Tag: Mississippi Valley State University

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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Jackson State spanks Mississippi Valley State, 85-63

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Title image Courtesy of William H. Kelly Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics 63 Mississippi Val. 2-19,0-10 SWAC 85  Jackson St. 12-8,9-1 SWAC Team 1 2 3 4 F Mississippi Val. 11  8  17  27  63 Jackson St. 17  22  29  17  85 JACKSON, Miss| Daphane White notched a double-double with 26 points and 11 rebounds to help the Jackson State defeat Mississippi Valley State 85-63 at home Saturday. In addition to White’s impressive outing, the Tigers were led by Ti’lan Boler, who had 14 points, six rebounds and three steals, and by Angel Jackson, who added eight points, nine…

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MVSU alum Kendrick Wade named new Mississippi Valley head football coach

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Courtesy of Mississippi Valley State Athletics  With the holiday season in full swing, Mississippi Valley State University Athletic Director Hakim McClellan is preparing for the 2023 season by naming Kendrick Wade as the school’s 18th football coach. Wade is no stranger to MVSU, being a two-time graduate, star football player, and coach for the Delta Devils. He makes his way back to his alma mater after seven years of head coaching experience on the high school and middle school level, followed by six years as an assistant coach on the…

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Vincent Dancy to join Coach Prime at Colorado

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Via hbcusports.com Mississippi Valley State head football coach Vincent Dancy has announced his resignation Thursday morning. In a statement issued by Athletic Director Hakim McClellan in part reads, “Coach Dancy has represented MVSU and the football program well in that time as the 17th head coach. On behalf of Mississippi Valley State University, I want to thank Coach Vincent for his incredible leadership for our football program.” MVSU President Jerryl Briggs added “”We are thankful to Coach Dancy for his service to MVSU. He has served Valley in various capacities,…

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Air Force hands Delta Devils 64-51 defeat

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Courtesy of Mississippi Valley State Athletics 51 MVSU 64  USAFA Team 1 2 F MVSU 19  32  51 USAFA 30  34  64 Game BookCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mississippi Valley State University men’s basketball program got its first double-double of the 2022-23 campaign out of Alvin Stredic, but the cadets from the United States Air Force Academy prevailed, 64-51. What You Need to Know: Mississippi Valley State Top Performers: Notes: Valley stays in the Rocky Mountain range for a Saturday showdown with the Colorado State Rams at 2 p.m. central time in…

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Mississippi Valley State stuns PV 27-7

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Courtesy of Mississippi Valley State Athletics 7 PVAMU 27  VALLEY Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F PVAMU 7 0 0 0 7 VALLEY 0 0 17 10 27 ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University football program have potentially knocked Prairie View out of the SWAC West Championship, pending the Bayou Classic result next week, stunning the Panthers with a 27-7 blowout on Senior Day. The Basics •    Records: Mississippi Valley State (2-9, 2-6 SWAC) | Prairie View A&M (6-5, 5-3 SWAC) •    Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi – Rice-Totten Stadium at Chuck…

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Terry Collins’ career night pushes MVSU to victory over North Alabama

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Courtesy of Mississippi Valley State Athletics 68 UNA 76  MVSU Team 1 2 F UNA 33  35  68 MVSU 31  45  76 ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men’s basketball program snapped a 41-game losing streak in NCAA Division I, non-conference games with a 76-68 victory over North Alabama in Head Coach George Ivory‘s Delta Devils home debut. What You Need to Know: Mississippi Valley State Top Performers: Notes: We would not blame Valley if the tune “On The Road Again” was the team’s new theme song over the…

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Prairie View pounds Pine Bluff, 55-24

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Courtesy of Prairie View Athletics 55  PVAMU 24 UAPB Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F PVAMU 7 21 20 7 55 UAPB 10 7 0 7 24 PINE BLUFF, Ark. – In a crucial matchup on Saturday inside of the Simmons Bank Field the Prairie View A&M University football team clawed there way to a 55-24 victory over the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions. With the win the Panthers improved to 5-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play.  The Panthers dominated the game statistically, racking up 491 total offensive…

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Southern smack Mississippi Valley, 27-7

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Courtesy of Willie D. Scott, Associate Director of Strategic Communications 7 MSV 27  SOU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F MSV 0 0 7 0 7 SOU 7 13 7 0 27 BATON ROUGE, LA — Southern University football team honored 19 seniors on Saturday afternoon. The Jags defeated Mississippi Valley 27-7 to complete a perfect 5-0 record at home in front of 17,776 fans inside a chilly A. W. Mumford Stadium. Despite starting off slow on the offensive side of the ball, the Jags picked up pace late in the first…

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Alabama A&M goes down to Mississippi Valley State 30-20

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Courtesy of Joshua J. Darling, Sports Information Director, Alabama A&M University 20 AAMU 30  VALLEY Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F AAMU 0 7 7 6 20 VALLEY 7 10 13 0 30 ITTA BENA, Miss. – Under the bright lights of ESPNU’s Thursday Night Football, Alabama A&M (3-6, 3-3 SWAC) fell behind early and could not make up the ground as Mississippi Valley State (1-8, 1-5 SWAC) ran out the clock on a 30-20 victory in an NCAA Division I football game on Thursday, November 3. Due to severe technical issues…

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