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January 18, 1996
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CIAA - MEN
Winners and Losers
Elizabeth City beat Johnson C. Smith 83-74
N.C. Central beat Shaw 70-73
Virginia Union beat St Paul's 93-79
N.C. Central beat Bowie State 98-66
Shaw beat Knoxville 84-79
Norfolk State beat St Paul's 80-65
Shaw beat Cheyney 77-72
Livingstone beat Fayetteville St. 89-83
Elizabeth City ~ beat Virginia State 82-79
Johnson C. Smithbeat Bowie State 77-66
Virginia Union beat Benedict 64054
STANDINGS
Cons. Overall
Northern Div.
SCHOOL W L W L
Virginia Union S 0 00
Norfolk State 5 0 9 |
Elizabeth City St. 2. 66
Bowie State 2.5 4.9
St. Paul's 7. 4 8
Virginia State Q-8 5 6
Cons. Overall
Southern Div.
SCHOOL W L W L
N.C. Central 5 0 8
Livingstone 3 4 6 7
Shaw 4 -2 8 4
St. Augustine g 2 45
Johnson C. Smith S 4 5 7
Winston-Salem 12 2.8
Fayetteville State 3=3+ 4.8
CIAA - WOMEN
Winners and Losers
January 8-13, 1996
Shaw beat N.C. Central 78-52
Virginia Union beat St. Paul's 95-27
Fayetteville beat Norfolk State 76-74
Bowie State beat N.C. Central 87-45
Virginia State beat Elizabeth City 80-67
Norfolk State beat St. Paul's 123-40
Bowie State beat Johnson C. Smith 77-60
Fayetteville State beat Livingstone 78-44
STANDINGS
DIV. Cons.
Northern Div.
SCHOOL Wil W L
Norfolk State 5.0 140
Virginia State 8 0 8
Virginia Union 3,086 3
Bowie State 720" 9 3
Elizabeth City 04 0 1
St. Paul's eab =2 8
Cons. Overall
Southern Div.
SCHOOL Wl W L
St. Augustine's 351776 14
Fayetteville State D 229 4
Winston-Salem St. 229 2516
Johnson C. Smith 84059
Shaw 8.3 .8 '3
N.C. Central 0= 5 2.6
Livingstone 070 9
MEAC Player
Week
GREENSBORO, N.C.
Natasha Parksof Coppin Stateand
Amanda Hayes of Howard were both
selected Mid-Eastern Athletic Con
ference women’s co-players of the
week.
Parks scored 34 points and had six
rebounds in a win over North Caroli
na A&T. Hayes scored 36 points and
had 13 rebounds in a loss to Ameri
can and a win over South Carolina
State.
Latoya Gardner of Howard was
selected the conference rookie of the
wecek. She scored nine points and
had seven rebounds against Ameri
can last week.
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RISING TO THE OCCASION IS Zedrick Smith
of Fort Valley. Paine’s Clarence Hosch (white)
attempts the block. Photo by Jimmy Carter
Alcor:: State extends homecourt streak to 21
Two wecks ago, Connecticut snapped the
Tennessce women’s basketball team’s
homecourt win streak at 69 consecutive
victories, which had been the longest in
Division T of the NCAA.
Monday night, Georgia snapped Con
necticut’s 1 I-gamehomecourtstreak, which
had been the top mark since Tennessee’s
demise.
