FOR THE WEEK OF FEB.

21 - 27, 2012

2 0 1 1 - 1 2 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Men's Standings and Weekly Honors thru 2 / 20 / 12 )

CIAA
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Tuskegee Clark Atlanta Benedict LeMoyne-Owen Stillman Paine Fort Valley State Albany State Miles Kentucky State Clain Morehouse Lane

OUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE THLETIC CONFERENCE

Bowie State Virginia Union Virginia State Eliz. City State Lincoln Chowan
S. DIVISION

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2 12 4 20 5 2 10 5 15 12 5 7 8 8 17 5 6 9 12 13 6 6 10 11 16 8 1 14 7 20

Shaw W-Salem State J. C. Smith Livingstone St. Augustines Fayetteville State

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0 15 0 23 2 5 10 5 18 7 5 6 9 11 14 5 5 10 8 16 6 8 7 13 12 6 5 10 8 16

TEAMS AT THE TOP

RIDING HIGH: (Clockwise) Miss. Valley State's Sean Woods, Savannah State's Horace Broadnax, Shaw's Cleo Hill Jr., and DelState's Greg Jackson riding win streaks to top of their leagues.

CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Kenny Mitchell, 6-9, Jr., C, VSU - Had career-high 28 points and six rebounds vs. ECSU. Shot perfect 10 of 10 from oor, 8 of 13 from line. NEWCOMER - Same as above ROOKIE - Kyree Bethel, 6-1, Fr., G, CHOWAN - Had 19 points in loss to Va. Union. COACH - Luqman Jaaber, VA. UNION - Guided Panthers to two wins this past week. In sole possession of rst

Savannah State Norfolk State Delaware State Bethune-Cookman Coppin State NC Central N. Carolina A&T Florida A&M Hampton Howard Morgan State Md.-Eastern Shore South Carolina State

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SWAC
Miss. Valley St. # Southern Texas Southern Prairie View A&M Alabama State Ark. Pine Bluff Jackson State Alcorn State Alabama A&M # Grambling State

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UDC Xavier (La.) Central State Tennessee State W. Va. State Cheyney Lincoln (Mo.) 21 20 17 19 13 4 4
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FINAL DAYS OF REGULAR SEASON HOOPS RACES; O'NEAL GETS BIG WIN IN MOROCCO

MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Dominique Sutton, 6-5, Sr., F, NCCU - Averaged 22.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.0 blocks in two conference wins. Had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals vs. NC A&T. ROOKIE - Tahj Tate, 6-4, Fr., G, DSU - Totalled 55 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals imn 2-1 week. Had 25 pts., 5 rebounds and 1 assist in Norfolk State win. DEFENSE - Jyles Smith, 6-8, Sr., F, SSU - Totalled 13 rebounds, 8 blocks, 1 steal in two conference wins. Had 7 blocks, 6 boards in win over FAMU.

SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Andrae Nelson, 6-6, Jr., C, MOREHOUSE - Averaged 23.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.5 assiss, 1 block and 1 steal in two wins. Had career-high 31 points in win over Tuskegee. NEWCOMER - Jeffrey Wherry, 6-2, So., G, STILLMAN - Averaged 18 points, 6.3 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1 steal in 3-0 week.

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Paul Crosby, 6-8, Sr., C, MISS. VALLEY STATE - Had game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds including the game-winning 3-pointer with six seconds left in Saturday's win 60-58 win over Prairie View. Came back to score 11 points and get 10 boards and hit buzzer-beating game-winning 3-pointer in Monday's 56-53 win over Texas Southern. Averaged double-double of 15 points and 10.5 rebounds in two big wins over nearest pursuers in SWAC race extending win streak to 15 games. NEWCOMER - NA

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Nigel Munson, 6-2, Sr., G, UDC - Had doubledouble of 21 points and 11 rebounds as UDC moved to 21-3 overall, 12-2 in East Coast Conference in win over Bridgeport. NEWCOMER / ROOKIE Kellen Thornton, 6-7, r-Jr., F, TENN. STATE - Thornton averaged10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals/game and hit 60 percent (9-of-15) from the eld. Had nine points, four rebounds in an OT win vs Jacksonville State, 12 points, 3 boards, 2 assists and steals in win at Miami. Tennessee State locked up the No. 2 seed for the OVC Tournament.

