FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 11 - 17, 2011 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Men's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)

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ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDEPENDENTS
DIV CONF ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL DIV ALL W L
N. DIVISION W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L Xavier (La.) 14 2
Virginia Union 1 0 3 1 5 4 Morgan State 3 0 7 7 Tuskegee 4 1 4 3 Jackson State 4 0 8 8 Cheyney 10 2
Bowie State 0 0 2 0 7 2 Bethune-Cookman 3 0 6 8 Kentucky State 7 2 7 2 Texas Southern 3 0 5 9 W. Va. State 8 5
™ Eliz. City State 0 0 2 1 8 3 Delaware State 2 0 6 8 Stillman 5 2 6 3 Miss. Valley St. 2 1 3 13 Central State 8 5
St. Paul's 0 0 0 2 3 6 Hampton 2 1 12 4 Benedict 5 2 5 4 Alabama A&M 2 2 5 8 Tennessee State 7 9
Lincoln 0 0 0 2 1 8 NC A&T State 2 1 7 9 Clark Atlanta 3 2 4 3 Alabama State 2 2 5 12 N. C. Central 6 8
Chowan 0 0 0 2 1 9 SC State 1 1 5 10 Albany State 4 3 4 7 Prairie View A&M 1 2 4 12 Lincoln (Mo.) 2 10
Virginia State 0 1 0 5 1 11 Coppin State 1 2 6 8 Paine 5 5 5 6 Ark. Pine Bluff 1 2 1 1 UDC 2 10
S. DIVISION Norfolk State 1 2 2 12 Claflin 5 6 6 7 Grambling State 1 3 3 13 Savannah State 2 17
J. C. Smith 0 0 3 0 7 4 Md. Eastern Shore 0 2 3 12 Fort Valley State 3 4 3 8 Southern 1 3 2 14
St. Augustine’s 0 0 1 0 3 7 Howard 0 3 2 13 LeMoyne-Owen 3 6 3 9 Alcorn State 1 3 1 134 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Winston-Salem State 0 0 2 1 8 2 PLAYER
Florida A&M 0 3 5 10 Miles 2 5 4 5
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK David Burton, Sr., F, CHEYNEY - Averaged
Shaw 0 0 2 2 9 4 Morehouse 1 4 1 6 20.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 2.5
PLAYER
Fayetteville State 0 0 2 2 5 6 MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Lane 1 6 2 6 Tyrone Hanson, 6-7, Sr., G/F, JSU - Threw in steals in 2-0 week. Had 22 points in win over
JSU Sports Photo Livingstone 0 0 1 1 5 3 PLAYER Gannon, 19 points 11 rebounds, 5 blocks and
team-high 17 points canning 7 of 14 from the
HOOPING DIFFERENCE MAKER: CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Thomas Coleman, Sr., C, NC A&T - Back to back
double doubles in two wins. Averaged 15 points,
SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
field, 3 of 7 from behind the arc, in 73-49 rout of
Southern Monday after scoring team-high 20 points
3 steals in win over nationally-ranked Clarion.
Cheyney leads the PSAC East.
Jackson State forward PLAYER 12.5 boards. Rakee Anderson, 6-0, Sr., G, STILLMAN - Averaged Robert Covington, 6-9, So., F, TENN. STATE
AND
in Saturday's 90-64 rout of Alcorn State where he
Treven Parks, So., G, JCSU - Averaged 24.5 points DEFENSE 30.5 points, 6.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals - Had 18 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 5
Grant Maxey returns to canned 6 of 8 from 3-point range, 7 of 10 from the
in two big wins for the Bulls, 27 vs. Chowan, 22 vs. Alexander Starling, Sr., C, B-CU - Collected 7.5 in two Tiger wins. steals, 2 blocks and no turnovers in win over
field. Shot 14 of 24 (58.3%) from the field in the
bolster Tigers who sit atop Eliz. City State. rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.5 steals per game Alex Sommerville, 6-9, Sr., C, KSU - In three wins,
HIRING the SWAC.
ROOKIE
Joel Kindred, Fr., G, ST. AUG'S - In two games aver-
aged 15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds in Two wins.
in two wins.