UConn’: loss to Georgia has changed the
leaderboard again and Stanford is the new
SIAC - Men
Winners and Losers
Jan.B - 13 1996
Albany St. beat Alabama A&M 90-83
Fort Valley beat Clayton St. 76-69
Savannah St. beat Albany St. 76-69
Fort Valley beat Morehouse 91-85
Valdosta St beat Tuskegee 95-79
Alabama ASM beat Alabama St. 80-79
Lane beat LeMoyne Owen 87-82
Miles beat Kentucky St. 89-85
Clark Atlaita beat Paine 78-72
Albany State beat Fort Valley 79-77
Alabama A&M beat Kentucky St. 99-75
Clark Allanta beat Morris Brown 87-68
Morehouse beat Tuskegee 86-82
STANDINGS
Cons. Overall
East Region
SCHOOL W L W L
Clark Atlar ta 4 0 10 0
Albany State 4 2 %6
Savannah State 3 1 4y o 5
Morris Brown 1 2 Bl 16
Fort Valley State 1 2 8 7
Paine 2 6 S T
Cons. Overall
West Region
SCHOOL W L W L
Alabama 7.M 7 1 9: 9
LeMoyne “'wen 3 1 (53]
Morehouse 3 4 7, 6
Miles 2 2 4 6
Tuskeger 1 2 4icd:
Kentucky “lale O 8 249
MEAC - Men
Winncrs and Losers
Md. E. Share beat Bethune Cookman 84-78
Delaware State beat Florida A&M 79-68
Coppin State beat Md. E. Shore 72-69
lona beat Hampton 91-69
Coppin St. .t beat Delaware State 92-77
N.C. A&T beat Florida A&M 74-67
Md. E. Shaie beat Howard 71-65
S.C. State beat Bethune Cook. 76-61
STANTINGS
Cons. Overall
SCHOOL W L W L
South Car: 'inaSt. 3 0 7o
Coppin St:it» 3. 0 e
Md. Eastomn Shore 4 1 9 6
Delaware .late 25 2 S Y
N. Carolina A&T 1 1 3 7
Morgan State 0 1 1
Howard Univ. 02 0 1
Florida A&M 03 5 8
Bethune Cookman 0 3 4 7
Hampton ( Iniv. 4 11
LACK
OLLEGE
PORTS
UPDAIE
Men Paine 81
Fort Valley 82
Women Paine 72
Fort Valley 83
Paine College contin
ues tosufferthrough one
of its worst seasons in
recent history. The Li
ons let one slip away
Monday night as they
hosted Fort Valley State.
Fort Valley won it 82-
81 in overtime. The Fort
Valley Wildcats let a 47-
35 halftime lead slip
away as the Lions surged
ahead playing a near
perfect second half.
Paine took advantage
ofan eleven-minute Fort
Valley shooting drought
to pull even at the end of
regulation play.
Paine has now dropped
six conference games
and is last in the SIAC
behind Fort Valley.
Leroy grant paced the
national leader, having won 24 consecutive
games at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal’s
nexthomecontest willbeaJan. 25 matchup
with Washington.
Stanford is followed in the homecourt
listing by Texas Tech, which has won 23
home games, Alcorn State (21), Montana
(20), Grambling State and Jackson State
(19 each), Toledo (17) and Holy Cross and
Notre Dame (15 each.)
SIAC - Women
Winners and Losers
Jan. 8-13, 1996
Alabama A&M beat Albany State
Kentucky State beat Morris brown 75-70
Voorhees beat Paine 77-62
Clark Atlanta beat Claflin 83-76
Albany State beat Savannah State 56-46
Alabama A&M beat Alabama State
LeMoyne Owen beat Lane 74-65
Clark Atlanta beat Paine 80-57
Kentucky State beat Miles 69-59
Valdosta State beat Tuskegee 86-45
Fort Valley beat Albany State 58-47
Alabama A&M beat Kentucky State 89-87
Clark Atlanta beat Morris Brown 82-52
STANDINGS
Cons. Overall
East Region
SCHOOL W Wil
Clark Atlanta 1 1 S 2
Savannah St. 3 0 46
Paine 3 2 S
Albany State 2 3 6 6
Fort Valley State 1 1 9 2
Morris Brown 0 4 55
Cons. Overall
West Region
SCHOOL We We e
Alabama A&M 6 1 9.3
Kentucky State 5 3 108
Miles 1 3 GE 5
Tuskegee 0 2 it -6
LeMoyne Owen 0 4 4 6
MEAC - Women
Winners and Losers
January 8-13 :
Md. E. Shore beat Bethune Cook. 44-39
Florida A&M beat Delaware 73-55
Coppiq St. beat Md. E. Shore 72-71
Hampton U. beat Liberty U. 73-64
Coppin State beat Delaware St. 60-46
Howard Univ. beat Md. E. Shore 78-49
S.C. State beat Bethune Cook. 64-57
STANDINGS
Cons. Overall
SCHOOL W oW L
Florida A&M 3.0 18 aed
Coppin State 3" 0N EH6
Howard Univ. 2 50846
S.C. State 2 2.9
Delaware St. 2D 45
Md. East. Shore 1.4 8
Morgan State 04 e
N.CarolinaA&T . 0 2 .5 6
Bethune Cookman 0 3 3 6
Hampton Univ. 4.8
SWAGC to honor women
sports stars in celebration
JACKSON
On Thursday, Feb. 8, the Southwestern
Athletic Conference’s 75th Anniversary
Celebration focuses on women’s sports as
the league presents Excellence in Wom
en’s Sports Awards to eight pacesetters of
collegiate athletics.
