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SIAC New Mexico State 69, Prairie View A&M 57 For Games thru December 5, 2017 FOOTBALL SCORES Benedict 65, Albany State 57 INDEPENDENTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 Central State 90, LeMoyne-Owen 84 IUP 92, Cheyney 67 Claflin 65, Fort Valley State 53 MONDAY, DECMBER 4 SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Lane 72, Kentucky State 71 CIAA Grambling State 40, Alcorn State 32 Morehouse 100, Paine 57 Claflin 76, Winston-Salem State 73 XTRA Tuskegee 72, Spring Hill 66 Bowie State 89, UDC 83 SWAC MEAC BASKETBALL SCORES Alcorn State 89, Rust 50 Duquesne 86, Md.-Eastern Shore 61 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 Toledo 71, Texas Southern 69 Penn 81, Howard 68 CIAA INDEPENDENTS SIAC Salem International 90, Chowan 85, OT Cheyney 66, Pitt-Johnstown 62 West Georgia 76, Albany State 61 Longwood 61, Fayetteville State 52 Concord 96, W. Va. State 87 SWAC Shaw 80, Virginia Union 76 Lincoln (Mo.) 132, Rob’t Morris Spr’fld 68 Grambling State 111, Tougaloo 95 Lipscomb 95, Tennessee State 86 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 MEAC Bowling Green 92, Norfolk State 77 Molloy 93, UDC 90, 2 OTs CIAA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 East Carolina 63, Delaware State 57 Livingstone 88, Paine 73 Florida Atlantic 93, Bethune-Cookman 75 CIAA MEAC Md.-Eastern Shore 74, American 70 Lincoln (Pa.) 70, Queens (NY) 48 Presbyterian 88, SC State 77 NC State 103, SC State 71 MEAC SIAC : Presbyterian 73, NC A&T 70 Georgetown 76, Coppin State 60 LeMoyne-Owen 81, Hardin 64 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Navy 66, Morgan State 59 Valdosta State 107, Tuskegee 81 SWAC Commissioner Duer SE Missouri 86, NC Central 77 William & Mary 108, Savannah State 85 SWAC Sharp reportedly resigns. Oklahoma State 83, Miss. Valley State 62 • Grambling State BIG FOOTBALL WINNERS! • BCSP No. 2 GRAMBLING STATE (11-1) put up 28 unanswered second-quarter points to jump on top of Alcorn State at the break and held on to defeat the Braves 40-32 in the 19th and last scheduled SWAC Championship Game Saturday in Houston. With the win, Grambling’s second straight championship game victory over Alcorn State, the Tigers will now represent the SWAC for the second year in a row in the third annual Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl vs. MEAC champion North Carolina A&T on Dec. 16 at the new Mercedes Benz Sta- dium in Atlanta. Grambling QB Devante Kincade scored on a 14-yard first quarter run in the game’s opening possession but Alcorn answered with a 2-yard DeLance Turner touchdown run in the ensuing posses- sion. Both teams fumbled leading to first quarter field goals that saw the period end in a 10-10 tie. Grambling State QB But The West Division champion Tigers opened the second quarter scoring on a 5-yard Martez Devante Kincade Carter run to lead 17-10 and scored on its next three possessions while building a 38-10 lead at the break. Following Carter’s score, they stopped Alcorn on a 3-and-out and reached the end zone on a 15- yard pass from Kincade to tight end Jordan Jones to go up 24-10. The Braves recovered a Braves fumble two plays after the kickoff at the Alcorn 46 and cashed in four plays later when Kincade ran in from 27 yards away to lead 31-10. After another Alcorn 3-and-out, GSU drove 75 yards in six plays and scored on Kincade’s 4-yard toss to Quinton Guice to give the Tigers the big lead headed at the half. But in effect, that would be the game or at least all the G-Men would need to claim their second straight SWAC championship. After a scoreless third quarter that saw back-up quarterback Geremy Hickbottom come in for Kincade, they only scored on an early fourth-quarter safety. After the safety, Alcorn, who won the league’s East Division, recovered a Hickbottom fumble that started a comeback and saw the Braves score on their next three possessions. The final score that pulled them to within 40-32 came on a 6-yard run from Turner with just under two minutes to play. Grambling State LB Grambling recovered the ensuing onsides kick but was not able to move the ball. A Grambling punt to De’Andre Hogues the Alcorn 2-yard line gave the Braves one last chance to drive for a tying score. Beginning with less than a minute left, the Braves drove to the Grambling 48 before time ran out. Kincade, named this week as the SWAC’s Offensive Player of the Year, passed