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SPORTS/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, January 16, 1997
For the Week of January 14 through Jwjuary 20,1997
PIONEER
BOWL
IN WORKS
NSU Sports Photo
GREEN; Second Norfolk
State player to receive
top black college honor.
▼ NCAA TO VOTE ON PROPOSAL FOR
OlV. II BLACK COLLEGE BOWL GAME
UNDER THE BANNER
WHATS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
BUTTS IN THE SEATS: Black colleges
and black college conferences were once again champions in
home football attendance on NCAA Div. I-AA and II levels.
Black colleges finished in the top three spots amongst 1-AA
schools, and took home three of the top five places in Div. II.
Black college conferences finished 1-2 in Div. II, and 1-3 in
Div. I-AA. Alcorn State led all Div. I-AA schools in atten
dance for the second time (1994), nosing out perennial leader
Jackson State with North Carolina A&T finishing third.
Black colleges claimed six of the top ten spots. The South
western Athletic Conference (SWAC) won its 19th con
secutive I-AA attendance title averaging 15,405 per game.
The Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) finished
third, behind the Southern Conference. In Div. II, Norfolk
State won its sixth attendance title since 1980 averaging
15,676 this year. Black college teams claimed four of the top
ten spots. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Confer
ence (SIAC) repeated as Div. 11 conference champion with
its teams averaging 6,750 per game. The Central Intercol
legiate Athletic Association (CIAA) finished second.
CIAATV : The CIAA television schedule will televise
four games live on local stations and tape delayed on Home
Team Sports. The games are; Jan. 18, Elizabeth City at
Norfolk State (8 pm, 11 ;30); Feb. 1, Norfolk State at Virginia
Union (2 pm, 12 midnight); Feb. 8, JC Smith at Fayetteville
State (8 pm, 10 pm) and Feb. 15, Virginia Union at NC
Central (4 pm, 10 pm).
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
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LEADING TEAMS IN
1996 HOME ATTENDANCE
mis
Games
Attend.
Avg.
Change In Avg.
1. Alcorn State
6
129,216
21,536
Up 11,110
2. Jackson State
5
104,887
20,977
Down 13,872
3. NCA&T
6
125,325
20,888
Up 8,565
4. Yale
5
103,965
20,793
Up 450
5. Florida A&M
4
82,387
20,597
Up 3,436
6. Marshall
7
141,804
20,258
Down 782
7. Southern
5
100,819
20,164
Down 238
8. Montana
6
106,902
17,817
Up 3,702
9. Prairie View
6
105,900
17,650
Up 12,637
10. Delaware
6
98,502
16,417
Down 1,586
11. Tenn. State
6
87,467
14,578
Down 1,258
18. Howard
7
84,796
12,139
Up 1,246
25. Texas Southern
5
54,832
10,966
Down 1,943
32. Grambling
4
40,777
10,182
Down 10,427
33. S. C. State
6
60,346
10,058
Down 4,851
37. Alabama St.
3
28,674
9,558
Down 2,862
■ DIV. 11 ■
Games
Attend.
Avg.
Change in Avg.