ROOKIE
Desi Washington, Fr., G, DSU - Averaged 17 points,
Averaged 12 points and 12 rebounds while registering
1 steal and nearly 2 blocks per game.
two wins and 9 of 15 (60%) from 3. Tenn-Martin.

NEWCOMER NEWCOMER
EARLY SEASON HOOPS REPORT; HOWARD,
3 rebounds, 1 assist while shooting 52.6% from the Marcus Goode, 6-9, C, So., BENEDICT - Aver-
Denzel Mooney, Jr., G, LINCOLN - Had 24 points
in two games vs. Livingstone. field and 70% (7 of 10) from 3-point range. aged 13 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 assist
SAVANNAH STATE NAME FOOTBALL COACHES COACH
Stephen Joyner, JCSU - Led Bulls to five straight
in two games.

wins, two vs. CiAA teams.

UNDER THE BANNER

WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
Status quo holding in early going
LUT WILLIAMS ence mark and had perhaps established itself as Texas Southern is keeping pace behind
HOWARD HIRES HARRELL: BCSP Editor
The early returns are in and the results are
Morgan State's chief challenger. But playing at double-figure scorers Travelle Jones (18.7
Howard University Director of Athletics Louis "Skip" home Monday in Baltimore, MSU got 21 points ppg.), Danner Johnson (14.3 ppg.) and Kevin
that not much has changed in the world of black from DeWayne Jackson, 19 points and 10 re- Galloway (11.6 ppg.).
Perkins announced the hiring of former college men's basketball. bounds from Kevin Thompson, and 18 points The leaders will face off Saturday as Jack-
Bison standout Gary Harrell as the Three-time defending regular season and from junior guard Aric Brooks, in putting away son State hosts Texas Southern in a game to be
school's new head football coach. two-time defending tournament champion Mor- the Pirates (12-4, 2-1). carried live on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. JSU hosts Prai-
"Our goal is to re-establish a com- gan State (7-7) of the Mid Eastern Athletic Cliff Reed's Bethune-Cookman squad rie View Monday while TSU travels to Gram-
petitive football program and athletic Conference, who finished 15-1 in league play made up a double-digit second-half deficit and bling.
program overall at Howard University," a year ago and has gone 42-6 against MEAC got 24 points from C. J. Reed to knock off CIAA
Perkins said. "As an alumnus, a cham- competition over the last three seasons, is off North Carolina A&T 72-69 in Greensboro All signs point to a mad dash to the finish in
to another great start and got a big win Mon- (N.C.) Monday to keep its conference record the CIAA.
HARRELL pionship athlete and a strong coach,
day over Hampton (70-60) to improve to 3-0 in clean. Greg Jackson's surprising Delaware Bowie State (7-2, 2-0), under Darrell
we are confident in Coach Gary "The MEAC games. Todd Bozeman's Bears are cur- State squad, led by 11 points, 9 assists and 6 Brooks, who got a 86-76 win over league fa-
Flea" Harrell." rently tied with Bethune-Cookman (6-8, 3-0) steals from Jay Threatt, kept pace with a 62-60 vorite Winston-Salem State Monday behind
Harrell recently completed two seasons as the offensive and Delaware State (6-8, 2-0) for the MEAC road win over S. C. State. guard Eric Vann's career-high 26 points, is per-
coordinator for Bowie State's football team. Prior to joining lead. This week, Morgan State hosts S.C. State haps playing the best basketball. Bobby Col-
the Bulldogs, Harrell served as the quarterbacks coach at Jackson State (8-8), who posted a 17-1 Saturday, B-CU is at DelState and Hampton lins' Rams of WSSU (8-2, 2-1), who won their
Morgan State (2008 - 2009) and the wide receivers coach mark last year while running to the Southwest- hosts Norfolk State. On Monday, Hampton hosts first seven games, split four games on their re-
for Team Michigan, a member of the All-American Football ern Athletic Conference regular season title, NC A&T, B-CU is at Maryland-Eastern Shore cent road trip, falling to BSU and Saint Paul's.
posted dominating wins over Southern (73-49) and DelState hosts Florida A&M. Steve Joyner's Golden Bulls of J. C.
