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IP 4C SPORTS/Ht Clarlatte #o*t Thursday, February 2, 2006 Fod rue WEtx Of J*«. 31 • Fcbl 8, 2006 HEAVY ACTION ALL AROUND Supsrtonid Photo MURRAY: Former Shaw, CIAA star rumored to be on NBA trading block T NEXT PGA QUEST BEGINS FOR O'NEAL; DARBY PENS ONLINE SUPER BOWL DIARY UNDER THE BANNER WHATS GOING ON M AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS GOOD START FOR O'NEAL: Former Jackxoo Stutcgolfer Tim O’Neal bogeyed three of the final six holes to finish in a five-way tie for llth at the Movistar Panama (liampionship in Panama City, Panama, the first event of this year's NationwidcTour. O'Neal collected $11,660 as he began his latest at tempt to make it to the PGA Tour. After opening widi rounds of 73 and 68 to beat the three-over cut at die par-70 Panama Golf C lub course by two strokes, the 33-year old CfNeal shot himself into conten- PGA can Photo O'NEAL: Ties for 11th at opening event of Nationwide Golf Tour tion Saturday widi a course-record tying seven-under 63. He entered Sunday's final round tied for fourthat six-under 204. He stayed in contention and amongst the top five for most of the final round before bogeyingNos. 13, 15 and 18 on the way in to finish w ith afinal round two-over 72 anda four-day total of two-under 276. Tripp Isenhour, who set the course record in the openinground, won the event withan 11-under 269 and took home the $99,000 top prize. This is CyNeal's second straight year competing on the Nationwide Tour and diis year's start is better than a year ago when he m issed the cut in the season's first two tournaments. He finished 44th on the money list with a total of $120,772. The top 20 money winners on the Nationwide Tour are granted full exemption to die PGA Tour. "I want to^vin and finish in the top 20 (on the money listX" said 7Neal, who had two top ten finishes last season but went throu^ an agonizing stretch of 12 tournaments where he missed seven cuts and banked only $10,025. 'Til know the courses a little better this year and have a better idea how to travel. I feel like I'm better prepared." SUPER BOWL DIARY: Tbe only buck college player bi Sunday's Super Bowl XL is former South Carolina State (1994-97) and MEAC standout Chartric "Chuck" DaH>y, a starting left defen-sive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks. Darby, a standout linebacker and lineman and two- time defensive all-MEACpIayer at SC State who holds the school’s all-time sack record widi 45 J and was tunnerup for MFAC defensive player of the year in 1997, is penning a diary for the Seahawks at http: ' www.seahawks.com S«#3«iAa Photo DARBY. Only black col lege player in Super Bowl XL penning diary on seahawks com ArDisplay jispx?II>*6377)thal began when the team entered the playoffs. Darby, a 6-2,275-pound ta«^le, was signedby d>e Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2000 and spent fihl four >'ears of his NFL career as a member of the Buc' vaunted defense. He worked his way up from the practice squad in 2000 to become a sometime starter at nose tackle for the defensive unit frtat carried die Bucs to die Super Bowl XXX\'II title. He was signedby Seattle as a free agent in March 2005 and posted 30 tackles and 2.5 sacks diis season. THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS M BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS STATS OF BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS IN THE NBA RPO APO »P0 eA2Ee2C«fnPbnAlOAS,lfK VOL XH. NO 26 BEN WALLACE Detroit (Va Union) 42 42 38.5 . 