1. Norfolk State
4
62,704
15,676
Down 917
2. North Dak. St.
6
88,572
14,762
Up 2,907
3. Tuskegee
4
53,092
13,273
Up 2,766
4. Virginia State
4
45m850
11,463
Up 8,019
5. Portland State
6
55,775
9,296
No Change
6. N. Alabama
5
45,654
9,131
Up 1,544
7. Tex. A&M-KngsvI. 6
54,500
9,083
Down 2,292
8. Angelo Stale
5
42,000
8,400
Up 1,480
9. Clark Atlanta
4
33,380
8,345
Down 6,005
10. S. Dak. State
5
37,788
7,558
Up 1,524
12. Albany State
5
37,137
7,427
No Change
14. Morehouse
4
28,112
7,028
No Change
17. Alabama A&M
5
32,785
6,557
No Change
18. NC Central
4
25,521
6,380
Up 948
19. Miles
5
30,901
6,180
Up 2,530
22. W-S State
4
22,063
5,516
Down 1,055
24. Fort Valley St.
5
27,367
5,473
Down 199
25. Savannah St.
6
32,624
5,437
No Change
DIV. I-A AND I-AA CONFERENCES
AND INDEPENDENTS
Total-
1996
Teams
Games
Attendance
Avg. per game
1. BigTen(l-A)
11
64
4,321,276
67,520
2. Southeastern (I-A) 12
75
4,847,380
64,632
3. Big 12 (I-A)
12
69
3,549,474
51,442
12. SWAC (I-AA)
8
39
600,798
15,405
13. Southern (I-AA) 9
51
578,350
11,340
14. MEAC (I-AA)
8
41
445,672
10,870
CONFERENCES AND INDEPENDENTS
BELOW DIVISION I-AA
Total
1996
Toams
Games
Attendance
Avg. per game
1.SIAC
10
46
310,491
6,750
2. CIAA
10
44
248,416
5,646
3. North Central
10
53
298,652
5,635
4. Gulf South
7
35
184,591
5,274
5. Lone Star
8
44
207,927
4,726
BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Standings, Results and Weekly Honors for men and women)
SCORES
KEY GAMES
JAN. 6
Albany State 90, Alabama A&M 85
JC Smith 90, Elizabeth City 80
JANUARY 7
Shaw 73, N. C. Central 57
Hampton 78, S. C. State 58
JANUARY 9
N. C. A&T 59, W-S State 54
S. C. State 92, Coppin State 88
JANUARY 11
Alabama A&M 98, Kentucky State 80
Alabama State 67, Southern 66
Albany State 94, Fort Valley St. 81
Beth. Cookman 76, Delaware St. 59
Bowie State 86, JC Smith 74
Coppin State 76, Hampton 69
Elizabeth City 93, Va. State 86
FAMU 83. Md.-Eastem Shore 79. OT
Fayetteville St. 83, Livingstone 69
Grambling 70, Prairie View 67
Jackson State 70, Alcorn St. 58
Lynn 87, St. Augustine's 73
Miss. Valley 117, Texas Sthrn 107,3 OT
NC A&T 84, Morgan State 63
NC Central 87, WSSU 76
SC State 73, Howard 64
St. Paul's 66, Norfolk State 63
CIAA Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
DIV
ALL
CONF
W
L
W L
W
L
NORTH
Bethune-Cookman
2
0
St Paul's
2
0
6 2
NC A&T
1
0
Elizabeth City
0
6 3
SC State
2
1
Virginia State
1
1
5 6
Hampton
2
2
Norfolk State
0
1
6 4
Coppin State
1
1
Virginia Union
0
1
6 e
Delaware State
1
1
Bowie St
0
1
4 9
Rorida A&M
1
1
Morgan State
0
1
SOUTH
Howard
0
1
St. Augustine's
4
0
8 2
Maryland-ES
0
2
NC Central
3
1
lO 1
Fayetteville St
Win^on-SalemSt.
Livingstone
Shaw
JC Smith
1 1
5 8
6 5
4 8
6 8
4 9
CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
UFONTE MOSES - St. Augustine's - In
^ree games, had 73 points, 17 rebounds
and four steals. Best; 30 pts. vs. JC Smith.
BIAN KA BEARDON • St Aug ustine's -1 n
two games, had 56 points, 12 rebounds
and 11 assists, hier best game was 29
points, five rebounds vs. X Snith.
MEAC
M)0 Eastern
Athletic Conference
ALL
W L
4 6
3 4
3 8
3 10
4 6
1 9
1 9
1 8
0 9
4 6
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
RODERICK BLAKN^ • Soph.,
G, SC State - Had 76 points, 21
rebounds and7assistsin2'1 week.
