SCORES
MONOAY. JAM. 7
Alabama* 96 UAPB73
Alcorn Si 96 GramMng 87
&CC75 NCAAT67 OT
CwawSlM
0*Sm 77 Morgan Si 67
Damar 78. Moms Brown SO
Howard 84 Co?*rSl67
JacMon Si 61. Souftam 60
LMngaianall MarsMrt75
UMES 95 Norton SI 88 OT
MVSU81 AlatanuAiM65
Morafious# 70 Para 69
?C St 72. FAMU68
Tarn 91 ? S? Mo 618?
wvaioe.Biua?Niaat6
SATURDAY JAN. 5
AlaOama AAM 88 UAP066
AW) Si 57 MVSU 52
Atom a 86. JacMon a 75
Boww a 88. Vagna a 78
Col a S3 Mora Browr 46
OalSlala 57 Co?*na<6
EWtaoro 88. Cfisynsy 63
Eta 0? a 76. FVSU 83
Florida AAM 70 NC AIT 81
Hampton 86. UMES 71
Howard 83. Morgan a 78
ImMn (Mo) 87 WSSU82 .
MTkimSS Fla STwm75
Sa* a7i Upacon?60
SC Slata 78 B-CC 55 v
Soutiam 106. GramMng 87
a Augi 83 a Paul's 79. OT
Tarr a 66 E Ky66
*va in s wi(M.20T
P| A A Central Intercollegiate [
v,rin Athletic Association |
ON ALL
E.0MSKM W L W I
Bowie Stale 2 0 8 3
Shaw 0 0 9 1
Virginia Union 0 0 7 3
Ekz City State 0 0 5 6
Virgna State 0 13 6
St. Paul's 0 119
W. DIVISION
St Augustine's 0 0 7 0
W-Salem State 0 0 9 2
J. C Smith 0 0 9 3
FayetteviUe State 0 0 5 3
Livingstone 0 0 3 9
N.C Central 0 0 19
C1AA PLAYERS Of THE WEEK
PLAYER
TYRONE WTO, So., Q, Elizabeth City SMt ?
Averaged 25 points, 7.5 assists and lour
rebounds in two wins Vs. N Flonda Smith had a
career-high 32 points~feght assists, six steals
and lour rebounds. Smith is 5-11, 175 from
Chesapeake. Va
ROOKIE
TORY CLARK, Fr.,G, Elizabeth City Slate m
two games. Clark averaged 10 points, six
rebounds and two assists He had 12 pomts and
rune rebounds vs Fort Valley State Clark is 6-6.
180 from Nashville, NC.
ME AC ^Eastern
munv athletic Conference
CONF ALL
W/t* W L
Hampton -4 0 9 5
Howard 3 18 6
SC Stale 3 16 9
Delaware State 2 15 6
Norfolk Slate 2 2 3 10
Florida MM 2 2 2 11
Maryland-E S 2 2 5 8
Bethune-Cookman 2 2 3 7
NC AAT State 1 3 1 10
Coppin State 1 3 3 12
Morgan State 0 5 0 12
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
ANORE RIVIERA, Sr.. G. SC Stat* - Average :
21 points as the Bulldogs split two games in a
loss to The Citadel. Riviera had.17 points and
tour rebounds In a win over Bethune-Cookman
he tailed 25 points, had six rebounds and two
assists He is a 6-3 point guard from Brooklyn
NY
ROOKIE
OEVIN GREEN. Fr., F.. Hampton - Green had
13 pomts. tour rebounds, tour assists and three
steals in an 86-71 ?wi over Maryland-Eastern
Shore
CI A ^ Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
CONF ALL
W L W L
Fort Valley Stale 2 0 5 4
Clark Atlanta 2 0 3 4
LeMoyne Owen 2 0 ' 4 4
Lane 114 3
Miles 115 5
Kentucky State 112 5
Morehouse 2 2 8 4
Paine 12 2 6
Albany State 0 2 18
Tuskegee 0 3 19
SUC PLAYERS Of THE WEEK
PLAYER
ROBERT PRMGLE. Jr.. G, Fort Valley State
Averaged 14 0 pants 10 0 rebounds, two
assists two steals and a Blocked snot m games
last week tor the Wildcats Pnngle isa 6-3, im
pounder from Marietta. Ga
.jt
C \hl A P Southwestern
** ? ? Athletic Conference
DIV ALL
W L W L
Alcorn Stale 5 0 6 5
Alabama Stale 4 0 9 6
Miss. Valley State 2 15 6
Praine View 112 8
Texas Southern 1119
Alabama A&M 2 2 4 5
Southern 2 3 2 11
Grambhng Stale 1 4 3 11
Jackson State 1 4 2 12
Ark Pine Bluff 0 3 0 13
