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Albany State adds 25 in latest football class

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title image via Albany State Football Courtesy of Albany State Athletics Albany State University head football coach Quinn Gray, Sr. has announced his 2024 recruiting class.  Gray and his staff have added 25 incoming freshmen/transfers for the 2024 season. “We’re excited to welcome the new class of Golden Rams,” said second-year head coach Quinn Gray, Sr. “This class for us is truly exciting because they get a chance to help us #MoveTheNeedle. As a staff we went out and tried to find the best talent to bring to Albany State that we…

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Albany State women’s uses late game heroics to down Benedict, 63-62

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title image via Albany State Basketball Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Lady Golden Rams rallied in the final seconds to defeat the Benedict College Tigers (63-62) at the Jones Brothers HPER Complex on Monday night. The 1st quarter was a back-and-forth affair, with the Rams trailing (11-15). The Lady Rams shot 36% from the field. The Rams made up some ground during the 2nd quarter as they outscored the Tigers (14-12), ending the half trailing by just 2 points (25-27). In the 3rd quarter, the Golden Rams fell behind…

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Albany State softball splits doubleheader with Agenes Scott

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title image via Albany State Athletics Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Albany State Golden Rams and the Agnes Scott College Scotties would split on Saturday when the teams played a doubleheader at the ASU West Campus Softball Complex.  With the split, the Golden Rams are now (2-4) overall to start the season.     In game 1, the Golden Rams were beaten (1-13) with Kaliyah Smith picking up her first loss of the season. In game 2, The Golden Rams would come back to life as the Goldens Rams would…

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Tuskegee football makes additions to coaching staff

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title image via Tuskegee Football Courtesy of Tuskegee Sports TUSKEGEE, Ala. __ On Tuesday, Tuskegee head football coach, Aaron James, announced the addition of three new assistant coaches to his staff for the upcoming 2024 season. James had added another familiar face to Golden Tiger fans to the mold in former football star Harry Williams, to serve as offensive coordinator after serving in the same role at Alabama State for the last two seasons. Additionally, James announced the hire of Roman Buchanan as linebackers coach, and Chris Patterson as the offensive line coach.…

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Albany State Softball Splits Opening Day doubleheader

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Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Albany State Golden Rams and the Southern Wesleyan Warriors split on Saturday when the teams played a doubleheader at the ASU West Campus Softball Complex.  With the split, the Golden Rams are now (1-1) overall to start the season.     In game 1, the Golden Rams were beaten (3-8) with Trista Murphy picking up her first loss of the season. The Golden were down (0-5) going 5th, Jasmine Russell would score the 1st run of the game for the Golden Rams with Keyatta Ayer and…

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Albany State defeated handily by Morehouse, 81-63

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Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Golden Rams Men’s Basketball faced the Maroon Tigers and came up short to the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers (63-81) at the Forbes Arena on Wednesday Night.  The Golden Rams were down (31-35) in the 1st half but they were outscored (46-32) in the 2nd half. The Golden Rams faced a challenging match-up but just came up short. The Golden Rams fall to (7-13) overall and (5-9) in the SIAC. The Maroon Tigers improved to (14-7) overall and 11-3) in the SIAC. Two players scored in double…

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Ron Dickerson Jr named Benedict head football coach

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title image via Mark Adams II Courtesy of Benedict Athletics COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict College President Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis and Director of Athletics Willie Washington are proud to announce the hiring of Ron Dickerson Jr. as head football coach for the Tigers. Dickerson has a long successful history as a football coach, bringing more than 27 years of coaching experience to the Tigers. He comes to Benedict after serving the last two seasons at the University of West Florida, helping the Argonauts to back-to-back Gulf South Conference championships, a…

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Morehouse hoops drops close one to Edward Waters, 79-78

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title image via Morehouse Basketball Courtesy of Morehouse Athletics 78 Morehouse 10-7,8-2 SIAC 79 Winner Edward Waters 8-10,7-4 SIAC Team 1 2 F Morehouse 41  37  78 Edward Waters 40  39  79 acksonville, FL- In a heart-wrenching matchup, Morehouse experienced a narrow defeat against Edward Waters, falling short by just one point with a final score of 79-78. Morehouse and Edward Waters had a back & forth affair throughout the contest with each squad trading shots. The contest featured 13 lead changes and 10 ties with each team trading opportunities with the lead.…

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23 January SIAC Men’s and Women’s Basketballers of the Week

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Courtesy of Alexandra Brown of the SIAC ATLANTA, GA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced weekly honors for men’s and women’s basketball on Tuesday, January 23. In this celebration of on-court successes, Spring Hill’s Isaiah Veal was named Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Albany State’s Blaise Wallace took home the title of Men’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week. Clark Atlanta’s Corriana Evans was named Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, and Atreonia Garner brought home additional honors for the Lady Panthers as Women’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week. MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Isaiah Veal, Spring Hill College#2 |…

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