504 . 000 .478 12.5 2.0 1.55 2.31 8.4 RONALD MURRAY Seattle (Shaw) 37 2 24.4 .395 .209 714 1.9 2.9 .70' .22 10.8 JEROME JAMES NY Kntcks (Florida A&M) 22 8 9.0 . 409 .000 . 450 2.0 . 3 .05 .55 2.9 DEViN GREEN LA Lakers (Hampton) 17 0 5.4 .250 .000 .600 1.2 .2 .12 .00 1.0 DARRELL ARMSTRONG DaHas (Fayetteville State) 31 1 7.6 .385 .200 .739 1.0 T1 .32 .06 1.9 LiNDSEY HUir'ER Detroit (Jackson Slate) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA KA NA NA 2005-06 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) CIAA CtMjM l•rreBOlhaa««a AaagCATtoM MEAC QIA^ SoLmmwlHrtMxueewn OI^\^ Amerc CowawNC* CfV CONF Aa CONF Aa CONF AU. E. ONBCN W w i. w L W L w L w w L Virgaiallaon 7 14 2 Mawan State 9 11 10 Banedici 12 13 3 Vlrgeti Stata *' 2 3 15 Coppn State 7 13 Peine 10 12 4 Elc CRy State 2 3 8 Flonda A&M 6 10 11 Lana 10 11 6 Shaa 3 6 15 Hampton 6 9 Albany 9ata 7 3 7 7 Bow* Stata 5 12 7 Bethune-Cookmin 5 9 11 Sbltrsn 7 5 10 7 9 Paufi 0 0 6 11 NorfokStete 5 6 13 MsrehouM 7 6 10 8 w orvwoN SC SUte 4 6 13 LeMoym^imn 5 6 11 9 Au^uitm'i 5 8 14 3 NC A&T State 3 15 Kantucl^ State 5 6 10 J C Strrih 3 6 14 4 1*3 E-Shore 2 14 kites 4 10 4 14 W-Sabm State 6 .3 12 6 Howard 1 8 16 Foil VSIliV State 3 6 10 N C CeflSal 3 5 11 Stata 1 18 CtBA/4lanta 3 3 15 Ftv«6*r^t* State 3 3 6 10 8 Turtegee 0 12 0 17 Lmtrgatone 1 7 5 13 VEAC PLAY^OFTHEWKK CMAKAYBUOTTHEWSK AfOONIorrTZDOUUi). e>1. Jr., a ST AlKTt, Datvlli, VA • eWA tcoing Ittoti wBCkgod 23 to**. 43 lobQtfidi tad si au111 In MM ow JCSU, NCCU vd Lirroiton* ROOnE ANTHONY HILLIARO, M, Fr, 0 EC«U, fi)«ttoYilt, NC • In l^M• gwws aootigod t3 {nM(,106*bounAand13«iiili HadlApoato, ISrabourctort 31 PaUs CCMCH THOMAS HAROROVE, 8l, Auj'a - Ex»r>j»d m rtaM b gann nAh Uwo wVa PlAYER JEEF ORANOER, S4, Sr., 0, HAMRTON, Nw arii, NJ. hwfti IS poMi. 4 raboundi, 3 auidsnwra««3»a(vtaA9l (16(tt^ind9C 3M(20pla) ROOKIE TROY JACieON, S4, Fr., 0, UHO, Witoa Barra, PA-AiwagadSBSCKantandSnboundi at«H»>kstpStoc^(aaa HepMtodaone^ 33 poi rtt in win o»a> Mo iga n SWe canning 7 ol 10 3-ooi(toa StACFL/YERSOFTHEWEEK PLAYER UONYEA PRAH. H Jr., F, SaUIAN, Bir- rringham, AL • Ararat 17 PK), 18 rpg, 5 apg ardSspgiflwnonwMita andCtart Jibnta ALL E.OfVISlON Soidh«m Grvrtlfi^ Stats Mas VailwSt JacMon Stala AJibtmaMM Alcom Stats Alabama Stala AA Piia Quit Ttous Soubwn PiareViawA&M « L W L 6 1 7 2 10 10 0 7 6 12 10 11 a a SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WE9( PLAYER SRION RUSH,U,Sr,0,(»AUBLINOSTATE, Shianaport, LA- A»aaged205 porta pergarH MthaTgaagolMvovarMBa Vil^Stalean) Arkanaai-Pra Btfto nwainbMiapoaaasaiDn ot second ptoce INDEPENDENTS WVa Stata Cantral Stata Tanoaaaaa Stais CI)«vi>«Y Savaonali Stats Unw DC W L 15 4 9 8 7X-10 V '12 2 20 0 13 PLAYERS OF