for 223 yards (14- 24-0) and two scores and ran for 75 yards on 11 carries and another two scores to win the game’s MVP award. GSU LB De’Andre Hogues was the defensive MVP after registering a team-high tying seven tackles, a sack and a forced fumble. QB Lenorris Footman’s 307 passing yards (20-34-0) and Turner’s 134 rushing yards and two scores led the Braves. Marquis Watford had seven receptions for 131 yards. ATTENDANCE MATTERS For Football Games F O O T B A L L G A M E T H I S W E E K – SWAC Championship Game SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 No games this week Alcorn State vs. Grambling State 24,610 BIG HOOPS WINNERS! • Grambling State • UMES • • GRAMBLING STATE made the biggest noise this week as first-year head coach Donte Jack- son and the Tigers knocked off ACC-member Georgia Tech, 64-63 on the road. Georgia Tech’s Curtis Haywood inadvertently tapped in a miss by guard Ivy Smith Jr. with eight seconds left to provide the margin of victory. Grambling (2-5) led 25-23 at the half and used a 22-8 run in the second half to build that lead to as much as 16 points, at 47-31 with a little over ten minutes remaining. Georgia Tech responded with a 30-13 run late to take a 61-60 lead with 1:02 to play. The Yellow Jackets (4-2) led 63-62 when Ga. Tech’s Tadrick Jackson missed two free throws and GSU’s Drake Wilks came down with the big rebound. The Tigers called a timeout with 22 seconds left to set up the final play. Smith finished with 14 points as did forward Axel Mpoyo. Diontae Jones led Grambling with 18 points an 9 rebounds. The G-Men (3-5) came back to get a 111-95 win over Tougaloo Monday as Smith threw in 31 Grambling State G points including making 16 of 17 free throws. He also had 13 assists to just four turnovers. Smith, a jun- Ivy Smith Jr. ior, is leading Grambling averaging 15.8 points per game, 6.6 assists per game while shooting 82% from the line. Grambling plays at Grand Canyon, coached by former NBA player Dan Majerle, Saturday (Dec. 9) and plays at UL-Monroe on Tuesday (Dec. 12). The other winner in a Div. I contest was MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE who got a 74-70 win at home over American (2-5) Saturday. The Hawks had four players score in double figures led by 18 points from Tyler Jones, 17 points and a team-high 10 boards from Miryne Thomas, 13 points, 6 assits and no turnovers from guard Lo- gan McIntosh and 13 points from Ahmad Frost. Colen Gaynor added 8 points and 9 rebounds. The Hawks (3-5) fell on the road to Duquesne 86-61 Monday. McIntosh had 14 and Frost 12 to lead UMES. UMES is back in action on Friday (Dec. 8) at Liberty. BETHUNE-COOKMAN also got a win last week, knocking off Jacksonville 77-66 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Shawntrez Davis. The Wildcats fell to Florida Atlantit Saturday, 93-75 and will be back in action Friday (Dec. 8) vs. Boston University. • Undefeated VIRGINIA STATE (6-0) was 13th last week in the NCAA Div. II SIDA Media Top 25 before its most recent win over Bluefield State (86-55). Brandon Holley had 18 points in that win to lead the way. The Trojans, who should move up in the ranking, are off until next Tuesday’s (Dec. 12) home game vs. nationally-ranked and undefeated (7-0) Wheeling Jesuit. Wheeling Jesuit already has wins over CIAA members Bowie State (87-72) and Virginia Union (63-61). VSU is on the road at St. Augustine’s on Thursday, Dec. 14 and at Fayetteville State on Saturday, Dec. 16. Virginia State G • MOREHOUSE (8-0) is the only undefeated team remaining in the SIAC. The Maroon Tigers Brandon Holley subdued Paine 100-57 Saturday behind 28 points from Tyrius Walker. Montravious Little added 18 points. The Maroon Tigers play at Lane on Saturday (Dec. 9). CLAFLIN improved to 9-1 overall with wins vs. Albany State (68-51, Nov. 30), vs. Fort Valley State (65-53, Dec. 2) and Winston-Salem State (76-73, Dec. 4). In the win over WSSU, Jaleel Charles led the way with 29 points and 9 rebounds while Benjamin Williams added 16. Charles had 19 points and 11 boards vs. FVSU and 14 points and 11 rebounds vs. Albany State. In the three wins, the 6-9, 255-pound senior averaged a double-double of 20.6 points and 10.3 rebounds. For the season he is aver- aging 16.3 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. CLARK ATLANTA is at 8-1 after its win over Paine (81-52) on Nov. 30. Four Panthers scored in double digits led by Jalen Mitchell’s 17 points.