Category: Hbcu basketball

Texas Southern takes over in second half to win SWAC Tournament

Brandon King

87 TSU 62 Alcorn Team 1 2 F TSU 42  45  87 Alcorn 38  24  62 Behind a strong second half, Texas Southern defeated Alcorn State 87-62 Saturday afternoon to claim their tenth SWAC Tournament. TxSU lead for a majority of the first half, leading by as much as ten at 23-13 on a Jordan Gilliam made free throw with 11:10 remaining in the half, however the opening twenty minutes of play was a competitive one. It saw four ties and a pair of lead changes. A free throw from Joirdon…

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Jackson State defeats Alabama State 101-80 to win back-to-back SWAC tourneys

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Courtesy Jackson State Athletics BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Time To Dance…AGAIN. The Jackson State University women’s basketball team completed a dominant Southwestern Athletic Conference season with a wire-to-wire win 101-80 victory over #3 Alabama State in the Cricket SWAC Championship Game Presented by Mountain Dew. Six players scored in double figures for Jackson State. Miya Crump scored a season-high 22 points, Dayzsha Rogan scored 17, Ameshya Williams-Holliday added 14 points. Keshuna Luckett, LaMircle Sims, and  Jariyah Covington each scored 11 as the Lady Tigers concluded an impressive sweep of Southwestern Athletic Conference. Including tournament play over the past two…

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Norfolk State defeats Morgan State 72-63, advances to MEAC Championship game

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From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Box Score | Championship Central | Media Center | Postgame Press Conference NORFOLK, Va., March 11, 2022 – Top-seeded Norfolk State broke away from a 28-28 halftime score with a hot-shooting second half to register a 72-63 win over fourth-seeded Morgan State Friday in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament at the Scope Arena. The Spartans, who will be making their third consecutive trip to the finals, shot 61.9 percent (26-for-51) from the field in the final stanza to pull away from a tight, back-and-forth contest. Norfolk State, which…

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Coppin State upsets N.C. Central in MEAC semifinal

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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Box Score | Championship Central | Media Center | Postgame Press Conference NORFOLK, Va., March 11, 2022 – Seventh-seeded Coppin State built a 15-point lead with just over six minutes remaining but had to survive a fierce rally by third-seeded North Carolina Central in registering a 79-73 win over the Eagles Friday in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament. Coppin will meet top-seeded Norfolk State in Saturday’s final, which tips at 1 p.m. and will be carried live on ESPN2. The Spartans, who made the finals with a…

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Grambling State Lady Tigers’ season ends in SWAC semis

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Courtesy of Grambling State University Athletic Communications BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | The Grambling State University women’s basketball team went nearly five minutes without a bucket from the floor in between the first and second quarter as the Lady Tigers fell, 74-59, to Alabama State in the 2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinals on Friday at Bartow Arena.  Alabama State (15-14), which avoided losing three straight to Grambling State this season, advances to the 2022 SWAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship game and will meet the winner of Jackson State (top seed) or Southern…

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Maryland Eastern Shore to face Howard in MEAC Semis

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Courtesy of Shawn Yonker, UMES Athletics To say that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is right where it wants to be in Friday’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference semifinal against No. 1 seed Howard may seem a bit odd. But as a program that has upset two No. 1 seeds in the last eight years (Hampton 2014, Bethune-Cookman 2020) and with nine players on the roster who were part of the upset of the Wildcats, they are in pretty familiar territory. “They are the No. 1 seed and they made it…

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Morgan State slips by S.C. State in MEAC quarters

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From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Box Score | Championship Central | Media Center | Postgame Press Conference NORFOLK, Va., March 10, 2022 – Fourth-seeded Morgan State took a 9-point lead with just over 11 minutes remaining and held on for a hard-fought 80-77 win over South Carolina State, the fifth seed, Thursday in quarterfinal action of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament in Scope Arena. The Bears, who beat the Bulldogs for the third time this season, earned a trip to Friday’s semifinal against top-seeded Norfolk State, which advanced with a 74-66 triumph over Delaware State…

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Alabama A&M advances, defats FAMU 61-56 in SWAC quarters

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Courtesy of Terrisa Mark, Assistant Sports information Director, AAMU 61 AAMU 56 FAMU Team 1 2 F AAMU 22  39  61 FAMU 25  31  56 No. 5 Alabama A&M (12-17, 10-8 SWAC) delivered an offense barrage in the second half to defeat No. 4 Florida A&M (13-17, 11-7 SWAC) with a 61-56 decision in a Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal and an NCAA Division I men’s basketball game on Thursday, March 5. The win advances the Bulldogs to the semifinals for the first time since March 14, 2014. Junior forward Jalen Johnson (Indianapolis, Ind.)…

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Coleman leads Grambling to victory over Alabama A&M

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Courtesy of Grambling State Athletic Communications Justice Coleman scored 12 of her team-high 19 points in the first half as the Grambling State University women’s basketball team advanced to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinals with a 62-54 victory over Alabama A&M on Wednesday at Bartow Arena.  Grambling State (14-16), which used a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter to move past Alabama A&M, advances on the 2022 Cricket SWAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinals as the seventh seed and will face the winner of Alabama State (third…

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Texas Southern women’s begins SWAC Tourney play this afternoon

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Courtesy of Texas Southern Athletics • No. 4 Texas Southern women’s basketball starts postseason play Thursday afternoon as they’ll host #5 Southern in the first round of the SWAC Tournament at 5:30 p.m. • TSU finished fourth in the SWAC standings this season after being picked sixth. This marks their first meeting against Southern in the postseason since March 11, 2016. • Since 2012, TSU is 8-7 in postseason play and last advanced past the first round since 2020 but the remainder of the tourney was canceled due to COVID-19.…

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