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Haynes Overton’s big night not enough as TSU women’s hoops drops rand tilt with SIUE

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69 Tennessee St. 5-9,0-3 OVC 76  SIUE 3-11,2-1 OVC Team 1 2 3 4 F Tennessee St. 17  18  22  12  69 SIUE 14  29  19  14  76 Despite the oncourt heroics of Erica Haynes-Overton the Tennessee State women’s basketball team came up short against SIUE, falling 76-69. Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics DWARDSVILLE, IL – Erica Haynes-Overton scored 30 points, but the Tennessee State women’s basketball team fell to the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars 76-69 on the road Thursday. The Lady Tigers (5-9, 0-3) had two players score in double figures, led by Haynes-Overton, who…

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Stillman women’s hoops spanks U of Mobile, 65-39

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Courtesy of Stillman Athletics 39 VS 65 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Stillman College women’s basketball opened 2023 with a 65-39 Southern States Athletic Conference win at home in Birthright Alumni Hall on Thursday night.  Four Tigers scored in double dights, led by Laneja Warner‘s 16 points, followed by Farrah Pearson‘s 15 points. Jamesha King added 13 points and 10 rebounds for her second-straight double-double, while Kelcie Smith came on strong in the fourth quarter to score 14 points.  Stillman shot 47.4% in the third quarter to help pull away from the visiting Rams and finished with a…

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Bluefield State Women’s Hoops comes up short in OT at Barry University

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Courtesy of Bluefield State Athletics: 54 Bluefield St. 7-6,0-0 DII Independent 56  Barry 6-5,1-2 Sunshine State Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F Bluefield St. 15  10  10  13  6  54 Barry 12  17  9  10  8  56 Miami Shores, FL – Bluefield State University women’s basketball fell to Barry University in overtime 56-54 at the Health & Sports Center on Sunday.  Gabrielle Thomas led all scorers with 15 points followed by Rori Cox with 11 points and six rebounds. Dani Janutolo and Alexus Tucker both came away with seven points, with Janutolo adding nine rebounds.  The Big Blue…

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Beatdown at Baylor: Tigers mauled by Bears, 93-27

Brandon King

To say it was a rough day at the office for the Tennessee State women’s basketball team would be a gross understatement. In a game whose competitive portion didn’t last as long as took the reader to peruse this sentence, the TSU squad was decimated by the no. 18 Baylor Bears,93-27. Tennessee State got off to a good start, taking a 3-0 lead on Gia Adams’ with 9:43 left in the first quarter. They would never lead in the contest again. Baylor jumped on TSU, running off ten straight points…

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Tennessee State’s Erica Haynes-Overton named OVC Newcomer of the Week

Brandon King

Tennessee State guard Erica Haynes-Overton was named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. Although the Tigers came up empty in their games last week, losing a 67-65 nail biter at home to Stetson and a decisive 100-72 beatdown at Southern Illinois, Haynes-Overton averaged 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in the two matchups. The 22 points she put in against Stetson was her fourth time topping the 20-point barrier on the season. On the season the grad transfer from Kansas is averaging 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.4…

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Tennessee State gets past Omaha 74-72 behind Haynes-Overton’s 32

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72 UNO 74  TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F UNO 21  12  19  20  72 TSU 23  10  23  18  74 In a game that saw 14 lead changes, The Tennessee State women’s basketball team evened their record at 3-3,getting a 74-72 win over the University of Nebraska Omaha on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers only shot 41.9% from the field including a frigid 21.4% from downtown but were able to mitigate those shooting woes by forcing 27 Mavericks turnovers which they were able to translate into 33 points. The…

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Bethune women’s hoops comes up short versus Florida, 82-73

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Courtesy of Bethune-Cookman Athletics GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Chanel Wilson scored 24 points in Bethune-Cookman’s 82-73 loss at Florida Friday evening. The Wildcats (0-3) led three times in the third quarter, the last on a D’Shantae Edwards free throw  that made it 44-43 with 5:39 remaining. A Wilson lay-up gave B-CU, which trailed 20-9 after the first quarter, its first lead with 7:12 remaining at 38-37. Edwards made it 40-39 a minute later. Florida (3-1) regained the lead, but never led by more than ten points until the game’s final minute. Wilson…

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Tennessee State’s Gia Adams earns OVC Player of the Week Honours

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The Ohio Valley Conference announced that Tennessee State sophomore guard Gia Adams was named its Player of the Week. In two games last week, against Fisk and Kansas City, the Jersey Village product averaged 23.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in helping the Lady Tigers to a 1-1 record. This award is nothing new for Adams, as she garnered the honor three times last season. Up next for Adams and the Tigers is a trip to Chattanooga for a meeting with the Moccasins of UT Chattanooga. Tip off time…

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SIAC News: Tuskegee Women’s Basketball getting ready for SIAC/Gulf South Crossover

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Courtesy of Tuskegee Athletics TUSKEGEE, Ala. – Head Coach Trelanne Powell and her program will officially open their 2022-23 regular season schedule on Friday, as they compete in the Gulf South-SIAC Crossover over the weekend, held in Cleveland, Miss. The Golden Tigers will battle a pair of non-conference opponents in host school Delta State on Friday evening, followed by a matchup with Mississippi College on Saturday afternoon, both in the Walter Sillers Coliseum. Delta State went 14-13 last season, falling to the top seed Union in the second round of the GSC Basketball Tournament.…

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Lady Tigers open up season with 85-61 thumping of Fisk

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 61 Fisk 0-2 85  Tennessee St. 1-0,0-0 OVC Team 1 2 3 4 F Fisk 13  17  13  18  61 Tennessee St. 29  12  20  24  85 NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State women’s basketball team kept Fisk to just 0 percent from deep in a 0-for-10 shooting performance on the way to an 85-61 win against the Bulldogs at home Monday. TSU also forced 40 turnovers in the process.  The Lady Tigers (1-0) had four players score in double figures, led by Gia Adams, who had 20 points and four…

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