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
TYRONE LEVETT, Sr., F. Alabama State In
wins over Mississippi Valley Stale and A* -Pine
Bluff Levett posted back-to-back double-dou
bles totaling 34 points and 30 rebounds He had
18 points and 12 rebounds *i a 98-73 win over
UAPB Monday after getting 16 points and 14
boards r\ a 57-52 win over MVSU on Saturday
The 6-5 senior from Notasulga. A!., currently
leads the SWAC m rebounding at-9.2 per game
and puts in 128 points per contest
INDEPENDENTS
W L
Southern (NO) 8 . 2
DtNard 13 3
Xavier 7 5
Central State 9 7
"Cheyney 5 5
West Virginia State 3 7
Tennessee State 5 9
Morns Brown 1 11
Savannah State 1 12
PLAYERS Of THE WEEK
OlUSHULA AJANAKU. So. F.,
Tennessee State - Ajanaku scored a
team-high 24 points as the Blue Tigers got
thee second OVC wm Monday 94-82
over S E Missouri Ajanaku is a 6-5 lor
ward Irom Memphis
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
BEST ATTENDED BLACK COLLEGE
FOOTBALL GAMES IN 2001
1 FLORIDA CLASSIC, Nov. 17. Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl)
Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman 70,112
2 BAYOU CLASSIC, Nov. 24, New Orleans, LA (Super Dome)
Southern vs. Grambling State 67,435
3. ATLANTA CLASSIC. Sept. 22, Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome)
Florida A&M vs. Tennessee State 61,022
4 MAGIC CITY CLASSIC, Oct. 27, Birmingham, AL (Legion Field)
Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M 53,133
5. AL LIPSCOMB CLASSIC. Sept 29. Dallas. TX (Cotton Bowl)
Grambling State vs. Prairie View * 51,149
6. CIRCLE CITY CLASSIC, Oct. 6. Indianapolis, IN (RCA Dome)
Howard vs. Tennessee State 51,060
9 CHICAGO CLASSIC, Sept. 1. Chicago, IL (Soldier Field)
Jackson State vs. Howard 50,000
10 CAPITAL CITY CLASSIC. Nov. 17, Jackson. MS (Miss. Mem. Stadium)
Alcom State at Jackson State 49,873
11. SEPT. 29, New Orleans (Super Dome)
Southern vs. Tulane 41,319
12. SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP Dec. 1, Birmingham, AL (Legion Field),
Grambling vs. Alabama State 38,487
13. SEPT. 8, at El Paso, Texas
Texas Southern at Texas El-Paso 37,741
14 AGGIE-EAGLE CLASSIC. Sept. 1. Raleigh. NC (Carter-Finley Stadium)
NC A&T vs. NC Central 36,438
15 PEACH STATE CLASSIC. Nov. 3, Atlanta. GA (Georgia Dome)
Jackson State vs. N. C. A&T 35,742
lb WHITNEY YOUNG CLASSIC, Sept. 22, E. R'ford, NJ (Gaints Stadium)
Hampton vs. Virginia State 35,681
17 NC A&T HOMECOMING Oct. 13. Greensboro. NC
Florida A&M at N. C A&T 34,769
18 GATEWAY CLASSIC. Sept. 29. St. Louis, MO (TWA Dome)
Kentucky State vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff 33,500
? 19. OCT. 13, Jackson, MS (Mississippi Memorial Stadium)
Southern at Jackson State 32,746
20 FLORIDA A&M HOMECOMING Oct 20, Tallahassee. FL
Hampton at Florida A&M 28,987
21 TUSKEGEE HOMECOMING. Oct. 27. Tuskegee. AL
Clark-Atlanta at Tuskegee 28,889
22 SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC Nov 22. M'phis. TN (Liberty Bowl)
Jackson State vs. Tennessee State 28,690
23 SOUTHERN HOMECOMING Oct. 6. Baton Rouge. LA
Alabama A&M at Southern 27,500
24 GULF COAST CLASSIC Sept 22. Mobile. AL (Ladd-Peebles Stadium)
