Category: College

Playing in her school’s first postseason game after achieving Division I status, Morgan State senior guard Erin Hawkins knocked down a deep three-pointer from the right side to give her team a 3-0 lead in the early moments of Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). Approximately 39 minutes later, her fellow senior guard Brittany Dodson sank […]

Washington, D.C. hosted the second round NCAA Tournament action on March 17 at the Verizon Center with four games. After three routs and one thrilling finale, District natives hope the third round of the tourney will be a little more exciting than the one they witnessed on opening day. The AFRO recaps two of the […]

Hampton University’s season came to an end on March 18 as they were routed by No. 1 seed Duke University, 87-45, in the NCAA Tournament’s second round at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Hampton, a No. 16 seed, shot only 36 percent from the field, barely scoring half as many points as defending […]

The great shooting that Morgan State displayed in the past two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship games came to a screeching halt this year. Instead, it was Hampton University who got some timely baskets from junior guard Darrion Pellum to beat Morgan, 60-55, in the MEAC Tournament Championship game on March 12 at the Lawrence […]

Hampton University’s women’s basketball team employed the same formula that it has used throughout the tournament: keeping the game close through the first half and then parlaying the scoring of its three veterans, junior Melanie Warner, senior Quanneisha Perry and junior Jericka Jenkins along with some stifling second half defense to pull away from its […]

After a close first half, No. 4 seed Shaw found its transition game in the second half– even with three starters on the bench with foul trouble—to easily defeat No. 5 seed Winston-Salem State (WSSU), 75-47, in an NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament opening round game on March 12 played at West Liberty University in […]

For the second game in a row, Morgan State junior Kevin Thompson came off the bench to turn in a dominating performance, scoring a game-high 22 points to help Morgan State defeat Bethune-Cookman, 61-48 in the the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament semifinals at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.  Morgan State (17-13), the No. 4 […]

Georgetown University sophomore Amanda Kimbers has officially stamped herself as the fastest woman on campus, and it only took her less than two years to do so. Kimbers has been smoking the competition with her blazing track speed since she was a student at McDonogh High School in Baltimore, Md. Amanda had claimed the state […]

The Bethune-Cookman College Wildcats remains No. 1 while the Shaw University Bears is on top for the first time this year in the Boxtorow.com Historically Black College/University Division I and Division II/NAIA polls. Bethune-Cookman, who has won its last seven games, received all but one first place vote to remain No. 1 for the third-straight week. The […]

The Shaw University Bears men’s basketball team earned the second Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) championship in school history after edging the Livingstone Blue Bears, 72-69, in the CIAA Tournament finals on March 5 at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Shaw senior guard Raheem Smith made the difference in the game, scoring […]

It was all set up for a terrific close to the season for the Howard University men’s basketball team: the crowd, the electricity and the celebrities were all there on March 3. Playing their last home game of the season at the famed Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C., the Howard Bison just had to topple […]

The Shaw University Bears men’s basketball team advanced to the CIAA Finals after an 82-69 victory against the Johnson C. Smith University Golden Bulls (JCSU) on March 4 at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Shaw advanced to the CIAA championship by doing what it always does against JCSU: score points. Shaw was victorious […]