UNDER THE BANNER

WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

Countdown to tourney time

LUT WILLIAMS The CIAA and SIAC men and women enter their last week of regular season basketball play this week before next week's tournaments. The MEAC and the SWAC hoopsters have two weeks left before their tournaments get underway in the rst full week of March. While some seeds are determined and a few to be determined in the nal week for the CIAA Tournament in Charlotte, N.C., the SIAC will not announce brackets and seedings until Sunday, Feb. 26.
BCSP Editor

O'NEAL TRIUMPHS: Former Jackson State and Nationwide Tour regular Tim O'Neal, now a member of the e-Golf Tour, proudly holds the trophy he claimed Feb. 11 at the Palmeraie Open in Morocco.

MARRAKECH, MOROCCO Former Jackson State golfer Tim O'Neal, one of four eGolf Tour members competing overseas and serving as unofcial ambassadors to the country of Morocco, carded rounds of 66-67-67200 (16 under par) to win the Atlas Pro Tour's Palmeraie Open PGP by three shots over Italy's Matteo Delpodio. As part of the eGolf Tour's ongoing relationship with the Association du Trophee Hassan II de Golf (ATH) and the country of Morocco, a few select members of the 2012 eGolf Professional Tour will be serving as ambassadors to the North African country, competing in select events on the Atlas Pro Tour (Alps Tour/EPD Tour) in order to create awareness for Morocco as a world-class golf destination. O'Neal (Savannah, Ga.), Tommy Schaff (Savannah, Ga.), Jhared Hack (Sanford, Fla.) and Chris Condello (Heathrow, Fla.) are four of the golf ambassadors selected. They arrived in Morocco in early February to begin a nearly three-month stretch in which they will compete in eight Atlas Pro Tour events. O'Neal, 38, a former Nationwide Tour member with 129 career starts on the PGA Tour's junior circuit, was the tournament's 18- and 36-hole leader, following rounds of 66-67 to open his week at stunning Palmeraie Golf Club in Marrakech. Entering Friday's nal round at 11-under, O'Neal had a narrow two-shot advantage over Scotland's Ross Kellett. Cool overnight temperatures left the greens at Palmeraie frozen, and forced tournament ofcials to delay nal-round tee times a move that left ONeal with time to thinkperhaps not the best thing for the nerves of a player who had slept on the lead for two days. "We had to wait because of the greens, and I was a little nervous, but once I started playing well I was able to birdie the par-5 second," ONeal said. "From there, I felt more relaxed." The birdie at the docile second hole pushed O'Neal's tally to 12-under for the tournament, and when he made the turn with a 2-under 34, his 13-under par total left him two shots clear of Delpodio, who had played his rst 12 holes of the nal round in 5-under par. "After the front nine, I had to look at the leaderboard, because I like to know where I am," ONeal said. "I saw Delpodio was two strokes back, so I told myself that I had to make some more birdies." Birdies at Nos. 10, 13, 16 and 17 vaulted O'Neal to 17under par, and when Delpodio parred his nal six holes, O'Neal went to the 18th with a four-shot lead and the title virtually in hand. A closing bogey left the former Jackson State golfer at 16 under for the week, three clear of Delpodio. Greeting O'Neal on the 18th green were Schaff, Hack and Condello all elated to see their fellow ambassador win in his rst Atlas Pro Tour start. The win was worth 5,000 (the equivalent of $6,593), and moved ONeal to No. 1 on the Atlas Tour's winter series money list. O'Neal's dominant performance included a staggering 23 birdies over 54 holes, a remarkable 42.6 percent. "I really played solidly today, even more so than during the past two days," O'Neal said after the nal round. "I only missed one green today and made my lone bogey at the fourth. A win is always important whatever the tournament is, and this one will for sure give me condence in 2012." Schaff, one of O'Neal's long-time friends, was the next low American with rounds of 71-70-69210 to nish tied for sixth. Condello parlayed rounds of 69-70-74213 into a T19 nish, while two-time eGolf Tour winner Hack missed the cut.
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TIM O'NEAL WINS IN MOROCCO:

CIAA - MEN The CIAA Tournament at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte (Feb. 28 - March 3) will have a new format in the early rounds of the men's tournament. The top six teams in the 12-team conference the top three seeds from the North and South divisions will get byes into the Thursday, March 1 quarternals. Prior to this year, only the top two teams from each division received byes. This year, teams seeded fth and sixth in the division will play opening round games on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday's winners will play the fourth seeds from each division in 7 and 9 p.m. games on Wednesday, Feb. 29 for spots in the Thursday, March 1 quarternals at 1, 3, 7 and 9 p.m. The men's semis will be played on Friday, March 2 at 7 and 9 p.m. with the championship game set for Saturday evening, March 3 at 8 p.m. Headed into the nal week of action on the men's side, Shaw (9-0) has wrapped up the South Division's top seed. Winston-Salem State, Livingstone and Johnson C. Smith are tied for second with 4-5 division

marks with Fayetteville State and Saint Augustine's just a game behind with 3-6 records. FSU is at WSSU, Livingstone is at J.C. Smith and Shaw is at Saint Aug's Saturday in critical games that will determine second thru fth seeds in the South. Depending on this week's results, coin ips may be needed to sort out the logjam. In the men's North Division, Bowie State (8-2) defeated Virginia Union Monday to clinch the division's top seed. VUU (7-2) is in at No. 2. ECSU (4-5) and Virginia State (4-5) are tied for the third spot with Lincoln just a half-game behind them at 4-6. Virginia Union closes out the regular season Thursday at Elizabeth City State. Virginia State closes out the season Saturday at Chowan. Coin ips could also determine seeds three thru ve in the North. CIAA - WOMEN The women's tournament format remains the same with the top two teams from each division receiving byes into Wednesday's quarternals. The women's touney tips off Tuesday, Feb. 28 with opening round games at 11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m. The quarternals are scheduled at the same times Wednesday, March 1. The women's seminals are set for Friday afternoon at 1 and 3 p.m. with the Saturday, March 3 nal game at 5 p.m. The Bowie State women (7-3) have secured one of the North Division byes. Either Virginia Union (6-3) or Virginia State (5-4) will get the other bye. VUU plays its nal game Thursday at ECSU. VSU closes its regular season Saturday at Chowan.

SIAC - MEN Headed into the nal week of the regular season of a tight men's race, Tuskegee (15-6) has a slim half-game lead over Clark Atlanta (15-7). Benedict (15-8) and LeMoyne-Owen (14-8) are another game behind. Tuskegee hosts Fort Valley State 12-11) Thursday and travels to Stillman (12-10) Saturday. Clark Atlanta nishes up at Kentucky State (10-12) Thursday. LeMoyne-Owen nishes its regular season Saturday at Lane (4-17). In last year's format, the top four teams received byes to the quarternals. SIAC - WOMEN For the women, Fort Valley State (17-4), Stillman (16-4) and Tuskegee (15-5) hold down the top three spots headed into the nal week of regular season play and will play games against each other that will determine the nal top seeds. This week, FVSU closes the regular season Thursday at Tuskegee. Tuskegee then travels to Stillman on Saturday. The top three seeds a year ago received byes into the quarternals. In the MEAC men's race, surprising Savannah State (18-10, 11-2 MEAC), under head coach Horace Broadnax, has taken over the top spot in the standings. Broadnax's Tigers are on a 10-game win streak that has vaulted them past Norfolk State (19-9, 10-3). SSU hosts N.C. Central and N.C. A&T this week. Behind a nine-game conference win streak, Greg Jackson's young Hornets of Delaware State (13-12, 10-3) are the other hot team and have moved into a tie with Norfolk State for second. The Hornets beat the Spartans in overtime Saturday before needing two extra periods to hold off Hampton Monday. DSU hosts Howard and Morgan State this week. On the women's side, Hampton and Florida A&M are on top of the league, both at 12-1 in league play headed to

