Category: SWAC

Terry Collins’ career night pushes MVSU to victory over North Alabama

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Courtesy of Mississippi Valley State Athletics 68 UNA 76  MVSU Team 1 2 F UNA 33  35  68 MVSU 31  45  76 ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men’s basketball program snapped a 41-game losing streak in NCAA Division I, non-conference games with a 76-68 victory over North Alabama in Head Coach George Ivory‘s Delta Devils home debut. What You Need to Know: Mississippi Valley State Top Performers: Notes: We would not blame Valley if the tune “On The Road Again” was the team’s new theme song over the…

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Prairie View stuns Washington State 70-59

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Courtesy of Prairie View Athletics 59 Washington St. 1-2,0-0 Pac-12 70  Prairie View 3-0,0-0 SWAC Team 1 2 F Washington St. 27  32  59 Prairie View 41  29  70 PRAIRIE VIEW – The Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team shot well to a convincing 70-59 Panthers victory Tuesday night over PAC-12 Conference team Washington State in the William J. Nicks Building. Facing a team that they meet three other times prior to tonight’s game getting the win, putting together one of their best overall team performance, of the early season to delight of…

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Jackson State women’s hoops pulls 69-63 upset of Texas Tech

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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics LUBBOCK, Texas| The Jackson State women’s basketball team knocked down Texas Tech, 69-63, in its second game of the 2022 Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The Tigers shot 50 percent from three-point range in the road win Tuesday evening at the United Supermarkets Arena. Jackson State (1-2) had four players score in double figures, led by Liz Martino, who had 17 points. Angel Jackson added 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks and Daja Woodard chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds. JSU took advantage of…

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15 November 2022 SWAC Basketball Weekly Honourees

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has tabbed Texas Southern’s PJ Henry and Southern’s Bryson Etienne for SWAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors for their outstanding performances during this past week of non-conference play. Player of the Week– PJ Henry, Texas Southern Henry averaged 21.5 points and three rebounds in two games played this past week. He contributed 21 points to go along with five steals in TSU’s season opener at San Francisco. He scored 22 points during the Tigers win over Arizona State. Henry helped put…

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Texas Southern Track and Field gets new equipment for next season

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Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Information The Texas Southern track and field programs received a dose of good news recently with the arrival of new equipment and the completion of the long jump pit inside Durley Stadium.  The team received brand new high jump and pole vaults pits for its student-athletes to use in both practice and competitions. The four long jump pits are also new as the area was relocated from the existing track to an area behind the east side bleachers close to the Tiger Walk.  “I want…

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Southern smack Mississippi Valley, 27-7

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Courtesy of Willie D. Scott, Associate Director of Strategic Communications 7 MSV 27  SOU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F MSV 0 0 7 0 7 SOU 7 13 7 0 27 BATON ROUGE, LA — Southern University football team honored 19 seniors on Saturday afternoon. The Jags defeated Mississippi Valley 27-7 to complete a perfect 5-0 record at home in front of 17,776 fans inside a chilly A. W. Mumford Stadium. Despite starting off slow on the offensive side of the ball, the Jags picked up pace late in the first…

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Jackson State defeats Alabama A&M to clinch SWAC’s Eastern Division

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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics Box Score  MOBILE, Ala. – The Jackson State Tigers defeated Alabama A&M 27-13 Saturday in the Gulf Coast Challenge to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference Eastern Division crown for the second straight year. Jackson State (10-0 overall, 7-0 SWAC) will host the Cricket SWAC Championship Game for the second straight year on December 3 at The Vet, the opponent to be determined. Ticket information will be announced later. QB Shedeur Sanders threw four touchdown passes in the win as the Tigers will look to complete an undefeated…

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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

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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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