Leaders Emerging on Court and in the Standings Elizabeth City State @ Livingstone in the NFL with the LA Rams and Tennessee Titans
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FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2020 M E N ' S 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Standings and Outstanding Players) CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MID EASTERN SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE SOUTHWESTERN CIAA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEAC SIAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDEPENDENTS MEN CONF DIV ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL W L NORTH DIVISION W L W L W L W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L Virginia State 9 1 2 1 15 6 Norfolk State 6 0 10 11 Albany State 9 3 12 9 W L W L W. Va. State 13 4 Bowie State 5 3 1 0 13 8 North Carolina A&T 6 1 10 12 Clark Atlanta 7 4 7 12 Texas Southern 6 1 9 11 Tennessee State 12 9 Virginia Union 4 4 1 2 11 10 North Carolina Central 4 2 8 12 Morehouse 6 5 9 9 Prairie View A&M 6 1 10 10 Hampton 9 11 Elizabeth City State 4 5 2 2 11 9 Morgan State 5 3 11 12 Savannah State 5 5 5 8 Alcorn State 6 2 10 9 UDC 8 12 ™ Lincoln 3 7 2 3 7 15 SC State 4 3 9 10 Benedict 4 7 8 12 Southern 5 3 8 13 Lincoln (Mo.) 7 11 SOUTH DIVISION Bethune-Cookman 4 3 10 11 Fort Valley State 2 8 4 15 Grambling State 3 4 9 11 Winston-Salem State 7 2 3 1 9 8 Coppin State 2 5 6 16 Paine 2 9 2 14 Jackson State 3 4 6 14 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Alabama A&M 2 5 5 13 , 6-6, Jr., F, J. C. Smith 7 3 4 1 13 5 Delaware State 1 4 2 17 WEST DIVISION Jeremiah Moore WVSU Claflin 6 5 5 2 10 11 Maryland Eastern Shore 1 5 2 19 Miles 9 2 14 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2 5 3 16 - Was 1-1 averaging 27.5 points and Fayetteville State 5 5 3 2 15 5 Howard 0 7 2 20 Tuskegee 8 3 11 7 Alabama State 2 5 3 17 7.0 rebounds. Scored 28 points with 8 Livingstone 5 6 3 2 16 5 # Florida A&M 4 4 6 13 Central State 6 5 9 9 Miss. Valley State 1 6 1 18 rebounds, a block and steal in win over Charleston, had 27 points, 6 rebounds St. Augustine’s 2 7 2 4 7 12 # Ineligible LeMoyne-Owen 6 6 9 8 HBCU Shaw 1 9 0 6 4 15 Kentucky State 5 6 8 10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK in loss to Glenville State. PLAYER & DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Lane 4 7 8 11 Eden Ewing, 6-8, Sr., F, TSU - Had 17 points, 16 DEFENSIVE rebounds, 3 assists in win over MVSU, 18 points, 7 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Kameron Langley, 6-0, Jr., G, NCA&T - In 2-0 week, Spring Hill 4 7 5 15 NA PRODUCTS IT'S OFFICIAL!: HBCU , 6-0, Sr., G, Averaged 25.3 Terrell Leach VUU - averaged 15.5 points, 12.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds and rebounds vs. UAPB, both wins. points, 3.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds in three game. products and former MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK DEFENSIVE Had career-high 38 points with 8 dimes vs. JCSU. 5 steals getting 16 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds IN , 6-3, Jr., G, In two wins, Yahuza Rasas, 6-7, So., F, TSU - Totalled 26 points officials Boris Cheek (top l.) Second in CIAA in scoring (22.5 ppg.). and 5 steals vs. B-CU and triple-double of 15 points, Avery Brown MILES - led team with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists and 20 rebounds in two wins getting 17 pts., 16 DEFENSIVE 12 assists, 10 rebounds and 5 steals vs. DelState. and Greg Steed (top r.) are in win over CSU, added team-high 20 pts., with 5 SUPER Mason Harrell, 6-8, Sr., F, WSSU - Got 24 rebounds, NEWCOMER rebounds vs. UAPB and 9 points, 4 boards vs. MVSU. boards, 3 assists vs. KSU. Averaged 22.0 points, working Super Bowl LIV 16 on the defensive end, averaged double-double (12 ROOKIE Joe French, 6-1, Fr., G, B-CU - Tallied 18 points 6.5 boards and 4.0 assists. ppg., 12.5 rpg.) in 2-0 week. NA BOWL LIV this Sunday. on 4-of-6 3s in loss to NC A&T. Added 15 points on NEWCOMER ROOKIE 6 of 6 shooting, 3 of 3 from 3 in win over SC State. Deonta Dunlop, 6-3, Fr., G, LINC - Averaged 17 NA XFL TO BEGIN WITH HBCU ALUMS ON THE FIELD AND points, including career-high 24 vs. ECSU. Shot 50% from 3 (11-for-22). SIDELINES; TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL HOOPS LEADERS Officials continue HBCU Super