Southern vs. Alabama State 26,453
25. OCT. 20, Jackson, MS (Mississippi Memorial Stadium)
Grambling at Jackson State 25,600
26 LABOR DAY CLASSIC Sept" 1. Houston. TX (Astrodome)
Texas Southern vs. Prairie View 25,044
27 MoAEHOUSE-SKEEGE CLASSIC Oct. 13, Columbus. GA
Morehouse vs. Tuskegee 24,401
28 TURKEY DAY CLASSIC Thur.. Nov. 22. Montg.. AL (Cramton Bowl)
Alabama State vs. Tuskegee 23,912
29 GRAMBLING HOMECOMING Oct. 27. Grambling. LA
Texas Southern at Grambling 22,736
30 FOUNTAIN CITY CLASSIC Nov. 10.*Columbus. GA
Fort Valley State vs. Albany State 22,379
31 BIG JOHN MERRITT CLASSIC Sept. 1. NVille. TN (Adetphi Stadium)
Alabama A&M at Tennessee State , 22,000
32. OCT. 6. Jackson, MS (Mississippi Memorial Stadium)
Alabama State at Jackson State 21,617
33 NORFOLK STATE HOMECOMING Oct 27
Howard at Norfolk State 21,119
34 LABOR DAY CLASSIC Sept 1. Norfolk. VA (Dick Price Stadium)
Virginia State at Norfolk State 20,562
35 SEPT. 9. Little Rock. AR
Ark. Pine Bluff vs. Southern 20.153
TOTAL 1,112,428
32,069.4 average (35 games)
OAZEEZ Communication/ Inc. .VOL. VIII. NO. 22 ...
?w
Basketball classics invade Big Houses
LUT WILLIAMS
BCSP Editor
Black college basketball usually fills up big arenas at tournament
time, but fans can get an early dose or what's to come, particularly in
the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CI AA I, as a host of
classic matchups come to large venues over the next couple'of weeks.
This Saturday afternoon (Jan. 12), CIAA basketball returns to
the Virginia Tidewater when the second annual Legends Classic, now
re-named the Legacy Classic, tips off at Norfolk's 10,000-seat Scope
j Arena in a doubleheader showcase.
- Virginia Union faces St. Paul's in the 6 p.m. opener before
Elizabeth City State battles Virginia State at 8 p.m. The Classic,
which will honor former CIAA greats Ernie Fears, Jocelyn Goss,
Lav erne Sweat and Willie Gary with a banquet on Friday, benefits,
the Southside Boys and Girls Club of Norfolk.
That same night at the 18.000-seat Raleigh Entertainment and
Sports Arena (ESAl, site of the Feb. 25-March 2 CIAA tournament,
four more CIAA teams take the court for a doubleheader in the
Carolinas Freedom Classic.
1 SHAW (9-1) ? Talented Bears move up to 14th in the NABC NCAA Div. II po*. KEY
GAME: Thursday (1/10) vs. St. Augustine's.
2 HAMPTON (9-5) - Pirates lost four straight out of conference games but are undefeat
ed (4-0) in MEAC play.KEY GAME: At South Carolina State Saturday (1/12).
3 ALABAMA STATE (9-6) ? Hornets have won seven of eight to get back on the winning
track. KEY GAME: Sat. (1/12) vs. Alabama A&M
4 HOWARD (0-6) ? High-sconng backcourt fueling Bison surge. KEY GAME: Hosting
Bethune-Cookman Monday (1/14).
5 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (6-9) - Moses Malone, Jr., setting pace for tough Bulldogs.
KEY GAME: Hosting Hampton Saturday.
6 ALCORN STATE (6-5) - Braves keeping pace with Alabama State in SWAC. KEY
GAME: At Mississippi Valley State Saturday (1/12).
7 ST. AUGUSTINE'S (7-0) ? Falcons have gotten tough wins en route to unblemished
record KEY GAME: Thursday (1/10) vs. Shaw.
