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Tennessee State Basketball announces 2023-24 schedule

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics Tennessee State head men’s basketball coach, Brian “Penny” Collins, entering his sixth season at the helm, has announced the upcoming 2023-24 schedule, which features five non-league home games and a trip to the Northwest. After one of the best seasons during Collins’ era, the Tigers will look to capitalize on the top home attendance from the previous season, hosting all six teams within a three-hour drive to campus. “It was important to try to get as many home games as we could while our students…

TSU’s James Lowery named OVC-Big South Special Teams Player of the Week

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Tennessee State kicker earned OVC-Big South Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance Saturday against Gardner-Webb. Lowery, a redshirt junior, on two crucial field goals in Tennessee State’s 27-25 win over Gardner Webb in the John Merritt Classic. He connected on a then career long 49-yard field goal with 6:32 left in the contest that pushed the TSU lead to 24-19.  Less than six minutes later and the Tigers down by a point at 25-24, he would be called upon once again, and he would come through, converting a…

Langston comes up short against Louisiana Christian, 35-22

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Courtesy of Kyle Taylor – Langston Sports Information 35 22 LANGSTON Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F LOUISIAN 14 7 7 7 35 LANGSTON 3 6 0 13 22 Wrentie Martin passed for a season high 231 yards with three touchdowns but the Langston Lions fell short 35-22 to Louisiana Christian on Saturday night. Langston led early following a 30-yard field goal by Octavio Resendizthat capped a 12-play, 51-yard drive at the 8:36 mark in the first quarter. The Wildcats countered with a three-yard and nine-yard touchdown runs by Devin Briscoe and…

West Virginia State gets it done 47-27 against Concord

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Title image via Todd Griffith Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics 47 27 CON Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F WVS 3 23 14 7 47 CON 13 0 0 14 27 The West Virginia State University football team (2-1, 2-0 MEC) remained undefeated in conference play with a 47-27 road win at Concord (0-3, 0-2 MEC) on Saturday afternoon. KEY PLAYERS HOW IT HAPPENED EYE-CATCHING STATS NEXT UP West Virginia State will host Glenville State for Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 23rd. Kickoff at Lakin-Ray…

Late field goal lifts Tennessee State to win over Gardner-Webb in 25th John A. Merritt Classic

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Tennessee State was able to get their second win of the season with a dramatic, come from behind-from-behind 27-25 win over 2022 Big South champion Gardner Webb in the 25th John A. Merritt Classic.  After falling behind early,Tennessee State was able to pull even twice, with touchdowns from Daveon Bryant and a Da’Shon Davis squaring the game at 7 and 14 apiece, respectively, but would go into halftime down 17-14. TSU took their first lead of the evening , 21-17  in the third quarter on Jalen Rouse’s 7-yard scamper.  A safety later…

Albany State gets by Morehouse 24-14 in HBCU NY Classic

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Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics Quinn Gray, Sr. won his 1st game as the head coach of Albany State University after his Golden Rams defeated the Morehouse Maroon Tigers (24-14) in the 2nd Annual Toyota HBCU New York Classic at MetLife Stadium on Saturday afternoon.  Over 18,000 students, fans and alum attended the world’s largest HBCU Homecoming and the unofficial start of HBCU Homecoming week.  With the win, the Golden Rams improved to (1-2) overall and (1-0) in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).  The Maroon Tigers fell to…

Tennessee State claims 25th John A. Merritt Classic 27-25 over Gardner-Webb

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 25 GWU 27 Winner TSU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F GWU 7 10 2 6 25 TSU 7 7 7 6 27 NASHVILLE — The Tennessee State football team took down Gardner-Webb 27-25 in the John Merritt Classic on Saturday evening for their first Big South-OVC win of the year.   The Tigers improved to 2-1 on the year and 1-0 in Big South-OVC Conference play, while the Runnin’ Bulldogs fell to 1-2 and 0-1. Jalen Rouse totaled 53 yards to lead the Tigers’ ground attack and added…

Morehouse basketball announces 2023-24 non-conference schedule

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Courtesy of Morehouse Athletics The rest of the schedule has arrived! The Morehouse College basketball team and third year head coach Douglas Whittler have finalized the Maroon Tigers’ 10-game 2023-24 non-conference schedule featuring five home games on Arthur J. McAfee Jr. Court in Forbes Arena, three NCAA Division I exhibition games, and more. The Maroon Tigers officially open up their season with an Oct. 29 away exhibition game against Georgia State University. The very next day, Morehouse will travel to Birmingham, AL. on Oct. 30 to face off against the University of Alabama Birmingham…

Jackson State on the road again to face Texas State

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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics The road warrior two-time defending Southwestern Athletic Conference football champion Jackson State Tigers will play their fourth game in four weeks in the fourth different state when JSU faces Texas State for the first time on the gridiron. The matchup is the first FBS opponent for JSU since a 12-7 loss at Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 15, 2021. GAME INFORMATION: Jackson State (2-1) is coming off a 27-14 win at Southern last Saturday as first-year JSU head coach T.C. Taylor led the Tigers to their fourth consecutive win…

“Halloween” Nike Ja 1 coming in October

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Just because there will be a 25 game delay in Ja Morant starting the 2023-24 NBA season will in no way stand in the way of Nike churning out additional colourways of his signature sneaker, the Ja 1. This upcoming iteration sports a lime blast spread across its mesh and synthetic upper with the hands of the undead seen on the oil green collars as well as the Swooshes that adorn the sides. Ja logos are seen on each respective cacao wow tongue, one of which comes in red, ,…