Category: HBCU Sports

Brick-laying help ends Albany State’s season in SIAC opening round

Brandon King

A rough shooting night , the Golden Rams shot just 27.6% from the floor, and bad late game decision-making put the nail in the coffin of the Albany State women’s hoops team as they fell to Lance College, 53-50 in the opening round of the SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Albany State fell on their collective faces, coming out of the locker room, shooting just 3-13 and committing 7 turnovers in a first quarter that saw them only score 9 points and greatly contributed to the 19-9 deficit the Golden Rams…

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Norfolk State women’s hoops defeats N.C. Central 79-67, claims second consecutive MEAC regular season crown

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Courtesy of Brian Howard, Asst. AD/Communications, Norfolk State Athletics 79  Norfolk St. 23-5,11-2 MEAC 67 N.C. Central 13-15,7-6 MEAC Team 1 2 3 4 F Norfolk St. 15  24  22  18  79 N.C. Central 16  12  14  25  67 DURHAM, N.C. | For the second consecutive season, the Norfolk State University women’s basketball team will finish the regular season atop the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings. This time, they did it as outright champions.  The Spartans dominated from start to finish on Monday night in avenging their last loss with a 79-67 victory…

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SWAC announces officiating errors were made in Alabama A&M v Alabama State Men’s hoops game

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference, upon review of the closing seconds of regulation during the Alabama A&M at Alabama State men’s basketball game, has announced an incorrect adjudication of the playing rules. Alabama State’s Eric Coleman converted a successful three-point shot attempt with 4.1 seconds on the game clock subsequently giving ASU a 53-51 lead. Upon the officials’ review of the play, it was determined that a flagrant 1 foul occurred prior to the shot attempt with 6.9 seconds remaining in regulation. The successful…

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Albany State hoops to play in the SIAC Basketball Tournament Monday

Brandon King

Tomorrow the Albany State men’s and women’s hoops teams will take part in the 2023 SIAC Basketball Tourmanent, which is taking place in Savannah, Georgia, At 8-19 overall and 8-13 in the SIAC, the men’s team will enter the fray as the Eastern Division’s no.4 seed and will face the no.5 seed out of the Western Division Kentucky State Monday at 12:00 noon EST. Kentucky State defeated Albany State 79-75 in their last encounter December 17 in Frankfurt. The Lady Rams , 8-17 , 6-13 SIAC, are the Eastern Division’s…

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Norfolk State softball falls 2-1 to Colgate

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Title image via Nick Sutton/Kinetic Stills Courtesy of Alysse Scripter, Associate Sports Information Director, Norfolk State Athletics 2  Colgate 6-7 1 Norfolk State 7-4 Team R H E Colgate 2 6 3 Norfolk State 1 5 2 W: Misken, Bailey (4-2) L: Robinson, Alexis (4-1) NORFOLK, Va. | The Norfolk State University softball team fell on final day of the Battle of the Bay Classic to the Raiders of Colgate University 2-1 on Sunday afternoon.  The Raiders (6-7) opened up the game with a single run in the top of the first inning on a single to third base,…

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Norfolk State spanked 14-4 in series finale with Niagara

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Title image via Niya Grant Photography Courtesy of Brian Howard, Asst. AD/Communications, Norfolk State Athletics 14  NIA-BASE 4 NSUBB Team R H E NIA-BASE 14 12 1 NSUBB 4 10 3 W: MacMillan,Blake (1-0) L: Manzer, Nolan (0-1) NORFOLK, Va. | The Norfolk State University baseball team fell behind early, rallying to tie the game, but Niagara scored the final 10 runs in a 14-4 loss to the Purple Eagles to close out the three-game series on Sunday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Baseball Field.  Norfolk State (1-6) trailed 4-0 midway through the third…

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Tennessee State women’s hoops loses regular season finale to Southern Illinois, sets sight on OVC Tourney

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 67  USI 61 TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F USI 21  16  10  20  67 TSU 12  18  14  17  61 NASHVILLE – Erica Haynes-Overton scored 20 points, but the Tennessee State women’s basketball team fell to the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 67-61 at home Saturday. The Lady Tigers (11-17, 6-11) had two players score in double figures, led by Haynes-Overton, who had 20 points. Gia Adams tacked on 14 points and Sierra McCullough added eight points, 11 rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Lyric Cole pulled down five offensive rebounds to…

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Albany State baseball to start series with Lane this afternoon

Brandon King

The Albany State baseball team will begin a three game series against the Dragons on Lance College this weekend. The Golden Rams who are 5-2 on the season will look to remain undefeated at the friendly confines of the ASU West Campus, while Lane , 0-11 have yet to win a game anywhere but are 0-9 on the road this year. The two teams last faced off 6 March 2022, with the Golden Rams soundly defeating the Dragons, 11-1. First pitch for game 1 of the three series is set…

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Tennessee State goes 2-0 on Day 1 of Panther Invitational

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Tennessee State Athletics 3  TSU 0 WCU Team R H E TSU 3 6 1 WCU 0 3 0 W: Manus, Caitlyn (4-1) L: Jayme Eilers (0-2) Tigers Go 2-0 on Day One of the Panther Invitational DECATUR, Ga. – Pitchers Caitlyn Manus and Holly Ayala combined for zero earned runs in 14 innings to carry the Tennessee State University Tigers (8-3) to victories on the first day in the Georgia State University Panther Invitational in Decatur, Georgia. Manus (6-1) was the winner in both games, throwing a three-hit shutout in TSU’s 3-0 win…

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Alabama A&M pounds Prairie View, 13-1

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Courtesy of Alabama A&M Athletics 13  AAMU 1 PVAMU Team R H E AAMU 13 12 1 PVAMU 1 6 3 W: Hall , Jackson (1-0) L: E. Breeden (1-1) NEW ORLEANS, La. __ Alabama A&M baseball got back in the win column on Friday as they defeated Prairie View A&M, 13-1, at Maestri Field on the opening day of the Andre Dawson MLB Classic. Jared Tribett (Lumberton, Miss.) drove in a game-high four runs on the day, going 2-for-3 from the plate along with scoring two runs and hitting a solo homer. Meanwhile, both Tommy Easley (Acworth, Ga.) and Mekhi…

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