FOR THE WEEK Of JAN.

14 - 20, 2014

2 0 1 3 - 1 4 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Men's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors thru 1/13/14)

CIAA
NORTH DIVISION

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MEAC

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SIAC

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Virginia Union Lincoln Eliz. City State Chowan Bowie State Virginia State

SOUTH DIVISION

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Winston-Salem State Shaw Fayetteville State Livingstone St. Augustines J. C. Smith

STEPPING INTO THE VOID

JSU Sports Photo

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Jackson State taps TIger legend Harold Jackson as its new head football coach.

NEW FOOTBALL COACHES AT MORGAN STATE, JACKSON STATE; WSSU, MVSU NEXT IN LINE

BCSP CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Tyrell Tate, Jr., G, FAYETTEVILLE STATE - Had three solid games this week, including a season-high 31 points vs. Va. Union. NEWCOMER Amere May, Jr., G, ST. AUG'S - Avgd. 20.3 points in 2-1 week getting 27 in win over Chowan, 23 in win over Bowie State. Leads the CIAA in scoring at 20.9 ppg. ROOKIE Joshua Dawson, Fr., G, FSU - Had 16 points and 7 assists in win over Va. Union. COACH John Hill, LINCOLN - Has Lions off to 11-3 start and 8-0 record at home. Won games vs. FSU and St. Aug's while improving to 3-2 in conference play.

Norfolk State 4 0 10 7 Hampton 3 0 8 8 Savannah State 3 0 5 12 Morgan State 2 0 4 10 Coppin State 2 1 5 11 Florida A&M 2 2 6 11 NC A&T State 1 1 4 12 SC State 1 2 5 11 Howard 1 2 3 15 North Carolina Central 0 1 9 5 Md. E. Shore 0 3 2 13 Bethune-Cookman 0 4 2 17 Delaware State 0 4 4 12
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Jyles Smith, 6-9, Sr., F, SAVANNAH STATE - Totalled 18 points and 33 rebounds, 9 blocks and 2 steals in wins over UMES and Coppin State. Had 14 pts., 20 rebs., and shot 6-of-6 vs. CSU, 13 boards, 6 blocks and 2 steals vs. UMES. ROOKIE Jeremiah Hill, 6-1, Fr., G, SAV. STATE - Avgd. 16.5 points in two wins getting 17 including 3 of 6 from 3 vs. UMES, 16 points on 6 of 8 shooting, 2 rebounds, 1 block vs. CSU. DEFENSE Bruce Beckford, 6-7, So., F, NC A&T - Had 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and steals vs. B-CU. Had 9 points with 4 assists.

EAST DIVISION

Benedict Fort Valley State Paine Claflin Clark Atlanta Morehouse Albany State
WEST DIVISION

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SWAC

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INDEPENDENTS
Central State W. Va. State Univ. of DC Cheyney Lincoln (Mo.) Tennessee State
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Tuskegee Stillman LeMoyne-Owen Kentucky State Lane Miles

Southern Alabama State Alabama A&M Texas Southern # Ark. Pine Bluff Alcorn State Prairie View A&M Jackson State # Miss. Valley St. # Grambling State
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SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Brandon Davey, 6-6, Sr., F, FT. VALLEY STATE - In wins over Lane and Kentucky State, averaged 17.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 assists. Lamar Adkins, 6-8, Sr., F, BENEDICT - In wins over Stillman and Miles, averaged 20.5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block. NEWCOMER Jordan Warner, 6-6, Jr., F, PAINE - Scored 18 points with 15 rebounds and 1 block in loss to Stillman.

