Category: College

Just when Morgan State thought its seven-game losing skid was over, the Lady Bears found a way to blow a 10-point second half lead and fall in overtime to Holy Cross, 73-66, in the consolation game of the Miami Holiday Classic Dec. 29 at the Bank United Center in Cora Gables, Fla. Senior DeKeisha Mathis […]

Senior guard Michael Harper led five players in double figures with a season-high 19 points as Coppin State (CSU) defeated the University of Nebraska Omaha, 93-83, Dec. 30 in the Elgin Baylor Classic at Key Arena in Seattle, Wash., earning Ron “Fang” Mitchell his 400th victory as Coppin’s head coach. Harper, who had scored just […]

The Howard Women’s basketball team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson (FDU), 66-56, Dec 30 at Stratis Arena, finishing the month of December with a perfect 7-0 record and improving their overall mark to 8-5 heading into the New Year. Howard began the contest with a shaky start as Fairleigh Dickinson opened with a 10-4 run. The run […]

Bowie State saw seventeen student-athletes graduate and receive bachelor degrees in the 2011 Winter Commencement held on Dec. 16 at the A. C. Jordan Arena in Bowie, Md. Bowie State’s newest alum now includes former star football player Tariq Jones, a 5-foot-9-inch, 198-pound running back out of Baltimore, Md. that led the Bulldogs in rushing […]

After starting its season in a seven-game losing slump, the Morgan State University Bears’ men’s basketball team has now sparked a two-game win streak after crushing Loyola Marymount, 69-45, on Dec. 23 at Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md. The Bears earned their second straight win with a balanced scoring attack and tough defense; four […]

Omara Parker scored a game-high 23 of Morgan State’s season-low 48 points, as the Lady Bears dropped their fifth straight, following a 65-48 non-conference loss at Stony Brook on Dec. 22 at Pritchard Gymnasium in Stony Brook, N.Y. Morgan State (2-7 overall record) which went winless to conclude its nine-day four-game road trip, was limited […]

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 […]

Georgetown’s impressive performance in its 70-59 win over Memphis was a frustrating affair for the defending Conference-USA champions Dec. 22 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.. The 16th ranked Hoyas (10-1) led by as many as 20 in the second half of the rematch of their November win over Memphis in Maui. The Tigers on […]

The Boxtorow National HBCU Football Annual Awards were announced at the HBCU All-Star Gala Banquet held at the Westin Peachtree Hotel in downtown Atlanta on December 16. Jackson State quarterback Casey Therriault received the Offensive Player of the Year award. The senior from Wyoming Park, Mich. was named the 2011 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Offensive […]

Howard junior forward Saadia Doyle was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Week after a standout performance against Wake Forest that resulted in a 63-59 victory on Dec. 18. The Atlanta, Ga. native scored 28 points along down seven rebounds, one block and one steal in the win over Wake Forest at Lawrence Joel […]

The Howard University Lady Bison extended their winning streak to four games after beating nonconference opponent Wake Forest, 63-59, in overtime Dec. 18 at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, N.C. The Lady Bison advanced to 5-5 overall while Wake Forest fell to 7-3. Howard was led by junior forward Saadia Doyle with 28 […]

At halftime against American University, it seemed that the Georgetown Hoyas were once again struggling to put away an overmatched team, just as they had against Howard University a week earlier. But two Hoyas veterans stepped up as the team shook off their first-half struggles to put away American, 81-55. Georgetown, which was finishing up […]