8 JOHNSON C. SMITH (9-3) - Defending CIAA champs wo/king out the kinks. KEY
GAME: CIAA title rematch Saturday (1/12) vs. Fayetteville State.
9 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (5-6) ? Delta Devils should challenge for SWAC title.
KEY GAME: Hosting Alcorn State Saturday (1/12).
10. BOWIE STATE (8-3) - Bulldogs making strong bid for CIAA East honors. KEY GAME:
At Shaw Saturday (1/12).
Last season's C1AA tournament finalists. Fayetteville State
and Johnson C. Smith face off at 6 p.m.. with St. Augustine's
and North Carolina Central tangling at 8. Doors open at 3 p.m..
with a gospel concert featuring Kim Burrell to kick things off at
4 p.m. O
Eight days later (Sun., Jan. 20). the 10,000-seat Richmond
Coliseum, which will host the March 4-9 MEAC Tournament, has
its own Freedom Classic pitting Virginia Union against Virginia
State. The game coincides with the Martin Luther King. Jr., holi
day weekend.
The granddaddy of them all is the third annual Legacy
Classic which comes to the 17.000-seaf Charlotte Coliseum on
Sunday, Jan. 20.
Last year, the games, played each year on the Martin Luther
King holiday weekend, drew over 12,000 fans for the classic
involving three CIAA rivals and an old CIAA member, North
Carolina A&T. now in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
A&T faces N. C. Central at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, with home
town team J. C. Smith taking on Winston-Salem State in the 3:30
finale. But the games are the climax of activities that begin on
Thursday.
Motown recording star Brian McKnight tips the weekend off
with a concert Thursday night (7 p.m.) at Charlotte's Ovens
Auditorium with RCA star Tyrese. Friday night (7 p.m.) at J. C.
Smith's Brayboy Gymnasium, a celebrity team of stars including
Chris Spencer and Alex Thomas of the Jamie Fo.u Slimv. ESPN
anchor Stuart Scott and Boris Kodjoe of the Showtime TV show
Soul Food will play a charity basketball game against safety Deon
Grant and members of the Carolina Panthers football team.
Glenda Hatched of the TV show, Judge Hatched, comes in
on Saturday morning (11:30 a.m.) for a Teen Summit benefiting
local youth organizations and gospel recording star Donnie
McClurkin performs Saturday night 7:30 p.m. Among other
celebrity guests expected to be in attendance are actress Lisa Ray.
Norfolk State graduate Tim and his wife. Daphne Reed, and DJ
and recording star Biz Markee. who will perform at the games and
at after-parties.
BCSP Tidbits
All Pros
Seven former black college players,
including all three at one position for the
National Football Conference (NFC),
were selected to the 2001-02 NFL Pro
Bowl to be played Saturday, Feb. 9,2002
in Hawaii. VX
Detroit's Robert Porcher (South
Carolina State), Philadelphia's Hugh
Douglas (Central State) and Michael
Strahan (Texas Southern) of the New
York Giants were the three players
selected at defensive end for the NFC.
With 22.5 sacks, Strahan set a new NFL
single-season record this year. Porcher
had 11 sacks for the Lions to finish sev
enth in the NFC while Douglas' nine
sacks wa's ninth best.
Offensive tackle James Williams
(Cheyney) of Chicago and St. Louis
defensive back Aeneas Williams
(Southern) were the other NFC picks.
Both of their teams, along with Douglas'
Eagles, are headed to the playoffs.
Williams, acquired in a trade
from Arizona before the season, solidi
? fied the Rams' defense, picking off four
passes and returning two of them for
touchdowns. Williams led the 13-3
Bears' resurgent ground attack. Both of
Il PORCHER
SMITH
WILLIAMS
WALLACE
their teams are in the playoffs.
In the AFC, Jacksonville wide
receiver Jimmy Smith and Baltimore
tight end Shannon Sharpe were named.
Smith, a 6-1, 205-pounder in his
ninth-year out of Jackson State, finished
second in the NFL in receptions with 112
and second in receiving yardage with
1,373. He had eight touchdowns.
Sharpe, in his 12th year out of
Savannah State, finished the season with
73 receptions and also set a new career
record for receptions by a tight end (692).