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Jamel Waters, G, ALABAMA STATE - Tallied 27 points shooting 7 of 11 from the field, 4 of 5 from 3 and 9 of 10 from the line with 7 assists in win over UAPB. Also had 17 points, including 9 of 10 FTs, 7 assists in win over MVSU. Averaged 22.0 points, 7 assists while shooting 90% from the line in two wins. NEWCOMER Calvin Godfrey, 6-9, Jr., F, SOUTHERN - Averaged double double of 14.5 points and 13 rebounds in two wins. Scored 14 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in win over Jackson State. Had second double double of 15 points and 14 boards in win over Grambling.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Patrick Miller, 6-1, Sr., G, TENN. STATE - Tallied 29 points in loss to UT-Martin after netting careerhigh 37 points in loss to SE Missouri. Hit on 12 of 21 shots, 11 of 12 FTs vs. SEMO, 8 of 14 from the floor with 13 of 14 FTs vs. UT-Martin. Averaged 28.0 points in the two games and canned 24 of 26 free throws. NEWCOMER Dominic Phillips, 5-11, So., G, W. VA. STATE Tallied 14 points in win over Urbana.

HOOPS SCORES
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014 - MEN
CIAA Chowan 93, Livingstone 90 Eliz. City State 72, W-Salem State 68 Fayetteville State 70, Bowie State 66 Lincoln (Pa.) 71, Shaw 69, OT Virginia State 67, J. C. Smith 57 Virginia Union 75, St. Augustine's 71 MEAC Coppin State 75, S. C. State 69 Florida A&M 76, NC A&T 66 Norfolk State 58, Delaware State 56 N. C. Central 64, Bethune-Cookman 49 Savannah State 56, Howard 54 SIAC Albany State 80, LeMoyne-Owen 68 Clark Atlanta 94, Stillman 91 Fort Valley State 73, Miles 65 Kentucky State 83, Paine 61 Morehouse 64, Lane 57 Tuskegee 90, Claflin 72 SWAC Alabama State 77, Ark.-Pine Bluff 64 Alabama A&M 68, Miss. Valley St. 59 Alcorn State 64, Grambling 56 Southern 60, Jackson State 36 INDEPENDENTS UT Martin 100, Tennessee State 81 W. Va. State 81, 76

Hoops jockeying begins

CIAA The always entertaining and competitive CIAA men's basketball race appears headed for a stellar season in that capacity this season. Early season results indicate the stronger teams are in the South, but the North got some noteworthy scalps over the past two weeks. Inter-divisional games wrapped up Monday with North Division teams taking five of six games from their Southern Division counterparts. No South Division team finished with a losing record vs. the North. Three teams (Winston-Salem State, Shaw and Fayetteville State) finished with 4-2 records while two (Fayetteville State and St. Augustine's) were 3-2. J. C. Smith finished 3-3. Lincoln's 4-2 record vs. the South was the best in the North followed by Elizabeth City State at 3-3. The schedule now shifts to the allimportant intra-divisonal games that will play out to the end of the regular season and determine division winners and tournament seeding. It begins with a five-game schedule this Saturday (Jan. 18) and a six-game set-up on Wednesday (Jan. 22). In the North Saturday, Bowie State (1-5) is at Lincoln and Chowan (2-4) is at ECSU. The South gets off to a rousing start with WSSU hosting St. Aug's, JCSU entertaining FSU and Shaw welcoming in Livingstone. North Division rivals Virginia State (2-4) and Virginia Union (2-4) meet Sunday (Jan. 19) at the Richmond Coliseum in their annual Martin Luther King Day Classic. Wednesday's S. Div. schedule has Livingstone at FSU, St. Aug's at JCSU and WSSU at Shaw. In the North, VSU is at Chowan, Lincoln is at ECSU and BSU is at VUU. MEAC Early results in the MEAC show the league to be top heavy with the likes of defending regular season champ Norfolk State (4-0), Hampton (3-0) Savannah State (3-0) and Morgan State (2-0) off to good starts. Those teams along with N. C. Central (0-1) appear to be the class of the MEAC. But don't count Florida A&M. The Rattlers (2-2) lost two close early road games at Norfolk State (9187) and Hampton (72-62), but won two games at home this past week over defending tournament champion N. C. A&T (76-66) and NCCU (63-60), last year's regular season runners-up. In key games Saturday, Morgan State is at Norfolk State and Coppin State (2-1) is at Hampton. The teams switch opponents Monday with Coppin State playing at NSU and MSU at Hampton. FAMU is at SC State Saturday and at Savannah State Monday. SIAC At 5-0 in conference play, Benedict and Fort Valley State are setting the early pace in the SIAC race. Both the Tigers and FVSU are in the Eastern Division and have gotten their wins vs. West Division teams. SIAC teams begin intra-divisonal play this week and tops on the schedule is the Benedict/FVSU showdown Monday, Jan. 20 at FVSU. Prior to Monday's game, FVSU hosts Paine (3-2) Saturday while Benedict plays at Albany State (2-1). Tuskegee emerged from the early January schedule with the best record in the West (3-2) vs. the East Division. The Golden Tigers begin West Division play Saturday at Kentucky State (2-4) and follow that up with a Monday match-up at Lane (1-5.) Stillman (3-3) had the second best record. The Tigers begin divisional play with dates at Lane Saturday and at Kentucky State Monday. SWAC Defending tournament champion Southern (4-0) is setting the early pace in the SWAC. The Jaguars are off to a 4-0 start with four teams behind them with one conference loss (Alabama State, Alabama A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Texas Southern). Of the four, Southern has only faced TSU (a 79-71 win). This week Southern is at ArkansasPine Bluff (2-1, ineligible for SWAC title) Saturday and at Miss. Valley State (0-3, also ineligible) Monday. Alabama A&M (3-1) and Alabama State (3-1) meet Saturday in Montgomery. TSU (2-1) is at Grambling (0-4, also ineligible) Saturday and at Jackson State (1-3) Monday.

