Tennessee State Lady Tigers blitzed early, falls hard in OVC Tourney opener, 90-66 to Southern Illinois

image via Tennessee State Basketball It was a rough day at the office for the Tennessee State Lady Tigers Southern Illinois pounced on them early and did not look back as TSU was unceremoniously sent packing in the first round of the OVC Tournament, 90-66 at the hands of USI, a team they had defeated 73-64 four days previously in the season finale.  Although the Lady Tigers took a brief 2-0 lead off a Kiki Roberts steal and layup at the 9:24 mark. From there it went downhill, rather quickly,…

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Allen’s Taliah Wesley named SIAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year

image via Allen Athletics Courtesy of Cade Crenshaw, Sports Information Director, Allen University The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced Wednesday morning that Allen women’s basketball senior guard Taliah Wesley has been selected as the SIAC Player of the Year and to the All-SIAC First Team, as voted on by the league’s coaches and communicators. Wesley is the first Allen women’s basketball player to ever earn both honors. Wesley saved her best college basketball season for her last. The senior guard averaged 17.8 points per game during the regular season to lead the…

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Norfolk State softball announces schedule changes

image via Norfolk State Softball Maya Dawson, Asst. Director of Sports Communications The Norfolk State softball team announces changes to its games in the Winthrop Tournament scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Norfolk State will play two games on Friday and two on Saturday in Rock Hill, S.C. at Winthrop University. Friday’s first game begins at 12:30 p.m. against Presbyterian, with a game at 3 p.m. against Winthrop following. On Saturday, Norfolk will play Presbyterian again, but at 10 a.m., before finishing out against Western Carolina at 12:30 p.m.

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