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12 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, February 8,2023
Savannah State
Releases 2023
Football Schedule
Coach Aaron Kelton
Savannah State Uni
versity has released their 2023
football schedule and the Ti
gers, who will be under sec
ond-year head coach Aaron
Kelton, will open the season on
the road for the first two weeks.
They will play a total of four
games in Theodore A. Wright
Stadium this season and six on
the road.
The 10-game sched
ule begins with two non-con
ference games before the
Southern Intercollegiate Ath
letic Conference (SIAC) sched
ule opens in mid-September.
Savannah State
opens the season on the road at
Southeastern University for a
non-conference game in Lake
land, Florida on September 2.
The Tigers head back to Florida
on Sept. 9 to play an old rival,
Bethune-Cookman University,
in the second non-conference
game of the season.
Bethune-Cookman
University, a NCAA Division I,
Southwestern Athletic Confer
ence (SWAC) program, shares
a long history with Savannah
State. The programs have met
50 times on the gridiron dating
back to 1925. The schools were
regional rivals when both were
members of the Southeastern
Athletic Conference, SIAC and
Wi
oore, f
the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con
ference. The last time the teams
met was 2018.
The Tigers open
their SIAC schedule and home
schedule on Sept. 16 against
Clark Atlanta University. They
head back on the road the fol
lowing week to play Albany
State University on Sept. 23 in
Albany, Ga.
Savannah State will
host Edward Waters University
Sept. 30 in Theodore A. Wright
Stadium. Kick-off is set for 6
p.m.
The Tigers head back
on the road for two weeks, fac
ing Fort Valley State Universi
ty on October 7 in Fort Valley,
Georgia and Central State Uni
versity Oct. 14 in Wilberforce,
Ohio.
They return to The
odore A. Wright Stadium on
Oct. 21 for the 2023 Home
coming game against Tuskegee
University. Kick-off for that
game will be 3 p.m. SSU and
Tuskegee have not met on the
gridiron since 1998.
SSU will host the
reigning SIAC Champions,
Benedict College on Oct. 28
in Theodore A. Wright with
a 3 p.m. kick-off. Savannah
State closes the regular season
in Jackson, Tennessee against
Lane College on November 4.
Last season, Savan
nah State posted a 5-5 record
with victories over Edward
Waters, Morehouse, Virginia
University of Lynchburg, Fort
Valley State and Lane. The
Tigers lost contests to South
eastern, Benedict, Kentucky
State, Clark Atlanta and Alba
ny State.
Fuselier Signs with
Utah State
Former Savannah
State football player Ronald
Fuselier has signed a athletic
scholarship to continue his ath
letic career at Utah State.
The Richmond Hill
native was a member of the
2019 football squad but was
red-shirted. After the season,
he transferred to Allan Han
cock Junior College in Santa
Maria, California where he
flourished.
During the 2022
season, Fuselier earned sec
ond-team all-National North
League honors at cornerback
as a sophomore. He had 22
tackles and led the team with
12 pass breakups, to go along
with one blocked kick. He also
had a career-high four pass
breakups and a blocked kick
against Long Beach City Col
lege. Fuselier earned first-team
Tiger Arena.
CAU shot the ball
better and out-rebounded the
Tigers (40-32) but the Panthers
had 26 turnovers.
fe, Utah st
Ronald Fuselier
all-league honors as a fresh
man as he had 40 tackles and
three interceptions, to go along
with eight pass breakups and a
forced fumble.
Fuselier was one of
23 players announced as part
of the 2023 Utah State early
signing class.
Utah State competes
in the Mountain West Confer
ence and had a 6-7 overall re
cord in 2022. The Aggies lost
to Memphis in the SERVPRO
Responder Bowl 38-10.
Tigers Beat Clark
Atlanta
Despite shooting 27 percent
from the field, the Savannah
State men’s basketball team
pulled out a 54-47 win over
Clark Atlanta on February 4 in
Ayjay Plain
Savannah State led
by four at halftime but used a
10-0 run in the second half to
stretch their advantage to 52-
41 with 1:55 left. Ayjay Plain
had a career-high 25 points
for SSU while Elavian Bowles
grabbed a career-high 11 re
bounds.
