Tag: HBCU

Jackson State volleyball to open season at Sawyer Camillo Memorial 

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title image via Jackson State Courtesy of JSU Athletics The Jackson State volleyball team is set to open its season at Louisiana (Lafayette) in the 2024 Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic on Friday and Saturday. The Tigers will face Murray State at 11 a.m., UL at 6 p.m. on Friday, and UT Arlington on Saturday at 11 a.m. Jackson State finished last season 17-13 overall and 10-6 in SWAC play. The Tigers defeated Alabama A&M (3-1), Alabama State (3-1), and Florida A&M (3-0) to claim the 2023 SWAC Volleyball Championship title.…

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UAPB defense key in win over Grambling

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title image via UAPB Basketball Courtesy of UAPB Athletics 56 Final Jan. 29, 2024 49 Team 1 2 3 4 F Ark.-Pine Bluff 12  20  9  15  56 Grambling 11  15  12  11  49 GRAMBLING, LA – After taking down Southern in the first game of the lone matchup of the season, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women’s basketball team kept Grambling to just 7.7 percent from deep in a 2-for-26 shooting performance on the way to a 56-49 victory against the Tigers on the road Monday to complete the sweep of the…

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Rattlers take on Gamecocks Saturday to close out non-conference schedule

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title image via FAMU Athletics Courtesy of Florida A&M Athletics COLUMBUS, S.C. –– The Rattlers travel to South Carolina to play the Gamecocks on Saturday afternoon for their final game in 2023. When, Where, How to Watch:  When: Saturday, December 30, 2 p.m. EasternWhere: Columbus, South Carolina Watch: SEC Network+ Coaches in the gameRobert McCullum (Birmingham Southern, 1976) Career Record: 147-239 (14th season)Record at FAMU: 63-118 (7th season) Lamont ParisCareer Record: 109-94 (7th season)  Record at South Carolina: 22-22 (2nd season)  Florida A&M RattlersThe Rattlers enter the game after a 13-point loss at UCF, where they…

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Johnson C. Smith’s Bill Dusenberry and Jimmy Ewers named to John B. McLendon Hall of Fame Class

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title image via Goldenbullsports Courtesy of Johnson C. Smith Athletics The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation’s oldest historically Black athletic conference, is proud to announce the 2024 John B. McLendon Hall of Fame Class.  The 2024 CIAA Hall of Fame Class is set to be enshrined on March 1, 2024. The enshrinement ceremony is slated to begin at 9:00a.m. EST at the Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom, in Baltimore, MD. The event will be a part of the week-long schedule of events encompassing the 2024 CIAA Basketball Tournament, being held February 26-March…

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Mississippi Valley State has 7th highest GSR in the SWAC

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title images via Mississippi Valley State Athletics Courtesy of MVSU Athletics The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data was announced on Wednesday by NCAA. The announcement showed that Mississippi Valley State overall GSR was 74 percent, the seventh highest among the Southwestern Atlantic Conference (SWAC). MVSU had one team record a perfect GSR of 100 percent (Men’s Tennis) and four teams with a GSR over 80 percent (Men’s Tennis, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Soccer, and Softball). Today’s figures reflect graduation numbers among student-athletes who enrolled at MVSU from 2013-16. The NCAA…

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B-CU’s D’Shantae Edwards named SWAC Co-Impact Player of the Week

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title image via BCU Athletics Bethune-Cookman Women’s Basketball student-athlete D’Shantae Edwards has been named Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women’s Basketball Co-Impact Player of the Week, announced by the league office Tuesday, Dec. 5, from the league office in Birmingham, Alabama. Edwards, a 5-foot-7 sophomore guard from Dallastown, Pennsylvania, was instrumental in Bethune-Cookman’s lone game last week away to Florida International. The Dallastown Area High product registered a career-high 18 points and season-best six steals as the Wildcats fell late to the Panthers. Edwards scored seven of BCU’s nine points in a run that saw…

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NC Central Basketball visits UVA today and Redford this Saturday

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title image via Juan Richardson Courtesy of North Carolina Central Athletics DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University men’s basketball team will take its talents on the road to the neighboring state of Virginia. The first stop for the Eagles will be the University of Virginia on Tuesday at 7 p.m. followed by a game at Radford University on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. NCCU played both teams for the first time last season. Full Game Notes – Game 10 (Game notes for Radford will be available on Thursday) Week 5 at…

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SWAC Announces 2023 Football All-Conference Teams

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2023 Football Postseason All-SWAC selections on Monday morning. The all-conference teams were voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Florida A&M led the league with 13 selections, followed by Alabama State (8), Alcorn State (6), Jackson State (5), Southern (5), Alabama A&M (4), Grambling State (3), Texas Southern (2), Prairie View A&M (2), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2), and Bethune-Cookman (2). Individual football postseason awards will be announced at 11:00 am CST on Tuesday, November…

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Alabama A&M Marching Maroon and White will lead Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Courtesy of Alabama A&M University News When the 97th edition of the Macy’s Parade kicks off on Thanksgiving morning, the Alabama A&M University Marching Maroon and White (MMW) Band will be the first band to be seen by millions across the country. The AAMU marching band has been selected as the lead band in this year’s parade. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will officially welcome the holiday season on Thursday,November 23 at 8:30 a.m. Americans coast-to-coast can share in the magic of the parade through NBC-TV’s national telecast hosted by the TODAY Show’s…

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“Tuskegee” Nike Terminator High coming soon

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Just as was seen with the “Spelman”, “Tennessee State” and “Alabama A&M” iterations , Tuskegee will also have its dedicated edition of the Terminator High. It sports a phantom leather upper overlaid with tough red at the at the toe, eye rows, and wrapping the heel, while also showing up as an underlay at the rear heel. On the front of the tongue, a Golden Bears logo is seen, while “Tuskegee” and “Institute” in embroidered caligraphy on each respective rear heel. On the lateral forefoot, is stamped “1881” ,the year…

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