T}€ WEEK TDNYC0«NETT,6.5,8o„ F, W VA STATE 'Celurnbua,0H-A»eQged 21 Sports as tlw YelbwJadebscMlwo^Faes Had29poirt3 on 13 of 20 slooirg in. bu 1c Abaison BioaJjie Alto hod 14 pdnit in win orar GMnrleSfeb BCSP Tidbits V While two-time defending diam- pion Virginia Union (12-2) con tinues to march towards a three- peat in men's 2005-06 CIAA bas ketball, their chief competition could come from 14-3 St. Augustine's who has made a push to the top of die West Division behind a trio of lethal scorers. Junior guard Antonio Fitzgerald (22.6 ppg-X junior for ward Nichola-s King (19.4 ppg.) and junior forward Cl aude " Chip " Neeley (19.1 ppg.^ are 1-2-3 in CIAA scoring and lead the confer ence in other stat categories while vaulting the Falcons to the top of the CIAA West. They have propelled St. Aug's to an 88.4 points per game mark, which is tops in die CIAA and sixth nationally in NCAA Div. 11 stats. Fitzgerald, a transfer from Kilgore (Tx.) Community College where he was a 20-point scorer in his two seasons, originally signed with Div. I Boise State before set tling at St. Aug's. The 6-1 guard from Danville, Va., who battled in the sameconferenceascunentDiice star J. J. Redick in high school, is cunentlytenth in the nation m scor ing. He's also averaging 5.7 re bounds and 5.0 assists per game while shooting83.1% from die line and 38.5% from diree-point range. K ing, a deadly 6-7 shooter from Philadelphia, averaged 14.1 points per game last season and was a first team all-MEAC fa ward for Coppin State. He decided to transfer after his second season at die Baltimore school. He currently leads die CIAA with 53 3-pointers (3.12 per game) and in 3-poirU field goal percentage at 47.3% (53 of 112). Neeley, a 6-2 guard from Tallahassee, FI., who plays much bigger, is the only one of the trium virate that played for die Falcons last year. He earned all-CIAA hon ors last season while leading the conference widia 17 points per game average. Despite his size, he cur rently leads the CIAA g^tmg 9.5 rebounds per game. KING BLUNTT G. JACKSON HATCHER diree-pouit range and is second in die league at 2.4 3s per game. while diey tied for the top spot in the final Sheridan poll. ▼ Head coach Greg Jackson and his defending champion Delaware State Hornets completed die first half of the MEAC season with a perfect 9-0 mark and are favorites to repeat as they head into the last five weeks of die season. Junior forward Jasha Bluntt has led the Hornets on bodi ends of the floor and isthe leadingcandidate at die m idway point for league MVP. He isaveragbig H.4po bits per ^me, eighth best in the MEAC, and also leads DSU getting 5.1 reboimdsper game. He's shootbig 39.5% from ▼ A trio of black college players have been invhedto die Feb. 23-27 NFL (i^mbine in Indianapolis. So Grambling QB Bruce Eugene and defensive end Jason Hatcher have received dieir invita tions as has Alabama State QB Tarvaris Jackson. Eugene, who threw for 56 IDs and over 4,400 yards this season, has been workbig out bi Phoenix widi a personal trabier trying to get his wei^t down and increase his agility. Hatcher, a 6-7,285-pound first team all-SWAC