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Howard Basketball adds top local talent during early signing period

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Courtesy of Howard University Men’s Basketball The Howard University Men’s Basketball team proudly unveils the inaugural addition to its 2024 recruiting class: Blake Harper (Washington). The announcement came Wednesday. A D.C. native, Harper has honed his skills at Gonzaga College High School over the past four years. His tenure with the Purple Eagles culminated in a commendable 26-11 record, navigating a challenging national schedule and competing fiercely in the WCAC (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference), known as the DMV’s most formidable league. “Securing top-tier talent from D.C. remains a cornerstone of our program,” said Howard…

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Howard women’s hoops defeated by DePaul in Battle 4 Atlantis Final Round

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Title Image via Jalisa Fulwood Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard University Sports Information Director 85  DePaul 3-3,0-0 Big East 62 Howard 1-6,0-0 MEAC Team 1 2 3 4 F DePaul 22  21  23  19  85 Howard 10  8  22  22  62 Nassau, Bahamas (November 20, 2023) –The Howard University women’s basketball team closed out the three-game Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament with an 85-62 loss to DePaul University. The Bison finished in eighth place. Howard (1-6) got a team-high 17 points from graduate guard Iyanna Warren(Accokeek, Md.) but no other Bison player reached double…

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Howard women’s hoops to take part in 2023 Battle 4 Atlantis

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Courtesy of Howard University Athletics  The Howard University women’s basketball team is set to compete in the second annual Bad Boy Mowers Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament Nov. 18-20 at Imperial Arena in Atlantis Paradise Island. Howard becomes the first HBCU to compete in this prestigious tournament. The Battle 4 Atlantis field also includes four teams that made the 2023 NCAA Tournament, including three teams (Ole Miss, Michigan & South Dakota) that advanced to the 2022 NCAA Sweet 16. The event will be bracketed with each team guaranteed three games. University of Arizona, DePaul…

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HBCU Men’s seeding and brackets for the 2023 NCAA Tournament

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There are two HBCU teams in the men’s NCAA bracket. Here is who they are and who they will take on. NO. 16 Texas Southern, East Bracket, Columbus, OH Coach Johnny Jones’ TExas Southern Tigers are back in the field of 68 after winning their third consecutive SWAC Tournament, and as has been the case too many times, they are the HBCU that has been subjected to taking part in the play in game ( the NCAA can try to insult our intelligence, by dressing them up as the “First…

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Howard punches Norfolk State in the mouth, 87-67, secures MEAC regular season crown

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67 Norfolk St. 20-10,9-5 MEAC 87 Winner Howard 19-12,11-3 MEAC Team 1 2 F Norfolk St. 25  42  67 Howard 52  35  87 The matchup between two of the top three teams in the MEAC , with potentially a share of the regular season title at stake, turned out to be rather one-sided as the Howard Bison used blistering shooing to build a first-half lead that proved to be insurmountable, in taking it to Norfolk State in a wire-to-wire 87-67 win. Howard quickly jumped out to a 7-0 lead off a three-pointer from…

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Howard cleans up Morehouse, 89-65 in MLK Day Classic

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Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard University Sports Information Director 65 More 89  HOW Team 1 2 F More 23  42  65 HOW 40  49  89 Howard University sophomore guard Elijah Hawkins (Washington) scored a team-high 15 points to lead five players in double figures as the Bison rolled to an easy 89-65 win over Morehouse College in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day Classic at Burr Gymnasium before an overflow crowd. The Bison (10-10) got off to a slow start that was full of turnovers, missed free throws and…

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Howard players sweep MEAC weekly basketball honours

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Courtesy of the Mid-Easter Athletic Conference: The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) unveiled its women’s basketball weekly honors where Howard University made a clean sweep. The team’s leading scorer Destiny Howell (Queens, NY) earned her second weekly honors this season while first year Nile Miller (Haddonfield, NJ) and junior Kaniyah Harris (Clifton, MD) earned their first recognitions. The announcement came Tuesday afternoon. Howell won her second Player of the Week honor after posting a career-high 35 points in the Bison’s win over VCU. Going 13-for-20 from the floor and hitting nine of her 13 3-point attempts, Howell is the…

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MEAC Basketball: Howell’s career night pushes Howard past VCU

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79  HOWW 67 VCU Team 1 2 3 4 F HOWW 19  15  22  23  79 VCU 15  17  10  25  67 Destiny Howell had herself quite the ball game. The junior point guard poured in a career-high 35 points in helping to lead Howard past Virginia Commonwealth University, 79-67. When Destiny is locked in and focused, she is very tough to guard,” said Coach Ty Grace in her assessment of Howell’s performance. “She was efficient and took every shot with tremendous confidence. When she gets in rhythm, it’s a challenge to…

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Howard gets fanny-kicking from DePaul, 81-56

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Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard University Sports Information Director 56 Howard 3-7,0-0 MEAC 81  DePaul 8-3,1-0 Big East Team 1 2 3 4 F Howard 22  4  16  14  56 DePaul 26  12  24  19  81 CHICAGO, IL. – Junior Destiny Howell scored a team-high 22 points while senior Iyanna Warren added 10, but it was not enough to offset the spectacular play of Darrione Rogers and the rest of her team as Howard University dropped an 81-56 decision to DePaul University (8-3) at the Wintrust Arena before a raucous crowd of 6,523. The Bison (3-7) rode…

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Howard Basketball falls at VCU

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Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard University Sports Information Director 60 HOW 70  VCU Team 1 2 F HOW 31  29  60 VCU 41  29  70 Howard University men’s basketball redshirt junior Steve Settle, III(Glenarden, Md.) led all scorers with 18 points, followed by sophomore Bryce Harris (Brentwood, N.Y.) and third-year Bison Jordan Wood (San Antonio) with 13 points and 12 points, respectively, and the defense held their opponent without a field goal over the last six minutes, but was not able to capitalize as HU fell, 70-60, to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in…

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