BasKetbaLL this WeeK

SatURDAY, JanUARY 18 CIAA Bowie State @ Lincoln St. Augustine's @ Winston-Salem State J. C. Smith @ Fayetteville State Shaw @ Livingstone Chowan @ Eliz. City State MEAC Morgan State @ Norfolk State N. C. Central @ Delaware State NJIT @ N. C. A&T Florida A&M @ S. C. State Bethune-Cookman @ Savannah State Md. Eastern Shore @ Howard Coppin State @ Hampton SIAC Tuskegee @ Kentucky State Paine @ Fort Valley State Clark Atlanta @ Clarlin Stllman @ Lane Benedict @ Albany State SWAC Southern @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff Alabama A&M @ Alabama State Alcorn State @ Miss. Valley State Prairie View @ Jackson State Texas Southern @ Grambling INDEPENDENTS Belmont @ Tennessee State W. Va. State @ Concord Davis & Elkins @ Central State Queens @ UDC MIllersville @ Cheyney SUNDAY, JanUARY 19 CIAA Virginia Union vs. Virginia State (Richmond) MonDAY, JanUARY 20 MEAC Bethune-Cookman @ S. C. State Florida A&M @ Savannah State Delaware State @ N. C. A&T Coppin State @ Norfolk State Morgan State @ Hampton SIAC Stillman @ Kentucky State Benedict @ Fort Valley State Tuskegee @ Lane Paine @ Albany State Claflin @ Morehouse Miles @ LeMoyne-Owen SWAC Prairie View @ Grambling Alcorn State @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff Texas Southern @ Jackson State Southern @ Miss. Valley State WEDNESDAY, JanUARY 22 CIAA Livingstone @ Fayetteville State Virginia State @ Chowan Lincoln @ Eliz. City State Bowie State @ Virginia Union St. Augustine's @ J. C. Smith Winston-Salem State @ Shaw MEAC N. C. A&T @ N. C. Central SIAC Miles @ College of Faith INDEPENDENTS Bridgeport @ UDC CHeyney @ East Stroudsburg

UNDER THE BANNER

WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

MORGAN STATE HIRES LEE HULL:

BALTIMORE, Md. -- Lee Hull was introduced by Morgan State University Athletics Director Floyd Kerr as the new head football coach of the Bears on January 9th. Hull has been the assistant coach at Maryland since 2008, and has built an impressive coaching resume. Hull, 48, becomes the 19th head football coach in Morgan Hull State history. Hull comes to MSU after spending the past six seasons (2008-13) with the University of Maryland as wide receivers coach. Hull also has experience coaching other positions. He tutored running backs his first two seasons at Oregon State and wide receivers the last three. Prior to his five seasons at Oregon State, Hull spent five years (1998-2002) at his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross. He coached linebackers for one season before becoming wide receivers coach, as well as overseeing the kickoff coverage and kickoff return units. He also went on to become the passing game coordinator. Hull was a standout wide receiver at Holy Cross from 1984-87, playing under former Maryland coach Mark Duffner his final two seasons. The Crusaders posted a 21-1 record his last two years and were ranked No. 1 in Division I-AA in 1987. Holy Cross also won the Colonial League title and the Lambert Cup that season. He was a preseason All-America choice as a junior. He went on to play professionally with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL. Hull spent 1990-92 with Winnipeg where he was coached by Mike Riley in his first season. Riley was the head coach at Oregon State during Hull's five-year tenure. The Blue Bombers won the 1990 Grey Cup. He also played for Toronto in 1992.

Fort Valley State's LeRon Furr named MVP at MOH Bowl

BCSP Notes

Jackson State has hired former NFL standout and alum Harold Jackson as its football coach. Jackson replaces Rick Comegy, who was fired in December after eight seasons. Jackson State had an 8-4 record this fall, but lost to Southern in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game. The 68-year-old Jackson played for Jackson State in the 1960s. He had an outstanding 16-year NFL career, including stops with the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks. He was a five-time Pro Bowl selection. Jackson has also had a lengthy career as an assistant coach in the NFL and has been a head coach on the college level at both Virginia Union (1994) and Benedict (1995-96). He also served as an assistant at N. C. Central (1990), Kentucky (2001-02) and Baylor (2003-06). "I want to thank you for this opportunity to come back home," Jackson said. "I'm not a big speaker I believe in action. We're going to put the excitement and the product on the field. We're going to be disciplined." Winston-Salem State and Mississippi Valley State appeared close to filling their head football coach vacancies. WSSU scheduled a press conference Tuesday and was expected to name current Defensive Coordinator Kienus Boulware as its new head man. Boulware served as departed (to Hampton) head coach Connell Maynor's defensive coordinator for the last four years. MVSU was also expected to name recently fired Jackson State head coach Rick Comegy as the Delta Devils new head man replacing Karl Morgan.
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Fort Valley State linebacker LeRon Furr took defensive honors despite his National team falling to the American team 20-3 in Saturday's inaugural Medal of Honor Bowl in Charleston, S.C. Furr, who began his career at Auburn, then transferred to Memphis for two seasons, before finishing up the last two seasons at Fort Valley State, totalled six tackles and two pass breakups. Furr (6-3, 225) is considered one of the Furr better Div. II prospects for this year's NFL draft. Portland State tailback D.J. Adams (5-foot10, 210 pounds), a Maryland transfer who ran for 1,600 yards and 19 TDs this season, scored two touchdowns to lead the American team to the victory. American team head coach Ralph

Friedgen, interestingly, was the Terps' coach when Adams signed. Florida wide receiver Solomon Patton was the American MVP. He had three receptions for 50 yards, a 33-yard run and a 15-yard kickoff return. Patton (5-9, 177), who led the Gators in receiving this season, set up all three American touchdowns. An all-star game matching lower-tier draft prospects, the Medal of Honor Bowl attracted upward of 100 NFL scouts at practices during the week, according to the Charleston Post-Courier. At halftime, South Carolina State's Marching 101 performed a patriotic medley.

Barton

Owens

Two black college linemen in NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

Two black college linemen are set to play in this Saturday's (Jan. 18) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in Carson, California. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. Pacific Time, 6 p.m. ET. Morgan State offensive guard Karim Barton and Winston-Salem State defensive tackle Donnie Owens will both play for the American team Saturday.