their showdown Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla. Howard (13-2) moved into sole possession of third place and stayed just a halfgame behind the Hampton and FAMU with a key win over Coppin State Saturday. Mississippi Valley State (16-11, 15-0) clinched the men's regular season SWAC championship with a win over Texas Southern Monday. Sean Woods' Delta Devils have won 15 straight and will be the top seed for the March 6 - 10 Tournament in Garland, Texas. The Lady MVSU Delta Devils (14-12, 11-4) moved back on top of the women's standings with two weeks left in the regular season. Nate Kilbert's troops got wins over Texas Southern and Prairie View while Southern (11-11, 10-5) lost to Alabama State and Alabama A&M.
HOOPS THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, FEB. 23 CIAA Washington Adventist @ Lincoln Shaw @ Saint Augustine's Virginia Union @ Elizabeth City State SIAC Lane @ Morehouse Albany State @ Stillman Clark Atlanta @ Kentucky State Fort Valley State @ Tuskegee SATURDAY, FEB. 25 CIAA Fayetteville State @ W-Salem State Washington Adventist @ Bowie State Livingstone @ J. C. Smith Virginia State @ Chowan MEAC Morgan State @ Md.-E.Shore Norfolk State @ B-Cookman NC Central @ Savannah State NC A&T @ SC State Hampton @ Florida A&M Howard @ Delaware State SIAC LeMoyne-Owen @ Lane Morehouse @ Kentucky State Tuskegee @ Stillman Clain @ Paine SWAC Southern @ Alcorn State Alabama State @ Texas Southern Miss. Valley State @ Grambling State Alabama A&M @ Prairie View Ark.-Pine Bluff @ Jackson State MONDAY, FEB. 27 MEAC Morgan State @ Delaware State Coppin State @ Md.-E. Shore NC Central @ SC State Hampton @ B-Cookman Norfolk State @ Florida A&M NC A&T @ Savannah State SWAC Miss. Valley State @ Jackson State Alabama State @ Prairie View Alabama A&M @ Texas Southern Ark.-Pine Bluff @ Grambling State TUESDAY, FEB. 28 CIAA Men's and Women's Tournament SIAC Men's and Women's Tournament

MEN'S BASKETBALL TOP TEN

1. MISS. VALLEY STATE (16-11, 15-0 SWAC) - Win streak at 15 and clinched SWAC title after close wins over Tex. Southern and PV. NEXT: At GSU (Sat.), JSU (Mon.) 2. SHAW (23-2, 15-0 CIAA) - Win streak at 18. Ninth nationally in NABC Div. II poll. NEXT: At Saint Augustine's Thursday to close out regular season. 3. SAVANNAH STATE (18-10, 11-2 MEAC) - Win streak at 10. Took over rst in MEAC with wins over B-CU and FAMU. NEXT: Hosts NCCU (Sat.), NC A&T (Mon.) 4. DELAWARE STATE (13-12, 10-3) - MEAC win streak at nine after beating Norfolk State in OT, Hampton in 2 OTs. NEXT: Hosts Howard (Sat.), Morgan State (Mon.). 5. NORFOLK STATE (19-9, 10-3) - Lost to DelState in OT, beat Longwood. NEXT: At Bethune-Cookman (Sat.), at FAMU (Mon.). 6. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (13-15, 9-4 MEAC) - Beat SC State, fell to Savannah State. NEXT: Hosts Norfolk State (Sat.), Hampton (Mon.). 7. BOWIE STATE (20-5, 12-4 CIAA) - Lost to Virginia State, beat Va. Union. NEXT: Hosts Washington Adventist Saturday to close out regular season. 8. SOUTHERN (15-13, 11-4 SWAC) - Beat Alabama A&M and Alabama State.NEXT: At. Alcorn State (Sat). 9. NC CENTRAL (14-12, 8-5 MEAC) - Beat A&T. NEXT: At Sav. St. (Sat.), SCSU (Mon.).

