0 [in five-setters],
and we said that FAMU does not make a lot of changes, and we were ready for
them," said Metil.
At 1-1 in the fifth set, a Barrera service error gave UMES
the lead. On Vicic's serving, the Hawks earned kills from Williams, Iosia and
Williams again to surge ahead 5-1. Following an exchange of points, a 3-0 FAMU
run capped by an Arcia kill pulled FAMU within one 6-5, later to 7-6. Vaitai
earned a sideout on a kill, and after the switching of sides, Ibe got an
unassisted kill, followed by a Vaitai kill for a 10-6 UMES advantage. Kills from
Arcia and Ceccarelli pulled the Rattlers back to within two, but a Vaitai kill
put the score at 11-8. FAMU again got to within one after taking three of the
next four points. But Iosia came through once more with two straight kills to
give UMES match point at 14-11. FAMU defended once on a Ceccarelli kill, but in
the exact same rotation and setup as last year's match-winner, Iosia delivered
the championship-winning kill to give UMES a 15-12 set five win and second
straight MEAC title.
UMES, now 8-0 in five-set matches this season, hit .280 in
the match, including at least .414 in sets won today and .033 or below in games
fallen, also contributing 11 service aces.
Ibe also had a strong match against FAMU, finishing with
12 kills, four aces and a team-high three blocks. Vicic concluded with 57
assists, three kills and five digs. Jingqiao Li (Beijing, China) had a team-high 12 digs,
while Megan Mueller (Manchester, Mo.) had nine. Vaitai finished
with eight kills, three aces and six digs, while Haynes had two kills, two
assists, an ace and a block.
Ceccarelli led the Rattlers with 16 kills and six digs.
Arcia also had 16 kills, adding seven digs. Huanec finished with nine kills and
three digs.
The Hawks will find out where they will play next Sunday
during the NCAA Selection Show on ESPNU.
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XU's Pieri, Mead are Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes
MATT PIERI |
JAVON MEAD |
The XU runners are among 203 men to receive that honor this season. It's the second consecutive year that Pieri has received it, and it's Mead's first time.
Student-athletes are nominated by their institution's head coach, must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved junior academic status to qualify for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
Pieri is a senior from
New Orleans and a graduate of Brother Martin High School. The pharmacy major is
a two-time Gulf Coast Athletic Conference individual champion (2010, 2012) and
the GCAC career record-holder with 13 runner of the week awards. Mead, a junior
from Baton Rouge, La., and a graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, is an
accounting major and a three-time All-GCAC runner. He finished fifth Oct. 20 at
the GCAC Championships.
Both Xavier teams will compete Saturday in the season-ending NAIA National Championships at Vancouver, Wash. The 5,000-meter women's race will begin at 10:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. New Orleans time), followed by the men's 8,000-meter race at 11:45 a.m. PST. This will be Pieri's third appearance at nationals and Mead's second.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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It'll be a busy Saturday for 5 XU teams, 3 in postseason
Both Xavier teams will compete Saturday in the season-ending NAIA National Championships at Vancouver, Wash. The 5,000-meter women's race will begin at 10:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. New Orleans time), followed by the men's 8,000-meter race at 11:45 a.m. PST. This will be Pieri's third appearance at nationals and Mead's second.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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Georgetown eliminates Nuggets in NAIA opening round
Griffins give Gold Nuggets a rare home defeat
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It'll be a busy Saturday for 5 XU teams, 3 in postseason
Tennessee State women's basketball hosts Big 12 member Kansas State
GAME NOTES | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE AUDIO | LIVE STATS
GAMEDAY
After nearly a week off, the Tennessee State University women's basketball team will return to the Gentry Center to host Big 12 member Kansas State in non-conference action on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Game time is slated for 7 p.m.
After nearly a week off, the Tennessee State University women's basketball team will return to the Gentry Center to host Big 12 member Kansas State in non-conference action on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Game time is slated for 7 p.m.
COVERAGE
TSU vs. Kansas State will be streamed live on www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com. The radio broadcast can be heard at TSURadio.com while live stats will be available to follow at tsutigers.com.
TSU vs. Kansas State will be streamed live on www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com. The radio broadcast can be heard at TSURadio.com while live stats will be available to follow at tsutigers.com.
THE LADY TIGERS AT A
GLANCE
The Lady Tigers are coming off a, 59-43, road loss to South Alabama last Monday. With the loss, TSU fell to 1-1 on the season. After just two games, senior Simone Hopes has emerged as the scoring leader for the Lady Tigers with an average of 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Chelsea Hudson is averaging 8.5 boards per outing.
The Lady Tigers are coming off a, 59-43, road loss to South Alabama last Monday. With the loss, TSU fell to 1-1 on the season. After just two games, senior Simone Hopes has emerged as the scoring leader for the Lady Tigers with an average of 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Chelsea Hudson is averaging 8.5 boards per outing.
As a
team, TSU is averaging 47.5 points per outing while shooting 31.9 percent from
the field and 0.83 percent from beyond the arc. TSU is currently shooting only
48.6 percent from the free-throw line while committing an average of 22.0
turnovers per game.
TSU
averages 39.0 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 14.0 steals per game.
LAST TIME OUT
Tennessee State played South Alabama tough for most of the game but suffered through a scoring drought that ultimately led to the Lady Tigers falling to the Jaguars, 59-43, on the road. Alana Morris led TSU in scoring as none of the Lady Tigers scored in double-digits. Chelsea Hudson pulled down nine rebounds while Jasmin Shuler recorded five steals in the contest.
