BCSP Notes D'alessio New Men's Hoops Coach Attles, Cooper, Tennessee State Teams at Fayetteville State Voted to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Fayetteville, N.C

For the Week of April 9 - 15, 2019 BCSP Notes D'Alessio new men's hoops coach Attles, Cooper, Tennessee State teams at Fayetteville State voted to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Fayetteville, N.C. – Fayetteville State University Direc- Minneapolis, MN – Former North Carolina A&T and NBA great Al ™ tor of Athletics Anthony Bennett has announced Attles and the Tennessee State three-time NAIA national championship the hiring of Luke D'Alessio as the Broncos 18th teams are among 12 honorees to the 2019 Naismith Memorial Basketball head men's basketball coach following a nationwide Hall of Fame. search. the honorees will be celebrated September 5-7, 2019 during this year's D'Alessio will bring 33 years of consistent suc- Enshrinement festivities in Springfield, Massachusetts. cess at the NCAA Division I, II, and III levels, not attles was selected from the Contributor Committee, Charles to leave out Junior College and High School levels, “Chuck” Cooper who played at West Virginia State and Duquesne was Golden State Warriors Photo in developing, transforming, and leading nationally- selected from the Early African American Pioneers Committee. ATTLES: NC A&T and NBA ranked championship teams. He has a proven capa- a native of New Jersey, Attles followed his collegiate career at North A WRAP legend takes his place in D'Alessio bility in recruiting and developing quality student- Carolina A&T by joining the Philadelphia Warriors – now ON HOOPS Basketball Hall of Fame with Chuck Cooper and Tennes- athletes in highly competitive markets, both academically and athletically Golden State from 1960-71 as a player. Since then, he SEASON see State teams. from diverse backgrounds. has held numerous roles in the franchise including coach "I am impressed with his recruiting ability and broad experience in (1970-83), team executive and ambassador to the commu- FINAL STATS, "BAAD" TEAM, NEW COACH AT gaining institutional support and community involvement," said Director nity. As head coach, he led the organization to an NBA FSU; ATTLES, TSU TEAMS INTO HOOPS HOF of Athletics Anthony Bennett. "Coach D'Alessio has played crucial roles Championship in 1975 and is one of five Warriors to have in developing basketball programs on all levels and has led them to suc- his number retired. Attles has been with the Warriors' in cess on and off the court." one capacity or another for nearly 60 years. In 2014, Attles Attles Most recently, he helped guide NCAA Division I North Carolina received the Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Basketball Hall Central University to three consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer- of Fame. ence (MEAC) championships and NCAA Tournament appearances as an Recognized posthumously, Cooper was born in 1926 in Pittsburgh and assistant coach the past three seasons. played collegiately at WVSU before being drafted in the Navy. He returned He has a career head coaching record of 339-156 with a 69% winning to school at Duquesne (1946-50) where he was an All-American (1950) percentage. He has coached 14 out of 16 seasons with a win-percentage and the first African American to play in a college basketball game south RESULTS above .500. of the Mason-Dixon line. Cooper briefly joined the Harlem Globetrotters CIT (CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament) luke D'Alessio is no stranger to the Central Intercollegiate Ath- upon graduation, and soon after was the first African-American to be draft- letic Association with 10 seasons (2000-2009) as the head coach at Bowie ed by an NBA team, Red Auerbach's Boston Celtics. The NBA color barrier SEMIFINALS State University Earl Lloyd Tuesday, April 