Bowl legacy UNDER THE BANNER ED HILL PAVING THE WAY ing facilitate clinics for local officials in the DC met- Special to the BCSP ropolitan area and beyond, more and more young of- WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS The success of the officials from the HBCU When Super Bowl LIV kicks off this Sun- ranks can be attributed to ficials attended the clinics and learned their craft by day, there will be a missing element – no HBCU the pioneering efforts of the working Howard and Morgan State spring practices alums will don the uniforms of either the San late Leo Miles, Tom Beard, and games. Francisco 49ers or Kansas City Chiefs. It's Johnny Grier and Larry Grier, a graduate of the University of the District only the third time in the 54-year history of the Hill. of Columbia (UDC), benefitted by going on to work as game that no HBCU products will play in the Miles, a Virginia State a referee in the MEAC before working as a field judge game. alum and former athletics di- in the NFL and ultimately becoming the first African- There have been such outstanding alums Miles rector at Howard, was the first American NFL referee before his retirement. He would as Doug Williams (Grambling/Washington African American to officiate in the Super Bowl later move to the NFL office where he would grade col- Redskins), Jerry Rice (Mississippi Valley in 1974 (Super Bowl VIII) where he served as lege officials and recommend them to the NFL. State/San Francisco 49ers), the late Walter line judge. He was the third African-American With the continued growth of the clinics and Payton (Jackson State/Chicago Bears), An- NFL official after Burl Toler (1965) and Bob mentoring of Hill and the late Tom Beard, a number of toine Bethea (Howard/Indianapolis Colts) and Beeks (1968). Miles worked two other Super officials like Steed, Cheek, Keith Parham (Howard), the late Willie Brown (Grambling/Oakland Greg Yette (Howard) and MEAC officials Larry Up- Bowls (X and XIX). He passed in 1995. HEAD COACH, NINE PLAYERS IN XFL: Raiders) who have represented their HBCUs. son and Dyrol Prioleau would all eventually make the The new professional football league, the eight-team Following his career, Miles was assigned to Williams, Rice and Richard Dent (Tennessee the NFL office and that is where he campaigned jump. XFL, will begin play next Sunday (Feb. 8) with its TV State/Chicago) were Super Bowl MVPs while successfully for the inclusion of more African "I am so proud of both Greg and Boris," said Hill. partners ABC and Fox, exactly one week after this Sun- several others deserved the honor. American officials. "They both consistently grade high in their perfor- day's NFL Super Bowl LIV. But wait, the HBCUs will have representa- "Johnnie, Tom Beard and I were all doing mances and more importantly, they are well respected The league will start play with nine HBCU products tion in the Big Event. For the first time in its local high school games in Wash- by their peers." on the field and one as head coach and general manager, history, five African Americans, including two ington, DC," recalls Hill, a for- Hill adds that he is excited to see five African former Howard quarterback Pep Hamilton, who will from HBCUs have been assigned to the on-field mer college official and former Americans working the Super Bowl, but he cautions, lead the DC Defenders. officiating crew. supervisor of officials for the "It is good to see this growth, but we still have a ways Among the nine products on the field include flam- Greg Steed of Howard will be the back Mid Eastern Athletic Confer- to go. There are still some young outstanding African boyant former Oakland Raiders judge and Boris Cheek of Morgan State will ence. "We would meet every American officials out there who deserve to work in the NFL based on merit." and Denver Broncos punter Mar- serve as side judge. The others are: Barry An- Hill week and Leo would come by derson, umpire; Carl Johnson, line judge; and quette King out of Fort Valley and talk to us and encourage us to improve our NOTE: Former Morehouse quarterback Michael Banks, field judge. State who will handle those du- craft. He taught us many of the things he learned Jerome Boger officiated in theMEAC and SIAC It will be the second Super Bowl for Steed, in the NFL. I remember him saying to us, 'I won't before moving to the NFL in 2004.