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SPORTS/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, February 6, 1997
For the Week of February 4 through February 10, 1997
GETTIN'
PAID
BABY
Denver Broncos Photo
SHAPRE; Savannah St.
product fourth highest
paid tight end in NFL.
T BLACK college NFL STARS CLOCK
LARGE NUMBER OF DEAD PRESIDENTS
Jackson State Photo
SPANN: Former
Jax State receiver
inks with Sues.
CAZEEZ CommuDicatioQs, Inc. VOL. Ill, NO. 25
UNDER THE BANNER
WRAPS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
THE BUGS X-SPANN: Gregory Spann,
the former Jackson State wide receiver, has signed a two-
year contract with the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. Spann, was drafted by
the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars
last year with the 19th pick in the
seventh and final round. He was one
of three black college receivers
drafted by the Jaguars. Tennessee
State's Clarence Jones and Ala
bama State's Ken Barlow were the
others. Barlow made the team which
made it to the AFC finals. The Jag
uars also have former Jackson State receiver Jimmy Smith,
who had a breakthrough season this year (82 receptions,
1,282 yards, six TDs).
DID UDC WHAT THEY DID?: m
order to close an $18.2 million budget deficit, the Univer
sity of the District of Columbia (UDC) is abolishing its
athletic department. The university, which competes in
eight NCAA Div. II sports, will let its basketball teams play
out the season and honor its scholarships for the rest of the
year. Acting university president Julius F. Nimmons Jr.
said theaction will save the school $450,000 annually. "This
is a farce," said head basketball coach Wll Jones, who has
coached at the school for 13 years. "These kids take the
silt^w^ tO"cd?ti^et^and play feasketliaft^,‘Snd f'drsbmSohe
to pul 1 the bottom out of it is wrong. Athletics has turned out
to be one of the school's best programs." UDC suspended its
football program after the 1989 season
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
WOMEN'S BLACK COLLEGE
STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING CL G
FQ
3FG
FT PTS
AVG.
1. Angel Lewis, Kentucky St. JR 19
168
23
84 443
23.3
2. K. Drakeford, JC Smith SO 21
187
12
81 468
22.3
3. Tammy Brown, Fayv. St. JR 21
152
64
56 424
20.2
4. Donita Mays, St. Aug's SR 17
133
0
58 324
20.2
5. Rosalyn Spann, Jackson St. JR 16
116
24
59 315
19.7
6. Latania McIntyre, NC A&T SO 16
102
53
55 312
19.5
7. Sherry Surney, Miss, Valley SO 14
95
47
28 265
18.9
8. Carmen Sanders, BCC SR 10
62
18
47 189
18.9
9. Michelle Sessoms, Norf. St SR 20
152
0
61 365
18.3
10. Keana Graves, Morris Brown JR 19
137
3
68 345
18.2
REBOUNDING
CL
G
NO.
AVG.
1. Shaneeka Watkins, Miles
JR
16
211
13.2
2. Melissa Upton, Paine College
JR
14
175
12.5
3. Devonayle Tedford, Livingstone
JR
21
258
12.3
4. Lakeisha Phifer, St. Paul's
SO
19
233
12.3
5. Anastatia Sands, St. Augustine’s
SO
16
196
12.3
6. Michelle Sessoms, Norfolk State
SR
20
239
12.0
7. C, Hampton Johnson, Virginia State
SR
18
212
11.8
8. Karen Johnson, Del State
SR
16
189
11.8
9. Nikisha Moffett, BCC
JR
12
140
11.7
10, Konecka Drakeford, JC Smith
SO
21
227
10.8
11. Donita Mays, St. Augustine's
SR
17
180
10.6
ASSISTS
CL
G
NO.
AVG.
1. Sukeeda Holder, Miles
FR
17
94
5.5
2. Schlondia Jackson, Kentucky State
SR
19
103
5.4
3. Bianka Beardon, St. Augustine's
SO
17
89
5.2
4. Teresa Watkins. Fort Valley State
JR
17
87
5.1
5. Shanieka Carter, Grambling State
JR
17
84
4.9
6. Tammy Brown, Fayetteville State
JR
21
102
4.9
7. Arnisha Johnson, Fayetteville State
SR
20
92
4.6
8. Amanda Hayes, Howard
SR
12
54
4.5
9. Trancye Pegues, Alcorn State
SR
15
58
3.9
10. Doris Moncrief, Virginia State
JR
16
63
3.9
BLOCKED SHOTS
CL
G
NO.
