GREENSBORO, N.C. — A 27-game losing streak and 30-75 record since last winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title in 2003 is no longer a topic of discussion at North Carolina A&T.
An 11-game losing streak to arch-rival South Carolina State and, more importantly, two seasons of NCAA probation for low Academic Progress Rate scores, are also in the past for the Aggies. What’s relevant now to the players and fan base is a 3-0 overall record with victories over Southern Conference opponents Appalachian State and Elon University and MEAC foe Howard and the third-longest active winning streak in Football Championship Subdivision play (7) dating back to last season.
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Yet despite having orchestrated a revival of “Aggie Pride,” head coach Rod Broadway is not ready to concede his program has truly turned the corner.
“I don’t know if we’re around that corner,” he said during Tuesday’s weekly MEAC teleconference. “The steering wheel is still far to the left. We’re still turning. We’re not the program that we need to be to be successful. I think we’re making progress and I think we’re getting better. You can’t get too carried away with winning three ball games.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
NCCU Eagles Visit Howard Bison for First Time Since 1995
DURHAM, North Carolina -- North Carolina Central University head coach Dwayne Foster along with senior fullback Gabe Smith (Washington, D.C.) chat with the local media prior to NCCU's first conference matchup against the Bison of Howard University. The Eagles (2-2) will look to get league play started off strong against Howard as kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. from Greene Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Tune in to the Denny's of Durham Pregame Show at 12:30 p.m. as play-by-play voice of the NCCU Sports Network Chris Hooks and color analyst Kyle Serba count listeners down to the 18th meeting between the Bison and the Eagles.
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GAME NOTES: NCCU EAGLES vs. HOWARD UNIVERSITY BISON
THE KICKOFF
Saturday, October 5, 2013 – Kickoff at 1:00 p.m.
THE SITE
William H. Greene Stadium (7,086 capacity/Artificial Grass) - Washington, D.C.
THE RECORDS
N.C. Central (2-2 overall, 0-0 MEAC); Howard (1-3 overall, 0-1 MEAC)
MEDIA COVERAGE
Audio: NCCU Sports Network mobile app (iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, Kindle Fire HD); "GameCentral" at NCCUEaglePride.com (audio internet stream). Broadcast starts at 12:30 p.m. (Chris Hooks, play-by-play).
QUICK HITS
• NCCU begins the first of eight straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games.
• Saturday will be NCCU's first trip to Howard since 1995 (Sept. 16) when the Eagles defeated the Bison 37-32.
• NCCU interim head coach Dwayne Foster is a native of Washington, D.C., and made his name on the high school level in his hometown as the head coach of his alma mater Archbishop Carroll High School from 1997-2003. At Archbishop, Foster received coach of the year honors by the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Committee in 1998.
• Four Eagles - Gabe Smith, Kevin Staton, Kevin Thompson and Aaron Wallace - list their hometown as Washington, D.C., while seven Eagles hail from the state of Maryland.
• NCCU true freshman cornerback Michael Jones (Baltimore, Md.) is tied as the national leader with four interceptions and leads the MEAC with seven total passes defended.
• NCCU senior linebacker Tazmon Foster (Henderson, N.C.), who amassed 17 tackles versus No. 4 Towson in the Eagles' last outing on Sept. 21, leads the MEAC with 46 tackles.
THE SERIES
This will be the 18th meeting between the Eagles and the Bison. Howard leads the series with NCCU, 9-7-1. The last meeting was on Sept. 16, 1995 in Washington, D.C., with NCCU beating the Bison 37-32 to snap a six-game Howard winning streak dating back to 1975.
NCCU ROOKIE JONES TIED AS NATIONAL LEADER IN INTERCEPTIONS
NCCU true freshman cornerback Michael Jones collected two interceptions against Charlotte and another versus No. 4 Towson to increase his season total to four picks, which ties the Baltimore, Md., native for the lead in the NCAA Division I-FCS ranks.
NCCU'S FOSTER NAMED MEAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
North Carolina Central University senior linebacker Tazmon Foster was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 23) for his outstanding performance against No. 4 Towson University in week four. Foster, a 5-10, 215-pound native of Henderson, N.C., amassed a career-high 17 tackles (eight solo) along with a forced fumble during the 35-17 setback to the nationally-ranked Tigers. His 17 takedowns are the most by an Eagle in 10 years. The last to reach that standard was Luis George, who tallied 17 stops on Oct. 18, 2003 against Fayetteville State. On the season, Foster has racked up 46 tackles, an average of 11.5 hits per game, to lead the MEAC. In just 12 games with the Eagles, the linebacker has totaled 126 tackles and has two touchdowns to his credit with fumble and interception returns to the end zone.
