Tag: SWAC

Jackson State and Texas Southern Men’s Basketball game to air live on ESPNU

Brandon King

Monday, January 21st at 6:00 p.m. the Jackson State and Texas Southern’s men’s basketball team will face off at TSU’s Health and Physical Education Arena. Both teams roll into the meeting with matching 2-1 SWAC records. Texas Southern is lead offensively by the triumvirate of Jalyn Patterson, Jeremy Combs, and Trayvon Reed, who average 13.9, 13.2 and 13.1 points per game respectively, while Jackson State’s Chris Howell is the man for the Tigers. If you are a fan or alumni of either school and can’t make the trip to Houston…

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SWAC Women’s Basketball Notebook- January 19-21

Brandon King

From swac.org FULL WEEKLY NOTEBOOK This weekend’s matchups:JANUARY 19*UAPB @ Southern3 p.m./Baton Rouge, La.*MVSU @ Alcorn State3 p.m/Lorman, Miss.*Jackson State @ Prairie View A&M3 p.m./Prairie View, Texas*Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M3 p.m./Birmingham, Ala.*Grambling State @ Texas Southern5:30 p.m./Houston, Texas JANUARY 21*Jackson State @ Texas Southern4 p.m./Houston, Texas*UAPB @ Alcorn State5:30 p.m./Lorman, Miss.*MVSU @ Southern5:30 p.m./Baton Rouge, La.*Grambling State @ Prairie View A&M5:30 p.m./Prairie View, Texas Top Storylines, News and Notes: Alabama A&M sits atop league standings but has dropped three of its last four against in-state rival Alabama State. A…

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January 5 SWAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

From SWAC.org: Tonight’s Scores:Texas Southern 87, Alcorn State 70Alabama State 73, Grambling State 54Prairie View A&M 82, Southern 73Jackson State 54, Alabama A&M 51 (OT)UAPB 64, Mississippi Valley State 52 TSU cruises past Alcorn State in SWAC openerLORMAN, Miss. – The Tigers of Texas Southern University opened Southwestern Athletic Conference play Saturday with an 87-70 win at Alcorn State. John Jones scored 17 points and Trayvon Reed posted a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Tigers (6-8). Maurice Howard scored a game-high 18 points to lead Alcorn…

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SWAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week – January 1

Brandon King

from SWAC.org: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Texas Southern University guard Jalyn Patterson has been named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. The league made the announcement Tuesday morning. Patterson, a 6-1 graduate transfer from Atlanta, Ga., scored a team-best 20 points along with five rebounds and five assists to lead Texas Southern to an 88-73 victory over Texas A&M on Dec. 29. Patterson, who shot 8-of-14 from the field and connected on 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, was particularly effective in helping to close out the Aggies as…

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December 31 SWAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

from SWAC.org: Today’s Score: Pepperdine 100, Alabama A&M 64 Bulldogs fall at Pepperdine thanks to hot shooting from deep MALIBU, Calif. – The Alabama A&M University men’s basketball program was topped by Pepperdine 100-64 Monday evening in its final non-conference game of the season. The long ball derailed the Bulldogs in the contest, as Pepperdine (7-7) made 15 3-pointers and led 50-24 at halftime. Alabama A&M fell behind 10-2 after the initial goings but managed to get within six after an Arthur Johnson three-pointer. The contest got away from Alabama…

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December 8 SWAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

From SWAC.org Today’s Scores:Texas Southern 107, Concordia 70Alcorn State 109, Champion Christian 45Central Florida 70, Grambling State 45Pepperdine 69, Jackson State 66California-Santa Barbara 55, UAPB 45 Crosby records triple-double as Braves rout Champion ChristianLORMAN, Miss. – A historic night for Troymain Crosby saw the sophomore register 18 points, 10 rebounds 10 assists to headline a 109-45 drubbing for the Alcorn State University men’s basketball program over Champion Christian on Saturday at the Davey L. Whitney Complex. Crosby becomes just the second student-athlete in the history of Braves (3-6) basketball to finish…

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December 8 SWAC Women’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

SWAC.org: Today’s Scores:Texas Southern 69, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 55Alcorn State 67, Fisk 64Rice 68, Prairie View A&M 58 Turner leads TSU past Texas-Rio Grande ValleyEDINBURG, Texas – Behind a 26-point effort from Marquia Turner, the Texas Southern University’s women’s basketball team snapped the four-game win streak of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, winning a 69-55 contest Saturday afternoon at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. Texas Southern (3-5) jumped out to a 14-3 lead over the first six and a half minutes as Turner scored eight points during the initial surge. UTRGV managed a pair of baskets…

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December 1 SWAC Men’s basketball recap

Brandon King

Around the SWAC Alcorn State 103, Rust College 66 LORMAN, MS – Maurice Howard scored a game-high 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field while Troymain Crosby added 22 points, six rebounds, six assists, two steals as the Braves built a 31-point halftime advantage before comfortably winning at the Davey Whitney Complex. Reginald Johnson came off the bench and scored 15 points in 18 minutes of action.  Johnson was 6-of-6 from the charity stripe.  Jael Scott and Kobe Wilson scored 10 points apiece. LSU 78, Grambling State 57 BATON…

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October 27 SWAC Football Schedule

Brandon King

  Mississippi Valley State Texas Southern 2:00 p.m. Houston, Texas (Conf.) Stats Video Alcorn State Prairie View A&M 2:00 p.m. Prairie View, TX (Conf.) UAPB Grambling State 2:00 p.m. Grambling, LA(Conf.) Stats Radio: KPCH – 99.3 FM | KJMG – 97.3 FM Alabama State Alabama A&M 2:30 p.m. Birmingham, AL(Conf.) Jackson State Southern 6:00 p.m. Baton Rouge, LA(Conf.) Stats Audio

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October 20 SWAC Football Recap

Brandon King

From swac.org :   Around the SWAC Mississippi Valley State 48, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 47 (2 OT)   Southern 21, Texas Southern 7 North Alabama 24, Jackson State 7 Featured Game of the Day Alcorn State 33, Grambling State 26 LORMAN, MISS. – A touchdown pass to junior Chris Blair with 12 seconds left was the decisive score in a 33-26 win for the Alcorn State University football program over Grambling State on Saturday at Jack Spinks-Marino Casem Stadium. The score was tied 26-26 when the Braves (6-2, 4-1 SWAC) were faced with…

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