2 . While at the helm of the Bulldogs program, he finished was broken in 1950 season by Cooper, (of West Virginia State) Marshall 80, Hampton 78 with a 199-96 record and a 67.5-win percentage with a 2003 CIAA Cham- and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton. Green Bay 87, Texas Southern 86, OT pionship, multiple CIAA divisional titles, a NCAA Final-Four appearance With Hall of Fame coach John McLendon at the helm, the Tennessee and a South Atlantic Regional Championship. He has a 7-3 NCAA Tour- A&I teams of 1957, 1958 and 1959 were the first to win back-to-back-to- nament record and coached 13 All-CIAA performers, 7 All-Region play- back championships in any college division. Known for their fast-breaking ers, 3 Division II All-Americans, 2 South Atlantic Region Tournament and extreme discipline, they dominated their opponents with high scoring STAT CORNER MVPs and CIAA Players of the Year, and 1 CIAA Tournament MVP. and smothering defense. Led on the court by John "Rabbit" Barnhill Coach D'Alessio was an assistant coach at Siena College (2013-15) and Dick Barnett, the team also broke social barriers as they traveled to WHO ARE THE BEST PERFOMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS and Loyola University of Maryland (2010-13), before joining the staff at national tournaments and challenged segregation. Tennessee A&I has since NCCU, as their primary recruiter. He also spent a season abroad, coaching been renamed Tennessee State. the UCC Blue Demons to a semi-final appearance in the National Cup in Selected along with Attles, Cooper and the TSU teams are two-time Ireland in 2010. NBA Coach of the Year Bill Fitch, eight-time NBA All-Defensive First Before coaching at Bowie State, D'Alessio was the head coach at the Team member Bobby Jones, five-time NBA All-Star Sidney Moncrief, Community College of Baltimore-Catonsville for six seasons (1993-99). seven-time NBA All-Star Jack Sikma, five-time WNBA All-Star Teresa While there, he coached his team to two Maryland JUCO Tournament Weatherspoon and five-time NBA All-Star Paul Westphal. titles, a conference title, and a national Elite eight appearance. Others selectees include Vlade Divac from the International Commit- Hinton Pope McNeill Carter D'Alessio is a native of Raritan, New Jersey and a 1983 graduate of tee, Carl Braun from the Veterans Committee and the Wayland Baptist Fly- The Catholic University of America. His first day in the office will be ing Queens of 1948-1982 from the newly instated Women's Veterans Com- BLACK COLLEGE STAT LEADERS April 15th. mittee 2018-19 Basketball - FINAL

MEN'S SCORING CL G FG 3FG FT PTS AVG B 2 0 1 8 - 1 9 B A S K E T B A L L F I N A L B C S P T O P T E N Amir Hinton, SHAW JR 28 244 36 318 842 30.1 Jermaine Marrow, HAMP JR 34 274 88 218 854 24.4 BCSP MEN'S FINAL TOP FIVES (DIV. I and DIV. II) BCSP WOMEN'S FINAL TOP FIVES (DIV. I and DIV. II) Pat Johnson-Agwu, WVSU SR 23 187 3 128 505 22.0 R. J. Cole, HOW SO 34 218 84 208 728 21.4 DIV. I DIV. I Roger Ray, LIV SR 29 174 76 195 619 21.3 1. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (22-13) - Won SWAC regular season crown with 17-1 record and added 1. SOUTHERN (20-13) - Won SWAC regular season title (14-4) and defeated Jackson State for the league's tournament title (over Texas Southern) before bowing out in NCAA First Four to Tyre Gathright, STAUG SR 27 194 53 121 562 20.8 first tournament title under new head coach Carlos Funchess. Fell to Portland Region top seed Fairleigh-Dickinson. Mississippi State in first round of NCAA Tournament. Martaveous McKnight, UAPB SR 36 248 75 161 732 20.3 2. NORFOLK STATE (22-14) - Won MEAC regular season title with 14-2 mark before losing in 2. