Category: Hbcu basketball

Florida A&M nearly doubled up by Oregon, 80-45

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Courtesy of Florida A&M Athletics 45 Florida A&M 0-1,0-0 SWAC 80  Oregon 1-0,0-0 Pac-12 Team 1 2 F Florida A&M 25  20  45 Oregon 36  44  80 EUGENE, Or. | The Rattlers could not get their offense clicking in their 2022-23 season debut at Oregon, losing 80-45. The Rattlers managed to take the lead at the beginning of the game, 5-4, a minute and a half into the game, but a three-pointer from the Ducks put the Rattlers behind, and they were not able to regain the lead. The Rattlers fell down 16 with…

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Norfolk State puts boots to VUL, 109-59

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Courtesy of Matt Michalec, Asst. AD/Communications, Norfolk State University 59 V-L 109  Norf Team 1 2 F V-L 29  30  59 Norf 58  51  109 NORFOLK, Va. – Freshman George Beale Jr. made his collegiate debut by notching a double-double of 18 points and 14 rebounds, leading seven Norfolk State players in double figures in a 109-59 thrashing of Virginia-Lynchburg on Monday night at Echols Hall. Kris Bankston added a double-double of his own with 16 points and 12 rebounds, scoring all of his points on an array of eight athletic dunks that energized…

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Tulane spanks Grambling, 72-46

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Courtesy of Curtis Ford, Grambling State Athletics 46 GSU 72  Tulane Team 1 2 3 4 F GSU 13  6  11  16  46 Tulane 19  18  20  15  72 NEW ORLEANS, La. | The Grambling State University women’s basketball team battled hard, but dropped its season opener on the road to Tulane, 72-46, on Monday. Miracle Saxon paced GSU in her debut in the black and gold, scoring a team-high 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field. She added four rebounds to her tally.  HOW IT HAPPENED INSIDE THE NUMBERS UP…

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Grambling defeats UNT-Dallas 82-57

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Courtesy of Brian Howard, Grambling State Athletics 57 UNTD 82  GRAM Team 1 2 F UNTD 32  25  57 GRAM 40  42  82 GRAMBLING, La. | Carte’Are Gordon registered a double-double of 18 points and 14 rebounds as the Grambling State University men’s basketball team opened the season with an 82-57 victory over UNT-Dallas on Monday night at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. UNT-Dallas (1-1) raced out to a 11-4 advantage and stretched the margin to 13-5 after a bucket by Jules Moore with just over 16 minutes left in the…

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PAC-12/SWAC Legacy Series Games debut this week

Brandon King

Courtesy of the Sothwestern Athletic Conference BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its television and streaming schedule of Men’s and Women’s Basketball games that are slated to air on ESPN+ and the Pac-12 Network this upcoming season in conjunction with the league’s partnership with the Pac-12. The SWAC and the Pac-12 and will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022-23 season. The first-of-its-kind pact between Autonomy 5 and HBCU leagues was announced last September with its…

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Take a look at the “FAMU” LeBron XIX Low PE

Brandon King

Basketball season will soon tip-off on the highest of seven hills and these lebron XIX lows will be amongst the fleet of footwear the Rattlers will take to the hardwood. There are two colour ways- one white based and the other green based. Both sport a Rattler logo on the left tongue with smaller orange Swooshes on the medial forefoot. Both pair features React midsole and heel Max Air units. As these are PEs a retail release seems highly unlikely. The Florida A&M University men’s basketball team tips off their…

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Albany State predicted to finish fourth in SIAC East, Simpson and Parker named to all-Conference 1st Team

Brandon King

The SIAC announced their 2022-23 men’s basketball preseason ranking Thursday morning. The Golden Rams who went 7-10 overall and 4-7 last season and finished fifth in the Eadtern Division, were picked to finish fourth in the preseason pole, ranking behind Morehouse, Benedict, and Savannah State. Men’s Basketball Preseason Rankings by DivisionEast Division West Division Golden Rams Malik Parker and Jordan Simpson were both named to the SIAC Preseason All-First Team. Parker, a senior guard out of Chicago, IL paced ASU in scoring and was the third-ranked bucket getter in the…

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SIAC 2022-23 Men’s Basketball Preseason Honourees

Brandon King

Courtesy of the SIAC ATLANTA, Ga. (November 3, 2022) – Sophomore forward K.J. Doucet of Fort Valley State has been voted the 2022 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Preseason Player of the Year and junior guard Brandon Beildleman of Benedict has earned the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year selection, announced Thursday by the league office. The preseason honors and predicted order of finish are voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Doucet returns as a leader for the Fort Valley State Wildcats. The returning 2021-22 SIAC…

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SIAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Honourees

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Courtesy of the SIAC Redshirt senior forward Ashiala Jackson of Tuskegee has been voted the 2022 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Preseason Player of the Year alongside teammate JuToreyia Willis who is a graduate student at Tuskegee, has earned the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year selection, announced Wednesday by the league office. The preseason honors and predicted order of finish are voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Jackson was named to the D2 Conference Commissioners Association Second Team All-South Region on Thursday, the lone…

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Bethune-Cookman WBB Star Kendra Cooper passes away at just 27

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Courtesy of Bethune-Cookman Athletics Bethune-Cookman Athletics has learned of the passing of former Women’s Basketball standout Kendra Cooper. She was 27. Cooper, who played at B-CU from 2013-2017, was the program’s all-time three-point field goal leader with 259, a record that stands today. She also finished at the sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,302 points. She led the Wildcats to two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular season championships, an appearance in the 2017 championship and two WNIT post-season appearances. During her final three seasons, B-CU was 42-6 in conference play. “It…

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