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SWAC Tournament Men's Semifinal: #5 Texas Southern 60, #8 Grambling State 57

SWAC Tournament Men’s Semifinal: #5 Texas Southern 60, #8 Grambling State 57

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 [...]

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SWAC Tournament Women: #5 Texas Southern 63, #4 Grambling St. 57

SWAC Tournament Women: #5 Texas Southern 63, #4 Grambling St. 57

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 [...]

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SWAC Tournament Men: #8 Grambling State 65, #1 Jackson State 57

SWAC Tournament Men: #8 Grambling State 65, #1 Jackson State 57

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 [...]

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2010 SWAC Bowling All-Conferance Honors Announced

2010 SWAC Bowling All-Conferance Honors Announced

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 [...]

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Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

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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Grambling Responds To Rumors About The Port City Classic Financial Deal

Grambling Responds To Rumors About The Port City Classic Financial Deal

I plan to comment more on this matter over the weekend.  However, the following is an official statement released by Grambling regarding the details of the Port City Classic  football game between Grambling and Louisiana Tech.
GRAMBLING, LA—The Grambling State University Tigers are set to take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in the inaugural Port City [...]

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Inaugural Port City Classic Between Grambling and Louisiana Tech Is Set

Inaugural Port City Classic Between Grambling and Louisiana Tech Is Set

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Grambling State University Tigers will take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in the first ever meeting on the gridiron between the two teams in the 2010 Port City Classic on Saturday, Sept. 4th, 6 p.m., at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La. The two teams announced the game in a joint press [...]

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Swac Basketball Players of the Week (Feb 23)

Swac Basketball Players of the Week (Feb 23)

WOMEN
CO-PLAYER
G Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M; 5-8, SR; Chattanooga, TN
Williams averaged 21.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals as the Bulldogs posted two wins last week. With the wins the Bulldogs are currently tied for second place in the SWAC standings. This is Williams’ third Player of the Week honor this season.
G Dominique Smith, [...]

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Grambling State, Louisiana Tech To Hold Joint Press Conference

Grambling State, Louisiana Tech To Hold Joint Press Conference

Grambling, LA — The Grambling State and Louisiana Tech Department of Athletics in conjunction with the Shreveport mayor’s office will hold a press conference Tuesday February 23rd to announce the first ever meeting of the two universities on the gridiron.
The press conference set for an 11:00 am start will be held at Independence Stadium in [...]

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2010 SWAC Baseball Preseason All-Conferance Team Announced

2010 SWAC Baseball Preseason All-Conferance Team Announced

Alcorn State’s Gonzalez, Southern’s Maloy voted top honors;
Jaguars picked to repeat as champions
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2010 baseball preseason honors Thursday, with Alcorn State 1B Eduardo Gonzalez named Preseason Player of the Year, and Southern’s Jarrett Maloy the Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
Southern, the 2009 Champions, was picked to repeat as [...]

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SWAC Women's and Men's Basketball Notes - Feb. 17

SWAC Women’s and Men’s Basketball Notes – Feb. 17

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEADLINES
•What’s On Tap: Heading into week #8 of SWAC women’s basketball action, nine rematches are scheduled including a matchup between #2 Southern and #3 Alabama A&M. Sitting just a half game out of first place, the Lady Jaguars are on the hunt for the #1 spot in the standings. The Bulldogs, who are [...]

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SWAC Basketball Players of the Week - Feb. 16

SWAC Basketball Players of the Week – Feb. 16

WOMEN
CO-PLAYER
G Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M; 5-8, SR; Chattanooga, TN
Williams tallied 22 points, five steals, three assists and two rebounds in the Bulldogs’ 73-63 win over archrival Alabama State last Saturday. Williams currently leads the conference in scoring, averaging 18.2 points per game. This is her second Player of the Week honor this season.
F Hannah Kador, [...]