NBA Report
Seven black college players, led by
two unheralded CIAA products, are ply
ing their trade in the National Basketball
Association (NBA) this season.
Six-foot point guard Darrell
Armstrong (Favetteville State) of
Orlando and Detroit forward Ben
Wallace (Virginia Union) are having the
greatest impact on their respective teams
through the first half of the season.
Armstrong starts for the Magic and aver
ages 12.3 points and six assists per game.
Wallace is among the league's best
rebounders. pulling down 11.3 per game,
good for fifth in league stats.
Another two black college products
are playing in the NBAs new develop
mental league. They are former Klizabeth
City State guard Derrick Hines with the
Roanoke Dazzle and former St. Paul's
forward and two time C1AA Player of the
Year. Antwain Smith, with the
Fayetteville ???.
Here is the complete list of black col
lege bailers in the NBA.
10 - DARRELL ARMSTRONG G. Orlando 8th Feyv. Si. 91
12.3 ppg . 6.0 apg 4 1 ipg
15 EMANUAL DAVIS G Atlanta 5th Delaware State 91
6 6 ppg 2 3 apg.. 2.1 rpg- ?-?;
10 LINDSEV HUNTER G LA Latere 9th. Jackson State 93
7 4 ppg .'1 8 apg.. 13 rpg
33 JEROME JAMES C. Seattle 2nd Florida AAM 96
3 8 ppg 1 6 rpg ^
6 - AVERY JOHNSON G. Oenver 16th. Southern 88
8 0 ppg 4 6 apg
34 CHARLES OAKLEY F Chicago. 17th. Virginia Union 85
?-*Awg 56rpg
3H BEN WALLACE F c Delrci 6lh Virginia Union 96
7 75 ppg 11 3 rpg.
Direction Change
SCORES
HON.. JAN. 7
Alab A4M 79, MVSU 59
Alabama Si 68 UAPB40
B-CC66 NCAAT42
DelState 68 Morgan Si 53
Georga 105. Moms Bf 36
Gfamttmg 82. Alcom Si 75
Howard 97..Coppm St 83
Murray St 66 Term St?
Nortofc St 74, UMES67
Paine 72. Spelman 47
SC Stale 64. FAMU 60
Soufiem 57. Jackson St <6
Tuskegee72, OarkA# 69
WVState 63. Bluet St 47
SATURDAY. JAN. 5
Alab A4M65 UAPB50
Alcom St 57 Jackson St 53
Alabama St 85. MVSU26
Coppn St 63. OetState 61
E Ky 91, Term St 71
Edrtxwo 72. Cbeyney 54
FAMU58.NCAAT55
Ft VNtey St 86. ECSU 71
Hampton 79 UMES49
Howard 8t. Morgan St 40
J C Smith 85 Pane 74
Roins66 AbanySt33
St Pairs 96 St Augs 71
SC Stale 43. B-CC 40
Southern 80. Grambkng 67
Virgna St 68 Borne St 50
C* I A A Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
DIV ALL
E DIVISION W L W L
St. Paul's 10 5 5
Virginia State 10 4 6
Virginia Union 0 0 5 4
Shaw 0 0 4 4
Eliz. City State 0 0 4 6
Bowie State 0 2 5 7
w. DIVISION
J. C Smith 0 0 111
N. C. Central 0 0 7 3
Fayetteville State 0 0 5 4
W-Salem State 0 0 6 7
Livingstone 0 0 2 9
St. Augustine's 0 0 2 10
CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
BLANCHE DOCTOR, Sr.. F. J. C. Smith ?