AVG
1. LaKeisha Phifer, St, Paul's
SO
19
120
6.3
2. Denique Graves, Howard
SR
12
37
3.08
3. Keenya Clifton, Virginia Union
JR
19
50
2.6
4. Teresa Jenkins, Florida A&M
S)
11
27
2.4
5. Anastatia Sands, St. Augustine's
S)
16
37
2.3
STEALS
CL
G
NO.
AVG.
1. Kairn Warfield, Morgan State
SR
13
57
4.3
2. Joan Sharpe. Elizeibeth City
SR
19
82
4.3
3. Doris Moncrief, Virginia State
JR
16
69
4.3
4. Tammy Brown. Fayetteville State
JR
21
82
3.9
5. Michelle Harrison, NC Central
SR
16
62
3.9
6. Michelle Sessoms, Norfolk State
SR
20
75
3.8
BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Standings, Results and Weekly Honors)
SCORES
FEB. 1
Albany State 85, Fort Valley St. 74
Alcorn State 89, Miss. Valley 74
Ark. Pine Bluff 84, Ark. Baptist 73
Cheyney 76, Kutztown 65
Coll, of WV 78, St. Paul's 75
Clark Atlanta 90, Morris Brown 79
Coppin State 81, Morgan State 56
Elizabeth City 97. Bowie St. 77
Fayetteville St. 75, Shaw 67
Grambling 70, Southern 48
Jackson State 89, Prairie View 67
JC Smith 83, W-Salem St. 71
LeMoyne Owen 74, Kentucky St. 69
Lynn 99, St. Augustine's 85
Miles 84. Savannah State 78
Morehouse 95, Tuskegee 90
NC A&T 86, Beth.-Cookman 85
NC Central 73, Livingstone 47
SC State 82, FAMU 65
SE Missouri Tex. Southern 77.
Alabama St. 72, OT
UMES 95, Howard 83, OT
Va. Union 77. Norfolk State 54
NORTH
Elizabeth City
St Paul's
Virginia Union
Norfolk State
Virginia State
Bowie St
SOUTH
NC Central 7
St. Augustine's 5
Fayetteville St 6
Livingstone 3
Shaw 3
JC Smith 2
Winston-Salem St. 2
ALL
W L
12 4
12 5
12 10
13 6
5 14
4 16
14 3
13 5
10 10
7 13
9 13
6 13
8 10
ClAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
ALEX THOMPSON - Sr., C, JC Smith -
Finished the week with 43 points, 20 re
bounds, ^ree assists and five steals. His
best game was 24 points, seen rebounds
against Winston-Salem State.
MEAC
CONF ALL
W L W L
NC A&T
SC State
Coppin State
Bethune-Cookman
Morgan State
Howard
Delaware State
Hampton
Florida A&M
Maryland-ES
10 7
6 11
5 12
4 13
3 13
4 14
3 14
7 11
MEAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
RODERICK BLAKNEY • Jr., G, SC
State* In two victories he totalled 46
points, 10 assists, nine rebounds and
five steals. His best game was 25
points against Delaware State.
EAST
Clark Atlanta
Albany State
Paine
Savannah State
Morris Brown
Fort Valley State
WEST
Alabama A&M
LeMoyne-Owen
Kentucky State
Morehouse
Miles
Tuskegee
CONF ALL
W L W L
9 0 13 3
8 4 13 7
4 4 9 8
4 7 7 11
3 9 3 15
1 9 4 14
1 15 3
5 13 8
5 12 6
7 10 9
6 8 9
10 5 15
SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
MARCUS McCALL • Sr., F, Ala
bama A&M - Led the Bulldogs to 2-0
record averaging 21.5 points, 7 re
bounds, 2.5 assists and one block.
SWAC
W L W L
Miss Valley
Texas Southern
Prairie View
Alabama State
Jackson State
Grambling
Alcorn State
Southern
6 2 12 7
5 2 10 9
4 4 6 14
4 4 5 14
4 4 6 14
3 4 8 11
3 5 5 13
2 6 5 12
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
RANDY BOLDEN ■ Sr, G, Texas South
ern - Threw in 25 points including five
three-pointers as TSU defeated Alabama
State in overtime, 77-72,
INDEPENDENTS
Cheyney 13 7
Dist of Columbia 10 10
Ark-Pine Bluff 7 12
Tennessee St. 6 12
Central State 6 14
BCC wide receiver gets prison sentence
Bethune-Cookman senior
wide receiver Antwuan Wyatt,
a Mid Eastern Athletic Confer
ence first team all-conference
selection, had his shot at play
ing professional football put on
hold last week.
