Tag: Alabama A&M Basketball

SWAC Hoops: Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs keep winning going with 63-56 defeat of Alcorn

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Courtesy of Alabama A&M Athletics 63  AAMU 56 Alcorn Team 1 2 3 4 F AAMU 13  18  11  21  63 Alcorn 11  17  8  20  56 Alabama A&M women’s basketball (5-8, 3-0 SWAC) continued their strong play on the road on Saturday afternoon as they took down Alcorn State, 63-56, inside of the Davey L. Whitney Complex. The game started slowly on both ends, as the Braves opened the scoring at the 7:40 mark of the first quarter. The Bulldogs got on the board nearly a minute later but trailed 6-3…

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Alabama A&M women’s hoops gets road win over Central Arkansas, 53-51

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Courtesy of Alabama A&M Athletics 53  AAMU 51 UCA Team 1 2 3 4 F AAMU 14  14  10  15  53 UCA 11  15  17  8  51 The BasicsScore: Alabama A&M University 53  – University of Central Arkansas 51Record: AAMU (2-8, 0-0 SWAC), UCA (5-6, 0-0 ASUN)Location: Conway, Ark. – Farris CenterAttendance: 212 CONWAY, Ark. – The Alabama A&M women’s basketball team finished 2022 with a road win at Central Arkansas on Thursday afternoon, 53-51. The Lady Bulldogs improve to 2-8, 0-0 SWAC, while the Sugar Bears fall to 5-6, 0-0 ASUN. Turning PointTrailing 51-42…

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Alabama A&M and Fisk set to meet for the first time

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Courtesy of Joshua J. Darling, Sports Information Director HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Alabama A&M (1-5, 0-0 SWAC) men’s basketball will continue the Battle of the Bulldogs as they host Fisk (1-4, 0-0 GCAC) in the first meeting between the programs on Monday, November 28. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. at the Event Center. It will be the third time that A&M has faced a fellow Bulldog following games against Samford (L, 86-64 on 11/17) and Louisiana Tech (L, 80-75 on 11/23) and the final time this year. In addition to those games,…

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Albany State to take part in “ATL Has Something to Say HBCU All-Stars Challenge”

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This weekend will see the debut of the inaugural ATL Has Something to Say HBCU Challenge. The event will be held at Morehouse College, it will feature SIAC and CIAA teams squaring off as well as Atlanta public high schools taking each other on. The Challenge tips off with four games, starting at 1pm EST and Saturday, action tips off at 10 AM EST with Atlanta Public School play . The SIAC v CIAA action tips off at 12 pm, with Virginia Union facing LeMoyne-Owen. SIAC versus CIAA basketball games…

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Tennessee State Basketball gets 87-76 win over Alabama A&M

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76 Alabama A&M 0-2,0-0 SWAC 87  Tennessee St. 3-0,0-0 OVC Team 1 2 F Alabama A&M 35  41  76 Tennessee St. 47  40  87 Tennessee State moed to 3-0 on the young season , as they completed their opening three-game homestead with a 87-76 victory over Alabama A&M. With leading scorer Jr. Clay, saddled with foul trouble and with his shooting stroke a bit off the mark, the TSU bench picked up the slack with 34 points, 20 of which came from Christian Brown who made his season debut. Although the first…

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Alabama A&M names Otis Hughley Jr as 10th Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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via Joshua L. Darling, AAMU Sports Information Director Alabama A&M Director of Athletics Bryan Hicks has announced the hiring of Olympic and former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach Otis Hughley, Jr. as the Bulldogs head men’s basketball coach on Monday, April 18. “First, I would like to thank the search committee for their tireless work in conducting a national search for our next head men’s basketball coach,” said Hicks. “Not only does Otis bring a wealth of experience at every level possible, but he also knows Alabama having gone to school and coached in the…

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Alabama A&M advances, defats FAMU 61-56 in SWAC quarters

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Courtesy of Terrisa Mark, Assistant Sports information Director, AAMU 61 AAMU 56 FAMU Team 1 2 F AAMU 22  39  61 FAMU 25  31  56 No. 5 Alabama A&M (12-17, 10-8 SWAC) delivered an offense barrage in the second half to defeat No. 4 Florida A&M (13-17, 11-7 SWAC) with a 61-56 decision in a Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal and an NCAA Division I men’s basketball game on Thursday, March 5. The win advances the Bulldogs to the semifinals for the first time since March 14, 2014. Junior forward Jalen Johnson (Indianapolis, Ind.)…

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Coleman leads Grambling to victory over Alabama A&M

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Courtesy of Grambling State Athletic Communications Justice Coleman scored 12 of her team-high 19 points in the first half as the Grambling State University women’s basketball team advanced to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinals with a 62-54 victory over Alabama A&M on Wednesday at Bartow Arena.  Grambling State (14-16), which used a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter to move past Alabama A&M, advances on the 2022 Cricket SWAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinals as the seventh seed and will face the winner of Alabama State (third…

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January 25 SWAC Women’s Basketball Honorees

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From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: The Southwestern Athletic Conference has tabbed Alabama A&M’s Dariauna Lewis and Jackson State’s Ameshya Williams-Holliday for SWAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors for their outstanding performances during this past week of conference play. Player of the Week– Dariauna Lewis, Alabama A&M Lewis had back-to-back dominating double-double performances this past week. Against Texas Southern she scored 26 points while collecting 18 rebounds. Versus Prairie View A&M Lewis she contributed 27 points for the Lady Bulldogs while also tallying 10 rebounds. For the week she averaged 26.5 points per game…

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