Category: College

The Morgan State Bears came close to posting their second win of the season, but fell just short as the LaSalle Explorers held them off, 79-74, in the second game of the Cancun Basketball Challenge in Philadelphia on Nov. 20. LaSalle started the game in dominant fashion, leading 39-22 at halftime. But Morgan State (1-2 […]

The Georgetown Hoyas once again used their deadly three-point shooting to dispose of a foe, easily dispatching the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 80-61, in the first game of the Charleston Classic on Nov. 18. The Hoyas knocked down 14 shots from beyond the arc and shot more than 56 percent in the contest as the Chanticleers […]

Critics said the Georgetown Hoyas relied too much on the three-point shot and that it’s post game wasn’t productive enough. Those doubts were laid to rest as Julian Vaughn’s double-double led Georgetown in a 74-59 win over the Spartanburg, South Carolina Wofford College Terriers on Nov. 19. It was Georgetown’s most balanced scoring effort of […]

UDC freshman Philip Izevbehai scored 23 points on 7 of 10 shooting from the field against the local rival Bowie State Bulldogs on Nov. 15, but that wasn’t enough to keep his team from falling to 0-2 to start the college basketball season. Fifteen of Izevbehai’s team-high 23 points came on 5 of 7 three-pointers […]

The Howard Bison basketball team opened its season with an impressive 54-52 win over tough non-conference opponent Bowling Green, giving new head coach Kevin Nickelberry his first career victory at Howard. The win didn’t come easy, but it was just the type of fight Nickelberry expected from his new group of players. “I am really […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jason Clark knew he had to play. It’s what his grandmother, Janetta Clarke, would’ve wanted. Not only did Clark play, he played one of the best games of his career on the day his grandma passed away as Georgetown cruised to a 69-53 win over Tulane. “I think the biggest decision was […]

The Morgan State Bears were perhaps the best HBCU basketball team in the nation last year, finishing with a 26-9 overall record and a trip to the NCAA Championship tournament. And it appears the same will be said about the Bears this year as they opened up the 2010 season with a highly impressive win […]

The Howard Bison dropped their fifth straight game in a 35-20 loss to the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Nov. 13 in Daytona Beach, FL. Howard (1-9) battled back from a 21-0 halftime deficit behind three touchdown passes from Terry Bradden. The senior connected with Daley Gunter for a 27-yard score in the third quarter before finding Willie […]

The Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) football championship game was a tale of two stories Saturday, Nov. 14 at Durham County Stadium. You would think the Shaw University Bears completely toppled the Virginia State University Trojans (VSU) by looking at the box score. Shaw out gained VSU with 412 total yards compared to the Trojans’ […]

The Ravens weren’t the only team from Baltimore featured in a Thursday night football special. Unfortunately for the Morgan State Bears, they didn’t have nearly as much success as the Ravens, falling to the South Carolina State (SCSU) Bulldogs, 32-10, in an ESPNU televised game at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. SCSU completely dominated Morgan State […]

Throughout the off-season, the convention wisdom held that Georgetown would only be as good as its three veteran guards, seniors Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, and junior Jason Clark. After a slow start, the three showed their worth as they led Georgetown to a hard-fought 62-59 victory over Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va. On Nov.12. […]

NEW YORK/Fuquay-Varina, N.C.—For the fourth-straight week, the Grambling State Tigers (8-1) sit atop the latest editions of the Boxtorow.com/BASN HBCU Football top-10 Power Ranking polls. Winners of eight straight games, the Tigers received nine of 13 first-place votes in the coaches poll while receiving 16 of the 22 first-place nods in the media poll. As […]