| For the Week of Jan, 9 through Jan. 15, 2001
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WOMEN
HAVE IT
THEIR
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MEAC Photo
PARSON: Inherited 19
10 Howard team, that
went 16-2 in MEAC a
year ago.
IT FIRST BCSP WOMEN'S HOOPS TOP TEN;
ALL-STAR GAME AND NFL PLAYOFF PLAYERS
UNDER THE BANNER
WHATS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
SEEING STARS: Tennessee State senior defen
sive back Ligarius Jennings will join (irambling wide
receiver Scotty Anderson in the Jan.
20 Delchamps Senior Bowl in
Mobile. Al. Jennings (5-10, 195), a
native of Birmingham, Al? and a
four-year starter for the Tigers, is a
two-time all-Ohio Valley Confe-rence
selection. This season he ranked third
on the team in tackles with 42 solos
Tenn. Stale photo . . . ,,
JENNINGS: TSU DB a"d had tW0 ln,erceP"ons- He was
second black college named to the second team All-OVC
player in Senior Bowl, squad. Jennings reportedly ran a 4.4
time in the 40-yard dash in spring
workouts earlier this year. Also, seven SIAC players are on the
East squad for the Cactus Bowl (formerly the Snow Bowl) to
be played Friday (Jan. 12) in Kingsville, Texas (78:30 pm). )
The game pits senior stars from NCAA Div. IL/ootball in an
all-star game format. The former SIAC players are CB Carey
Scott and OT Rod Joseph of Kentucky State. OT Jerry
Jackson and WR Trammel Pryor of Fort Valley State. OG
Bennitte YVaddell and DT Ahmad Whitehead of Thskegee
and DT Ronald Smith of Lane.
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FOUR IN THREE: The 2001 regular season
black college basketball television schedule kicked off on
Monday (Jan. 8) with the first of four SWAC games, this one
between Southern and Jackson State. But the real full court
press begins this weekend when four games will be televised
in three days. Saturday, January 13, the MEAC package tips
off with a matchup between Coppin State and S. C. State
(noon). That's followed by the first CIA A game, a rival game
Sunday (Jan. 14) at the Legacy Classic in Charlotte. N. C.,
between Winston-Salem State and Johnson C. Smith. The
MEAC comes back with a men's and women's doubleheader
on Monday (Jan. 15) involving Howard and Bethune
Cookman. A total of four SWAC games, five CIAA contests
and 15 from the MEAC are scheduled before all three confer
ences televise parts of their postseason tournaments. Here are
the regular season schedules by conferences.
CIAA
1) Sunday, January 14, 7:30 p.m
WSSU vs. J. C. Smith
2) Saturday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.
Virginia Union vs. Elizabeth City State
3) Saturday February 3, 7:30 p.m.
Winston-Salem State vs. N. Carolina Central
4) Saturday, February 10, 7:30 p.m.,
St. Augustine's vs. Fayetteville State
5) Saturday, February 17, 7:30 p.m.
