Author Archives: Ed Hill Jr.

With seven premier universities gathered in Davidson, N.C., the Howard University swimming team competed in its final regular season meet of 2011-2012 on Jan. 28. The Lady Bison faced off against Campbell, Georgia Southern, Liberty, North Carolina A&T, Radford and host Davidson. With a number of great swims, the Lady Bison took down NC A&T […]

Brandon Ford scored a career-high 14 points to lead five players in double figures as Howard snapped an eight-game losing streak in an 82-76 win over South Carolina State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s game on Jan. 30 in Orangeburg, S.C. Ford, one of five freshmen who started the game for the Bison, tallied […]

To say that the Howard University 2011-12 men’s basketball season is a work in progress is a gross understatement. With a 4-16 record and a current seven-game losing skid, the Bison is a team still searching for an identity. A combination of youth, lack of chemistry and injuries to key players, has contributed to the […]

Howard freshman Simuel Frazier has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for the second straight week after averaging 11.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.0 steals in losses to Coppin State and to Hampton. A 5-foot-11-, 175-pound freshman from Norfolk, Va., Frazier grabbed a career-high eight rebounds along with 11 […]

Senior guard Mike Tuitt scored 15 of his team-high 20 points in the second half, including a key three-point play with nine seconds remaining to lift Hampton to a 57-55 win over Howard in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game at the HU Convocation Center in Hampton, Va. The Bison (4-13 overall, 1-3 in the […]

Howard’s two lead guards–junior Calvin Thompson and senior Glenn Andrews–combined for 13 points in overtime to help the Bison men’s basketball team defeat the University of Delaware, 88-83 in a non-conference game Dec. 22 at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Bison while the Blue Hens saw […]

Hampton University used its decided edge in experience to pull away to a 71-53 win over Howard University’s men’s basketball team in the Big Apple Classic at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4. The Pirates (4-4 overall, 1-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), who are the defending MEAC tournament champions, start four seniors and have […]

Howard freshman quarterback Greg McGhee was named the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, joining six other Bison football players to receive post season awards from the MEAC. A 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound freshman from Pittsburgh, Pa., McGhee becomes just the third player in school history to receive the honor, joining former Bison Vontae Long […]