Category: College

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 […]

Four players finished in double figures to lead the Howard women’s basketball team (15-7 overall, 7-2 MEAC) to a 23 point victory (69-46) over the South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs on Jan 30 in Orangeburg, S.C. With the absence of Tamoria Holmes, HU was led by the leadership of Cheyenne Curley-Payne who finished with a […]

The Norfolk State Spartans improved to 16-6 overall and maintained their first place standing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) after cruising to a 75-59 victory Jan. 28 against Morgan State University at Echols Hall in Norfolk, Va. Spartans senior center Kyle O’Quinn led all scorers with 18 points along with 12 rebounds in the […]

The Howard University Bison have yet to shake their losing funk, falling 71-50 to the Savannah State Tigers in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men’s game Jan. 28 at the Tiger Arena in Savannah, Ga. Howard wasn’t able to get any offensive rhythm going, and their defense was just as bad as they gave up […]

Heading into a contest against Norfolk State Jan. 28, it had been six years since Morgan State was last swept by the Spartans in a season series. Norfolk State will have to wait another year. Morgan State senior guard Omara Parker came off the bench for a team-high 17 points to lead the visiting Lady […]

No. 10 Georgetown had overcome poor offensive performances three times this season. But none of those games were on the road, and another bad shooting night doomed the Hoyas in a 72-60 loss against Pittsburgh. In the previous games in which Georgetown struggled to score—against Howard, Providence and Rutgers—defense kept Georgetown in the games. That […]

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 […]

Morgan State University’s men’s basketball team successfully bounced back from a tough loss on Saturday, taking care of business against the North Carolina Central Eagles, 71-64, on Jan. 23 at Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md. The Bears had fallen to North Carolina A&T, 62-61, on Saturday, Jan. 21, but the win over N.C. Central […]

Senior guard DeKeisha Mathis scored a team-high 16 points and freshman guard Tracey Carrington came off the bench to add 15 points to lead Morgan State past North Carolina A&T, 85-83 in overtime in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game at Morgan’s Hill Field House on Jan. 21. The victory was the third straight for […]

Morgan State men’s basketball coach Todd Bozeman coached his first game since being reinstated from a two-week suspension but the Bears still lost, 62-61, to the North Carolina A&T Aggies on Jan. 21 at Morgan’s Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md. The Aggies earned the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) win after junior forward Adrian Powell […]

For the third time this year No. 10 Georgetown (16-3, 6-2) struggled mightily to put the ball in the basket and for the third time it still found a way to triumph, winning at the Verizon Center 52-50 over Rutgers (11-9, 3-4). Georgetown couldn’t buy a basket, especially in the first half when it shot […]