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (20-12) - Won MEAC regular season title with 16-0 mark but bowed Ditalion Battle, KSU SR 27 165 81 106 517 19.1 tournament championship game to North Carolina Central. Spartans then won first round NIT out in tournament semifinals to Norfolk State. Lost in WNIT first round to James Madison. game over Alabama before falling in the second round to Colorado. Roddric Ross, JCSU SR 28 182 55 99 518 18.5 3. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (21-11) - Third in MEAC regular season (11-5) but head coach Van- 3. TEXAS SOUTHERN (24-14) - Finished behind Prairie View A&M in the SWAC regular season essa Blair-Lewis led Lady Wildcats to tournament championship over Norfolk State. Bowed out Shelvick Henry, CAU SR 25 143 67 96 449 18.0 at 14-4 and lost to the Panthers in the SWAC Tournament finals. Tigers went on to win three in NCAA Tournament first round to Chicago Region top seed Notre Dame. Jaylon McMillan, FVSU SR 29 180 90 70 529 17.9 road games in the postseason CIT Tournament before losing on the road to Wisconsin-Green 4. (18-15) - Finished third in SWAC regular season (12-6) but made it to finals Bay in the semifinals. Had big regular season road wins over Texas A&M, Baylor and Oregon. JACKSON STATE Charles Williams, HOW JR 33 209 60 112 590 17.9 of league tournament losing to Southern. 4. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (18-16) - Finished tied for third place in MEAC regular sea- Jeremy Combs, TEXS GR 38 242 5 180 669 17.6 son (with Howard) at 10-6 but cliamed its third straight tournament title in win over top seed 5. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (17-14) - Finished second behind Southern in SWAC regular season Kevin Hayes, KSU SR 26 153 27 122 455 17.5 Norfolk State. Lost in NCAA Tourney's First Four to North Dakota State. (13-5), knocked off in tournament semis by Jackson State. Lost in first round of WNIT to TCU. Damani Applewhite, SCS SO 34 198 4 165 565 16.6 5. HAMPTON (18-17) - Finished tied for fifth in its inaugural season in the Big South Confer- (TIE) MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (17-14) - Second in MEAC regular season (12-4) bowed out to Bethune-Cookman in tournament semifinals. Cayse Minor, JCSU JR 28 144 43 135 466 16.6 ence at 9-7 and bowed out in tournament quarterfinals. Had nice postseason run winning three games in the CIT (two at home) before losing on the road to Marshall in the semifinals. OTHERS: Hampton (16-14) Cameron Gaines, PC SO 28 171 27 94 463 16.5 DIV. II DIV. II 1. VIRGINIA STATE (28-5) - Had best CIAA (16-1), N. Div. (9-1) and overall (24-4) record and 1. VIRGINIA UNION (28-3) - Led by head coach Ann Marie Gilbert, had best CIAA record (16- MEN'S REBOUNDING CL G OFF DEF TOT AVG went on to capture CIAA Tournament title over Shaw. Won first round NCAA DIv. II Atlantic Re- 2), won the N. Div. (9-1) and took home CIAA tournament title over Fayetteville State. Won first gion playoff game (over Notre Dame OH) before bowing to West Liberty in the second round. Cletrell Pope, BCU JR 31 134 243 377 12.2 round NCAA playoff game over Edinboro before falling to Indiana Pa. Finished 13th in final Finished 11th in final NABC national poll, 15th in D2SID naitonal poll. WBCA national poll. Kendarius Ash, LAN SR 20 81 153 234 11.7 2. MILES (22-9) - Under former Benedict coach Fred Watson, won SIAC West at 14-4 and 2. BOWIE STATE (22-6) - Finished second behind Va. Union in CIAA North with 14-3 mark, Omar Alston, MHC SR 25 97 190 287 11.5 won its first conference tournament title over LeMoyne-Owen. Lost in first round of Div. II South upset in CIAA tournament quarterfinals by Elizabeth City State. Lost in NCAA tournament first Saiquan Jamison, BSU SO 28 138 172 310 11.1 Regional to Nova Southeastern round to Glenville State. 