Wyatt, the son of new BCC
head football coach Alvin
Wyatt, was sentenced in a
Pickens, S. C. court Jan. 29 after
pleading guilty to charges of
marijuana possession with in
tent to distribute. Pickens
County Circuit Judge
Thomas L. Hughston
chose to sentence
Wyatt as a youthful
offender and levied an
undetermined one to
five year sentence for
the crime.
Wyatt was
kicked off the
Clemson University
football team last
June after being charged with
possession of 36 bags of mari-
BCC Sports Photo
WYATT: Facing
minimum seven
to nine months in
youth facility.
expects
the next
juana with intent to
distribute. He trans
ferred this year to
Bethune-Cookman.
Prosecutor
Doug Richardson said
that Wyatt will be held
at Perry Correctional
Institute then he may
be admitted to a mili
tary-style boot camp.
Richardson said he
Wyatt to spend at least
seven to nine months at
the facility.
This season Wyatt led all
black college receivers in
catches per game (7.8) while
finishing third in overall catches
(70) and second in receiving
yardage (985 yards, 14.1 ypr.
and 109.4 ypg).
By virtue of his perfor
mance, Wyatt earned spots in
the Senior Bowl and East West
Shrine Bowl postseason all-star
games. He impressed the scouts
enough to be invited to test and
work out before National Foot
ball League coaches, scouts and
general managers at the National
Invitational Camp, known as the
Combine, which begins Feb. 6
at the Indianapolis RCA Dome.
Only eleven black college play
ers were invited to the presti
gious camp whose invitees usu
ally end up as selections in the
NFL Draft.
BASKETBALL THIS WEEK
FEB. 6
Clark Atlanta at Alabama A&M - 7;30p
Miles at Fort Valley State - 8:00p
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Lyons College - 9:00p
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State - 7:45p
N.C. Central at Winston-Salem State - 7:30p
FEB. 7
Lynn University at Bowie State - 7:30p
FEB. 8
Savannah State at Alabama A&M - 7:30p
Jackson State at Alcorn State - 7'30p
Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman - 4:00p
Mansfield at Cheyney - 8:00p
Morgan State at Coppin State - 4:00p
Lynn at District of Columbia • 7:30p
Johnson C. Smith at Fayetteville State - 7:30p
Clark Atlanta at Fort Valley State - 8:00p
Howard at Hampton - 7:30p
Central State at Kentucky State - 5:15p
Tuskegee at LeMoyne Owen -7'30p.-.
Albany State at Miles - 8:00p
Morehouse at Morris Brown - 8.00p
Delaware State at N.C. A&T - 7:30p
Elizabeth City State at N.C. Central - 7:30p
Voorhees at Paine - 8:00p
Grambling State at Prairie View A&M - 7:30p
MD-Eastern Shore at S.C. State - 4,00p
Alabama State at Southern - 7:30p
Shaw at St. Augustine's • 7:30p
Murray State at Tennessee State - 7:45p
Miss. Valley State at Texas Southern - 7:30p
Norfolk State at Virginia State - 7;30p
Bowie State at Virginia Union - 7:30p
Livingstone at Winston-Salem State - 7:30p
FEB. 10
Alabama State at Alcorn State - 7:30p
Charleston (WV) at Central State - 8:00p
Howard at Coppin State - 7:30p
Millersville at District of Columbia - 7:30p
Morris Brown at Fort Valley State - 8:00p
LeMoyne-Owen at Kentucky State • 7:30p
Hampton at Morgan State - 7:30p
MD-Eastern Shore at N.C. A&T - 7:30p
Miss. Valley State at Prairie View A&M - 7:30p
Delaware State at S.C. State - 7:30p
Jackson State at Southern - 7:30p
Winston-Salem State at St. Paul's - 7;30p
Tennessee-Martin at Tennessee State - 7:45p
Grambling State at Texas Southern - 7:30p
Paine at Tuskegee - 7;30p
FEB. 11
Albany State at Clark Atlanta • 8:00p
Miles at Morehouse • 7:30p
Johnson C. Smith at Shaw - 7;30p
N.C. Central at St. Augustine's - 7:30p
Elizabeth City State at Virginia Union - 7:30p
FEB. 12
George Mason at Alabama State - 7;30p
Virginia State at Bowie State - 7;30p
Delaware State at Coppin State - 7:30p
Central State at iU/PU-lndianapolis - 7;00p
Cheyney at Millersville - 8;(X}p
Alabama A&M at Morris Brown - 8:00p
Fort Valley State at Paine - S.OOp
Albany State at Savannah State - 8.00p
BCSP Notes
▼ WONDER WOMEN: Favorites for women's titles in the respec
tive conferences are easy to spot. They have zeros in the conference loss
column. Bowie State, ranked 23rd in last week's Div. II poll, is 6-0 in the
CIAA North, Fayetteville State is 9-0 in the South. Howard leads the
MEAC with a perfect 9-0 mark. Grambling (8-0) is the class of the
SWAC. Fort Valley (8-1) and Kentucky State (9-1) lead the SIAC East
and West respectively.