Fayetteville State vs. Winston-Salem State
SWAC
1) Monday, January 8
Southern at Jackson State,
2) Saturday, January 20
Texas Southern at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3) Monday, Jan. 22
Alcom State at Alabama State
4) Monday, Feb. 5
Miss. Valley State at Alabama State
MEAC
I) Saturday, January 13,12 noon
S. C. State vs. Coppin State \
2&3) Monday, January 15, 12 noon and 2 pm
Howard vs. B-Cookman (men and women)
4) Saturday, January 20, 12 noon
Hampton and N. C. A&T
5&6) Saturday. January 27, 2 and 4 pm
FAMU vs. Norfolk St.'(men and women)
7) Monday, January 29, f pm q
Morgan State vs. Delaware State
8) Saturday, February 3,12 noon
Hampton vs. Md.-E. Shore
9&10) Saturday, February 10, 4 and 6 pm
Coppin St. vs. Norfolk St. (men and women)
II) Saturday, February 17, 4 pm
Coppin State vs. S. C. State
12&13) Saturday, February 24,12 noon and 2 pm
Howard vs. Morgan St. (men and women)
14&15) Saturday, March 3, 4 and 6 pm
Norfolk State vs. Hampton (men and women)
SWAC SITES ' The Southwestern Athletic
Conference has decided upon Shreveport, La., and
Birmingham, Al., as sites for key championships. Shreveport
will host the SWAC's annual Spring Sports Festival in both
2001 and 2002. The Spring Sports Festival will determine con
ference champions in men's and women's tennis (April 27-29)
, men's and women's outdoor track and field, baseball and soft
ball (May 3-6) . Birmingham, home of the SWAC office and
the conference's football championship game, now will also
host the men's and women's basketball championships for the
next three years. The city's Fair Park Arena will host the semi
finals (March 9) and finals (March 10) of tournament play this
year after opening round games are held on campus sites
(March 6).
JAZEEZ Communications. Inc. VOL VII, NO 22
SCORES
JAN. 8
Alabama A&M 74 Ark-PB 71, OT
Alabama Si 80. Miss Valley St 49
Bethune-Cookman 78. NC A&T 62
Coppm St 79. Hampton 76
Grambling St 74, Alcorn St 63
Howard 78. Delaware St 66
Norfolk St 70. Morgan St 59
SC State 71, Florida A&M 63
Southern 59. Jackson St 55
Ten -Arlington 57. Prairie View 45
Tuskegee 76, Clark Atlanta 55
JAN. a
Alabama A&M 54 Miss Valley St 47
Alabama St 60. Ark-Pine Bluff 56
Alcorn St 69. Jackson St 64
Delaware St 58. UMES 46
Florida A&M 76, NC A&T 72
Fort Valley St 105. Spetman 53
Johnson C Smith 94. Va Union 58
LeMoyne-Owen 63. Albany St 59
Livingstone 70. Gardner Webb 64
Morgan St 93. Hampton 90
NC Central 56, St Augustines 41
Norfolk St 75. Coppin St 74
SC State 85. Bethune-Cookman 63
Southern 80. Grambling St 70
Tennessee St 87, E Illinois 52
Tuskegee 87. Paine 40
Virginia St 75. Dist of Columbia 48
PI A A Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
ON AU.
E. OIV. W L W L
Virginia State 10 6 5
Bowie State 11 4 8
Elizabeth City 0 0 3 4
Shaw 0 0 2 9
Vltginia Union 0 0 0 10
St Paul s 0 1 J 2
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N.C Central 2 0 10 2
W-Salem State 0 0 10 1
Livingstone 0 0 10 1
J.C Smith 0 0 7 3
St. Augustine's 0 1 3 6
FayVf. State 0 1 5 6
CIAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ZAKIA VANHOUSE, Jr, G, NC Central -
Averaged 16 points four rebounds as
Eagles went 2-0.
CIAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
JOI SURRATT, JC Smith - Had 22
joints, seven rebounds and five assists in
two games
IW1 CAP Mid Eastern
ivi unw Athletic Conference
thru 1/1
CONF ALL
W L W L
Howard 3 0 6 4
SC State 2 15 3
Delaware State 113 6
Florida AAM 2 2 6 6
Morgan State 2 2 2 7
Bethune-Cookman 2 2 3 7
Coppin State 2 3 4 8
Hampton 2 3 3 8
Norfolk State 12 5 6
NCAAT 13 18
Marytand-ES 0 12 7
MEAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SHAVONNE BURKE, 5-8, Jr., G, Norfolk
State (New Castle, DE) - In wins over
Chicago-Illinois and Coppin State, Burke
tailed 14 and 21 points respectively to
lead the Lady Spartans. She finished the
week with 35 points, 13 rebounds, six
assists and four steals.
MEAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
NICOLE RHEM, 5-8, So., G. S. C. State
(Brooklyn, NY) ? Had 27 pts, 8 reb. 3
steals and 2 assists in win over DelState,
15 pts., 13 reb., 5 assists in win at B-CC.
SI AC Southern Intercolleqiati
v Athletic Conference
thru i*
CORF ALL
W L W L
Fort Valley State 5 0 8 2
Albany State 5 0 5 6
Tuskegee 1063
Clark Atlanta 114 5
Paine 12 2 6
Lane 12 15
Kentucky State 13 16
Miles 0 3 f 7
LeMoyne-Owen 0 4 ^8
SIAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NAKESHA HAYES. 5-11. F/C,
Tuskegee (Letohatchee, Al.) - In only
game of the week, Hayes had 15 points,
nine rebounds, one assist, lour steals
and two blocks in a win.
QIAIA r* Southwestern
vJ V V nv Athletic Conference
THRU II
CONF ALL
W L W L
Southern 4 0 9 4
Alabama State 4 0 10 3
Alcorn State 3 19 3
Grambling 2 2 6 7
Alabama ASM 2 2 3 9
Ark Pine Bluff 12 1 10
Jackson State 1 3 3 7
Texas Southern 0 2 5 6
Pralne View 0 2 3 7
Miss Valley 0 3 1 10
SWAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SHAMEKA JACKSON, Alabama State
In wins over Miss. Valley State and
Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Jackson averaged
24.5 points and 10.5 rebounds at the Lady
Hornets improved to 4-0 in conference
play, 9-4 overall.
OTHERS
THRU 1*
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Tennessee State 3 9
Cheyney 1 6
Benedict 2 5
Central State
UDC
IND. PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Howard at top of women's food
LUT WILLIAMS
BCSP Editor
Talk about women's teams in
black college basketball this year
begins with Howard.
The Lady Bison (6-4), one of
the beasts of the Mid-Kastern
Athletic Conference, took a hit
in October when long-time head
coach Sanya Tyler was fired after
an internal investigation. New
coach Cathy Parson was fortu
nate to inherit a team that went
19-10 overall a year ago. 16-2 in
the conference before being upset
in the league's tournament semifi
nals. Tyler also left a tiger in the
Lady Bison tank.
She is Andrea Gardner, a
6-2 junior from Washington, D.
C? that currently leads all Div. I
rebounders pulling down 16.4
boards per game while averaging
17.2 points per contest.
This year Gardner has led
the Lady Bison into some hostile
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ANDREA GARDNER: Howard
6-3 junior center, who leads
nation with 16.4 rebounds per
game, also puts up 17.2 points
per contest.
territory and more than held her
own. Against Maryland in the
season opener Gardner had 18
points and 17 rebounds. In a win
over Stony Brook at the Lady
Bulldog Classic in Starkville,
Ms., she had 23 points and a
career-high 27 rebounds. She
poured in 23 points and had 15
boards in the finals of the P&C
Wildcat Classic vs. Villanova and
added a career-high 24 points and
13 boards at defending MEAC
tournament champion Hampton
Senior swing guard Chanell
Washington (16.0 ppg.). and
freshman guard Essence Coggins
(10.2 ppg.) join Gardner scoring
in double figures. They will be
hard to handle in the MEAC. The
loss of two inside players,
Courtney Kirk to an injury and
Mona Gail Baker as a result of
the internal investigation, proba
bly keeps Howard from being
more of a force on the national
scene.
Alcorn State (9-3) was the
preseason pick to win the SWAC
race while Grambling State, the
most dominant team in the con
ference for the last five years,
entered the season with a national
best home winning streak. That I
steak reached 68, one short of
Tennessee's all-time record, i
before Southern ended it wifh a
80-70 win over the Lady Tigers
on Jan. 6.
Grumbling, under head
coach Rusty Ponton, also has a
one-point loss to Alabama State
as well as a win Monday over
Alcorn State. Any of four or five
teams could contend for the
SWAC title.