Best: 34 points on 10-11 FG, 14-
15 FT in win over Coppin State.
AQUENDA CLARK, FAMU-Had
total of 48 points and 24 rebounds
in wins over South Florida and
UMES. Best: 34 points vs. UMES
OI A ^ SoLfTHERN I NTERCOLLEQIATE
w I Aa w Athletic Conference
EAST
Clark Atlanta
Albany State
Savannah State
Morris Brown
Fort Valley State
Paine
7 2
9 3
5 6
1 9
2 9
4 5
WEST
Alabama A&M
LeMoyne-Owen
Morehouse
Kentucky State
Miles
Tuskegee
8 2
8 6
7 6
6 3
3 5
3 8
SIAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
MICHAEL DOUGLAS - Ky. State -
Averaged 11 points, 5 rebounds
MARQUES STERUNG • Savannah
St. - Averaged 19.7 points in3 games
ANGEL LEWIS - Kentucky State -
DANIELLE RHYNES - Savannah St
KWANA GRAVES-Morris Brown
SWAC
SoLfTHWESTERN
Athletic Conference
Miss Valley
Grambling
Texas Southern
Prairie View
Alcorn State
Jackson State
Alabama State
Southern
CONF
ALL
W
L
W L
3
0
8 5
2
1
7 8
2
1
7 8
2
1
3 10
1
2
3 9
1
2
3 12
1
2
2 11
0
3
3 8
SWAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
ANTHONY DAVIS and FARAGI
PHILUPS- Mississippi Valley - Davis
had 25 points, 10 boards, 7 assists, 2
ste^s and a block.Philiips has 28 points,
9 rebounds, 4 assists in 26 minutes in
triple overtime 117-107 win over Texas
Southern.
KIMBERLY HOLLAND - F, Southern •
Had 27 points in 83-78 win over Alabama
State. Hit on 9-14 field goals, 4-7 three
pointers and 5-6 free throws.
BCSP HOOP
RANKINGS
1. Miss. Valley (8-5)
2. NC Central (10-1)
3. Coppin State (4-6)
4. St. Augustine's (8-2)
5. Clark Atlanta (7-2)
6. Alabama A&M (8-2)
7. Texas Southern (7-8)
8. St, Paul's (6-2)
9. Albany State (9-3)
10. Grambling (7-8)
Green wins award as best black college player
Huge Norfolk State de
fensive lineman, John Green,
was named Dec. 10 in Spirit
Award ceremonies in Los An
geles, as the recipient of the
Paul “Tank” Younger Award
as the best player in black col
lege football, the second con
secutive Spartan to receive the
award.
Green, chosen from among
six players picked as the best at
their position, registered 14
sacks while posting 96 tackles,
52 of them solos for the Spar
tans during an 8-3 season.
Twenty-four of his tackles led
to 135 yards in losses. He also
recovered five fumbles and
forced two others. ESPN Up
Close host Roy Firestone made
the presentation. The other five
selectees received Spirit
Awards.
Green, at 6-2, 315, pos
sesses excellent speed for his
size and is expected to be a high
NFL draft pick. Former NSU
receiver Janies Roe, currently
of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens,
received the award, then known as
the Robinson Award, last year.
SPIRIT
AWARD
Same logo, different name.
Also honored at the cer
emonies, were NFL Hall of
Fame running back, Jim Brown
and major league baseball star,
Eddie Murray. Brown received
the Spirit Career Achievement
Award for his work building
community empowerment
while Murray received the Spirit
Salute Award. Murray, now of
the Baltimore Orioles, this year
joined Hall of Famers Willie
Mays and Hank Aaron as the
only players in major league
history with 500 home runs and
3,000 hits.
Co-hosts were television
talk show host, Rolanda Watts
and LA sports anchor Jim Hill.
The presenters included; former
Alabama A&M lineman
Howard Ballard, who has
played 13 seasons in the NFL
and is currently with the Seattle
Seahawks; Former South Caro
lina State lineman Robert
Porcher, now with the Detroit
Lions; Zefross Moss, formerly
of Alabama A&M, also with
the Lions; Hall of Fame line
man Deacon Jones, who at
tended South Carolina State and
ESPN studio host, Stuart Scott.
The Spirit Award is spon
sored by the Rutherford Group
and seeks to create an award for
black college football excellence
that parallels the Heisman Trophy.
Move over Heritage Bowl
One of the proposals on the table Saturday at the NCAA Conven
tion in Nashville, Tennessee is the creation of a black college Div. II
postseason football bowl game.
The Pioneer Bowl, pitting a team from the Cen
tral Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA)
against a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Con
ference (SIAC) squad has been in the works for
several years, according to SIAC Commissioner
Wallace Jackson. He and CIAA Commissioner
Leon Kerry have signed on to the proposal. Jackson
said the proposal calls for the game to be played in
Atlanta in late December. Sound familiar? The//en-
SIAC Photo
JACKSON;
Let's play two.
toge Bow/, pitting teams from the two black college Div. I-AA football
conferences, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and
the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), is played in Atlanta's
Georgia Dome in late December. Jackson said the game could be
played at Clark Atlanta's new stadium.
