Devilettes Suffer Loss to Rams
12/30/08
 ATLANTA---The
Mississippi Valley State Devilettes loss, 63-46, to the Rams of Rhode
Island in the consolation round of the 15th Annual Georgia State
Invitational. Valley continued a recent trend as Latasha Williams found
Michelle Messaga down low for a quick two points to begin the game. |
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Cannon
Named to All-Tournament Team
Rodney Bush 1/01/09
 Tulsa,
OK - The Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team went 1-1 in their last
tournament of 2008. The team faced UT-Arlington and Tulsa in the Tulsa
Select Holiday Classic in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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Devilettes Drop Heartbreaker in Conference Opener
Roderick Mosley January 3, 2008
 Pine Bluff, Ark.---The Mississippi Valley State Devilettes opened conference play tonight with a gut wrenching, 65-52, loss to the Lady Lions of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. |
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Ellis Earns Player of the Week for the Second Time this Season
Jameson Gibbs January 5, 2009
 Hampton, Virginia - Lady Tigers' guard Tatiana Ellis earns CIAA Player of the Week for her 27 point performance in last week's game against Lenoir-Rhyne. |
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AGGIES CRUISE TO WIN IN CONFERENCE TUNE-UP
Brian Holloway 1/05/09
GREENSBORO, January 5, 2009 – The North Carolina A&T men’s basketball game against Tennessee Wesleyan Monday night quickly turned from a basketball game into a comfortable evaluation period for head coach Jerry Eaves as the Aggies get ready for the re-start of conference play on Saturday. |
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Allstate Sugar Bowl to sponsor Crosstown Classic
Ed Cassiere January 6, 2009
NEW ORLEANS — The Allstate Sugar Bowl will sponsor the 2009 Crosstown Classic, a collegiate basketball doubleheader slated for Saturday, Jan. 24 at the New Orleans Arena. |
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BOWIE STATE STUNG 73-69 BY WEST VIRGINIA STATE
Gregory C. Goings 1/05/09
(BOWIE, Md. – January 5, 2009) Bowie State University put together a late second half rally, erasing an 18-point deficit before falling 73-69 down the stretch to West Virginia State University.
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Cornelius Lewis Adds CSN and TSN Football All-America to Honors
Wallace Dooley 1/06/09
Tennessee State University offensive tackle, Cornelius Lewis has been named to the College Sporting News All-America Football Championship Division first team. |
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Fort Valley State-Benedict Men’s game to be broadcast live on ESPNU
Russell Boone, Jr. 1/5/09
A national television audience will be treated to exciting Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball action when the Fort Valley State University Wildcats host the Tigers of Benedict College on January 18. |
GRIFFIN, SIXTH-RANKED OKLAHOMA OVERWHELM UMES, 100-64
TYLER BIRNBAUM 1/5/9
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Blake Griffin had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead No. 6 Oklahoma to a 100-64
victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday night.
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LADY HAWKS RECEIVE MEAC HONORS
JENNIFER JONES JANUARY 6, 2009
PRINCESS ANNE, Md - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced Monday that
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) women's basketball players April McBride (New
Rochelle, N.Y.) and Amber Cook (Greensboro, N.C.) were named Defensive Player and Rookie
of the Week respectively, for the period ending January 4.
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LADY VIKINGS FALL TO SHAW UNIVERSITY 76-62
April J. Emory January 6, 2009
RALEIGH, NC-The Shaw University Lady Bears topped the Elizabeth City State Lady Vikings 76-62 Tuesday night at Spaulding Gymnasium.
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Winston-Salem State Cruises Past Columbia Union Pioneers With Ease, 85-61
Chris Zona January 5, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Winston-Salem State University Rams were too much for the Pioneers of Columbia Union on Monday evening at the C.E. Gaines Center as WSSU cruised to an easy 85-61 victory behind a season-high 85 total
points.
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Xavier's
Dumas is GCAC Player of the Week
Ed Cassiere January 6, 2009
NEW ORLEANS -- Shaun Dumas of Xavier University of Louisiana is the Gulf
Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week in men's basketball for Dec.
29-Jan. 4.
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2009 FREEDOM CLASSIC TO FEATURE AN HBCU DOUBLE-HEADER
Jim Junot 1/01/09
The 2009 Freedom Classic, scheduled for January 18, 2009 in theRichmond Coliseum, will be a double-header between Winston-Salem StateUniversity and Hampton University of the MEAC, and Virginia UnionUniversity
and Virginia State University of the CIAA. |
FREEDOM CLASSIC TICKEETS NOW ON SALE AT VSU
Jim Junot 1/05/09
Tickets for the 2009 Freedom Classic, to be held in the RichmondColiseum on January 18, are now on sale in the VSU Athletic Department. |
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SADE ODUTOLA AND LEON MCKINNEY NAMED SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Willie K. Patterson Jr January 5, 2009
Fairfield, AL - Senior forward Sade Odutola from Stockbridge, Georgia was named women's basketball Player of the week in the
SIAC.
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Rams Look To Start 2009 With A Win; WSSU Hosts Columbia Union On Monday Evening
Christopher Zona
The Winston-Salem State men’s basketball team returns to action on Monday, Jan. 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. as they return to the friendly confines of the
C.E.
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Colgate University vs. North Carolina Central University
Kyle Serba 1/05/09
North Carolina Central University comes back to the “Eagles’ Nest” for a season-long six-game homestand to take on the Colgate University Raiders. |
FSU’s Darshawn Johnson Honored CIAA’s Player of the Week
Adrian F. Ferguson January 05, 2009
Fayetteville, NC – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) has garnered FSU’s Darshawn Johnson as its Player of the Week for week-ending January 5, 2009.
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Lady Eagles’ Cunningham, Lady Hawks’ Cook and McBride Earn Weekly HonorsSahar
Abdur-Rashid 1/05/09
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., January 5, 2009- Coppin State University’s Whitney Cunningham was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. |
McBRIDE, PITT NAMED UMES ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
TYLER BIRNBAUM JANUARY 5, 2009
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Juniors April McBride (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and Neal Pitt
(Fort Washington, Md.) have been named the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Athletes of the Week for the period ending Dec. 4.
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Nationwide named "Official Insurance Provider" of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Shera L. White 1/05/09
COLUMBUS, OH - Nationwide, one of the country's largest insurance, financial services and investment management organizations, announced today an agreement to become the "Official Insurance Provider of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(CIAA).
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Today
( 2/24/03) the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) reinstated Shaw
University forward Naomi
Mobley's eligibility based upon
the repayment of impermissible
expenses. The impermissible
expense repayment was made to a
local Raleigh charity, the
Garner Road YMCA. The CIAA
Board of Directors has agreed to
abide by the NCAA's decision.
NCCUS
BROWN RECORDS 1,000TH CAREER KILL
CLINTON,
SC - North Carolina Central University
senior outside hitter Brenda Brown
amassed her 1,000th career kill during a
3-0 setback to Catawba College during
the Lady Blue Hose Volleyball Tournament
at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C.
on Friday (Oct. 14).