Since Livingstone ended 5
Bowie State's three-year title run
in last year's CIAA tournament r
final, it appears the balance of t
power has shifted to the Western t
Division. Livingstone's Lady
Bears (10-1). the Lady Rams of r
Winston-Salem State (10-1) and i
the Lady . Eagles of North e
Carolina Central (10-2) look S
like the cream of the crop right (
now. Despite their sterling
records, none of the three is
anked in (he Div. II South
Vtlantic Regional poll released
his week.
Defending SIAC tourtia
nent champion Fort Valley State
s the only learn from that coafer
nce ranked in the top ten of the
louth Region. The Lady Wildcats
9-2) are ranked 10th.
1. Howard (6-4)
2. Southern (9-4)
3. Alabama State (10-3)
4. Alcorn State (9-3)
5. N. C. Central (10-2)
6. S. C. State (5-3)
7. W-Salem State (10-1)'
8. Livingstone (10-1)
9. J. C. Smith (7-3)
10. Fort Valley State (9-2)
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BCSP Notes?
Difference Makers
? Black college players left their mark in the NFL
Divisional Playoffs over the weekend.
In one NFC matchup. New York defensive end
Michael Strahan (Texas Southern) had a monster game
as his Giants team defeated Philadelphia 20-10 on
Sunday. Strahan overpowered Eagles tackle Jon Runyan.
registering two sacks on Philly QB Donovan McNabb and
forcing one fumble. In a losing effort. Eagle wide receiv
er Torrance Small (Alcorn State) had four receptions for
39 yards and Philadelphia's lone touchdown on a 10-yard
TD reception in the fourth quarter.
Ttiskegee product Anthony Mitchell, a third string
safety for the Baltimore Ravens, may have had the biggest
play of their 24-10 win over the Tennessee Titans Sunday
in an AFC matchup. Mitchell fielded a blocked fourth
quarter field goal attempt and raced 90 yards for a TD,
breaking a 10-10 tie and putting the Ravens up 17-10.
Mitchell was inserted onto the field goal team after a play
er was hurt earlier in the game. Baltimore tight end
Shannon Sharpe (Savannah State) also had a big play,
catching his only pass of the day for 56 yards to set up the
Ravens first score.
Tennessee QB Steve McNair (Alcorn State) com
pleted 24 of 46 passes for 176 yards and wide receiver
Yancey Thigpen (Winston-Salem State) caught three of
his aerials for 25 yards as the defending Super Bowl run
ners-up went down to defeat.
Defensive end Fernando Smith (Jackson State) reg
istered three tackles for the Minnesota Vikings as they
defeated the New Orleans Saints 34-16 on Saturday. The
Saints got contributions from receivers Jake Reed
(Grambling, 2 rec., 29 yds.), Robert Wilson (Florida
A&M, I rec., 14 yds.), and Andrew Glover (Grambling . I
rec., five yds.)
Oakland's Grady Jackson (Knoxville) had only one
tackle in the Raiders' 27-0 whitewash of Miami Saturday,
but was part of the defensive unit that held the Dolphins to |
only 40 rushing yards.
Look out for the black college products listed below as
their teams battle in this week's conference title games
looking for spots in Super Bowl XXXV.
