image via South Carolina State Basketball Via SCSU Athletics South Carolina State men’s basketball return to action on the road Saturday (Nov. 29) versus Winthrop inside the Winthrop Coliseum in a 4:00 p.m. start. SERIES HISTORY Series Record: 3-4Series Streak: W3Record at Winthrop Coliseum: 3-2Streak at Winthrop Coliseum: W1Prosser vs. South Carolina St.: 1-0 South Carolina State WINTHROP
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Title image via Coppin State Athletics Courtesy of CSU Athletics 68 Winner Coppin 65 Rider Team 1 2 F Coppin 24 44 68 Rider 37 28 65 LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Four Eagles scored in double figures as Coppin State’s men’s basketball team erased a 13-point halftime deficit to defeat Rider, 68-65 on Tuesday night at Alumni Gym. With the win, Coppin improved to 2-7 on the season while the Broncs fell to 1-5. Khali Horton led the Eagles with 15 points while hitting three 3-pointers and all four of his free throws. The junior…
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image via Nick Sutton 79 V-L 136 Winner Norf Team 1 2 F V-L 41 38 79 Norf 66 70 136 The Norfolk State men’s basketball team raised the bar on Tuesday night, setting a new Division I era program record for points in a game with a 136-79 victory over Virginia University of Lynchburg at Echols Memorial Hall. Inside the Box ScoreSophomore forward Melo Baines delivered a flawless performance, going a perfect 15-of-15 from the field on his way to a career-high 30 points, surpassing his previous best by 14. Anthony McComb III added…
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Image via SCSU Athletics The South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs went down to Orlando, FL to take on the Knights of Central Florida and UCF were anything but gracious hosts, laying a 94-49 beating on SCSU. The Lady Bulldogs got off to a fast start taking a 7-3 lead. However, UCF soon pulled even at 7 with consecutive layups from Savannah Scott. Heaven Harper’s layup pulled the Lady Bulldogs to within a point at 10-9 with 3:29 left in the period. That was the last field goal South Carolina State…
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Title image via the MEAC Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference NORFOLK, Va. – North Carolina Central guard Gage Lattimore has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week presented by Wells Fargo. Howard forward Bryce Harris earned Defensive Player of the Week honors, while Norfolk State guard My’kel Jenkins was selected as Rookie of the Week. Gage Lattimore (G, 6-2, 190, Greensboro, N.C.)recorded 38 points, knocking down nine 3-pointers to go along with four rebounds, one assist, and one steal in a win over Bluefield State. He shot an impressive 12-of-17 (71%) from…
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Title image via Benita Gladney Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard University Sports Information Director WASHINGTON (November 10, 2025) – Howard University women’s basketball team (2-0) takes on the Revolutionaries of George Washington University (1-1) in an inner-city nonconference showdown at The Smith Center. Tipoff is scheduled for Tuesday (Nov.11) at 6 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN+. LAST TIMEOUT HOWARD Saturday (Nov. 8), redshirt junior Zoe Stewart(Terre Haute, Ind.) scored a team-high 15 points to lead four players in double figures as the Howard University women’s basketball team cruised…
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Image via David Sierra Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard Sports Information Dir Bryce Harris (Brentwood, N.Y.) scored a game-high 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the Howard University men’s basketball team rolled to a 103-71 win over the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) in a nonconference matchup at Burr Gymnasium. A 6-foot-4 graduate guard, Harris connected on 5-of-7 from the floor, including 2-of-2 from three-point range, while just missing a double-double with eight rebounds. The Bison (1-1) were coming off an 87-66 home…
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Norfolk State basketballers Jaylani Darden and Christian Ings will participate in the seventh annual National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) HBCU Top 50 Camp, which takes place this week at Morehouse College from July 31 through August 2. This season, Ings posted per game averages of 12.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists on .489/.473/.736 shooting splits and was named to the All-MEAC Third Team. The high flying guard also put his dunking prowess on display, winning the College Slam Dunk Championship. In 28 starts for the Spartans last season, Darden…
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Former Norfolk State basketball player TyrelBladen is continuing to ply his trade across the pond, signing a deal with SK Slavia Praha this week. Founded in 1892, the Prague-based team competes in the National Basketball League-the Czech Republic’s most prestigious professional basketball. Bladen began his collegiate basketball career at Rider, where he appeared in 74 games ( he missed the 2021-22 season due to injury), averaging 2.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per contest. He spent the next two seasons at Norfolk State, where the Coatesville, PA native participated in 65…
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Former Howard University guard Steve Settle III signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Miami Heat. Introduced in the 2017 collective bargaining agreement, an Exhibit-10 contract is a one-year non-guaranteed minimum salary deal. It can also include a bonus of up to $75,000 that kicks in should the player who signed the deal spend at least 60 days with a team’s G-League affiliate. Additionally, this contract can be converted to a two-way deal, which allows a player to split time between an NBA and its G-League affiliate, with a maximum of…
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