Barton was a first team all-MEAC pick and was selected to the BCSP "Baad" Team third team. Owens was a first team all-CIAA and first team "Baad Team" selection. The 6-3, 295-pound Owens led the Rams with 10 sacks and 15.5 tackles for losses while totalling 51 tackles. The game will be played at the StubHub Center on the campus of California State University Dominguez Hills. Former Head Coach Dick Vermeil will return to defend the National Team's title from 2012 and 2013. Denny Green will make his first appearance as a NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Head Coach leading the American Team. The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl practices and game will be broadcast live on the ESPN Network. Check out the ESPN Corner for more information.

2 0 1 2 - 1 3 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors thru 1/13/14 )

CIAA
NORTH DIVISION

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MEAC

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SIAC

SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGiATE ATHLETiC CONFERENCE

CONF ALL

Virginia State Lincoln Chowan Bowie State Virginia Union Eliz. City State

SOUTH DIVISION

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WSSU, MVSU to NAME COACHES:

J. C. Smith St. Augustines Fayetteville State Shaw W-Salem State Livingstone

BCSP CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Ashle Freeman, Jr., G, VA. UNION - Scored 27 points vs. Shaw to top 1,000 for her career. Added 18 points in win over FSU. NEWCOMER Amber Calvin, Sr., G, FSU - Averaged more than 20 points per game including 21 in loss to VUU. ROOKIE Ryjae Anderson, Fr., G, CHOWAN - Scored 28 points this week including 13 in loss to St. Aug's. Averages 5.6 ppg., 9.3 points in three games last week. COACH Stephen Joyner, Jr., J. C. SMITH - Had 3-0 record on the week with wins over VUU, Chowan and ECSU. Currently on 8-game win streak with 5-0 CIAA mark.

Hampton 3 0 12 4 Coppin State 3 0 6 9 Norfolk State 3 1 7 8 Savannah State 2 1 9 8 Howard 2 1 6 10 SC State 2 1 4 9 Florida A&M 2 2 8 9 NC A&T 1 1 11 3 North Carolina Central 1 1 6 9 Bethune-Cookman 1 3 4 12 Morgan State 0 2 2 12 Md. E. Shore 0 3 3 11 Delaware State 0 4 4 11
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Malia Tate-DeFreitas, 5-8, Fr., G, HAMPTON - Had 29 points and 8 rebounds in win over DelState. Shot 10 of 22 from the field and 7-10 from the line. Also had 3 assists and 2 steals. ROOKIE Raven Bankston, 5-7, Fr., G, DELSTATE - Averaged 21.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.5 assists in two games. Scored 27 in OT win vs. NJIT and 17 in loss to Hampton. DEFENSE Omaah Tayong, 6-2, So., C, COPPIN ST. - 10 points, 23 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block vs. Sav. State.

EAST DIVISION

Benedict Clark Atlanta Claflin Fort Valley State Paine Albany State Tuskegee Miles Kentucky State Stillman Lane LeMoyne-Owen
WEST DIVISION

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Southern Miss. Valley St. Grambling State Jackson State Texas Southern Prairie View A&M Alabama State Alabama A&M Ark. Pine Bluff Alcorn State

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SWAC

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETiC CONFERENCE

INDEPENDENTS
Univ. of DC W. Va. State Central State Tennessee State Lincoln (Mo.) Cheyney

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SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Erika Sumpter, 6-2, Sr., C, CLARK ATLANTA - In win over Lane, scored game-highs of 24 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks while also having two steals. NEWCOMER Brittnee Hazel, 6-0, Jr., F, FORT VALLEY STATE - In wins over Lane and Ky. State, averaged 9.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1.5 steals.

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Jasmyne Sanders, F, MVSU - Scored 14 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in win over Alabama A&M. Added 19 points and 7 boards in win over Alabama State. Averaged 16.5 points and 11 boards in two wins. NEWCOMER Yasmin Fuller, SOUTHERN - Scored 13 points in win over Grambling and another 13 in win over Jackson State. Shot 9 for 16 from the field.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK PLAYER Asia Greenleaf, 6-1, Sr., F, W. VA. STATE - Scored 26 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in win over Urbana. Had 22 points and 14 rebounds in wino ver Notre Dame Saturday. Averaged 24.0 poitns and 15.0 rebounds in the two wins. NEWCOMER NA