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SWAC Women's and Men's Basketball Notes - Feb. 10

SWAC Women’s and Men’s Basketball Notes – Feb. 10

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEADLINES
•What’s On Tap: With the 2009 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament tipping-off in one month, excitement continues to build in SWAC women’s basketball action as teams vie for positioning in the standings and try to ensure a trip to Shreveport next month. Games to watch for in week #7 will be the [...]

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Grambling's Rod Broadway On East Carolina's Short List

Grambling’s Rod Broadway On East Carolina’s Short List

Brad Young of Buster Sports is reporting that East Carolina University has contacted Grambling Athletic Director  J. Lin Dawson to request permission to interview Rod Broadway for its head football coach position.  The position became vacant when Skip Holtz left to become the head coach at the University of South Florida.
This is not the first [...]

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American Urban Radio Networks Announces The 2009 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team

American Urban Radio Networks Announces The 2009 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team

(Pittsburgh, PA – January 14, 2010) –American Urban Radio Networks is proud to announce the 2009 SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Team. The 25 member team is comprised of student-athletes from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and they will be honored during the 36th Annual BCAA Awards Weekend February 12-14, 2010, at [...]

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Prairie View A&M's Henry Frazier and Four SWAC Defensive Standouts Earn College Sporting News All-American Team

Prairie View A&M’s Henry Frazier and Four SWAC Defensive Standouts Earn College Sporting News All-American Team

11 others earn Honorable Mention honors
SWAC Coach of the Year Henry Frazier and SWAC Defensive Player of the Year DE Christian Anthony are among 16 Conference representatives on the College Sporting News 2009 FCS Fabulous Fifty All-American Team.
Frazier, head coach of the 2009 SWAC Football Champion Prairie View A&M Panthers, was named Coach of the [...]

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Six SWAC Players Earn Sports Network FCS All-AmericaHonors

Six SWAC Players Earn Sports Network FCS All-AmericaHonors

Grambling State DE Christian Anthony and Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff KR Mareo Howard highlight the list of six SWAC players named to the Sports Network FCS All-America football team.
Anthony and Howard each earned first-team All-America. Anthony’s GSU teammate, PR Kiare Thompson, earned second-team All-America. WR Juamorris Stewart and FS Jason House of Southern, and SS Anthony [...]

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Prairie View's Black, Grambling's Anthony Named SWAC Players Of The Year

Prairie View’s Black, Grambling’s Anthony Named SWAC Players Of The Year

Prairie View A&M QB K.J. Black and Grambling State DE Christian Anthony headline the 2009 Southwestern Athletic Conference All-Conference Football Team announced Wednesday.
Black was selected as the Offensive Player of the Year, and Anthony was voted the Defensive Player of the Year. Texas Southern QB Arvell Nelson was voted the Newcomer of the Year, and [...]

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Grambling Wins Big Over Rival Southern University

Grambling Wins Big Over Rival Southern University

NEW ORLEANS – Grambling State’s Frank Warren rushed for a career high 166-yards as Grambling State pummeled the Jaguars of Southern University, 31-13, in Bayou Classic XXXVI.
A crowd of 58, 618 were on hand at the Louisiana Superdome to attend the annual battle of Louisiana Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Tigers entered the game [...]

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Grambling Women Open Season With Win Over Centenary

Grambling Women Open Season With Win Over Centenary

SHREVEPORT-Despite having four players reach double figure scoring, the Centenary women’s basketball team dropped its home opener to Grambling, 78-53, on Tuesday evening in the Gold Dome.
The Ladies (0-3) faced a hot-shooting Lady Tiger team to drop its third contest this season all to in-state Louisiana schools.
Grambling (1-0) went up 10-0 to open the game [...]

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SWAC Soccer Regular Season Concludes  Tournament Seedings, Bracket Announced

SWAC Soccer Regular Season Concludes Tournament Seedings, Bracket Announced

With the 2009 SWAC soccer regular season officially coming to a close on Sunday, the stage is now set for the Conference Championship this week November 5 – 8. The top four finishers from the Eastern and Western divisions will be heading to Mississippi Valley State’s campus in Itta Bena, MS to vie for [...]