▼ THE TRIALS OF JOBE: Former Southern head coach Ben
Jobe is finding tough sledding in the SIAC now that he has moved to
Tuskegee. He has yet to get a conference win (0-10) while his youngTiger
squad struggles along at 5-15.
▼ PANTHER PRIDE: Just when you thought it was safe to count
the Va. Union Panthers out of the CIAA men's race they jump up and
prove you wrong. Head coach Dave Robbins' troops posted wins over N.
Division leader Elizabeth City, perennial division power Norfolk State
and Vii^inia State to move into third place in the North. Though Robbins
lost his first six players to graduation and has no preseason all-conference
picks on his team, the Panthers are positioning themselves for a run at the
tournament title they have captured four out of the last five years.
BCSP MEN'S HOOP TOP TEN
1. ALABAMA A&M (15-3) - Six in a row has
Bulldogs on a roll. Showdown at Clark, 2/6.
2. COPPIN STATE (10-7) - Three wins in
week.
3. MISS. VALLEY (12-7) - Loss to Alcorn
State knocks them out of first ranking.
4. CLARK ATLANTA (13-3) - Three wins this
week to get back on track.
5. ELIZABETH CITY (12-4) - Loss to Va.
Union brings them back to the pack.
6. ST. PAUL'S (12-5) - Tigers still holding on.
7. NC CENTRAL (14-3) - Two-win week
keeps Eagles up in CIAA South.
8. ST. AUGUSTINE'S (13-5) - Tied with NC
Central in loss column. Face each other 2/11.
9. NC A&T (9-6) - Aggies manage to hold on
to first place MEAC tie.
10. TEXAS SOUTHERN (10-9) -2nd in SWAC
VIRGINIA UNION (12-10) - Movin' on up.
CHEYNEY (13-7)-
Five black college grads make list
of NFL players with top salaries
The National Football League has released
their list of the top ten paid players according to
position and among the five from black colleges
are two not on the list just two years ago.
The NFL issues the list at the end of each
year, naming the top five by position called "fran
chise" players and the next five by position called
"transition" players, to determine what the aver
age salaries will be for the 1997-98 season. Two
years ago five black college players were on the
list.
The new names include Denver tight end
Shannon Sharpe, a Savannah State product
who has moved up into fourth place amongst players at his
position. He joins New England Patriots tight end Ben
Coates, who played at Livingstone. The elite tight ends
average salaries of $ 1,470,000. Aeneas Williams, a former
Southern University defensive back, signed a new deal
with the Phoenix Cardinals last year that places him as the
seventh highest paid player at that position. His second-five
grouping commands salaries averaging $2,079,508.
Amongst the holdovers, San Francisco 49er wide re
ceiver Jerry Rice still appears to be the highest paid black
college player though he is no longer the highest paid
receiver. The former Mi.ssissippi Valley State star is second
ia
Southern Sports Photo
WILLIAMS: Moves
into elite class of
defensive backs.
behind Minnesota's Cris Carter at the position
whose first five average $2,535,000 pay. His
salary of $2,963,333 led all receiver in 1995.
Seattle Seahawk offensive lineman Howard
Ballard held his position as the sixth highest
paid offensive lineman. He leads transition of
fensive lineman whose salaries average
$2,519,734.