Changing of guard in works in CIAA
When was the last time
tiny St. Paul's College beat
perennial CIAA powers Vir
ginia Union and Norfolk
State. Make that on the road
in the same week. How about
never.
The Tigers, under the deft
eye of third-year head coach
Ed Joyner, pulled off the
double last weekbeating VUU
in Richmond 60-59 before
handling the Spartans in Nor
folk, 66-63. St. Paul's last beat
Union in 1989, Norfolk State
in 1990. Joyner has led his
team to a 6-2 overall record
and the top spot in the CIAA
North.
"We are ahead of where we
were last year (when they fin
ished 11-15) due to the talent
we have," said Joyner. "1
thought it would take a lot
longer to blend."
His line-up includes 6-1
senior floor leader Mario
Haskett, who leads the con
ference in assists, and who
Joyner says is a pro prospect.
Six-eight center Marco
Harrison, an NC State trans
fer, leads the conference in
blocks, and sophomore for
ward Antwain Smith, the
conference's third leadingscorer
was all conference as a fresh
man. Shooting guard Mudu Lee
is a Tennessee State transfer
shooting 36 percent from three-
point range and Jabber Doss, a
returning starter, is the small
forward.
In addition to their on court
talents, all five made the Dean's
list, Joyner said. All five are
from Virginia. Keeping home
grown talent in state was a key,
Joyner said.
"They're coachable people
and they haven't peaked yet."
BASKETBALL THIS WEEK
JANUARY 13,1997
Alabama A&M at Clark Atlanta - 8:00p
Texas Southern at Grambling - 7:30p
Prairie View A&M at Miss. Valley State - 7:30p
N.C. Central at St. Paul's - 7:30p
JANUARY 14,1997
Livingstone at Elizabeth City State - 7:30p
W-Salem State at Fayetteville State - 7:30p
Virginia State at St. Augustine's - 7:30p
JANUARY 15
LeMoyne-Owen at Alabama A&M - 7:30p
Kentucky State at Central State - 7:30p
Millersville at Cheyney - 8:00p
N.C. A&T at Coppin Slate - 7:30p
Johnson C. Smith at Morehouse - 7:30p
Miies at Morris Brown - 8:00p
Fort Valley State at Savannah State - 8:00p
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern - 8:00p
District of Columbia at West Chester - 7:00p
JANUARY 16
Shaw at Livingstone - 7:30p
Morgan State at MD-Eastern Shore - 7:30p
Virginia Union at Norfolk State - 7:30p
Albany State at Paine - 8:00p
Fayetteville State at St. Augustine's - 7:30p
Virginia State at St. Paul's - 7:30p
JANUARY 17
District of Columbia at Bowie State - 7:30p
JANUARY 18
Tuskegee at Alabama A&M - 7:30p
Miss. Valley State at Alabama St. - 7:30p
Lane at Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 8:00p
S.C. State at Bethune-Cookman - 4:00p
Savannah State at Clark Atlanta - 8:00p
Hampton at Coppin State - 7:30p
Shaw at Fayetteville State - 7:30p
N.C. A&T at Florida A&M - 2:00p
MD-Eastern Shore at Howard - 2:00p
Grambling State at Jackson State - 7:30p
Morris Brown at Kentucky State - 7:30p
Cheyney at Mansfield - 8:00p
Fort Valley State at Miles - 7:30p
Albany State at Morehouse - 7:00p
Delaware State at Morgan State - 4:00p
St. Augustine's at N.C. Central - 7:30p
Elizabeth City State at Norfolk State - 7:30p
Lynn at Paine - 8:00p
Alcorn State at Prairie View A&M - 7:30p
District of Columbia at St. Paul's - 5:30p
Austin Peay State at Tennessee State - 7:45p
Southern at Texas Southern - 7:30p
J. C. Smith at Winston-Salem State - 7:30p
JANUARY 20
Morris Brown at Alabama A&M - 7:30p
Grambling State at Alabama State - 7;30p
N.C. A&T at Bethune-Cookman - 8:00p
S.C. State at Florida A&M - 7:30p
Clayton State at Fort Valley State - 7:30p
Delaware State at Howard - 8:00p
Miss. Valley State at Jackson Slate - 7:30p
Tuskegee at Kentucky State -.5:15p
Coppin State at MD-Eastern Shore - 7:30p
Savannah State at Miles - 8:00p
Southern at Prairie View A&M - 7:30p
Norfolk State at St. Paul's - 7:00p
Alcorn State at Texas Southern - 7:30p
Virginia Union at Virginia Stale - 9:00p
BCSP Notes
▼ Houston-based businessman Harold Odom was ap
pointed as Texas Southern’s new athletic director, a
position that had been vacant about two years. Odom
will oversee an athletic program troubled by an NCAA
investigation and that has undergone financial scrutiny
and management shake-ups. Odom is a 1965 accounting
graduate of Texas Southern’s School of Business.
