Tag: Women’s Hoops

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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North Carolina A&T draws no.1 seed N.C. State in first round of NCAA Women’s Tournament

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from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: North Carolina A&T State, which on Saturday won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s basketball tournament title thanks to a dramatic 3-pointer in the closing seconds, will face an in-state foe in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The game will tip at 4 p.m. on Sunday and will be shown live on ESPN. The winner will face either No. 8 seed South Florida or No. 9 seed Washington State in the second round. The Aggies (14-2) were given a No.…

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January 30, 2021MEAC Women’s Basketball Recap

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From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Howard 71, Delaware State 60Morgan State 69, Coppin State 51 Howard 71, Delaware State 60 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jayla Thornton hit seven 3-pointers andp oured in 23 points Saturday afternoon in Burr Gymnasium, as Howard kept up its winning ways with a 71-60 victory over Delaware State. With the win, the Bison improved to 8-2 overall and 4-1 in MEAC play. Iyanna Warren also had a standout game, dishing out a career-high 14 assists. Kiana Coomber led the Hornets (2-8, 1-4 MEAC with 11 points. Box…

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January 24, 2021 MEAC Women’s Basketball Recap

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From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: North Carolina A&T State 86, Delaware State 59North Carolina Central 57, Norfolk State 44 North Carolina A&T State 86, Delaware State 59 DOVER, Del. — Four North Carolina A&T State women’s basketball players scored in double figures as the Aggies used a big fourth quarter to secure their seventh consecutive win, 86-59 over Delaware State at Memorial Hall on Sunday.  N.C. A&T (7-1) put the Hornets (2-7) away with an impressive 32-2 run that started midway through the third quarter and lasted until midway through the…

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