League (Feb. 2008 – May 2008).
and Alcorn State (90-64) in its last two games SWAC Smith (7-4, 3-0) have won five straight, in-
The Miami native began his coaching career at Howard and is tied atop the conference at 3-0 with Texas With a healthy Grant Maxey back in the cluding avenging an earlier loss to St. Paul's.
(2002-2004) as wide receiver coach. After two seasons at Southern (5-9, 3-0) in the early going. line-up, head coach Tevester Anderson has Five-nine sophomore guard Trevin Parks (20.1
Howard, Harrell also served as wide receiver coach at Texas Tuskegee (4-3), who took home last year's Jackson State again playing like the class of the ppg.) and senior guard Ronald Thornhill (15.5
Southern (2004-2006), and Florida A&M (2006-2008). Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference SWAC. Maxey, the 6-7 former all-SWAC for- ppg.) have been leading JCSU.
Harrell, affectionately known as "The Flea," was a tournament title, is currently leading the league ward who was granted a medical redshirt after Cleo Hill Jr's. Shaw quintet (9-4, 2-2) beat
favorite for his calculating and precise on-field exploits. He with a 4-1 mark. missing all of last year with a knee injury, is St. Paul's and Virginia State but lost Monday to
ranks in the top five all-time in school history for receiving Among the defending conference champi- averaging 13.3 points and 8.2 rebounds off the Virginia Union (67-64). Shaw features CIAA
ons, only tournament champion Saint Augus- bench in four of the last five games helping the scoring leader Raheem Smith (23.3 ppg.).
and punt returns. Harrell was a four-year letter winner as a
tine's of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Tigers to a 4-1 mark over that stretch. Maxey This Saturday, Bowie State hosts St. Augus-
wide receiver and punt return specialist at Howard. Association is struggling at 3-7 overall, 1-0 in had perhaps his best game Monday, scoring 16 tine's and WSSU hosts Eliz. City State. Virginia
"Howard has a strong legacy of achievement," Harrell CIAA play. points and pulling down 13 rebounds in the win Union plays three consecutive days, traveling
said. "Every member of Howard University football accepts MEAC over Southern. Jenniro Bush (14.4 ppg.) and to Livingstone Saturday, meeting Virginia State
the responsibility of representing the program with dignity Hampton, under second-year coach Ed Tyrone Hanson (13.8 ppg.), two other 6-7 JSU Sunday at the Richmond Coliseum and travel-
and pride on and off the field." Joyner, Jr., had compiled a 9-3 out-of-confer- players, lead the Tigers in scoring. ing to Charlotte Monday to face J. C. Smith.
As a starter for Howard's undefeated 1993 team, Harrell

BCSP Notes
and his teammates won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer-
ence (MEAC) championship and were crowned the Black
National College Champions. He set the benchmark for
wide receivers at Howard and holds the school record for
most receptions in a game (13) and in a career (184). Six HBCU products to play
The former Howard standout made his professional in Friday's Cactus Bowl
debut in the NFL with the New York Giants (1994-96), fol- Six HBCU football players have been selected to play in the 2011 Cactus WELTON MULLEN WHITE JENKINS
lowed by a season for the World League's Frankfurt Galaxy Bowl. The game will be held Friday, Jan. 7 at Texas A&M-Kingsville’s
(Mar. 1996 – June 1996) and two seasons in the Canadian Javelina Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (CST). yards and seven touchdowns.
Football league with the Montreal Alouettes (1996-97) Albany State running backs Robert Welton and LiRonnie Davis Mullen completed an illustrious career at Morehouse. He finished
and linebacker Jacob Hardwick will join Morehouse the season averaging 42.0 yards on 62 punts as well as making 6 of 15
Harrell is a 1994 graduate of Howard with a degree in
kicker Ian Mullen, Virginia State defensive back Ian field goal attempts and 37 of 45 PATs. Mullin was named Second Team
marketing. Harrell was inducted into the Howard University White and Elizabeth City State defensive end Malcom All-SIAC.