JACKSON
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GAMES THIS WEEK
JAN. 11
Fayetteville State at Bowie State 7:30 pm
St. Augustine's at Shaw 7:30 pm
Tuskegee at Albany State 7:30 prfi
Rust at LeMoyne-Owen 7:30.0m
JAN. 12
Miles at Fort Valley State 8:0Qpjn
Morehouse at LeMoyne-Owen 7:30 prp
JAN. 13
Alabama State at Alabama A&M 5:30 pm
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Southern 5:30 pm
Grambling State at Prairie View A&M 5:30 prfi
Jackson State at Texas Southern 5:30 pm
Miss. Valley State at Alcorn State 5:30 pm
Shaw at Bowie State 4:30 prp
Fayetteville State at J. C. Smith 7:30 pm
St. Paul's at Barber Scotia 7:30 pm
Md. E. Shore at Beth.-Cookman 7:30 pm
S. C. State at Coppin State 7:30 pm
Hampton at Delaware State 7:30 pm
Howard at Florida A&M 7:30 pm
Clark-Atlanta at Kentucky State 7:30 pm
Paine at Tuskegee 7:30 pm
JAN. 14
N. C. A&T vs. N. C. Central 3:30 pm
Virginia State at Elizabeth City State 7:30 pm
Winston-Salem State at J. C. Smith 5:30 pm
Virginia State at Virginia Union 7:30 pm
Albany St. vs. Fort Valley St. (Macon) 5:00 pm
JAN. 15
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Alcorn State 5:30 pm
Grambling State at Texas Southern 5:30 pm
Jackson State at Prairie View A&M 5:30 pm
Miss. Valley State at Southern 5:30 pm
Howard at Beth.-Cookman 7:30 pm
N. C. A&T at Coppin State 7:30 pm
Norfolk State at Delaware State 7:30 pm
Md E-Shore at Florida A&M 7:30 pm
S. C. State at Morgan State 7:30 pm
Livingstone at Winston-Salem State 7:30-pm
Tuskegee at Kentucky State 7:30'ptn
Clark-Atlanta at Morris Brown 7:30 0m
JAN. 16
Johnson C. Smith at Bowie State 7:30 pm
Saint Augustine's at Eliz. City State 7:30 pm
Virginia State at Shaw 7:30 pm
Saint Paul's at Virginia Union 7:30 pm
Jan. 17
Livingstone at North Carolina Central 7:30 pm
Paine at Clark-Atlanta 7:30 pm
Miles at Stillman 7:30 pm
NO. NAME POS. HT. WT.
BALTIMORE RAVENS
81 Coates, S?n TE 6'5" 245
29 Evans, Chuck RB 6V 245
42 Mitchell, Aphony DB 6'1" 211
-82 Sharpe, Shannon TE 6'2" 232
OAKLAND RAIDERS
90 Jackson, Grady DT 62" 325
77 Myles, Toby OT 6'5" 320
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
89 Hatchette, Matt WR 6'2" 204
61 Kelly, Lewis OG 6 4" 272
92 Smith, Fernando DE 6'6" 287
NEW YORK GIANTS
92 Strahan, Michael DE 6'5" 275
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DOB ? EXP COLLEGE
August 16, 1969 10 Livingstone
April 16, 1967 8 Clark Atlanta
December 13, 1974 1 Tuskegee
June 26, 1968 11 Savarlnah State
January 21, 1973 4 Knoxville
July 23, 1^75 3 Jackson State
May 1, 1974 4 Langston
April 21, 1977 R S.Carolina State
August 2, 1971 7 Jackson State
November 21,1971 8 Texas Southern
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JAN. 8
Alabama A&M 61. Ark-Pine Bluff 58
Alcorn St 108. Grambling St 105
Clark Atlanta 93, Tuskegee 87
Fayetteville St 71, Va Union 65
Hampton 61, Coppin St 60
Howard 64. Delaware St 63
Miss Valley St 78. Alabama St 70
NC A&T 68. Bethune-Cookman 58
Norfolk St 83. Morgan St 77
SC State 82. Florida A&M 74
Southern 89, Jackson St 77
JAN. 6
Alabama St 69. Ark-Pine Bluff 63
Alcorn St 63, Jackson St 60
Dist of Columboa 70, Virginia St 69
Gonzaga 93. Praine View &0
Grambling St 89. Southern 86
Hampton 72. Morgan St 67
