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The Howard men’s basketball team turned a close game into a comfortable win that keeps them in the MEAC championship chase. A 24-7 second half run that spanned 6 minutes and 53 seconds of game action was the difference as the Bison defeated host North Carolina 83-69 Saturday afternoon. The loss was Central’s first in […]
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Alcorn State coach Jake Morton was left stunned and searching for answers after the Braves’ 72–71 loss to Texas Southern ended in chaos Saturday night. At the center of his frustration was a disputed foul call after Morton thought officials had reportedly declared the game over. Alcorn State took a one-point lead with eight seconds
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It took all the way up to the final possession, but the Maryland Eastern Shore men’s basketball program continues to make history in the early going. Levi Beckwith forced a turnover with four seconds left and ran out the clock as the Hawks held off Coppin State 70-67 Saturday, improving to 4-0 in conference play.
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The Winston-Salem State University women’s basketball team continued its red-hot run Thursday night, earning its 15th straight victory with a 64–54 win over Shaw University inside Spaulding Gymnasium. The Rams improved to 15–1 overall, 6–0 in CIAA play, and 1–0 in the Southern Division, maintaining their position atop the conference standings. Makayla Waleed powered WSSU with 23 points and
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Federal prosecutors have charged several men’s college basketball players — including those with ties to HBCUs — in a widening point-shaving conspiracy that authorities say spanned multiple schools and involved hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit wagers. According to an indictment filed this week in federal court, the alleged scheme reached into Division I
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In a matchup of the two top teams in the HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC), the Tougaloo Bulldogs came out on top with a decisive 72-54 win over the Philander Smith Panthers. Tougaloo hands Philander Smith its first conference loss of the season, bringing both teams to a tie at the top of the HBCUAC with
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The Maryland Eastern Shore women’s basketball team just keeps rolling. The Hawks pulled out a gritty 68–61 overtime win over Coppin State on Thursday night, moving to 4–0 in MEAC play — their best conference start in more than 25 years. Ashanti Lynch was unstoppable, putting up 28 points, 15 rebounds, and two steals in
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Two current HBCU basketball players are in hot water with the federal government as gambling-related charges were announced Thursday morning. Camian Shell of Delaware State and Texas Southern’s Oumar Koureissi are implicated in a far-ranging indictment of players from various schools, with former athletes at North Carolina A&T, Alabama State, and Coppin State included. The
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The HBCU community is mourning the tragic loss of Andre Bell, a 20-year-old basketball player whose life was cut short after a deadly highway shooting in Nashville. Bell, a student-athlete at Fisk University, was killed late Sunday night in what authorities are investigating as a targeted shooting on an interstate roadway. According to multiple reports,
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The streak lives on — and keeps growing. The Winston-Salem State University women’s basketball team notched its 14th straight win Monday night, rolling past Virginia State 65–52 to continue a run that’s quickly becoming one of the most memorable in program history. The Rams, now 14–1 overall and 5–0 in the CIAA, looked every bit
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