Hall of Fame in November 2005 and received a proclama- Jenkins on the roster of the top 88 NCAA Division II White was named First Team All-CIAA as a defensive back lead-
tion from the City of Miami declaring it Gary "Flea" Harrell seniors in the nation. ing his team with 5 interceptions for 118 yards. He made 32 solo tackles
Day. Harrell attended Miami Northwestern High School. Hardwick, a senior from Virginia Beach, Va., and 19 assisted tackles, broke up 9 passes and deflected 14 more during the
led the SIAC and was ranked fifth in the nation with 2010 season. White was also selected to the 2010 Virginia College Division
SSU GOES WITH DAVENPORT: 13.5 sacks. He was second in the SIAC and tied for sixth Football All-State first team and played in HBCU All Star Game in Atlanta,
Savannah State University has hired Steve Davenport
HARDWICK in the nation with 22 tackles for loss. He recorded 56 GA.
tackles, including 28 solos, five forced fumbles and five Jenkins was the CIAA’s Defensive Player of the Year and is one of eight
as the Tigers' new head football coach, Athletics Director
pass breakups. He was named to the SIAC’s All-Conference First Team. student-athletes in the country in contention for the Gene Upshaw Award as
Marilynn Stacey-Suggs announced last Hardwick also played in the Second Annual Russell Athletic HBCU Senior the top lineman in NCAA Division II. He was named to the Super Region
week. Bowl in December. 1 First team and is up for All-American consideration.
Davenport's appointment is ef- A senior from Macon, Ga., Welton rushed for Fans can watch a live webcast and follow live stats of the game at
fective immediately. He replaces Julius 886 yards on 161 carries for 10 touchdowns, averaging www.cactusbowl.com. The game will be broadcast on radio by Sports Radio
Dixon, who served as the interim coach 73.8 yards per game during his first season as a Golden Corpus Christi 1230 AM and streamed at www.sportsradiocc.com
for the 2010 season. Ram. Welton was named to the SIAC All-Conference The game has been named the Cactus Bowl and played in Kingsville,
The Decatur, Ga., native comes Second Team. Texas since January 2001. It was previously known as the Snow Bowl and
Davis, a senior from Macon, Ga., rushed for played in Fargo, N.D. All profits of the Cactus Bowl are donated to Shriners
DAVENPORT to SSU from the University of Alabama-
596 yards on 103 carries and scored five touchdowns for Hospitals for Children throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Birmingham where he served as the DAVIS the Golden Rams. He also caught 19 receptions for 297
Blazers running back coach since December 2006.
While at UAB he also served as the Director of Com-
munity Relations, where he organized and facilitated all 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)
community service programs.
Davenport, 43, spent two years (2005-06) as the of-
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fensive coordinator at Rockdale County High School in DIV CONF ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL DIV ALL W L
Conyers, Ga. He was the head coach at Decatur High N. DIVISION W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L Xavier (La.) 15 4
Bowie State 0 0 3 0 7 3 Hampton 3 0 10 5 Benedict 7 0 9 2 Alabama A&M 4 0 8 6 UDC 10 6
School for two seasons (2003-04) and in 2003 was named Eliz. City State 0 0 3 1 10 4 NC A&T State 3 0 6 7 Fort Valley State 6 1 8 5 Southern 3 1 6 8 Savannah State 8 8
Virginia State 0 0 1 1 7 3 Prairie View A&M 3 1 6 8
the Georgia Class AA State Coach-of-the-Year as his team Chowan 0 0 1 1 4 6
SC State 2 0 6 6 Albany State 6 1 7 6
Miss. Valley St. 2 1 4 10
Central State 4 5
Lincoln 0 0 0 2 1 8 Morgan State 2 1 7 7 Kentucky State 6 3 7 4 W. Va. State 6 9
