Lady Rattlers go down to Gators in season opener

Courtesy of FAMU Athletics Team 1 2 3 4 F Florida A&M 18  12  18  7  55 Florida 25  16  18  24  83 GAINESVILLE, Fla. | The Rattlers battled closely with the Florida Gators for three quarters, but a struggling fourth quarter led to the Rattlers to fall in the season-opener 83-55. The Rattlers started hot with an early 8-0 run led by five points from Dylan Horton and held an 18-13 lead in the first before the Gators went on their own 12-0 run to end the quarter with a 25-18 lead. After…

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Norfolk State annihilates VUL by record margin, 125-19

Courtesy of Alex Lehmbeck, Asst SID, Norfolk State Athletics 19 V-L 125  Norf Team 1 2 3 4 F V-L 4  0  7  8  19 Norf 29  23  40  33  125 NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s basketball team unveiled banners before Monday evening’s season opener, celebrating the team’s first share of a MEAC regular season title in program history. It only took a couple of hours for the Spartans to hurdle past a few more barriers, breaking multiple records in a 125-19 blowout over Virginia University of Lynchburg. The 106-point differential…

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Norfolk State puts boots to VUL, 109-59

Courtesy of Matt Michalec, Asst. AD/Communications, Norfolk State University 59 V-L 109  Norf Team 1 2 F V-L 29  30  59 Norf 58  51  109 NORFOLK, Va. – Freshman George Beale Jr. made his collegiate debut by notching a double-double of 18 points and 14 rebounds, leading seven Norfolk State players in double figures in a 109-59 thrashing of Virginia-Lynchburg on Monday night at Echols Hall. Kris Bankston added a double-double of his own with 16 points and 12 rebounds, scoring all of his points on an array of eight athletic dunks that energized…

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Tulane spanks Grambling, 72-46

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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PAC-12/SWAC Legacy Series Games debut this week

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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Take a look at the “FAMU” LeBron XIX Low PE

Basketball season will soon tip-off on the highest of seven hills and these lebron XIX lows will be amongst the fleet of footwear the Rattlers will take to the hardwood. There are two colour ways- one white based and the other green based. Both sport a Rattler logo on the left tongue with smaller orange Swooshes on the medial forefoot. Both pair features React midsole and heel Max Air units. As these are PEs a retail release seems highly unlikely. The Florida A&M University men’s basketball team tips off their…

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Albany State predicted to finish fourth in SIAC East, Simpson and Parker named to all-Conference 1st Team

The SIAC announced their 2022-23 men’s basketball preseason ranking Thursday morning. The Golden Rams who went 7-10 overall and 4-7 last season and finished fifth in the Eadtern Division, were picked to finish fourth in the preseason pole, ranking behind Morehouse, Benedict, and Savannah State. Men’s Basketball Preseason Rankings by DivisionEast Division West Division Golden Rams Malik Parker and Jordan Simpson were both named to the SIAC Preseason All-First Team. Parker, a senior guard out of Chicago, IL paced ASU in scoring and was the third-ranked bucket getter in the…

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CIAA rolling out updated PPV model in front of basketball season

Courtesy of the CIAA: The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation’s oldest historically black athletic conference, has unveiled a new pay-per-view subscription model available ahead of its 2022-23 men’s & women’s basketball season. The new subscription model will grant viewers access to all the regular season basketball contests on the CIAA Sports Network (CIAASN), the official streaming platform for the conference, rather than just home broadcasts from a specific member institution. Available now, packages for the 2022-23 basketball regular season are offered on the CIAASN in three pricing tiers: a $9.99 per game rate, a $24.99…

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Tickets for Jackson State basketball now available

Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics JACKSON, Miss. – Season tickets for the 2022-23 Jackson State University basketball season are on sale now. The three-time defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champion JSU women’s basketball team will host Texas on December 14 as part of its 10-game regular season schedule that includes nine conference doubleheaders beginning January 7 vs. Alabama St. The Jackson State men’s team will have a nine-game regular season home schedule beginning January 7 against Alabama St. Season tickets are $75 for general admission, $90 for reserved seats, and $225 for courtside seating.…

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SWAC unveils ESPN Men’s Basketball Schedule

Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC Announces Men’s and Women’s Basketball HBCU GO Schedules BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its upcoming HBCU GO broadcast schedule for the 2022-23 Men’s and Women’s Basketball seasons. The slate of games which will be broadcast in doubleheader format (Women’s/Men’s) are highlighted by several highly anticipated conference match-ups throughout the course of the season. Each league member institution is slated to make appearances on the HBCU GO linear and digital platform. SWAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball games carried on HBCU GO will be…

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