3. MOREHOUSE (20-5) - Won SIAC E. Div. regular season at 14-3 but was upset in tournament Deaquan Williams, LINCP SO 27 92 163 255 9.4 3. BENEDICT (20-7) - Rolled thru undefeated SIAC regular season (16-0) to win E. Div. title but quarterfinals by Paine. was upset in tournament quarterfinals by eventual champion Lane. Jeremy Combs, TXSO GR 38 142 210 352 9.3 4. (17-13) - Led by Div. II scoring leader Amir Hinton, Bears claimed CIAA S. Div. crown SHAW 4. FAYETTEVILLE STATE (21-8) - Won CIAA S. Div. with 11-1 mark and lost to Virginia Union before bowing to N. Div. top seed Virginia State in CIAA Tournament championship game. Raasean Davis, NCCU SR 34 116 194 310 9.1 in tournament championship game. 5. VIRGINIA UNION (19-11) - FInished behind Virginia State in the CIAA North at 7-3 bowed out Romaine Thomas, CAU JR 26 67 167 234 9.0 5. TUSKEGEE (20-7) - Won SIAC West with 14-3 record but fell to upset bug in league tourna- in CIAA Tournament semifinals to Shaw. Brandon Fisher, SPRHL SR 23 72 135 207 9.0 ment to Kentucky State in semifinals. Kevin Larkin, DSU SR 26 66 163 229 8.8 Alex Owens, SHAW SR 27 88 143 231 8.6 2018-19 Men's "BAAD" Team of 2018-19 WOMen's "BAAD" Team of Will Jenkins, VUU JR 29 96 151 247 8.5 Jayveous McKinnis, JSU FR 29 87 142 229 7.9 Black College BASKETBALL All-Stars Black College BASKETBALL All-Stars Zacarry Douglas, NCCU SR 34 59 205 264 7.8 Tyrell Williams, ALB SR 28 69 150 219 7.8 Napoleon Harris, ALB JR 30 69 165 234 7.8

WOMEN'S SCORING CL G FG 3FG FT PTS AVG Shareka McNeill, VUU SO 31 257 105 146 755 24.7 Ay'Anna Bey, BEN SO 27 217 15 181 630 23.3 NaJai Pollard, DSU SR 28 244 7 145 640 22.9 Hinton Combs Marrow Cole Blackston McNeill Bey Hill Golden Pollard Daisa Harris, LIV JR 31 250 42 116 658 21.2 Dana Gettis, LOC SR 24 171 32 106 480 20.0 In his first year in the CIAA, Shaw junior guard Amir Hinton, a transfer from a pair of talented sophomores lead the 2019 "Baad" Team of black college Angel Golden, BCU SR 32 213 96 114 636 19.9 Lock Haven, set the world on fire early scoring 44, 49 and 52 points during his first women's hoopsters. Five-six guard Shareka McNeill of CIAA champion Virginia Shakyla Hill-GRAM SR 32 202 17 184 605 18.9 month and going on to lead all of NCAA Div. II in scoring at 30.1 points per game. Union and 6-2 forward Ay'Anna Bey of SIAC regular season leader Benedict head- Alexis Carter, TUSK SR 22 149 11 137 457 18.3 He finished the season with five games of 40-plus points and eight games in the 30s line this year's team. Kwanza Murray, LINCP JR 21 127 55 68 377 18.0 en route to earning CIAA Player of the Year, NCAA Div. II Player of the Year by The McNeill, the CIAA player of the year and tournament MVP, led the CIAA and Ashley Bates, HAMP JR 29 178 29 121 506 17.4 Div. II Bulletin as well as NABC Div. II first team all-American. all black college players in scoring at 24.7 points per game boosted by her single- Brooke Fields, COPPST SR 30 154 51 151 510 17.0 Hinton, the BCSP Div. II player of the year, leads the 2019 "Baad" Team of black game record-tying 59-point outburst in the CIAA quarterfinals and 134-point and Zhanesha Dickerson, LINM SR 28 176 48 70 470 16.8 college all-star hoopers. 44.6 ppg. average over three tournament games. Adre'onia Coleman, MSU SR 31 206 4 89 505 16.3 Hinton is joined on the first team by BCSP Div. I player of the year, graduate Bey (23.3 ppg.) was just behind McNeill in the black college scoring stats and Marniesha Hamer, JSU SO 28 187 2 79 455 16.3 transfer Jeremy Combs of Texas Southern. Combs averaged 17.6 points per game tied Tuskegee senior Alexis Carter for the lead among rebounders at 12.0 per game. Naterria Luster, ECSU JR 30 186 9 101 482 16.1 and 9.3 rebounds per game, getting double-doubles in 13 of his final 16 games while Bey reached double-figure scoring in all of the Lady Tigers 27 games and added Ashley Fields, CLAF GR 29 164 4 130 462 15.9 emerging as the key cog in the Tigers' run at regular season and tournament champion double-digits in rebounds in 21 games to earn SIAC player of the year honors. Macy Keen, SHAW JR 23 154 0 57 355 15.9 Prairie View A&M. Combs then