finished 13-1, losing in the state semifinals. Virginia Union 0 0 0 3 0 10 Florida A&M 2 1 6 8 Claflin 5 5 5 7 Grambling State 2 2 6 9 Cheyney 4 8
Jackson State 2 2 3 10 Tennessee State 5 10
Davenport also spent four seasons (1997-2001) as the St. Paul's
S. DIVISION
0 0 0 3 1 8 Bethune-Cookman
Coppin State
1
1
2 7 7
2 3 10
Stillman
Miles
3
2
3
3
4 4
5 4 Alcorn State 2 2 3 10 N. C. Central 2 13
head coach at Redan High School in Lithonia, Ga. J. C. Smith 0 0 3 0 9 0 Howard 0 3 3 13 Tuskegee 2 3 4 5 Alabama State
Texas Southern
1
0
3
3
4
2
11
12
Lincoln (Mo.) 1 11
St. Augustine’s 0 0 2 0 8 4 Norfolk State 0 3 6 6 LeMoyne-Owen 3 6 3 9
Davenport was a graduate assistant coach at Georgia Shaw 0 0 3 1 10 5 Delaware State 0 1 4 9 Lane 2 5 2 7 Ark. Pine Bluff 0 3 0 14 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
W-Salem State 0 0 2 2 7 6 PLAYER
Tech during the 1992 and 1993 seasons under head coach Livingstone 0 0 1 1 6 3
Md. Eastern Shore 0 1 3 10 Paine 1 8 1 10
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Chelsey Davis, 5-11, F, WVSU - In 2-1 week,
Fayetteville State 0 0 0 4 1 11 Clark Atlanta 0 5 2 6
Bill Lewis. MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
Whiquitta Tobar, 5-7, Jr., G, ALABAMA A&M
Davis averaged 24.3 points and 8 rebounds per
game. She had 27 points, shooting 12 of 16
PLAYER SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
He was a four-year letterwinner as a player at Georgia CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
Jaleesa Sams, Sr., F, NC A&T - Averaged 18.5 PLAYER
- Scored game-high 25 points on Monday's 63-59
win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff canning 8 of 16 shots,
shots from the floor, in loss at Shepherd. Scored
17 points, got 5 rebounds and 2 assists in win
points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.0 steals while shooting
Tech from 1985-88. He was a member of the Yellow Jacket Courtney Medley, Jr., G, WSSU - Averaged 17.3
71% from the field in two wins. Had 15 points, 11
Sammeika Thomas, 6-2, Jr., C, MILES - Averaged
10 points, 3.7 blocks, 1.7 steals and 9.7 rebounds
1 of 2 from behind the arc, adding 4 assists and
5 steals. Also tied for team-high with 12 points in
over Davis and Elkins then got 29 points and
10 rebounds in home win over UPJ.
points, 4.2 rebounds, shot 17 of 29 from the field, 6
team that defeated Michigan State in the 1985 All-American of 15 on 3s and 12 of 18 FTs in three wins.
rebounds in win over FAMU.
ROOKIE
in 2-1 week.
Jasmine Birdsong, 5-11, Jr., C, FVSU - Averaged
Saturday's 60-49 win over Miss. Valley State. She
ROOKIE had team-high 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Bowl played at Legion Field. A three-year starter at wide Cynthia Johnson, Fr., G, LINCOLN - Averaged 9.7
Nicole Hamilton, Fr., G, HAMPTON - Totalled 37
points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals in 1-1
10 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and assist
in 2-1 week.
The Lady Bulldogs are 4-0 in SWAC play.
NEWCOMER
receiver, Davenport earned his undergraduate degree from points, 3.3 rebounds in three games.
NEWCOMER
week. Had 15 points vs. Wake Forest, 22 points
vs. Coppin State.
NEWCOMER NA
Brittani Goodwin, 5-4, Fr., G, CLAFLIN - Averaged
Georgia Tech in 1990 and his master’s degree from Tech Jasmine Newkirk, So., G, WSSU - Averaged 14.7
points, 2 assists and 2 steals in three games.
DEFENSE 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2 steals and assists in wins
Kianna D'Oliveira, So., F, DSU - 14 rebounds, 3 over Paine and Stillman.
in 1994. COACH blocks, 3 steals in win over NC Central.
Vanessa Taylor, JC Smith - Off to 9-0 start.

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