• CONFERENCE PLAY BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
Conference play begins for eight of the SWAC’s 10 teams this weekend as the quest to earn a berth in the conference tournament begins.
Southern begins defense of its title at home vs. Prairie View A&M. Last season, the Jaguars won four of six games vs. the Panthers.
Alcorn State, last season’s [...]
Deandre Hall scored 19 points and Junior Treasure and David Burrell each added 11 as #5 Texas Southern defeated #4 Prairie View A&M 66-49 in a men’s quarterfinal game of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
Texas Southern (16-15) will take on upset-minded #8 seed Grambling State at 8 p.m. Friday. Prairie View A&M’s season ends [...]
Gabrielle Rosigi scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as #5 Texas Southern beat #4 Grambling State 63-67 in a women’s quarterfinal of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Tournament.
Texas Southern (13-14) advances to Friday night’s semifinal vs. #1 Southern. Grambling State’s season ends at 12-17.
Trailing 12-7, Texas Southern went on a 20-4 run [...]
Katrich Williams scored a game-high 27 points and Whiquitta Tobar added 13 as #3 seed Alabama A&M held on to defeat #6 seed Alcorn State 66-63 in a women’s quarterfinal game at the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
Alabama A&M (16-12) advances to Friday’s noon semifinal vs. #7 seed Alabama State. Alcorn State’s season ends at [...]
Hannah Kador’s 20 points led four players in double figures as #1 seed Southern defeated #8 University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 64-60 in a quarterfinal game of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Tournament.
Ashley Augerson scored 16 points, Tiffany Foster 12 and Freda Allen 10 points for Southern (21-8), which advances to the semifinals on Friday where it [...]
Shanice Merritt’s layup with 1:18 to play gave #7 seed Alabama State a 50-48 win over #2 seed Alabama State in the opening game of the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
Alabama State (12-16) advances to Friday’s semifinal where it will play the winner of Alabama A&M-Alcorn State. Prairie View A&M (15-13), was the defending [...]
Mississippi Valley Sweeps Weekly Honor
PLAYER
OF Ashley Hobbs, Mississippi Valley State; 5-5, SO; Freeport, TX
In 14 at bats, Hobbs produced five hits including two doubles and an RBI as the Devilettes went 1-3 last week.
In her best game of the week, Hobbs went 2-for-3 with an RBI and an extra base hit versus Mississippi State.
PITCHER
Lisa Jansen, [...]
Entire quarterfinal round to be streamed live free of charge
BOSSIER CITY, LA – The Southwestern Athletic Conference will video stream the first two days of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament live free of charge at www.swac.org.
All eight quarterfinal games (four women’s, four men’s) will be streamed live on the official Conference website. Audio will [...]
Jackson State’s Johnson, Prairie View A&M’s Hugee lead awardees
BOSSIER CITY, LA – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2009-10 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Honors with Jackson State’s Garrison Johnson voted as the Player of the Year, and Prairie View A&M’s Darnell Hugee was voted the Defensive Player of the Year.
Honors were voted on by the league’s [...]
Alabama A&M’s Williams earns top honors;
Grambling State’s Rogers Named Coach of the Year
Bossier City, LA – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2010 Women’s Basketball All-Conference postseason honors with Alabama A&M’s Katrich Williams voted as the Player and Defensive Player of the Year and Grambling State’s Donnita Rogers selected as the Coach of the Year. [...]
WOMEN
PLAYER
F Tanika Jackson, Alabama State; 6-1, JR; Saginaw, MI
Averaging a double-double last week, Jackson registered 14.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and one blocked shot in two wins for the Lady Hornets. Jackson currently leads the conference with 16 double-double performances this season. This is her third Player of the Week honor.
NEWCOMER
G Secret Anderson, Grambling [...]
Bulldogs’ DeCarlo named Tournament MVP
BOSSIER CITY, LA – With a 4-0 sweep of Prairie View A&M, top-seeded Alabama A&M was crowned the 2010 SWAC Women’s Bowling Champion on Sunday at Holiday Lanes.