Dropping out of the top ten and out of the
league this season was former Southern Uni
versity defensive back Maurice Hurst Two
years ago Hurst, then with the New England
Patriots, was the third highest paid player at his
defensive back position. Hurst was injured during the 1995-
96 season and was eventually released by the Patriots. He was
picked up by another NFL team and released again. Also
falling out of the listing was Miami Dolphins safety Gene
Atkins. The former Florida A&M star did not fit into new
Miami coach Jimmy Johnson's plans and was benched. His
1995 salary of $1,550,000 was fifth highest among safeties.
The highest average salaries belong to quarterbacks.
Franchise players at this position average $4,083,997 while
transition QBs average $3,635,689. Steve Young tops the list.
Linebacker, led by San Diego's Junior Seau, is the only other
position that averages over $3 million ($3,0552,000).
BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women's Standings, Results and Weekly Honors)
SCORES
Alabama State 73, Tex Sihm 57
Alcorn St. 68, Miss. Valley 56
Ark. Baptist 69, Ark. Pine Bl. 57
Bowie State 58, Elizabeth City 48
Central St. 83, Wayne St. 59
Fayetteville St. 92, Shaw 77
FAMU 72, SC State 55
Fort Valley 61, Albany State 39
Grambling 70, Southern 48
Howard 81, UMES 78
Jackson St. 78, Prairie View 34
Ky. St. 81, LeMoyne Owen 63
Kutztown 80, Cheyney 62
Livingstone 46, NC Central 45
Morgan 70, Coppin State 66
Morris Brown 74, Clark Atlanta 68
NC A&T 54, Beth.-Cookman 51
Norfolk State 83, Va. Union 66
Savannah St. 56, Miles 40
Tenn State 84, SB Missouri 70
Tuskegee 57, Spelman 56
W-S State 81, JC Smith 59
NORTH
Bowie St
Norfolk State
Virginia State
Virginia Union
Elizabeth City
St Paul's
SOUTH
Fayetteville St
Winston-Salem St.
JC Smith
Livingstone
St. Augustine's
Shaw
NC Central
3 4
3 6
1 8
ALL
W L
18 1
14 6
13 5
12 6
7 12
1 19
18 3
9 9
9 12
7 14
9 8
9 11
5 11
CIAA PUYERS OF THE WEEK
TAMMY BROWN - Jr., G, Fayetteville State
- Brown threw in 55 points, pulled In 13
rebounds, blocked two shots and had seven
assists for the week. Her best game was
against Shaw where she had 31 points,
eight rebounds, and five steals.
MEAC
CONF ALL
W L W L
Howard
Florida A&M
Morgan State
Maryiand-ES
Coppin State
Bethune-Cookman
Hampton
NC A&T
Delaware State
SC State
12 5
11 6
4 12
2 14
18 3 14
MEAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
AMANDA HAYES-Sr., G, Howard-
In three wins, Hayes had 73 points, 35
rebounds, 20 assists and 10 steals. In
her best game she had 26 points and
11 rebounds in a 81 -78 win over Mary
land-Eastern Shore.
CONF ALL
W L W L
EAST
Fort Valley State 8 115 3
Morris Brown 8 4 12 7
Paine 4 3 9 6
Clark Atlanta 4 4 9 7
Albany State 5 6 12 9
Savannah State 1 9 2 18
WEST
Kentucky State
Alabama A&M
LeMoyne-Owen
Miles
Tuskegee
9 1 15 4
9 2 14 4
5 7 9 10
1 9 5 12
0 8 2 15
SIAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
PATRICIA SCAGGS-Fr.,Kentucky
State - During a 2-0 week Scaggs
averaged 23.0 points and 8.0 re
bounds.
SWAC
CONF ALL
W L W L
Grambling
Alcorn State
Jackson State
Southern
Miss Valley
Alabama State
Prairie View
Texas Southern
1
14 5
11 7
8 11
9 7
9 9
5 13
2 18
1 17
SWAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
JOCELYN FROST - Jr., G, Alcorn State
- Had 22 points and seven rebounds while
playing the full 40 minutes in 60-56 win
over Miss. Valley.
INDEPENDENTS
Central State 21 2
Tennessee St. 8 10
Cheyney 8 11
Ark-Pine Bluff 6 9