▼ DOUG'S IN THE 'HOUSE: Doug Will
iams, former Grambling State University quarterback
and 1988 Super Bowl MVP while
with the Washington Redskins,
signed a five-year contract as the
new head football coach at
Morehouse College. Williams,
who had been rumored to be in
line to replace his college coach,
Eddie Robinson who will enter
his 56th and final year at
Grambling in the Fall, said he
was offered a job in the athletic
T Delaware State President William DeLauder has
appointed John McKenzie as the Hornet’s new football
coach. McKenzie, 33, will replace Bill Collick who
resigned this year after 12 seasons to concentrate on his
responsibilities as athletic director. The Hornets finished
3-8 this season. McKenzie served this season as offen
sive coordinator and quarterback coach at Fayetteville
State Unversity. He is a former all-SWAC quarterback
at Jackson State and served as offensive coordinator at
Alabama State University before joining former ASU
head coach, Jerome Harper, at Fayetteville State. This
is his first head coaching assignment.
AP Photo
WILLIAMS; Takes
over at Morehouse,
not Grambling.
▼ BRONCO'S TOON:
Fayetteville State has named
former North Carolina A&T as
sistant James Toon as their new
football coach. Toon, who has been
out of coaching since he com
pleted six years as A&T's defen
sive line coach in 1990, served as
intramural coordinator at A&T.
He played collegiately at A&T
department at Grambling but did not accept. The job
offered was not as an assistant coach, Williams said.
Williams had been working as a scout for the Jackson
ville Jaguars.
NC A&T Sports Photo
TOON; Returns to
coaching to lead
Fayetteville State.
from 1958-61 and was named to the Pittsburgh Courier
All-America Team in 1959. Toon is a native of Dunn,
NC who also served as an A&T assistant under Hornsby
Howell.
▼ Grambling alumnus Robert Piper, was named the
new athletic director at the school and vowed to restore
the athletic department’s image and instill in athletes
“social consciousness.” Piper takes over after Fred
Hobdy was reassigned earlier this school year. Piper
comes aboard at a time when the department is em
broiled in controversy. The NCAA will rule soon on
rules violations by the football and men’s and women’s
basketball teams. Legendary head football coach Eddie
Robinson has suffered through two losing seasons and
was recently subjected to a public squabble about com
pleting one more year, his 56th, at the school. Addition
ally, four football players were recently charged with
raping a teenager after the school’s homecoming. Piper
has served in various administration posts at the school.
Piper was one of the finalists for the athletic director's
job at Howard University, that was awarded to Jake
Ford.
▼ Former Morehonse College head coach Mo Hnnt
has been named the new football coach at Lane College.
Hunt coached Morehouse to a 2-9 record this year, his
second stint at the Atlanta school. He also led the Maroon
Tigers from 1979-89. He replaces John Gore whose
Lane team posted a 3-6 record this year.
▼ Leonidas S." Sonny" Epps, 78, who coached basket
ball, football, golf, track and tennis at Clark College
from 1950-1977 died Jan. 5. He was elected to the AU
Center Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of
Fame. The Clark basketball gym is named for Epps. As
a basketball coach he was 424-264, winning his 400th
game on Dec. 28,1976, becoming the winningest coach
in Div. Ill of the SIAC.
T Delaware State sports information director Craig
Cotton has been named the school’s new public rela
tions director. He will be replaced by Dennis Jones.