Day: January 24, 2024

Morehouse hoops drops close one to Edward Waters, 79-78

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title image via Morehouse Basketball Courtesy of Morehouse Athletics 78 Morehouse 10-7,8-2 SIAC 79 Winner Edward Waters 8-10,7-4 SIAC Team 1 2 F Morehouse 41  37  78 Edward Waters 40  39  79 acksonville, FL- In a heart-wrenching matchup, Morehouse experienced a narrow defeat against Edward Waters, falling short by just one point with a final score of 79-78. Morehouse and Edward Waters had a back & forth affair throughout the contest with each squad trading shots. The contest featured 13 lead changes and 10 ties with each team trading opportunities with the lead.…

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23 January SIAC Men’s and Women’s Basketballers of the Week

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Courtesy of Alexandra Brown of the SIAC ATLANTA, GA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced weekly honors for men’s and women’s basketball on Tuesday, January 23. In this celebration of on-court successes, Spring Hill’s Isaiah Veal was named Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Albany State’s Blaise Wallace took home the title of Men’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week. Clark Atlanta’s Corriana Evans was named Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, and Atreonia Garner brought home additional honors for the Lady Panthers as Women’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week. MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Isaiah Veal, Spring Hill College#2 |…

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January 23 SWAC Women’s Basketball honors

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference has named Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Zaay Green and Bethune-Cookman’s O’Mariyah Tucker its SWAC Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for their impressive performances during games played this past week.   Player  Green notched her third triple-double of the season with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field versus FAMU. She tallied 10 rebounds, and 11 assists during UAPB’s win over Florida A&M. The triple-double moved Green to 2nd in the nation in that category. Green followed her triple-double with 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the…

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Who Will, Who Might and Who Won’t : 24 January 2024 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS EST. RETURN DATE STATUS COMMENT Bruno Fernando PF Jan 24 Day-To-Day Jan 23: Fernando is questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Warriors due to back spasms. Wesley Matthews SG Jan 26 Out Jan 23: Matthews (calf) will not play in Wednesday’s game against the Warriors. Vit Krejci G Jan 26 Out Jan 23: Krejci (shoulder) won’t play in Wednesday’s game versus the Warriors, Brad Rowland of the Locked On Podcast Network reports. De’Andre Hunter SF Jan 26 Out Jan 23: Hunter (knee) will not play in…

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23 January 2024 NBA StatCap

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Player Spotlight- Kawhi Leonard Kawhi notched his second career triple-double with 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Clippers 127 -116 victory over the Lakers. On the season, the 5-time All-Star has appeared in 38 of the Clips’ 42 games, averaging 23.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists on .522/.443/.879 splits. Jan 23, 2024 Top Performers pt rb ast Nikola JokićDEN @ IND 31 13 10   Triple-double Kawhi LeonardLAC vs. LAL 25 11 10   Triple-double S. Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC vs. POR 33 6 10   13-17 ft Mikal BridgesBRK vs. NYK…

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“Game Royal” Nike Air Alpha Force 88 coming this summer

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This iteration of the Nike Alpha Force 88 will make its anticipated return this summer. It sports a white leather upper underlaid with perforations at the toe box and additional perforations at the ankle extending up to the collar. Game royal can be seem on the eyelets, at the aforementioned collar, as well as on the Swooshes that adorns the lateral and medial sides and on the “NIKE” branding on the black forefoot strap. A NIke “Force” logo is seen on the tongue with additional Nike branding on the rear…

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“Love Letter” Air Jordan 14 Low now available

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This Air Jordan 14 Low is indicative of the Brand’s continued focus on women’s-specific colorways. It sports iridescent upper with black suede showing up at the tongue, collar , inner and rear heel. It’s signature, Ferrari-inspired jumpman logo is seen on the lateral heel , with additional such branding also found on the toe, insoles and aglets. “JORDAN” nd “XIV” appears on the front and back of the tongue, respectively, while an additional “JORDAN” is seen on the rear heel, this one in white. Underneath resides a black midsole and…

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NBA ref speaks on Chauncey Billups ejection

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Courtesy of Fan Recap NBA Referee Crew Chief Bill Kennedy has responded to inquiries after an incident involving the ejection of Portland Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups during Tuesday’s game. The Blazers lost 111-109 to the Oklahoma City Thunder after Billups received two technical fouls with 15.1 seconds remaining.  The situation unfolded when Blazers guard Malcolm Brogdon was trapped in the frontcourt, causing Billups to call a timeout that went unnoticed by the referees. As a result, Brogdon was called for a double dribble and Billups received two technical fouls…

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Addressing Adrian Griffin’s Bucks tenure amongst other short coaching stints

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Courtesy of fanrecap The Milwaukee Bucks made a surprising decision on Tuesday, firing their coach Adrian Griffin, despite the team’s strong performance with a 30-13 record and sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference. Reports suggest that the team is considering experienced coach Doc Rivers as a replacement for Griffin. Griffin’s departure comes only 43 games into his first season as the Bucks’ coach. He was hired in June 2023, making his head coaching tenure one of the shortest in NBA history. In fact, Griffin’s coaching stint with the…

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