Tag: Women’s Hoops

December 19, 2021 SWAC Women’s Basketball Recap

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Sunday was a tough day for SWAC women’s basketball team. Five squads took to the court to contest out-of-conference opponents and none of them came away victorious, including Prairie View taking a 62-point beating at the hands of Iowa State. Here are the scores and conference standings via the Southwestern Athletic Conference: Sunday, December 19 Iowa State 100, Prairie View A&M 38 – Box Score | Recap   Georgia Southern 88, Bethune-Cookman 59 – Box Score | Recap College of Charleston 83, Florida A&M 60 – Box Score | Recap Mississippi State 74, Jackson State 66 – Box Score | Recap   Florida Atlantic 70, Alabama…

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December 8, 2021 SWAC Women’s Recap

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There was only one SWAC women’s basketball team in action Wednesday night. Alcorn State was absolutely bludgeoned by Baylor, 94-40. From the Southwestern Athletic Conference (box score) and the Baylor Bears ( Recap) Baylor 94, Alcorn State 40 – Box Score | Recap  About the SWACThe Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams. Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball,…

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December 8, 2021 MEAC Women’s Hoops Recap

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Morgan State gets by Loyola, while UMES falls to La Salle From the MId-Eastern Athletic Conference: Morgan State 64, Loyola (Md.) 55La Salle 77, Maryland Eastern Shore 70 Morgan State 64, Loyola (Md.) 55 BALTIMORE, Md. — MEAC Preseason Player of the Year Dahnye Redd led the way on Wednesday, as Morgan State extended its winning streak to six games with a 64-55 win over loyola (Md.). Redd dropped 15 points to go along with four rebounds and three steals. There were three Bears in double figures; Ashia McCalla added 14…

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December 5 SWAC Women’s Basketball Recap

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From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: Team Standings Sunday, December 5 Jacksonville State 78, Alabama State 46 – Box Score | Recap Louisiana Tech 69, Mississippi Valley State 56  – Box Score | Recap About the SWACThe Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams. Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.…

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FAMU ends road trip with defeat at hands of Jacksonville

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36 FAMU 57  JVille Team 1 2 3 4 F FAMU 5  8  12  11  36 JVille 14  13  22  8  5 Courtesy of FAMU Athletics: Box Score JACKSONVILLE, Fla. | Florida A&M women’s basketball has finished their season-opening six-game road trip as they fell to the Jacksonville Dolphins 57-36. After falling 14-5 at the end of the first, the Rattlers went on a 4-0 run to bring the game within five before Jacksonville went on their own run to take a 27-13 lead into the half. The Rattlers’ best quarter…

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November 29, 2021 MEAC Women’s Basketball Recap

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From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Morgan State 66, Saint Peter’s 62Towson 76, Delaware State 47Elon 73, North Carolina Central 51 Morgan State 66, Saint Peter’s 62 JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Three Bears scored in double figures on Monday as Morgan State picked up its third straight win, a 66-62 defeat of Saint Peter’s in the Yanitelli Center. Ashia McCalla led the Bears (3-4) with 15 points to go along with five rebounds and three steals, while Adia Brisker dropped 13 points and grabbed six rebounds and four steals. MEAC Preseason Player…

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Week 3 CIAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Honorees

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2021-22 Women’s Basketball Composite Schedule2021-22 Women’s Basketball Conference Leaders (Statistics)2021-22 Women’s Standings 2021-22 Men’s Basketball Composite Schedule2021-22 Men’s Basketball Conference Leaders (Statistics)2021-22 Men’s Standings FOOD LION MEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK #20 Raemaad Wright, Virginia Union Wright averaged nearly a double-double with 9.6 points and 11.3 rebounds, including 15-point, 12-rebound performance in a win over Winston-Salem State in the championship game of the inaugural CP3 HBCU Tip-Off Challenge. The 6-7 junior forward also averaged two blocks per game on the week while totaling two assists and two steals as the Panthers finished 3-0 with…

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2021-22 SIAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Honors and Predicted Order of Finish

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From the SIAC: Senior forward Ay’Anna Bey of Benedict has been voted the 2021 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Preseason Player of the Year and senior guard Jutoreyia Willis of Tuskegee has earned the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year selection, announced Wednesday by the league office. The preseason honors and predicted order of finish are voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.  Benedict has been voted as the preseason favorite to win the 2021-22 SIAC Women’s Basketball Eastern Division. The Tigers feature a squad led…

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May 16, 2021 WNBA Recap

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Who Got It Done pt rb ast DeWanna BonnerCON vs. PHO 27 5 4   10-12 ft Briann JanuaryCON vs. PHO 15 1 6 S. Diggins-SmithPHO vs. CON 18 1 4 N. HiedemanCON vs. PHO 17 2 1   4 stl Diana TaurasiPHO vs. CON 19 4 5 Yesterday’s Scores Phoenix Mercury (1-1)   78 Connecticut Sun (2-0)  86 PTS D.Bonner-CON – 27   TRB J.Jones-CON – 13   New York Liberty (2-0)  73 Indiana Fever (0-2)  65 PTS B.Laney-NYL – 20   TRB J.Lavender-IND – 15 Today’s On Court Docket No games scheduled for Monday, May 17, 2021. Play resumes…

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Arizona women’s hoops coach Adia Barnes has no apologies for postgame huddle

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From Andrea Adelson of ESPN: Arizona Wildcats women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes said Saturday that she has nothing to apologize for after she used a middle finger and an expletive in a postgame huddle with her team in the joyous moments following a 69-59 win over UConn in the Final Four. The moment, caught on ESPN cameras, went viral immediately after the win Friday night clinched the Wildcats a spot in the national championship game for the first time in school history. In her postgame news conference, Barnes admitted “I…

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