LeMoyne-Owen 72, Albany St 70
UMES 59. Delaware St 54
Malone 80. Wilberforce 74
Miss Valley 72. Alabama A&M 62
Morehouse 77. Ft Valley St 73
NC A&T 73. Florida A&M 58
Norfolk St 67, Coppin St 56
Nova Southeastern 52. Sav St 40
Paine 98. Tuskegee 75
Pitt-Johnstown 83. Bowie St 65
Point Park 88 Central St 82
SC State 69 B-Cookman 66, OT
St Augustines 87. NC Central 66
WSSU 79. S Connecticut 62
C* I A A Central Intercollegiate
V* I" " Athletic Association
THRU 1/8
DIV ALL
W L W L
EAST DIVISION
Virginia State 10 7 2
Bowie State 11 9 3
Shaw 0 0 6 3
Virginia Union 0 0 7 6
Elizabeth City 0 0 5 5
St Paul s 0 1 3 8
WEST DIVISION
N.C Central 10 4 7
J C Smith 0 0 8 2
Winston-Salem StateO 0 11 1
St. Augustine's 0 0 8 3
Livingstone 0 0 1 10
Fayetleville State 0 1 8 3
CIAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JIMMY BOSTON. 6-4, Sr., F. NC Central
Scored career-high 33 points in win over
Fayv. State. Averaged 20 points, 12.5
rebounds, 4.5 assists and passed the
1.000-point mark lor his career during the
CIAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
KENNY HAYWOOD, 6-3, Fr., F,
Fayetteville State (Fayettevtlle. NC) 11
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1,1 w athletic Conference
THRU I li
CONF ALL
W L W L
Norfolk State 4 0 4 8
SC State 3 0 6 8
Hampton 4 1 9 3
NCA&T 2 1 4 6
Marytand-ES 11 2 6
Bethune-Cookman 2 3 4 8
Coppin State 2 3 4 9
Howard 12 3 9
Delaware State 13 2 10
Morgan State 14 2 7
Florida A&M 1 4 3 10
MEAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
LaRON MAPP. 6-4, Jr., G, SC State
(Brooklyn, NY) - Mapp made the game
winning basket on a driving layup in the
Bulldogs' 69-66 overtime win over Bethune
Cookman For the game, Mapp had 21
points. 10 rebounds, four steals and three
assists
MEAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
NAJIA TAYLOR, 6-1, So.. G. SC State
(Hartsville. SC) - In his first start since
becoming eligible. Taylor had 11 points, two
SI AC Southern Intercollegiate
v Athletic Conference
THRU t*
CONF ALL
W L W L
Paine 4 17 2
Lane 2 14 5
LeMoyne-Owen 4 2 5 6
Kentucky St^te 4 2 7 4
Fori Valley State 3 3 5 7
Miles' C 2 2 6 4
Morehouse 2 2 6 5
Tuskegee 0 2 2 7
Clark Atlanta 116 5
Albany State 1 7 2 10
SIAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DARIUS WADE. 6-1. G. So..
Morehouse (New York) - Averaged 20 5
pts., six rebounds, tour assists. 2.5
.steals and 0.5 blocks as team went 1-1
during rating period.
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SWAC
Southwestern
tmru'i/8 Athletic Conference
CONF ALL
W L W L
Alcorn State 4 0 4 9
Alabama State 3 1. 7 6
Southern 3 1 5b 6
Alabama AiW 3 1.57
Miss Valley 2 15 5
Ark Pine Bluff 1 2 1 10
Grambling 13 19
Prairie View 0 2 19
Texas Southern 0 2 110
Jackson State 0 4 0 15
SWAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JASON CABLE, Alcorn State - In wins
over Jackson State and Gramtjling
State. Cable averaged 20.3 points and
2.7 rebounds. He had 33 points in a 108
105 win over Grambling, connecting on j
13 of 19 shots from the field, including
thee-of-five from three-point range. He
added two assists and four rebounds.
OTHERS
THRU 1/8 W L
Cheyney 5 5
UDC 4 8
Central State 2 5
Tennessee State 3 11
Morris Brown 2 10