Scored 29 points and hauled in 12 rebounds in a
victory over Pane College Doctor stands 5-10
and hails from wJdsboro. NC
ROOKIE
LaSHONDA HORTON, Fr? F, Winston-Salem
State ? Recorded her sixth double-double ol the
season scoring 12 points and pulling down 15
rebounds against West Liberty Morton, a
Greenville NC native is an even six-feet lad
M F A Mid Eastern
,w' ^ ~ w athletic Conference
CONF ALL
W L W L
Howard 4 0 5 8
Hampton 3 0 6 7
Norfolk State 3 0 7 1
SC State 4 15 7
M^nd-E.S. 2 2 4 7
Bethune-Cookman 2 2 6 5
Delaware State 2 2 4 8
Coppin State '2 3 4 9
Florida AAM 13 4 8
Morgan State 0 5 1 13
NCA&T State 0 5 0 9
MEAC PLAYERS Of THE WEEK
PLAYER
LASHONDRA DIXON, Jr.. G, Hampton In the
fedy Pirates 79-49 win over the University ol
Maryland Eastern Shore Dixon totaled 14 points,
six redounds, lour assists and two steals m 22
minutes ot playing tune. She is a 54oot-5 junior
ROOKIE
TERRELLE WALLER ft., G. Delaware State
in the Lady Hornets 53-61 toes to Coppto State.
Waller led Delaware State m scoring 'with 20
points wtWe connecting on 10 ot 10 tree throws
m the game. She is a 54oot-7 freshman guard
from HyattsviAe MD
CI A ^ Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
CONF ALL
W L W L
Fort Valley State 2 0 9 4
Albany State 2 0 3 6
i LeMoyrieOwen 10 16
Tuskegee. 3 1 5 7
| Paine 114 3
Miles 0 118
Clark Atlanta 0 "2 5 2
Lane 0 2 2 6
Kentucky State 0 2 0 6
SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
SHENIKA TARPKINS. Fr? G. Fort Valley
State ? Put In 29 points, pulled down three *
: rebounds and had two steals leading the Lady
? Wildcats to a 1-0 record foyhe week Tarpkms
J is a 5-6 freshman from Eauxiton. Ga A
?
o\ a# a p southwestern
uwnv Athletic Conference
DfV ALL
E. DIVISION W L -W L
Southern 4 0 10 3
Alcorn State 3 16 4
Alabama State 3 18 4
' Grambling State 3 16 6
Alabama A&M 2 2 3 7
Arte Pine Bluff 12 3 7
i Jackson State 1 3 4 6
Texas Southern 0 2 4 6
Prairie View 0 2 2 7
Miss. Valley State 0 3 1 10
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
JACLYN W1NRELD, Jr.. F. Southern Taken
game high 22 points, 19 in the second had as
the Lady Jags rallied from 15 points down, to j
. defeat Jackson State. 57-46 Monday. Had a j
season-high 32 points as the Lady Jags defeat
ed Grambling 80-67 Saturday Winflfty who
leads the SWAC m scoring at 20 5 ppg.7has led
Southern to seven straight wins
LAKANDRA DAVIS. So. C. Grambling State
Davis scored a season-high 28 points as the
Lady Tigers knocked Alcorn Slate from the
SWAC unbeaten list with a 82-75 victory
Monday. Davis had 12 points in Saturday s 80
67 loss to Southern
?T?_??u
INDEPENDENTS
W L
Central State 14 0
Xavier 11 3
Southern (NO) 7 3
West Virginia State 4 5
Cheyney 2 8
Morris Brown 2 10
Tennessee State 1 10
Savannah State 1 12
PLAYERS Of THE WEEK
LARtSSA THOMAS, Sr. F. Tennessee
State - Thomas averaged 23.5 points and
9.5 rebounds in two losses last week She
had 23 points in a loss to Morebead State
and 24 in a loss to Eastern Kentucky
Thomas, from St. Louis. Mo.. averages
21 0 points (2nd in OVC) and an OVC
ieading 102 rebounds per contest
*
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SAT., JAN. 12
AMPA&M at Alabama St. 8:00p
Southern at Ark-Pine Bluff 7:00p
Shippensburg at Cheyney 3:00p
Albany State at Clark Atlanta 8:00p
Beth.-Cookman at Del State 4:00p
Paine at Fort Valley State 8:00p
Prairie View at Grambling St. 7:30p
Florida A&M at Howard 4:00p
Texas Southern at Jackson St. 7:30p
LeMoyne-Owen at Kentucky St. 7:30p
Miles at Lane c 7:30p
W-Salem State at Livingstone 7:30p
Stillman at Maryvilte 4:00p
Alcom State at Miss Valley St. 7:30p
UMES at Morgan State 7:30p
Norfolk State at NC A&T 7:30p
Morris Brown at Sav. State 8:00p
