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4C SPORTS/®|ie Clnlotte Thursday, February 26, 2004 For the Week of Feb. 24 through March 1, 2004 ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’ IN RALEIGH BCSP Photo HARDY: Bowie State all- CIAA guard jumpstarts CIAA tournament with 50- point outburst Monday. ▼ GRAMBLING SPEARS SPEARS; CIAA NAMES ALL-STARS, STARTS TOURNAMENT 2003-04 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) SCORES MONDAY. FEB. 23 MEAC 0SU84.BCC53 FAMU 93 Howiid 71 ' Hampton 79 UMES 71 j NCAiT91.MSUeO I 'SCSUS6.CSC6S I SWAC AA&M 86. Aiecm St. 72 ! Alab Si 68. SU 61 j MVSU58.PV39 ^ TSU63. UAP852 SATURDAY. FEB. 21 CIAA FSU 85. LC 78 JCSU 86. NCCU 82 VUU 78. ECSU 42 VSU 62.5PC 59 MEAC BCC 82. Howard 76 CSC66. NCA4T56 DSU 76. FAMU 66 SCSU 66. MSU 77 NSU 63. UMES 57 SWAC Al^.St 73.AA6M&4 MVSU 79. AJcawi St. 52 PVA8M 67. JSU 64 SU72 UAPB51 TSU99.GSU90.OT Athletic Association E. DIVISION W L W L 'Bowie State 9 1 22 4 ’Virginia Union 8 2 22 4 Shaw 5 5 11 15 Virginia Slate 3 7 14 13 Eliz.CitySt. 3 7 11 16 St. Paul's 2 8 3 23 W. DIVISION 'St-AugustineS 7 3 19 8 ’Fayetteville Stale 7 3 17 10 J.C, Smith 7 3 15 12 N.C. Central 6 4 13 12 W-Salem State 3 7 14 11 Livingstone 0 10 3 23 ‘ Eam*d lit RotfidTcumay By*s CIAA PUVER OF THE YEAR PLAYER DESMOND PEOPLES, Sr., F. SAC. Clinton, MD ■ Averaged 20.2 points per game and led the conference with 11.4 retxxinds per game while leading Falcons to West Division title. DEFENSIVE PLAYER ANTHONY GREENUP. Sr., C/F, Shaw. Baton Rouge, LA-Averaged 21.4 ppg., tO.t rpg.,and 2.S9 Ppg.. an second m league stats, and led the league in field goal percentage (71.1%). COACH LUKE O'ALESSIO. BSU • Led Bulfdogs to 22-4 overall record. E. Div. crown. #16 national rank. MEAC, Coppin State ‘ SC State i Delaware State ! Hampton ' Florida ASM ' Norfolk State ! Morgan State ' Maryland-E. S. ; Bethune-Cookman Howard I NCA&T State W L W L 12 4 14 13 11 14 10 9 6 10 13 9 6 11 15 9 6 10 14 8 7 9 15 8 6 9 14 6 10 7 18 5 10 6 18 4 11 6 18 3 12 3 21 MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER THURMAN ZIMMERMAN, Jr, F, SCSU. Columbia. SC • Had 21 points in win over Morgan State and 16 points. 10 rebounds in win over Coppin State that gave Bulldogs tie lor MEAC lead. ROOKIE KELVIN GREEN, Fr, F, CSC, Philadelphia, PA • Came oH bench to get 15 points in win over NC A&T and 14 points, five rebounds in close loss to SC State. 0| A ^ Southern Intercollegiate ^ ^ Athletic Conference E. DIVISION Benedict Morehouse Lane Albany State Tuskegee Miles Paine Ft. Valley State Clark Atlanta LeMoyne-Owen Kentucky State SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SWAC, INDEPENDENTS w W L W L W L West Virginia State 20 5 14 16 6 Miss. Valley State 12 18 6 Cheyney 19 6 15 21 5 Jackson State 8 10 12 UDC 15 8 14 17 8 Texas Southern 8 12 11 Central State 15 9 12 16 9 Alcorn State 7 15 Tennessee State 7 18 11 13 12 Alabama A&M 7 13 Savannah State 5 22 9 12 13 Alabama State 7 13 7 10 10 14 Grambling State 6 15 PUYERS OF THE WEEK 7 10 10 14 Southern 6 14 PLAYER 3 14 18 Prairie View 5 17 BRUCE PRICE, Fr., Q Tenn. St.. 3 14 20 Ark. Pine Bluff 1 13 22 Minneapolis, MN Had 31 points as Tigers defeated Tenn.-Manin Saturday. 