Iemyiah Harris wins second straight SIAC Player of the Week award
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Albany State Baseball falls 6-1 to Valdosta State on Opening Day
Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Golden Rams lose (1-6) to the Valdosta State University Blazers on Tuesday evening at the West Campus Baseball Field on Opening Day. With the loss, the Golden Rams start the season (0-1). The game scoring started in the 3rd inning with the Blazers scoring 3 runs coming from home run by Dennis Pierce and a double by Leeandro Alfonzo which add the 3rd run of the inning. The Golden Rams responded by adding one run in the bottom of the 3rdinning which come from a single…
Read MoreAlbany State Softball Splits Opening Day doubleheader
Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Albany State Golden Rams and the Southern Wesleyan Warriors split on Saturday when the teams played a doubleheader at the ASU West Campus Softball Complex. With the split, the Golden Rams are now (1-1) overall to start the season. In game 1, the Golden Rams were beaten (3-8) with Trista Murphy picking up her first loss of the season. The Golden were down (0-5) going 5th, Jasmine Russell would score the 1st run of the game for the Golden Rams with Keyatta Ayer and…
Read MoreRon Dickerson Jr named Benedict head football coach
title image via Mark Adams II Courtesy of Benedict Athletics COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict College President Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis and Director of Athletics Willie Washington are proud to announce the hiring of Ron Dickerson Jr. as head football coach for the Tigers. Dickerson has a long successful history as a football coach, bringing more than 27 years of coaching experience to the Tigers. He comes to Benedict after serving the last two seasons at the University of West Florida, helping the Argonauts to back-to-back Gulf South Conference championships, a…
Read MoreMorehouse hoops drops close one to Edward Waters, 79-78
title image via Morehouse Basketball Courtesy of Morehouse Athletics 78 Morehouse 10-7,8-2 SIAC 79 Winner Edward Waters 8-10,7-4 SIAC Team 1 2 F Morehouse 41 37 78 Edward Waters 40 39 79 acksonville, FL- In a heart-wrenching matchup, Morehouse experienced a narrow defeat against Edward Waters, falling short by just one point with a final score of 79-78. Morehouse and Edward Waters had a back & forth affair throughout the contest with each squad trading shots. The contest featured 13 lead changes and 10 ties with each team trading opportunities with the lead.…
Read MoreAlbany State hoops split double tilt with Benedict
Courtesy of Adam Okashah, Albany State Athletics The Golden Rams Men’s Basketball lost a close one to the Benedict College Tigers (84-87) at the HRC Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Rams fall to (7-9) overall and (5-5) in the SIAC. The Golden Rams fall to (0-5) on the Road. The Tigers improved to (14-2) overall and (8-2) in the SIAC. Five players scored in double figures for the Golden Rams. Blaise Wallace finished the game with 25 points and 15 rebounds. Jordan Simpson finished the game with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Shakur…
Read MoreAlbany State women’s comes up short against Miles
title image via ASU Golden Rams Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Golden Rams huge 4th quarter rally wasn’t enough as they lost (64-55) to the Miles College Golden Bears on Thursday evening in Fairfield, Alabama. The Golden Rams fell to (1-14) overall and (1-6) in the SIAC. The Golden Bears improved to (8-1) overall and (4-0) in the conference. The Golden Rams led (13-12) at the end of the 1st quarter. After being outscored by 5 points in the 2nd quarter, the Golden Rams trailed (30-26) at the half. But, a…
Read MoreFort Valley wins rainy inaugural Florida Beach Bowl 23-13 over Johnson C. Smith
Fort Valley City State was able to take an early lead and then largely control the Johnson C. Smith offense in a 23-13 win in the inaugural Florida Beach Bowl. The Fort Valley offense got right to work, marching 75 yards in 12 plays on the game’s opening drive that saw two 4th down conversions and ended on Brandon Marshall’s 2-yard plunge that put the Wildcats up 7-0. A safety on a Johnson C. Smith added two points to the Wildcat lead making the score 9-0. FVSU took advantage of…
Read MoreFort Valley runs out of gas in second half, drops to Clayton State, 79-69
title image via Fort Valley Athletics Courtesy of Fort Valley State Athletics 79 Winner Clayton St. 3-4,0-0 Peach Belt 69 Fort Valley St. 1-9,1-3 SIAC Team 1 2 F Clayton St. 31 48 79 Fort Valley St. 39 30 69 The Wildcats found the gas pedal and finished the opening half fast, but they couldn’t keep the new found lead over the final 20 minutes Monday night. Fort Valley State scored 20 of the final 23 first-half points for an eight point lead, but visiting Clayton State bounced back to win the second…
Read MoreAlbany State women’s hoops beat down by Georgia Southwestern
Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Golden Rams women’s basketball team fell to (1-10) overall and (0-3) at home after being defeated (68-48) by the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes at the ASU West Campus Arena on Monday evening. With the win, the Hurricanes improved to (6-1) overall and (3-0) on the road. The Golden Rams were 21-52 from the field and shot 23.5% from the 3 point line. But, the Golden Rams only attempted 2 free throws in the game. Keyra Peterson was the only Golden Rams player to score in…
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