Conference play for women’s basketball starts with home teams finding success …
• Four of the five conference teams that played on January 3 found success on Saturday. The lone team to fall at home was the Alcorn State Lady Braves (to Prairie View A&M).
Ten points or better …
All five contests were decided by at least […]

Conference play for men’s basketball starts with home teams
finding success …
• Four of the five conference teams that played on January 3 found success on Saturday. The lone team to fall at home was the Alcorn State Braves (to Prairie View A&M).
 
Close games in the state of Alabama …
Alabama State defeated Jackson State by six […]

Alabama State University has appointed its associate director of athletics, who has led its NCAA rules education and compliance program, to be its next athletic director.
Monique Holland will assume the position of ASU’s athletic director effective Jan. 1 and will oversee all 18 of its intercollegiate sports, said William H. Harris, ASU president.
“Monique Holland is […]

BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces its 2008 All-Conference Football Team with 12 all-conference honorees from 2007 highlighting this season’s selections. The team was selected by nominations and votes from the member schools’ coaches and sports information contacts along with selected members of the media. Players of the year will be announced […]

OFFENSIVE - QB Greg Dillon, Grambling State; 6-0, 200; SO; Bogalusa, LA
Dillon totaled 287 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigers’ 29-14 win over Southern to clinch the SWAC Western Division title. Dillon completed 9-of-13 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown of 11 yards in the second quarter, and rushed 26 times for 151 […]

Alabama State pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in Black College Football this season, defeating previously unbeaten Tuskegee, 17-13, in the annual Turkey Day Classic in Montgomery, AL.
The Hornets ended a three-game losing streak in the series in posting their third win of 2008. The loss by Tuskegee ended a 26-game winning streak.
Tuskegee opened the […]

Day One Recap (Friday, November 14, 2008)
Match One: Alabama A&M d. Prairie View A&M 3-2
Karensa Beckford tallied 18 kills, six digs and five blocks while all-conference performer Madinah Abdullah finished with 11 kills, 16 digs and three blocks as the defending tournament champion AAMU Bulldogs won their opening-round match against 2006 tournament champion Prairie […]

• National Rankings
• UAPB’s Jade West and Nicole Parks-Powell are ranked in the top fifteen in the nation in points and goals per game.  West is sixth in points per game (2.36) while Powell is eleventh averaging 2.09 points per outing.  Both are tied for ninth in goals per game averaging just under one goal […]