3 16 19 Had six three-pointers. SWAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK NEWCOMER WEEK PLAYER NA EDWARD MACK, Sr., G, MVSU, Jackson. MS ■ Had 16 points Monday as Della Devils clinched regular season title with win over Prairie View. Also had 15 pomts and 11 rebounds as MVSU clinched a he for the title Saturday in win over Texas Southern. UNDER THE BANNER CIAA tios off toumamcnt scasoH WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS M. Grambling Sports Photo SPEARS: Takes over after Doug Williams leaves Grambling for the NFL’s Bucs. WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS SPEARS IN AT GRAMBLING: Grambling State has named Melvin Spears, the team's assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the last six sea sons, to succeed Doug Williams on an interim basis at the helm of the Tigers' football fortunes. Williams abruptly- resigned Feb. 11 after six seasons at Grambling to take a personnel executive's position with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Spears, who was a standout quarterback and wide receiver during his playing days at Alcorn State, is the architect of the potent and high-scoring Grambling offense that has propelled the Tigers to the top of the NCAA Div. I-AA offensive charts and helped the G-Men claim three straight Southwestern Athletic Conference titles from 2000 through 2002. This season Grambling's passing offense led I-AA at 321.8 yards per game while quarterback Bruce Eugene was the I-AA leader in total offense with 351 yards per contest. In addition to his duties with the offense, Spears also implemented a strength and conditioning pro gram for the team. "I view the opportunity as a challenge and I strongly believe that my work compounded with my dedication, talent and commitment will answer the call and 1 will live up to the expectation," Spears said at the press conference announcing his appointment. TOP CIAA PLAYERS^ St. Augustine's forward Desmond Peoples and Shaw guard Jessica Hawkins have been named 2004 men's and women's CIAA Basketball Players of the Year as the conference named its top award winners. Peoples, a 6-7 senior, topped the CIAA in rebounding at 11.1 caroms per game and was fourth in the con ference in scoring at 20.6 points per game as the 19-8 Falcons claimed the top spot in the league's West Division. Peoples also fin ished eighth in field goal percent age (54.3%) and fourth in blocked shots (1.3 bpg.). Hawkins ran the show as point guard for the East Division champs and nationally ranked Lady Bears averaging 11.4 points. 4.9 rebounds and leading the league in assists (5.8 apg.) and steals (4.9 spg.). Hawkins was also named the league's lop defender. The men’s award went to Shaw for ward Anthony Greenup who finished second in blocks (2.59 pg.) and rebounds (10.4 pg.) while averaging 21.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. Bowie State head coach Luke D'Alessio was named the men's top coach for leading the 22-4 Bulldogs to the East Division title and a #16 ranking in the latest NCAA Div. II poll. Shaw's Jacques Curtis won the women's coaches award after guiding the Lady Bears to a perfect 16-0 league mark, 10- 0 record in winning the East Division and a 24-2 overall mark that has them ranked llth in Div. II basketball. Winston-Salem State's Audly Wehner (14.9 ppg., 57.7 FG%) and Shalonda Carter (12.9 ppg., 8.1 rpg) were named the top rookies. All Pfo Sports / Carroll Smith PEOPLES: His scoring and rebounding key as St. Aug's claimed CiAA West Division title. 