STARKVILLE, Miss. — Despite a game high 32 point effort from SWAC Player of the Year Garrison Johnson the Jackson State Tigers fell 81-67 to the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament Tuesday night at the Humphrey Coliseum.
Johnson scored a career high 32 points in the final game of [...]
DAYTON, OH – Allen Smith scored 14 points and Tyree Glass added 10 as the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff defeated Winthrop 61-44 in the 2010 NCAA Tournament Opening Round Game. The Golden Lions advance to play Duke Friday at 6:25 p.m. CT in Jacksonville, FL.
The win by the Golden Lions was the first by [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – The Prairie View A&M Lady Panther basketball team will travel north to face the University of Kansas on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
Wednesday’s game, which takes place at Allen Fieldhouse, marks the first-ever meeting between both schools and the [...]
WOMEN
Gabrielle Rosigi, Texas Southern
Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M
Shanice Merritt, Alabama State
Hannah Kador, Southern
Ashley Augerson, Southern
MVP: Hannah Kador, Southern
MEN
Garrison Johnson, Jackson State
Tramayne Moorer, Alabama State
Junior Treasure, Texas Southern
Deandre Hall, Texas Southern
Allen Smith, Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
MVP: Allen Smith, UAPB
Tavaris Washington 14 points and tournament MVP Allen Smith added 11 as the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff defeated Texas Southern 50-36 in the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Men’s Championship.
#2 seed UAPB (17-15) qualifies for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Texas Southern, the #5 seed, finished 17-16.
The lead changed [...]
Ashley Augerson scored 19 points to lead three teammates in double figures as top-seeded Southern won the Farmers Insurance SWAC Tournament Women’s Title with a 60-47 victory over #7 seed Alabama State.
Southern (23-8) earns the Conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Women’s Tournament and will learn its opponent Monday evening. Upset-minded Alabama State, which knocked [...]
Travele Jones’ blocked shot as time expired preserved Texas Southern’s 60-57 victory over Grambling State in the men’s semifinal of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
Texas Southern (17-15) advances to the tournament final vs. #2 University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Grambling State, the #8 seed which upset top-seeded Jackson State Wednesday night, ends its season at [...]
Hannah Kador scored a game-high 25 points and Ashley Augerson added 10 as #1 seed Southern advanced to the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Championship Tournament final with a 67-55 victory over #5 Texas Southern.
Southern (22-8) advances to the tournament championship game for the second consecutive season and will face #7 seed Alabama State at 5 [...]
Terrance Calvin’s baseline jumper with one second to play gave #2 seed Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff a 46-44 victory over #3 seed Alabama State in a men’s semifinal of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
UAPB (16-15) advances to the SWAC Tournament final for the first time since 2006 where it will face the Texas Southern – [...]
Tanika Jackson and Shanice Merritt each scored 15 points as #7 seed Alabama State defeated #3 seed Alabama A&M 61-53 in a women’s semifinal of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
Alabama State (13-16) advances to Saturday’s championship game vs. the Southern-Texas Southern winner. Alabama State is the lowest seed to make the women’s final since [...]
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 [...]
Tramayne Moorer’s game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds led Alabama State to a 56-45 win over Alabama A&M in a men’s quarterfinal at the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
The Hornets (15-14) advance to Friday’s semifinal vs. #2 Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Alabama A&M’s season ends as 11-15.
Alabama State never trailed in the game and took a [...]
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 [...]
Grambling State pulled off the shocker of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Tournament by knocking off the top-seeded Jackson State Tigers 65-57 in a men’s quarterfinal game.
The G-Men (7-20) ended a seven-game losing streak in become the first 8th-seeded men’s team to beat the #1 seed in the SWAC Tournament since Alcorn State beat Mississippi Valley [...]
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 [...]
Allen Smith scored 16 points and George Davis added 10 off the bench as #2 seed Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff outlasted Mississippi Valley State 69-66 in a men’s quarterfinal of the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
UAPB (15-15) advances to Friday’s semifinal against the Alabama State – Alabama A&M winner. Mississippi Valley State (9-23) missed a [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