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOP TEN

1. HAMPTON (20-4, 12-1 MEAC) - Beat UMES and DelState . NEXT: Showdown at MEAC co-leader FAMU (Sat.), at B-CU (Mon.). (TIE) FLORIDA A&M (19-6, 12-1 MEAC) - Beat Sav. St. and SC State. NEXT: Big date hosting co-MEAC leader Hampton Saturday. Hosts Norfolk State Monday. 3. HOWARD (21-7, 13-2 MEAC) - Beat Coppin State and UMES to take over third in MEAC. NEXT: At DelState (Sat.). 4. SHAW (19-6, 14-1 CIAA) - Beat FSU and WSSU. NEXT: At St. Aug's Thursday. 5. COPPIN STATE (15-11, 10-3 MEAC) -Fell to Howard. NEXT: At UMES Monday. 6. JOHNSON C. SMITH (19-5, 13-2 CIAA) - Beat St. Aug's and WSSU. NEXT: Hosts Liivingstone Saturday to close out regular season. 7. FORT VALLEY STATE (19-6, 17-4 SIAC) - Beat Benedict and CAU. NEXT: At Tuskegee Thursday to close out regular season. 8. MISS. VALLEY STATE (14-12, 11-4 SWAC) - Beat Tex. Southern and Prairie View to retake SWAC lead. NEXT: At GSU (Sat), at JSU (Mon.). 9. SOUTHERN (11-9, 10-3 SWAC) - Dropped games to Alabama State and A&M. NEXT: At. Alcorn State (Sat.). 10. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (16-9, 11-4CIAA) - Fell to JCSU and Shaw. NEXT: Hosts FSU Saturday to close out regular season.

2 0 1 1 - 1 2 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Women's Standings and Weekly Honors thru (2 / 20 / 12 )

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Miss. Valley St. Southern Alabama A&M Alcorn State Alabama State Grambling State Prairie View A&M Jackson State Texas Southern Ark. Pine Bluff

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Bowie State Virginia Union Virginia State Eliz. City State Chowan Lincoln
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Shaw J. C. Smith W-Salem State Fayetteville State St. Augustines Livingstone

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CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Courtney Medley, 5-8, Sr., G, WSSU - Had 47 total points averaged 23.5 points per game, getting 27 vs. JC Smith with 8 rebounds. NEWCOMER - Crystal Harris, 6-1, So., C, SHAW - Had 17 points, 15 rebounds vs. JCSU, 11 points, 2 rebounds vs. FSU. ROOKIE - Ashle Freeman, 5-6, Fr., G, VA. UNION - Scored 24 points in win over Lincoln. COACH - Jacques Curtis, SHAW - Led Lady Bears two two critical wins over JCSU and FSU.

Florida A&M Hampton Howard Coppin State N. Carolina A&T Md.-Eastern Shore South Carolina State Bethune-Cookman Norfolk State Morgan State Savannah State Delaware State NC Central

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Fort Valley State Stillman Tuskegee Benedict Miles Clark Atlanta Albany State LeMoyne-Owen Kentucky State Clain Paine Lane

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UDC Xavier (La.) Lincoln (Mo.) Central State W. Va. State Tennessee State Cheyney 20 20 14 12 10 9 0
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MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Whitney Long, 5-4, Sr., G, NSU - Scored 27 points on 10 of 21 shooting, had 7 steals and 1 block in OT win vs. DelState. ROOKIE - Tiffanie Adair, 5-11, So., F, NC A&T - Averaged double-double of 13.0 points and 12.0 rebounds in two wins. Had 14 points and boards vs. Savannah State. Had 12 points, 10 boards. DEFENSE - Keiara Avant, 5-11, Jr., F, HAMPTON - Pulled down a career-high 17 boards with one block and steal vs. UMES.

SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Sammeika Thomas, 6-2, Sr., F, MILES - Averaged 20.7 points, 17 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 2.3 assists in 1-2 week. Scored 28 points and got 22 rebounds in loss to Lane. Averaged 13.6 points and 10.7 rebounds. NEWCOMER Courtney English, 6-0, Jr., F, MILES - Averaged 13.0 points, 11.3 rebounds in three games. Also averaged 1.7 steal and 1 assist.

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER De'Kisha Fondon, 5-6, Sr., G/F, MVSU - Led MVSU with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 steals in win over Texas Southern. In win over Prairie View, had 5 points, 4 rebounds. Brittany Lakes, 5-11, Sr., F/C, MVSU - Scored 20 points and grabbed 7 rebounds as Delta Devilettes beat Prairie View. Came back to get 4 points and 5 boards in win over Texas Southern.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Julissa Anderson, So., G, UDC - Averaged 13.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and blocked three shots In two games. Was 5-for-5 from 3-point range vs. Bridgeport. FRESHMAN / NEWCOMER Denikka Brent, Fr., G, UDC - In two wins playing off the bench, averaged 9.0 points and 7.5 rebounds. Had season-high 13 rebounds and 4 steals in win over Mercy.