defender, finished with 71 tackles and 11 sacks diis season. Jackson played bi last week's EastAVest Shrine game and was 5 of 9 for 90 yards as a startor for the East. ▼ Negotiations are reportedly un derway to have MEAC champion Hampton and SWAC champion Grambling State meet bi the sea son-opening SWAC-MEAC (Tial- lenge in Birmingham on Sept. 2. (jrambling was first and Hampton second in the final BCSP ranking HOOP SCORES MEN JANUARY 30 CSU73,UMESS3 DSUM,B-(X5S Hampton 77.MCMT 65 OitoSlV. FAMU53 MSU79,H0M)d-75 AMMW,Tk.SU75 J3U62,UAP657 OSU64.WVSU.S9 JANUARY 28 CIAA ClBSin76,VSU74 fSUe3,SPC57 JCSU.WSSU62 llY,51,Sh3«46 SAC63.MCCUS3 VUU69.ECSUS7 eSU TO.HcMKjBI DSU61.FAUUS0 Hampton 69. SCSUS7 NSU55,NCA4T43 UMES16,USU67 BCW,L0C61 Lm73, Kenbd:YSl72 WHC73,TU63 PC61,UCS9 SC33.CAU55 a)^106,FV71 Abb 3172.T«xSUM l^e6.UAPB64 JSU61.WVSU51 SU72.Afc.Sl55 IND. Urr. 3l.72,TTU63 WOMEN JANUARY 36 CSU61,UUES40 DSU 70, see 29 HoMid87.WSU76 NSU67.SCSU62 NCA&T73.Hampbn69 AMy64,r« SUSO JSUe3^UAfB32 WVSUh, GSU48 Au.si.ei.pvsi JANUARY 28 eWA ECSU«7,VUUe3 FSUB6,St F>aurs62 xsu^.wssuse MCCU64,SAC54 She«64.LC56 csuee.HoMkjss DSU5S.FAMU46 NSU77, NCA8T64 seSU 75. Hampton 62 UUESS6,WSU46 ssues.kces KSU78,Lane7S LXS2.eC93 WC 78, PC 74 SC56,CAU46 SWAC AA3M54.PV43 AU Si 57,Tex. SU 55 (iSUT6, UAPB73 JSU59,WVSU56 SU64.AfcSl49 INO TTU 79, Terr. St 53 BCSP Notes Wallace, Murray making NBA headlines Headbig towards the NBA's mid-season, Detroit Pistons’ standout center Ben Wallace and Seattle Sonics guard Ronald Murray are makbig headlines, but for different reasons. Wallace, the Pistons' 6-9 defensive stalwart out of Virginia Union, is tied for die league lead with Orlando's Dwigjit Howard in rebounds per game at 12.5 and is helping fuel the team’s run at an NBA record winning percentage. The Pistons have won 11 straight games, sport the league's best record at 37-5, are on top of the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference and are on pace to break or equal the league’s all-time mark of 72-10 held by the 1995-96 Crhicago Bulls. In NBA All-Star balloting, Wallace, the 2002-03 and 2004-05 NBA defensive player of the year, fin ished behbid die Eastern Conference's top vote-getter Shaquille O'Neal at center and may be selected to his fourdi straight all-star game. Selectees for the Feb. 20 All-Star Game bi Houston will be named on FA. 2. Murray, a 6-3 combo guard widi the Seattle SuperSonics in his fourth year out of S haw, is rum ored to be involved in trade talks. Murray, who is averaging 10.8 points per game in primarily a back-up role for WALLACE Seattle, has been mentioned in trade scenarios with Boston and Minnesota, whoarebothlooking for scorers at the guard position. Wallace and Murray are two of six former black college players in the NBA. The others - Jerome James of the New York Knicks (Florida A&IV^, Darrell Armstrong of Dallas (Fayetteville State), LindseyHunterofDetroit (Jackson State)and Devin Green of the Los Angeles Lakers (Hampton) - are seeing limited action. James, signed by the Knicks to a six-year $30 million contract this season, has struggled widi condi tioning and bijury concerns