Category: SWAC

SWAC to play some games in Birmingham’s Legion Field

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from the Southwestern Athletic Conference : The Southwestern Athletic Conference will host a series of football games at Birmingham’s Legion Field each season for the next three years. The Birmingham City Council recently approved the agreement recommended by the mayor, which also includes an option to renew for an additional two-year term. “I want to thank the council for working with me to make this a reality,” said Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin. “Our city is steadily becoming the home to some of the best sport events in the state…

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January 25 SWAC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference: The Southwestern Athletic Conference has tabbed Prairie View A&M’s Jawaun Daniels and Southern’s Terrell Williams Jr. for SWAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors for their outstanding performances during this past week of conference play. Player of the WeekDaniels helped lead the Prairie View A&M Panthers past Alabama A&M with a game high 30 points on Monday as PVAMU won the contest in spectacular fashion by a score of 72-48. He was also a key double digit point contributor for Prairie View A&M versus Alabama State tallying…

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Florida A&M Basketball coaches will wear these

Brandon King

When Florida A&M takes on Jackson State, the Rattlers coaching staff will be wearing these special-edition Air Force 1 Lows as part of the Coaches vs Cancer commemoration. They feature a solid tan leather upper up front that give was to a tan and white tessellated pattern that wraps the rest of the foot. Black Swooshes adorn the lateral and medial sides. The tongue is back by fur and the insole feature Lebron’s mantra of “Strive For Greatness”, while on the rear overlay depicts a Lebron logo and the images…

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January 17, 2022 SWAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

There were four games on the men’s side in MLK Day 2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference action, with eight teams taking the hardwood. From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: Team Standings Monday, January 17 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 69, Bethune-Cookman 63– Box Score | Recap Prairie View A&M 74, Alcorn State 73 – Box Score | Recap Jackson State 61, Texas Southern 58 – Box Score | Recap Florida A&M 78, Mississippi Valley State 70 – Box Score | Recap About the SWACThe Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among…

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January 8, 2022 SWAC Women’s Basketball Recaps and Scores

Brandon King

Saturday was a jam-packed day for Southwestern Athletic Conference women’s basketball with all twelve teams in action. Here are the scores and recaps from the day’s contests: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 86, Texas Southern 82 – Box Score | Recap   Prairie View A&M 84, Mississippi Valley State 77 – Box Score | Recap   Jackson State 79, Alabama State 58 – Box Score | Recap Southern 71, Florida A&M 55 – Box Score | Recap Grambling State 66, Bethune-Cookman 61 – Box Score | Recap Alcorn State 61, Alabama A&M 59 – Box Score | Recap   Conference Standings

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Moton’s late game bucket lifts Grambling 68-66 over Bethune-Cookman

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From Grambling State Athletic Communications Tra’Michael Moton drained a jumper with one second remaining as the Grambling State University men’s basketball team edged Bethune-Cookman, 68-66, on Saturday afternoon in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) game at the Moore Gymnasium.   Grambling State (4-11 overall, 2-1 SWAC) led by as many as 11 points with 2:20 remaining, but Bethune-Cookman rallied and tied the game at 66 after a pair of free throws by Joe French with 23 seconds left.  That set the stage for Moton, who hit the game-winner jumper with 1 second left…

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Jackson State adds no.4 ranked WR to recruiting class

Brandon King

Back when Coach Deion Sanders flipped the no.1 ranked player in the class of 2022 from Florida State to Jackson State, he said that he wasn’t done yet. He made good on those words today with the announcement of five-star receiver Kevin Coleman is heading to Jackson State. Coleman, the nation’s No.4 ranked wideout and no.44 overall in the 2022 class, is a 5-11 receiver out of St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis selected the Southwestern Athletic Conference Jackson State over over a host of schools that included Miami,Oregon…

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Getting Travis Hunter cannot be the endgame for Jackson State

Brandon King

The decision of Travis Hunter, the number ranked high school player in these United States, to attend Jackson State was a watershed moment, not only for HBCU football, but potentially for college football as a whole. Those of us who are student alumni, former athletes of and media that cover HBCU’s have always wanted and strove for ways to make our beloved institutions to a higher level. A highly touted, supremely talent such as young brother Hunter shunning Power 5 schools in favour of an HBCU is precisely what so…

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Prairie View A&M names Bubba McDowell as new football coach

Brandon King

Prairie View’s protracted and at times seemingly much-stuck search for a head football coach looks to have finally come to an end. According to HBCU Premier Sports and News, Bubba McDowell will be the Panthers new head football coach. The name may be familiar to NFL fans , as McDowell played six NFL seasons, most notably with the Houston Oilers, where he was a known defensive contributor, compiling 486 tackles and 17 interceptions in his career. McDowell is also familiar to the program, having spent 11 seasons as an assistant…

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COVID-19 causes changes to SWAC Basketball games

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From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: The men’s basketball game scheduled between Prairie View A&M and Grambling State slated to be played on Monday, January 3 has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols with the PVAMU program. The men’s basketball game scheduled between Alcorn State and Jackson State slated to be played on Monday, January 3 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 5. These actions follow the guidelines and protocols set forth by the league and its Sports Administrators Committee and COVID-19 Advisory Committee.

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