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ASU Hornets Hit the Field to Prepare for Texas Southern
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State University hit the practice field for their weekly night practice session Tuesday, to begin preparations for the upcoming game against Texas Southern in Houston Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m.
The team has spent the past two days looking at film of Texas Southern, and even though they have been through some adversity in the first part of the season it doesn't show in their play.
"They are really athletic and have great size," Head Coach Reggie Barlow said. "Offensively it is another big offensive line and they have three running backs that are very elusive. They are not big guys, but they are extremely fast and quick."
"They have a quarterback that is a scrambler and keeps plays alive. He does a lot with his legs and that is going to present a challenge for us along the defensive front."
Texas Southern has long been known for their tough defenses and this year is no different. They gave up only 12 points last week in a 12-10 loss at Alabama A&M.
"Defensively they have a lot of talent with great size," Barlow said. "In the secondary, these are long kids, 6'-2", 200 pounds, that are really good. They have a really good cornerback and one of their safeties is extremely good and will come down and hit you."
"They are playing a lot of guys on the defensive line which means they have good depth. So it will be a challenge. They were right in the game with A&M (Alabama) and lost it there at the end with a missed field goal. They will be ready to play and will be excited about the opportunity of having us come down there. It will be another big test for us."
The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be televised live in the Houston area on KHOU. It will be shown tape delay Tuesday, Oct. 8 at noon on Comcast SportsNet (CSN) at noon. Live audio can be heard on WVAS FM 90.7 beginning with the pregame show at 5:45 p.m.
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SWAC Cross Country Runners of the Week - October 1
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has selected Felix Kiprop (Mississippi Valley State) and ShaNiece Pinkston (Southern) as SWAC Runners of the Week for October 1.
Kiprop finished 31st in the men’s 8K to lead MVSU at the Rhodes College Invite. He clocked in with a time of 27:30 for the Delta Devils. The senior runner, and native of Nairobi, Kenya, is receiving the weekly honor for the first time this season.
Kiprop finished 31st in the men’s 8K to lead MVSU at the Rhodes College Invite. He clocked in with a time of 27:30 for the Delta Devils. The senior runner, and native of Nairobi, Kenya, is receiving the weekly honor for the first time this season.
Pinkston competed at the at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede. She finished with a time of 19:52.19in the 5K race. Her time placed her 19th out of 35 runners. Pinkston is a senior from Detroit, Michigan.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Nuggets' schedule has 7 games vs. NAIA tourney teams
NEW ORLEANS — Seven games against teams which competed in last season's NAIA Division I National Championship are on the 2013-14 Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball schedule.
Fifteenth-year head coach Bo Browder announced the schedule Tuesday.
The Gold Nuggets' games against 2013 postseason teams will be:
• Nov. 15 against Our Lady of the Lake and Nov. 16 against LSU-Shreveport in the LSUS Classic at Shreveport, La.
• Nov. 29 at Oklahoma City in the Capital City Classic.
• Dec. 31 against Faulkner in the Xavier Classic.
• Jan. 7 at Southern Poly.
• Jan. 11 at home against SUNO.
• Feb. 8 at SUNO.
Xavier will open the season at 6 p.m. on Nov. 2 against Langston at a neutral site in Grand Prairie, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The second game, Nov. 9 against Spring Hill, will be the Gold Nuggets' home opener.
Eight of the Gold Nuggets' first 10 games will be on the road, including a Dec. 1 game at Louisiana-Lafayette. It will be Xavier's first regular-season game against an NCAA Division I opponent since November 2010 and its first against the Ragin' Cajuns since the 1988-89 season.
The Gold Nuggets will play two games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the week before Christmas, but opponents and times have yet to be announced.
The Xavier Classic, a Thanksgiving event since it began in 2000, is moving to the week after Christmas this season with Faulkner, LSUS and Mobile in the four-team field. Browder said he plans to return the Xavier Classic to Thanksgiving week in 2014.
The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference selected New Orleans as the host city for its 2014 women's and men's basketball tournaments. Xavier, one of three GCAC members from New Orleans, is committed to a role in the event, which will be played during the first full week of March. Venues, dates and times will be announced later. The Gold Nuggets are a three-time defending GCAC regular-season champion and won the GCAC Tournament four times in the past six years.
Xavier will play longtime HBCU, city and GCAC rival Dillard in the Crosstown Classic on Jan. 25 and Tougaloo for Senior Day on Feb. 22.
Still to be determined is which home contest will be the Play 4Kay Game for cancer awareness and fundraising.
It will be the second season of basketball in the Convocation Center, a $25 million facility which seats nearly 4,000. The Gold Nuggets were 15-2 in the building last season with a pair of six-game win streaks, one to close the season.