2004 ALL-CIAA MEN Name, School Lee Cook, BSU Anton Jeniter, BSU Jonathan Harris. ECSU Kenny Haywood, FSU Donell Williams, FSU David Young, NCCU Desmond Peoples, SAC Anthony Greenup, SU Ralph Brown. VUU Luqman Jaaber. VUU Darius Hargrove, VUU Audly Wehner, WSSU Hometown Omaha, NE Baltimore, MD Charlotte, NC Fayetteville, NC Los Angeles. CA Pittsburg, PA Clinton, MD Baton Rouge, LA Richmond, VA Richmond, VA Warfield. VA Fayetteville, NC 2004 ALL-CIAA WOMEN Name, School Allyson Hardy. BSU Rachill Robinson, BSU Joi Surratt, JCSU Lauren Goss. JCSU Tiona Beatty. NCCU Kiarsha Curtis, SU LaTasha Shipman. SU Jessica Hawkins, SU Margiella Mobley. SU Alonna Marble. VSU Pria Stellmacher, VUU Danielle Hoggard VUU OAZEE2 Communicalions. Inc. VOL. X, NO. 29 Hometown Germantown. MD Fort Washington, MD Charlotte, NC Morrow, GA Queens, NY Capital Heights. MD Rigelwood, NC Raleigh, NC Jacksonville, FL Capital Heights, MD Suitland. MD ■ Richmond. VA LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor The men of Bowie State and the women of Shaw, defending Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball champions, enter the 59ih Tournament this week at Raleigh's RBC Center (Feb. 23-28) as the odds-on favorites to repeat. The Tournament got off to a rousing start Monday in women's first round action as Bowie Slate's Allyson Hardy poured in 50 points as the Lady Bulldogs downed St. Augustine's 84-60. Women's quar terfinal play continued on Tuesday with men's play beginning Wednesday with quarterfinals Thursday. Men's and women's semifinals are scheduled for Friday followed by Saturday evening finals. When all is said and done, most expect the two favorites to cut down the nets. Bowie Slate head coach Luke D’Alessio, who got the Bulldogs' their first-ever CIAA and South Atlantic Region titles and trip to the NCAA Div. II national semifinals last year with a senior-laden squad, has pul together another talented bunch that enters this year’s tourney as the team to beat. Their 22-4 overall record, East Division title and #13 national rank ing this season has been earned with an almost entirely new cast of stars led by shaip-shooting CIAA scor ing leader, guard Anton Jennifer (22.4 ppg.) and powerful center Lee GAMES THIS WEEK SAT., FEB. 28 CIAA Tournament Finals 5, 8pm MEAC NC A&T @ FAMU 4:00pm SCSU @ B-CC 4:00pm HOW @ HAM 4:00pm DSU @ NSU 4:00pm UMES @ CSC 7:30pm SWAC SU @ Alcorn St. 7:30pm UAPB @ GSU 7:30pm MVSU @ JSU 7:30pm AA&M @ PV 7:30pm Alab. St. @ TSU • 7:30pm MON., MARCH 1 MEAC SCSU @ FAMU 7:30pm UMES @ MSU 7:30pm Howard @ NSU 8:00pm NC A&T @ B-CC 8:00pm DSU @ HAM 8:00pm SWAC MVSU @ GSU 7:30pm UAPB @ JSU 7:30pm Alab. St. @ PV 7:30pm AA&M @ TSU 7:30pm Times are for men's games. Women's games usually start two hours before men's contests. D'ALESSIO Bowie State men, Shaw women favored to repeat Cook (19.4 ppg., 10.6 rpg.). "The biggest difference between this year’s team and last year's is experience." D’Alessio said Monday as his team travelled to the tournament. The Bulldogs have a bye in Wednesday's first round. "Last year's team was three years in the making. We have only three reserves back from that squad. But this group is just as hungry and talented. "We believe we can go just as far. We had four losses coming into the tournament last year and we have four losses this year. We didn't win the East Division last year. We're a pretty confident team, but the biggest difference is experi ence." D'Alessio's primary concern is the health of Cook and power for ward Shawn Hampton. Cook has not practiced for two weeks while rehabilitating an injured knee. Hampton is injured and did not play in BSU’s 88-87 loss Friday to the University of the District of Columbia that ended the regular season. "With them at 100 per cent, we'd not have to many worries." said D'Alessio. "We need consistent inside play (from them) to advance the way we did last year." Shaw head coach Jacques Curtis's Lady Bears followed up last year’s 31-3 mark, CIAA title and regional final berth with a 24-2 record this season which included running roughshod through CIAA