Hampton at SC State 4:00p
Bowie State at Shaw 7:30p
Tenn-Martin at Tenn. St. 7:30p
WV St at WV Tech 7:30p
MLK Classic (Detroit, Ml)
Central State vs. Knoxville TBA
Legacy Classic (Norfolk - Scope)
Virginia State vs. Eliz.City St. 6:00p
Saint Paul's vs. Virginia Union 4:00p
Carolinas Freedom Classic (Raleigh - ESA)
Fayv. St. vs. J. C. Smith 6:00p
St. Augu's vs. NC Central 8:00p
SUN., JAN. 13
MLK Classic (Detroit)
Central St. vs. B-Scotia
MON., JAN. 14
Morehouse at Albany State 7:30p
Alcorn State at Ark-Pine Bluff 7:00p
Paine at Augusta State 8:00p
UMES at Coppin State 7:30p
Florida A&M at Delaware St. 7:30p
Tuskegee at Fort Valley St. 8:00p
Tex.S'thern at Grambling St. 7:30p
Bethune-Cookman at Howard 8:00p
Prairie View at Jackson State 7:30p
Lane at Kentucky State 7:30p
Rust at LeMoyne-Owen 7:30p
Southern at Miss Valley St. 7:30p
Clark Atlanta at Morris Brown 8:00p
Hampton at NC A&T 7:30p
Alab. A&M at Savannah St. 8:00p
Norfolk State-at SC State - 7:30p
Talladega at Stillman 7:30p
David Lipscomb at Tenn. St. 7:00p
WV St at Wheeling Jesuit 7:30p
TUES., JAN. 15
Central State at Cedarville 7:30p
Bowie State at J. C. Smith 7:30p
ECSU. at St. Augustine's 7:30p
Virginia Union at Saint Paul's 7:30p
Shaw at Virginia State 5:30p
at Cheyney
Cheyney University, losers of
18 straight games and without a win
ning season since 1979, has named
Lee Brown as the school's new foot
hall coach. Athletic director Eve
Atkinson introduced Brown this
week, describing him as "dynamic, yet
unconventional."
Brown spent the last season as a
defensive backs coach and head track
coach at Mount Senario College, an
NAIA school in Ladysmith. Wis. He is
a 1986 graduate of Lincoln University
in Jefferson City. Mo., where he
played football.
Brown's predecessor, John
Parker, resigned on Nov. 20 after an
0-10 season. Parker was 4-38 in four
seasons as coach of the Wolves.
0 Foathe Week Of Jan. 8 through Jan. 14, 2002
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NEW RECORD: Texas
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IT NEW YEAR OPENS WITH HOOPS CLASSICS IN
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UNDER THE BANNER
WHATS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
ATTENDANCE MATTERS: m seasons
Florida Classic in Orlando reclaimed the top spot among black
college football games
I with the Ingest atten
I dance. Mid-Eastern
BJLTl Kf1! 1? Athletic Conference
I rivals Florida A&M and
Bethune-Cookman
drew 7o-"2 fans ?n
? TOP GAME: FAMU/B-CC Nov. 17 to Orlando's
MEAC battle got 70,112 to citrus Bowl (See STAT
Orlando's Citrus Bowl. CORNER. below)
unseating the Nov. 24Jiasou Classic which packed a crowd of
67.435 to the New Orleans SuperDome. The 2000 Florida
Classic drew a record crowd of 70,712 but was topped by the
72,000 that attended the Grambling/Southern game in New
Orleans. The Atlanta Classic (Florida A&M vs. Tennessee
State) moved up to third from fourth a year ago with a crowd
this year of 61,022. Moving from fifth to fourth this season was
the Magic City Classic (Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State)
which had 53,133 in attendance
ATTENDANCE MATTERS II:
Southwestern Athletic Conference members Jackson State
and (.rambling State finished 1-2 in NCAA Div. I-AA home
attendance for the 2001 football season. Jackson State's first
place finish, averaging 29.067 fans for five home dates this
year, was the 12th time in 24 years that the Tigers finished on
top of the attendance stats. Grambling finished second averag
" ing 27,172 fans for three home dates Southern (19,370 avg.,
4g) placed fifth. Florida A&M (19,088, 4g) was sixth and
Norfolk State 116,254 avg., 5g) was tenth.