In the first game the Bulldogs collected two strikes and 10 spares to post a 180-140 win over PV. The second game was highlighted [...]
Texas Southern is riding high. But the Tigers aren’t ready to put this thing on auto-pilot.
Texas Southern knocked off the No. 29 team in the country Sunday when the Tigers beat Southeastern Louisiana, 6-1, in 12 innings in Hammond, La. TSU salvaged one of the three games in the weekend series and beat a Southland [...]
The HBCU Men’s Mid-Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, and previous ranking:
Name———————————-Record–1PV-Points-PWR-Next
1. #-St. Augustine’s——-(26-4)-(8)-—-97——1–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
2. *-West Virginia State-(28-3)-(2)—90——2–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
3. Central State——–—(22-5)—(1)-—-75-—–4–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
4. @-Clark-Atlanta-———-(24-6)———62-—–3–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
5. &-Tuskegee——-——–(20-10)——–56——10-(NCAA Division II Tournament)
6. Texas College——–—(22-10)—–—51——7–(NAIA Division I [...]
The HBCU Women’s Mid-Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, and previous ranking:
Name———————————–Record–1PV-Points-PWR-Next
1. @-Fort Valley State——(26-2)—(5)-—-91-—–1–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
2. %-*-Langston—-———(25-7)-(3)—85-—–4–(NAIA Division I Tournament)
3. ~-Xavier————–—(27-5)—(2)—83——2–(NAIA Division I Tournament)
4. #-Virginia State——-(22-6)—-—–72——3–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
5. &-Benedict————-(20-9)——-—-68——5–(NCAA Division II Tournament)
6. ^-Fayetteville State—(20-9)——-—-56——9–(NCAA Division [...]
The HBCU Men’s Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, last opponent and next opponent:
Name——————————–Record-–1PV-Points–PWR–Next Game-(3-7-10/3-14-10)
1. %-@-Morgan State——(24-9)–(6)—94–—–1-—(Beat Coppin State (74-54), MEAC Tournament, #1 seed)
2. #-Jackson State——-(19-11)—(4)—92—–2-—(Beat then #4 Alabama State (60-59), SWAC Tournament #1 seed)
3. Arkansas P. B.——(14-15)–——75——-3-—(Beat Miss. Valley State [...]
The HBCU Women’s Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, last opponent and next opponent:
Name———————————-Record-–1PV-Points-PWR–Next Game-(3-7-10/3-14-10)
1. %-@-N. C. A & T State-(21-9)-—(5)—96——1-—(Beat Norfolk State (79-59), MEAC Tournament #1 seed)
2. Morgan State–————(17-12)-(1)–—92-—–2-—(Beat Coppin State (65-56), MEAC Tournament #3 seed)
3. Hampton—————–-(17-11)—(1)—73-—–3-—(Beat then #10 Howard [...]
AAMU’s Pointer named Bowler of the Year; Veney named top Freshman
BOSSIER CITY, LA – Alabama A&M’s Addileen Pointer and Cynthia Veney earned top honors as the 2010 SWAC All-Conference Bowling teams were announced. Pointer was named SWAC Bowler of the Year, and Veney named Freshman of the Year.
Pointer posted a 191.9 average in 28 games [...]
BOSSIER CITY, LA – Top seed Alabama A&M will face #4 seed Prairie View A&M in the Championship match of the 2010 SWAC Bowling Championship at Holiday Lanes.
The championship match will be played at 1 p.m. Sunday and will air tape-delay on ESPNU Friday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT. One-loss Prairie View A&M [...]
BOSSIER CITY, La. – The Prairie View A&M bowling team advanced to the finals of the 2010 SWAC Bowling Championship tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. in Bossier City, La. at Holiday Lanes.
The Lady Panthers advanced to the championship round the hard way as they began the day with a 4-1 win over Jackson State but [...]
BOSSIER CITY, LA – The pairings have been set in next week’s Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament as the Southern Jaguars will be the top women’s seed and the Jackson State Tigers will be the top men’s seed.
The 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament will be played March 10-13 at CenturyTel Center in Shreveport/Bossier City [...]
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