The GCAC Tournament women's champion will earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship at Frankfort, Ky. Xavier qualified for nationals last season as an at-large selection and reached the tournament for the fourth consecutive year and the 17th time in 19 seasons. The Gold Nuggets were 24-6 in 2012-13, 12-2 in the GCAC and ranked 17th in the NAIA Division I postseason poll.
2013-14 Xavier University Women's Basketball Schedule.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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Fifteenth-year head coach Bo Browder announced the schedule Tuesday.
The Gold Nuggets' games against 2013 postseason teams will be:
• Nov. 15 against Our Lady of the Lake and Nov. 16 against LSU-Shreveport in the LSUS Classic at Shreveport, La.
• Nov. 29 at Oklahoma City in the Capital City Classic.
• Dec. 31 against Faulkner in the Xavier Classic.
• Jan. 7 at Southern Poly.
• Jan. 11 at home against SUNO.
• Feb. 8 at SUNO.
Xavier will open the season at 6 p.m. on Nov. 2 against Langston at a neutral site in Grand Prairie, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The second game, Nov. 9 against Spring Hill, will be the Gold Nuggets' home opener.
Eight of the Gold Nuggets' first 10 games will be on the road, including a Dec. 1 game at Louisiana-Lafayette. It will be Xavier's first regular-season game against an NCAA Division I opponent since November 2010 and its first against the Ragin' Cajuns since the 1988-89 season.
The Gold Nuggets will play two games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the week before Christmas, but opponents and times have yet to be announced.
The Xavier Classic, a Thanksgiving event since it began in 2000, is moving to the week after Christmas this season with Faulkner, LSUS and Mobile in the four-team field. Browder said he plans to return the Xavier Classic to Thanksgiving week in 2014.
The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference selected New Orleans as the host city for its 2014 women's and men's basketball tournaments. Xavier, one of three GCAC members from New Orleans, is committed to a role in the event, which will be played during the first full week of March. Venues, dates and times will be announced later. The Gold Nuggets are a three-time defending GCAC regular-season champion and won the GCAC Tournament four times in the past six years.
Xavier will play longtime HBCU, city and GCAC rival Dillard in the Crosstown Classic on Jan. 25 and Tougaloo for Senior Day on Feb. 22.
Still to be determined is which home contest will be the Play 4Kay Game for cancer awareness and fundraising.
It will be the second season of basketball in the Convocation Center, a $25 million facility which seats nearly 4,000. The Gold Nuggets were 15-2 in the building last season with a pair of six-game win streaks, one to close the season.
The GCAC Tournament women's champion will earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship at Frankfort, Ky. Xavier qualified for nationals last season as an at-large selection and reached the tournament for the fourth consecutive year and the 17th time in 19 seasons. The Gold Nuggets were 24-6 in 2012-13, 12-2 in the GCAC and ranked 17th in the NAIA Division I postseason poll.
2013-14 Xavier University Women's Basketball Schedule.
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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GCAC coaches poll projects XU Rush for second-place finish
Coach Dannton Jackson's Gold Rush received one first-place vote and 50 points in a poll of the GCAC's head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Philander Smith, which shared the GCAC regular-season title with Xavier last season and won the conference tournament, topped the poll with 63 points and received the other eight first-place votes.
It's the fourth consecutive year and the sixth time in seven seasons that Xavier finished in the poll's top two.
The Gold Rush will attempt to become the second GCAC team to win three consecutive regular-season championships. SUNO did it three straight times from 2001-04.
Xavier will begin its 76th season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1 against Carver College of Atlanta at the Convocation Center. It will be one of five November home games for the Gold Rush. Also in the opening month will be a 7 p.m. exhibition Nov. 6 at LSU.
The Gold Rush — 24-8 overall, 11-3 in the GCAC and 24th in the NAIA Division I postseason poll a year ago — are aiming for a fourth consecutive 20-win season, a fourth consecutive berth in the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship and a 14th consecutive winning season, which would extend a school record.
The NAIA Division I Coaches' Preseason Top 25 will be announced Oct. 29.
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SIAC Week 4 Players of the Week Announced
After leading his team to a come-from-behind victory against Kentucky State over the weekend, Stillman College sophomore Josh Straughan was named SIAC Offensive Player of the Week, while SIAC Defensive Player of the Week was awarded to Miles College junior Julante English after the linebacker had a stellar performance leading the Golden Bears to their first victory of the season over Albany State.
Newcomer of the Week was awarded to Miles College's Demetrice Price, who led the offensive charge for the Golden Bears in his first start of the season at quarterback. Tuskegee University All-American senior Christopher Tolbert was awarded SIAC Lineman of the Week and Benedict College junior Rodney Hall and Fort Valley State defensive back Ja'Bioas Glenn were named Co-SIAC Special Teams Players of the Week.
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