Category: College

Junior forward Saadia Doyle scored 16 of her game-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the second half, and junior guard Tamoria Holmes tallied 13 of her 19 points after intermission, to lead Howard University to a 51-43 win over Florida A&M University in the semi-finals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s tournament […]

Amarah Williams recorded her fourth double-double of the season, finishing with a game-high and career-tying 19 points, while pulling down a career-high 14 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as Morgan State dropped a 66-53 decision to North Carolina A&T in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opening round game on March 5 at the Lawrence Joel […]

Morgan State University won the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Cheerleading Championship Sunday evening at the Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The cheerleading championship is the opening event of the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Tournament games are scheduled for Monday, March 5-10 at the Joel Coliseum. The Lady Bears captured first place honors […]

Howard University saw three of its best basketball players honored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference on March 4. Lady Bison stars’ Tamoria Holmes and Saadia Doyle were both named to the MEAC First Team, as voted by the conference’s head women’s basketball coaches and sports information directors. Holmes earned her honor after leading the MEAC […]

Shaw University wins again in the latest matchup between two of the CIAA’s premiere women’s basketball programs. Tournament MVP Aslea Williams scored 17 points as Shaw toppled Johnson C. Smith University 72-66 on March 3 in the CIAA championship game at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. The Lady Bears captured their second straight […]

A year ago, the Winston-Salem State Rams returned to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, won the Southern Division title, and came into the CIAA Tournament as one of the favorites to reclaim its perch among the elite in the conference’s storied century-long history. A loss to Fayetteville State at the buzzer in the tournament’s quarterfinals […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For a few minutes Friday, first lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time Warner Arena into an elementary school gym. Obama was in North Carolina for two Democratic Party events in Raleigh and Charlotte. But before those fundraisers, she promoted the “Let’s Move!” fitness program with children from […]

Elizabeth City State Vikings took advantage of a Bowie State Bulldogs poor shooting night at the free-throw line to stun the Northern Division top seed, 66-63 in overtime to advance to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament Championship game. Bowie State finished the night by shooting 30 percent (8-of-27) from the foul line. “It […]

The Bowie State Lady Bulldogs had the answer for Shaw University to start each half. It was the rest of the game that was the problem. Opening each period, Bowie State got off to a hot start to hold a lead over the Southern Division champion, only to have the Lady Bears respond with game-changing […]

Delaware State’s Tasia Bristow hit a desperation three-pointer from the left elbow with two seconds remaining on the shot clock to tie the game at 58 all with 4.6 remaining in the game and force overtime. Bristow’s basket helped the host Lady Hornets overcome an 11-point second half deficit and Delaware State never looked back. […]

Tamoria Holmes joined teammates Saadia Doyle and Zykia Brown in the elite 1,000th point club as Howard (22-7 overall, 14-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference record) defeated Delaware State 67-52 in its regular season finale. The victory gives the Lady Bison the most wins in a season since 1997-98 when they went 23-7. For the game, Holmes […]

Sophomore guard Casey Walker poured in a game-high 21 points while junior forward Marques Oliver and senior guard Jay Threatt added 16 and 10 points respectively to help Delaware State earn a 63-46 win over Howard University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men’s game Feb. 25 at Memorial Hall in Dover, Del. The game […]