The award presentations will be a part
of the conference’s Salute to National
Women in Sports Day and held in conjunc
tion with Jackson State University’s an
nual Girls and Women in Sport Seminar
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SIAC ACTION pits Charlene Williams of the Fort Valley against Paine
College’s Melissa Scott (R). Scott wasted a 33-point effort in the
game that Fort Valley won 83-72. Photo by Jmmy Carter
Lions with 24 points. Dathon Brown lit
up the scoreboard for 28 points for Fort
Valley.
Inthe opener the Fort Valley women
beat the Lady Lions 83-72. Melissa
Upton had a fantastic outing with 33
NEW ORLEANS
The hottest team in the South
western Athletic Conference con
tinues to be led by the league’s
hottest player.
Senior center Marcus Mann, cap
tain of the league-leading Missis
sippi Valley State University,
which is 12-3 overall and 4-0 in
conference play, has captured
SWAC player of the week honors
for the second consecutive week
and fourth time this season after
leading the Delta Devils to victo
ries over Prairie View A&M (95-
88) and Texas Southern (97-74).
A 6-9, 240-pound native of Wal
nut Grove, Miss., Mann averaged
29.0 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.0 as
sists, 0.5 blocked shots in MVSU’s
wins. He garnered 23 points, 10
| SWAC - Men
' Winners and Losers
1
| January 9-15
| Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 80-79
| Southemn Univ. beat Alabama State 113-86
| Texas Southernbeat Grambling 87-75
| Alcorn State beat Jackson State 69-68.
| Miss. Valley beat Prairie View 95-88
| Alcorn State beat Alabama State 85-61
| Grambling beat Prairie View 110-75
Jackson State beat Southern Univ. 85-74
| Miss. Valley beat Texas Southern 97-74
SWAC - MEN
STANDINGS
Cons. Overall
SCHOOL W: L W L
Mississippi Valley 4 0 138
Southern 2 2 .S
Grambling 2 2 78
Texas Southern 2 2 729
Alcorn State 2 2 5 29
Jackson State 2 2 5 =i
Alabama State 2 2 4 29
Prairie View A&M 0 4 S D
Mann, Scott snare
top SWAC honors
and Awards Program, an offering of the
Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physi
cal Education, Recreation and Dance.
This year’s seminar and awards pro
gram will be dedicated to the SWAC,
which is celebrating its diamond anni
versary this school year.
The eight recipients of SWAC’s Excel
lence in Women’s Sports Awards, in
cluding one recipient from each league
member, will be announced on Tues
day, January 23.
points, including 9 for 9 from the foul
line, and 16 rebounds! A miserable team
effort from the field and the charity
stripe, however, didn’t give the Lions
fans much to cheer about.
Paine falls to 5-9 overall and 3-3 in
conference play.
rebounds and one assist against
Texas Southern along with 35
points, 19 rebounds, three assists,
one steal and one blocked shot
against Prairie View A&M.
Meanwhile, Mississippi Valley
State University forward Erica
Scott has been named the SWAC
women’s player of the week.
In victories over Prairie View
A&M (78-69) and Texas Southern
(87-64), Scott, a 5-10 senior from
Greenwood, Miss., averaged 18.5
points, 15.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists,
3.5 steals and 1.0 blocked shots.
She posted totals of 17 points, 19
rebounds, five assists, four steals
and two blocked shots against Prai
rie View A&M with 20 points, 12
rebounds, four assists and three
steals against TSU.
SWAC - Women
Winners and Losers
January 9-15
Alabama A&M beat Alabama 79-66
Oral Roberts beat Southern Univ. 76-62
Southern Univ. beat Alabama St. 70-52
Grambling beat Texas Southern 104-60
Miss. Valley beat Prairie View 78-69
Alcorn State beat Jackson 63-58
Grambling St. beat Prairie View 94-40
Miss. Valley beat Texas Southern 87-64
Jackson St. beat Southern Univ. 80-58
SWAC - Women
STANDINGS
Cons. Overall
SCHOOL Wl Wl
Grambling 4%3.0 9 .4
Alcorn State S 8 5
Jackson State 3 7.8
Southern Univ. ) 5 7
Mississippi Valley 2 2 579
Alabama State 28 2 2: 10
Prairie View A&AM 0 4 o
Texas Southern 0 4 3 18