During halftime of
the women’s game, the Tigers
received their rings for win
ning the 2022 SIAC Tourna
ment championship and had
the championship banner un
veiled.
On January 30, SSU
defeated Allen on the road 74-
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48. The Tigers jumped out to
a 13-0 lead and never looked
back. Savannah State led by 22
at intermission and finished the
game with a 26 point margin.
Za’Khari Cobb led
the way with 16 points while
Andrew Okorodudu finished
with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Tigers (15-6,
13-4 SIAC) hosted Morehouse
on Feb. 6 and will finish the
regular season on the road at
Edward Waters (Feb. 11), Al
bany State (Feb. 18) and fort
Valley State (Feb. 21).
Lady Tigers Win On Senior Day
Jashiyah Jones
Playing their last
home game of the regular sea
son, the Savannah State wom
en’s basketball team sent their
five seniors out with a 53-51
win over Clark Atlanta on Feb
ruary 4 in Tiger Arena.
CAU led by five af
ter the first quarter and held
a 28-24 lead at the half. SSU
outscored the Panthers 17-13
in the third quarter as the teams
headed to the final ten minutes
tied at 41. Savannah State won
the fourth quarter battle 12-
10 which sent the five seniors
(Bria Gibbs, Amari Heard,
Autumn Westmoreland, Paris
Thompson and Mia Goolsby)
home with a win.
Vidalia’s Jashiyah
Jones came off the bench to
score 14 points, Gibbs had
11, Allen chipped in ten and
Bria Gibbs
Ta’quasia Lampkin had eight
rebounds.
Savannah State (15-
6, 11-5 SIAC) suffered a 59-
52 setback to Allen in a game
played January 30 in Colum
bia, South Carolina.
Allen led by three
at the end of the first quarter
but SSU outscored the Yel
low Jackets 14-8 in the sec
ond quarter to take a 31-28
halftime advantage. Allen won
the third quarter 20-11 and ran
their leads to nine points with
5:20 remaining in the fourth
quarter. SSU could not get any
closer than four points the rest
of the way.
Lampkin had 11
points, nine rebounds and five
steals while Heard added 10
points.
Bethesda Academy Holds Signing
Ceremony for Star Athlete Jalil Calhoun
Jalil Calhoun with his Parents
Bethesda Academy,
a private day school for boys
and young men and the old
est child-care institution in
the U.S., announced Jalil Cal
houn, a senior tight end for
the school’s Bethesda football
team, has signed his National
Letter of Intent to attend and
play for Savannah State Uni
versity during a recent event.
Key members of the
school’s scholastic and ath
letic departments attended the
event, as well as Jalil’s family
and friends. Savannah State
University President Kimberly
Ballard Washington, who also
sits on the Bethesda Academy
Board of Governors, also at
tended the celebration.
Calhoun attended
Bethesda Academy for the
last two years, coming from
home schooling, and made an
immediate impact on the team
with his skill and leadership.
He was the everyday tight end
for the team, and also made
contributions at wide receiver
and strong blocking for the run
game.
“We’re very proud of
the work Jalil put in, coming
from homeschooling to play
tight end. He was a tremendous
asset to our program. We were
able to do a lot with Jalil,’’ said
Bethesda Academy Blazers
Athletic Director and Head
Coach Antwain Turner.
Bethesda Academy
President Michael Hughes also
praised Calhoun. “Jalil is a fine
young man with incredible ath
leticism and character. We are
proud that we had the oppor
tunity to have him play for our
Bethesda Blazers,’’ he said.
“We’re excited about
where Jalil is headed and be
lieve he has a large upside to
improve and make Savannah
proud,’’ added Turner.
Bethesda Academy is
a private day school for boys
and young men in grades six
through twelve. The diverse
student body is served by a
staff of 35 dedicated employ
ees, including 12 full-time
teachers. Bethesda offers small
class sizes, a structured envi
ronment and a strong sense of
community.
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