fueled TSU's run to the postseason CIT Tournament Also on the first team is Grambling State senior Shakyla Hill, the SWAC semifinals. Player and Defender of the Year who again stuffed the stat sheet leading the SWAC WOMEN'S REBOUNDING CL G OFF DEF TOT AVG Also on the first team arePrairie View A&M senior sparkplug Gary Blackston in scoring (18.7 ppg.), assists (6.3 apg.) and steals (4.6 spg.). She was also second in Alexis Carter, TUSK SR 22 95 170 265 12.0 (15.6 points per game) who led the Panthers to the SWAC titles, Howard sophomore rebounding (7.6 rpg.). Bethune-Cookman senior Angel Golden (19.9 ppg.) came Ay'Anna Bey, BEN SO 27 109 215 324 12.0 guard R. J. Cole, who led the MEAC in scoring (21.4 ppg.) for the second straight through for the Lady Wildcats leading them to their first MEAC title throwing in Chrisanna Green, VSU SR 25 63 225 288 11.5 season and was second (6.4 apg.) in assists and Hampton junior guard Jermaine 19.9 points per game. Rounding out the first team isDelaware State double-double Chance Graham, CSU JR 30 75 267 342 11.4 Marrow who was second among HBCU scorers at 24.4 points per game. senior NaJai Pollard who checks in with 22.9 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Brianna Pate, WSSU SR 27 114 190 304 11.3 FIRST TEAM FIRST TEAM Keondra Archie, PC SO 24 59 204 263 11.0 Amir Hinton, 6-5, Jr., G, SHAW; R. J. Cole, 6-1, So., G, HOWARD; Jermaine Marrow, 6-0, Jr., Shareka McNeill, 5-6, So., G, VIRGINIA UNION; Ay'Anna Bey, 6-2, So., F. BENEDICT; Sha- Brooke Wallace, KSU SR 28 107 195 302 10.8 G, HAMPTON; Jeremy Combs, 6-7, Gr., F, TEXAS SOUTHERN; Gary Blackston, 6-1, Sr., G, kyla Hill, 5-7, Sr., G, GRAMBLING STATE; Angel Golden, 5-8, Sr., G, BETHUNE-COOKMAN; Niya Mitchell, TXSOU JR 32 123 195 318 10.6 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M NaJai Pollard, 5-11, Sr., F, DELAWARE STATE TOP PLAYER: Amir Hinton, SHAW (D2); Jeremy Combs, TEXAS SOUTHERN (D1) TOP PLAYER - Shakyla Hill, Grambling State (D1); Shareka McNeill, Va. Union and Macy Keen, SHAW JR 23 88 153 241 10.5 TOP COACH: Robert Jones, NORFOLK STATE, Byron Smith, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (TIE, D1) Ay'Anna Bey, Benedict (D2) NaJai Pollard, DSU SR 28 102 185 287 10.3 and Lonnie Blow, Jr., VA. STATE (D2) TOP COACH - Carlos Funchess, Southern and Vanessa Blair-Lewis, Bethune-Cook- Jasmine Carter, VUU SR 31 141 172 313 10.1 SECOND TEAM man (TIE D1); Ann Marie Gilbert, Virginia Union (D2) Amere Howze, 6-6, Sr., F, VIRGINIA STATE; Raasean Davis, 6-9, Sr., F, N. C. CENTRAL; Roger SECOND TEAM Porche' Hannah, LAN SO 30 101 175 276 9.2 Shala Dobbins, 5-6, Sr., G, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M; Alexis Carter, 6-2, Sr., F, Tuskegee; Ray, 5-9, Jr., G, LIVINGSTONE; Martaveous McKnight, 6-5, Sr., G, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF; Taylor Brown, SCSU JR 26 90 147 237 9.1 C'Coreia Foy, 6-0, Jr., G/F, NC A&T; Daisa Harris, 5-7, Jr., G, Livingstone; Brooke Fields, Omar Alston, 6-6, Sr., G/F, MOREHOUSE Danielle Weldon, CHOW SR 28 135 119 254 9.1 5-6, Sr., G, COPPIN STATE; THIRD TEAM THIRD TEAM Paulina Afriyie, NCCU JR 31 102 172 275 8.9 Roddric Ross, 6-7, Sr., F, J. C. SMITH; Nic Thomas, 6-1, R-Jr., G, NORFOLK STATE; Pat Marnisha Hamer, 6-1, Jr., C, JACKSON STATE; Ciani Byron, 5-5, Sr., G, MARYLAND E. Naterrio Luster, ECSU JR 30 95 173 268 8.9 Johnson-Agwu, 6-5, Sr., F, W. Va. State; Charles Williams, 6-6, Jr., G/F, HOWARD; Cletrell SHORE; Niya Mitchell, 5-10, Jr., F, TEXAS SOUTHERN; Dana Gettis, 5-9, Sr., G, LEMOYNE- Devana Stell, ECSU JR 30 104 162 266 8.9 Pope, 6-9, Jr., F, BETHUNE-COOKMAN OWEN; Kyaja Williams, 5-8, Jr., F, BOWIE STATE HONORABLE MENTION: Kendarius Ash, Sr., LAN; Tyre Gathright, Sr. STAUG; Ditalion Battle, Sr., KSU; Shelvick Henry, Sr., CAU; HONORABLE MENTION: TIffany Valentine, SHC; Kwanza Murray, LINP; Ashley Fields, CLAF; Shawntayla Harris, APB;