Tennessee State played South Alabama tough for most of the game but suffered through a scoring drought that ultimately led to the Lady Tigers falling to the Jaguars, 59-43, on the road. Alana Morris led TSU in scoring as none of the Lady Tigers scored in double-digits. Chelsea Hudson pulled down nine rebounds while Jasmin Shuler recorded five steals in the contest.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
Kansas State is off to a 2-0 start this season. The Wildcats have home wins over Idaho State (62-54) and most recently Arkansas- Pine Bluff (89-55).
Kansas State is off to a 2-0 start this season. The Wildcats have home wins over Idaho State (62-54) and most recently Arkansas- Pine Bluff (89-55).
Against UAPB, K-State had five players to score
in double-digits led by Brittany Chambers' 15 points. Brianna Craig tallied 13
followed by Ashia Woods, Haley Texada and Ashlynn Knoll who each chipped in 10
each.
After two games, the Wildcats average 75.5
points and 36.0 rebounds per game while shooting 44.4 percent from the field.
Chambers leads the team with 18.5 ppg while Texada (10.5 ppg) and Craig (10.0
ppg) round out the top three scorers for K-State. Woods is the team's leading
rebounder with 8.5 caroms per outing.
TSU vs. KANSAS
STATE
Tennessee State and Kansas State will meet for only the second time in the program's history. Kansas State leads the series, 1-0. Kansas State claimed the only meeting between the two teams, 72-58, during the 1999-2000 season.
Tennessee State and Kansas State will meet for only the second time in the program's history. Kansas State leads the series, 1-0. Kansas State claimed the only meeting between the two teams, 72-58, during the 1999-2000 season.
UPCOMING
SCHEDULE
Tennessee State will remain on the road for a three-game swing in Montana. The Lady Tigers will face Idaho and Montana in the Lady Griz Classic (Nov. 30-Dec.1) before matching up with Montana State on Dec. 3. TSU will then have a nearly a two week break before hosting Cleveland State on Dec. 16 in the Gentry Center.
Tennessee State will remain on the road for a three-game swing in Montana. The Lady Tigers will face Idaho and Montana in the Lady Griz Classic (Nov. 30-Dec.1) before matching up with Montana State on Dec. 3. TSU will then have a nearly a two week break before hosting Cleveland State on Dec. 16 in the Gentry Center.
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Virginia Union’s Dave Robbins excelled with a hard-nosed style
COACH DAVE ROBBINS 2012 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY (1978-2008) NCAA D-II National Championships: 1980, 1992, 2005 |
Now, about 34 years and three NCAA Division II championships later, that fact is an undeniable part of the legacy of Robbins, the first white coach in the history of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which is composed of historically black colleges and universities.
“Until people started writing about it, I had no idea I was the first white coach in the conference,” said Robbins, who took part in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday. “I didn’t know, and it didn’t matter.”
Indeed. Robbins employed a hard-nosed style — the same one he used as a high school coach before he got the college job — to guide Virginia Union to a 713-194 record, 14 CIAA championships and 21 NCAA tournament appearances in 30 seasons as the coach.
But Robbins insists he didn’t have this much success — or even make the transition — on his own. He credits scores of assistants and players, and singles out former star Keith Valentine — whom Robbins guided to a state championship in high school — for helping to grease the skids with Virginia Union’s players, at least initially.
“He, probably more than anyone else, (helped),” Robbins said. “The word was, he told people ‘You’re not going to like this guy’s ways, but if you listen to him, we’ll win.’ ”
And win they did. In 1980, with Valentine and Robbins on board, Virginia Union captured its first D-II national championship.
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If not for FAMU, we would all be poorer
University leads the way in civil rights, professional programs, sports, history
and more
TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- If there had been no University of Chicago or University of California-Berkeley, maybe the nation would have fewer Nobel Prizes. If there had been no University of Pennsylvania or M.I.T., maybe the nation would have fewer titans of business.
But if there had been no Florida A&M University, the city of Tallahassee, the state of Florida and the nation would have been a poorer place in many ways. Because over the course of its 125 years, FAMU has been one of the nation’s leading producers of opportunity for black citizens — which has benefited us all.
FAMU was a place blacks could get a college education in the days before integration. It has been a university where blacks learned the professional skills that created a more diverse workforce. It’s been a university that helped everyone to share in the American dream.
“In a very significant way, the existence of FAMU provided the opportunity to say, ‘How wonderful could we be when everybody has the ability to compete and live equally,’ ” said Frederick Humphries, the FAMU president from 1985 to 2001. “Without a FAMU, the wherewithal in terms of human resources to make a more productive, more diverse society would not have been possible.”
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- If there had been no University of Chicago or University of California-Berkeley, maybe the nation would have fewer Nobel Prizes. If there had been no University of Pennsylvania or M.I.T., maybe the nation would have fewer titans of business.
But if there had been no Florida A&M University, the city of Tallahassee, the state of Florida and the nation would have been a poorer place in many ways. Because over the course of its 125 years, FAMU has been one of the nation’s leading producers of opportunity for black citizens — which has benefited us all.
FAMU was a place blacks could get a college education in the days before integration. It has been a university where blacks learned the professional skills that created a more diverse workforce. It’s been a university that helped everyone to share in the American dream.
“In a very significant way, the existence of FAMU provided the opportunity to say, ‘How wonderful could we be when everybody has the ability to compete and live equally,’ ” said Frederick Humphries, the FAMU president from 1985 to 2001. “Without a FAMU, the wherewithal in terms of human resources to make a more productive, more diverse society would not have been possible.”
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