opponents posting a perfect 16-0 league record. They received a bye in Monday’s first round play. Curtis’s squad is led by CIAA Player of the Year, point guard Jessica Hawkins, an N. C. State transfer who lopped the league in assists (5.8 apg) and steals (4.8 spg.) while scoring 11.9 points per game. Three other Lady Bears, Kiarsha Curtis (18.1 ppg.), LaTasha Shipman (13.1 ppg.) and Margiella Mobley (11.9 ppg.) are double-fig ure scorers and joined Hawkins on the all-conference team. Chrystal Baptist, a 6-1 North Carolina trans fer, has averaged 12 points and 11 rebounds since joining the team in mid-January. Both Bowie State and Shaw are all but assured of advancing to regional play regardless of their per formance in the tournament. Bowie State is ranked second in the men's South Atlantic Region while Shaw tops the women's regional rankings. The CIAA Tournament champ gets an automatic bid to South Atlantic Regional play. Both the men and women of Virginia Union received first lound byes as runners-up in the East Division and appear the most likely challengers to BSU and Shaw. Dave Robbins's Panthers matched BSU's 22-4 mark but suf fered two close losses to the Bulldogs in the regular season (87- 82 and 91-83). Moses Golatt's 21-5 Pantherettes also lost twice to the Shaw Univ. Sports Photo CURTIS: His 22-4 Lady Bears of Shaw are 16-0 this season against CIAA competition. Lady Bears taking 74-51 and 70-48 drubbings. St. Augustine's (19-8) and Fayetteville State (19-10) emerged from the hotly contested men's West Division with the lop two seeds and first round byes. They along with 15-12 Johnson C. Smith and 13-12 North Carolina Central are con sidered have longshot chances at the title. Fayetteville State (14-11) and Johnson C. Smith (15-12), the top two seeds from the women's West Division, also received first round byes and are the teams that have ' played Shaw the closest this season, both dropping nine-point decisions. CIAA TOURNAMENT INFO ON-LINE MEN'S TOURNAMENT BRACKET http://www.theciaa.corTV03-04/trn04/mbbpai r04.htm WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT BRACKET http://vvww-theciaa.eom/03-04/t rn04/wbbpairt)4.htm TOURNAMENT EVENTS SCHEDULE htlp;//www.ctaa2004.com/events_schedule.html BCSP Notes Combine This! Only two black college players made it into the NFL's National Combine in Indianapolis this week but a Who’s Who of black college senior gridiron stars will descend on New Orleans Thursday through Sunday. Jackson State quarterback Robert Kent and Hampton defensive end Isaac Hilton got to strut their stuff before a bevy of NFL scouts in Indianapolis while over 66 black college players are taking part in the first HBCU All- Star Classic, an event held at Zephyr Stadium in New Orleans with the goal of preparing black college prospects for opportunities in professional football. Former NFL linebacker Richard Harvey, who spent 13 seasons in the league with Buffalo, New Orleans and Oakland believes the Classic is the right step to lake for these aspiring professionals. Though no game will be played and few scouts are expected this week. Harvey and his staff will take the play ers through a series of drills, tests and workouts and study playbooks just like players at the Combine. "We want them to be ready when they do get the opportunity." said Harvey, a Tulane graduate who started his company. Electronic Sports, with his brother Antonio, an NBA veteran now playing overseas. The company prepares videos of the players’ workouts for prospective pro teams. "We're not concerned with whether it's the NFL, AFL or NFL Europe. This is