and was used sparingly by new Knicks coach Larry Brown before bebig sus pended bidefinitely on Jan. 6 for conduct detrimental to the team. James reportedly was unprepared to practice. The 7-foot center who played at Florida A&M, was coming off his best season last year with Seattle. Armstrong, a 14-year veteran from Fayrtteville S tat e, i s m hi s thir d seas on w ith Dal las. He is ser vmg as a back-i^ point guard averaging 1.9 points per game while appearing bi 31 games. Green, who made the Lakers squad as a 6-7 undrafted rookie free agent from Hampton, has played in just 17 games averaging 1.0 points per contest. Hunter, a 12-year veteran who has earned NBA Aampionship rings widi the Pistons and Lakers, has missed all of this season after undergoing surgery on his left ankle. GAMES THIS WEEK SAT., FEB. 4 CIAA Bowie State @ Fayv. St. Biz. City St. @ Shaw JC Smith @ Livingstone NC Centra @ WSSU St Aug's @ Va. Unnn Va. State @ St Paut'r MEAC Flonda A&M @ Morgan St Hampton @ UMES B-CC @ Coppin St Norfolk St @ Howard SIAC Benedict @ Tuskegee ‘ Clark Atlanta @ Ft Valley St. Lane @ Chnstian Bnos. LeM. Owen @ Rust Miles @ Morehouse Paine @ Stillman SWAC Alabarr^ St @ Miss. Valley St. Alabama A&M @ Ark.P9 Alcorn St. @ Jackson St Soufriern @ Grambling St. Tex. Southern @ Praine View INDEPENDEIVT Tenn. St @ Austn Peay W. Va. St @ Ohio Valley Cheyney @ Mansfield Delta St. @ Central State MON.. FEB. 6 MEAC Norfolk St @ UMES ■ Flonda A&M @ Coppin St. Delaware St. @ NC A&T B-CC @ Morgan St Hampton @ Howard SWAC Alabama St. @ Ark.F’B Alabama A&M @ Rtss. Valley St Alcorn St @ Grambling ^ Southern @ Jackson St SIAC Benedict @ Sti Ilmen Mveheuse @ Albany St Kentucky St @ Fla. GC Pane @TL6kegee INDEPENDENT Kutilown @ Cheyney 6 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) D(V CONF Aa E DVBCN SllMi Oe CitySWt WgnuUtoN BoweSUt a pMfs 1 0 « OVUtON J C SffBb 4 N aCssM 3 FaystliMMSMs 2 1 N L ,W L « L 4 0 3 1 3 2 12 3 5 6 1 10 6 4 4 8 9 9 10 1 7 5 14 7 0 12 6 4 2 13 3 9 AagailM i LMugrtOM 1 4 2 6 6 CMKAYrRSOFTHENSK fUWER HASTA86A BOUCiCAULT S4, Sr. 0, SHAW. NY • Amgad II 66 aSaxtoi. 53 tosek art 3 6 e»h k 3«im ROCME CHeLSEAjnER.UFr,9,«SU fttSmcn.llC •4 14 • wg. 9 3 ii9. mM Sstorti A COACH TARA OWE NS. 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LeMo^ne-Omn MW Lane Kan>iickv9We ChrlUVWte 17 1 12 5 12 5 9 6 7 M 7 11 5 7 5 13 6 9 10 3 14 5 13 4 13 1 11 5 16 MC RLAYBtS OF THE WEEK PlAYER ALKtArr e&UC 54 St. 0, ALa«Y STATE 8trtlna^QA^.>bmyd163pag113lag,23 msb B«j 20 start ia mm cm la« ard laabc^StW SWAC E.DIVISKM Souitiem Mm Valiev St. Aabarra State Jackeon State Abom State AtabamaA&M AA. Pm Bluff Granting 9ate PaneVteaAAM Trtu Southern SWACPUtYERSOFTHEWEBt PlAYER Sl€UrA6URNS6>1,Jr,F.iU:KS0N8TATE. Jaefcaar, US-Had 16 poine aid7 etounti aa He Ladv rgea btat Mrt VNfey Sbb 5956 Lat^Tigan afcc beaLA(tam« PlneBhifle not rb saoind-ptace fe INDEPENDENTS WVa State uoc Central State Chevwv Savannah State Tenrteasee State PUYERSOFTHEWEa APR:L STEVENSON. 54, Sr., 0, WEST VIRaNA STATE Satimpfa, HO-lbet- 11 poatb per nt 5 5 ebourds par ^rw a Wb Mins
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