what they’ll have to face at any level. We just want them to be prepared," said Harvey. Players from 33 of the 43 black college football programs are on the roster for this year's Classic. The rosier can be viewed on line at hbcuallstarclassic.com. The company has already scheduled a game for next year on Jan. 17, 2005 at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans. FAMU, Hampton take MEAC Indoor Track Titles The Florida A&M men and Hampton women cap tured the 2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship titles, Saturday in Landover, Md. Hampton women won their second straight title, while the Rattlers earned their first title in five years. Florida A&M' men led with 97 team points, while Hampton women garnered 117. 2003-04 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) fine A Mio Eastern Q| A ^Southern IwrEficOLLEGiATd QIA# A ^ South^stern IViCMw Athletic Conference OIMw Athletic Conference OVVMwA MONDAY FEB. 23 CIAA Woman s Toumay BSU84 SAC60 NCCU 59. SRC 54 LC 43. VSU 41 ECSU 73. WSSU 59 MEAC CSC 56. SCSU 42 OSU49.B-CC48 Hanvton82. UMES 62 Howard 64. FAMU 69 MSU73.NCA4T63 SWAC AA&M 68. AKom SL 60 Alab. 5171 SU 62 MVSU 68. PV 46 UAPe64 TSU54 SATURDAY, FEB- 21 CIAA VUU 61 ECSU 60 NPCU64.XSU57 SAC 77. VSU 46 MEAC Hoiiir«a 76, &CC 74 CSC 52. NC A&T 32 DSU 64. FAMU 52 UMES 87. NSU 72 SCSU 74. MSU 59 SWAC AW) S*. 70 Ale St 60 JSU65.6SUS6 PV 85. UAPB 57 SU64 AAtM61 TSU70,UVSU67 DIV ALL E. DIVISION W L W L ' ’Shaw to 0 24 2 ‘ Virginia Union 8 2 21 5 ' Eliz. City State 5 5 12 13 ' Bowie State 4 6 13 14 ; Virginia State 2 8 6 19 ' St.Paufs 1 9 2 23 ; W. DIVtStON I ’ Fayetteville State 7 3 14 11 ! ’J.C. Smith 6 4 15 12 I W-Salem State 4 5. 13 13 j ' Livingstone 4 6 10 16 ' ! St-Augustifte's 4 6 15 12 ' ; N.C.Central 4 6 12 13 ; I ‘ Earned lit Roux] Toumayeyas ' CIAA PUYERS OF THE YEAR FlAYER AND DEFENSIVE PLAYER ; JESSICA HAWKINS, Sr.. F. Shsw. Raleigh. NC - Led 23-2 Shaw avera^ng 11.4 ppg., 4.9 ipg.. j , and led CIAA at 5.8 assists per game and 4.6 j ' COACH , JACQUES CURTIS, Shaw • Led Lady Bears to { i 24-2 overall mark. E. Oiv. crown and (11 natioft-> Delaware Stale Hampton Coppin State Ftorkla A&M Howard Bethune-Cookman SC State Norfolk State Marytand-E. S. NCA&T State Morgan State MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER NAJMAH FAUNTLEROY. Sr.. C, DSC - Got 14 pomts and 10 rebounds as Lady Hornets won 2001 straight home game Monday nidi one-pont w*ioverB-CC. ROOKIE NA w W w W w L W L 13 18 Ft. Valley State 12 20 Jackson Slate 12 19 5 11 11 12 Clark Atlanta 12 20 Alabama State 11 3 15 8 11 14 10 Albany State 11 13 12 Southern 10 12 11 10 14 10 Paine 10 14 10 Grambling State 8 10 12 10 10 14 Tuskegee 10 16 Alcorn State 8 10 13 10 13 Benedict 9 13 10 Alabama A&M 7 10 13 15 Kentucky State 6 11 17 Texas Southern 7 14 10 18 Miles 5 11 17 Miss. Valley State 4 11 17 11 10 15 LeMoyne-Owen 2 14 20 Prairie View 3 11 17 12 19 Lane 2 15 21 Ark. Pine Bluff 2 13 21 13 22 SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK f Athletic Conference SWAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK PLAYER CRYSTAL Krn, Jr., C, Alabama St., lAobile, AL • Posted double-doubles in two wms. She averaged 25.5 ppg., 14.0 rpg., 3.0 blocks and one steal while hitting 59% of her shots (16 ot 27) and 90% from the line (19 of 21). She had 22 points. 12 rebounds in win over Alcorn State and 29 points. 16 rebounds in wn over Southern. INDEPENDENTS West Virginia State Central State UDC Cheyney Savannah State Tennessee Slate PUYERS OF THE WEEK PUYER 18 6 12 8 11 13 5 18 6 19 1 23
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