FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 2 - 8, 2010 2 0 0 9 - 1 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 Weekly Awards) MID EASTERN MID EASTERN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEAC SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDEPENDENTS W L MEN CONF ALL WOMEN CONF ALL MEN DIV ALL WOMEN DIV ALL W L W L W. Va. State 24 3 W L W L W L W L W L W L Central State 22 5 Morgan State 14 1 23 9 NC A&T State 13 2 20 9 Jackson State 15 1 17 11 Southern 12 4 18 8 Cheyney 16 11 Delaware State 10 5 15 11 Hampton 11 4 16 11 Ark. Pine Bluff 13 4 13 15 Prairie View A&M 12 4 15 10 Xavier (La.) 17 12 ™ SC State 10 6 16 12 Morgan State 11 4 16 12 Alabama State 11 5 14 13 Alabama A&M 10 6 14 11 W-Salem State 11 17 Md. Eastern Shore 8 7 10 19 Howard 10 5 15 12 Prairie View A&M 10 6 15 12 Grambling State 10 6 13 12 Savannah State 11 15 Norfolk State 8 7 10 18 Bethune-Cookman 9 6 15 13 Texas Southern 9 7 13 15 Texas Southern 9 7 12 15 Edward Waters 9 18 Bethune-Cookman 7 8 16 14 Florida A&M 8 7 17 10 Miss. Valley St. 8 9 9 21 Florida Memorial 9 19 Alabama State 6 10 9 16 Tennessee State 9 22 Hampton 7 8 12 17 Md. Eastern Shore 7 8 10 15 Alabama A&M 7 9 10 14 Alcorn State 6 10 6 19 Coppin State 5 10 10 17 N. C. Central 7 22 NC A&T State 6 9 10 20 Grambling State 4 12 6 18 Miss. Valley St. 6 11 9 19 Lincoln (Mo.) 5 22 SC State 5 11 10 18 Howard 6 9 7 23 Southern 3 13 5 23 Ark. Pine Bluff 6 11 7 21 Lincoln (Pa.) 4 22 Florida A&M 4 11 8 21 Delaware State 4 11 6 22 Alcorn State 1 15 1 28 Jackson State 4 12 5 21 Coppin State 3 12 8 20 Norfolk State 0 15 4 21 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - Darren Jones, SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Sr., G, WVSU - Led Yellow Jackets with MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER PLAYER 23 points, 6 assists and 9 rebounds as they FVSU Sports Photo PLAYER OFFENSE Garrison Johnson, 6-5, Sr., G, JSU - Averaged Dominique Smith, 5-10, Jr., G, PRAIRIE VIEW closed the regular season in second place in Kevin Thompson, So., F, MSU - Two double- Ta'Wuana Cook, Sr., G, NC A&T - Scored career- 21.5 ppg. and 7.5 rebounds leading Tigers to A&M - Averaged 30 points in two big wins as the WVIAC. REPEAT?: Fort Valley high 33 points, 26 in the first half, in win over wins over Miss. Valley State and Arkansas-Pine SIAC doubles in 2-0 week getting 21 points, 11 rebounds Lady Panthers tied for first in SWAC race. Smith WOMEN W L senior Takesha Riggs and vs. UMES, 20 points, 14 rebounds vs. Norfolk Coppin State. Canned six 3-pointers, had nine Bluff to stretch their lead to three games. Against had 34 points, 4 assists and 4 steals in win over steals and 3 assists. Xavier (La.) 25 5 State. Shot 16 of 24 (66%) in the two games. MVSU, had 18 points and 4 rebounds and then Alabama A&M. Came back to get 26 points in top-seed Lady Wildcats ROOKIE W. Va. State 16 11 TURNS UP ROOKIE got 25 points, 11 boards in win over UAPB. win over Alabama State. Saadia Doyle, Fr., F, HOWARD - Totalled 34 stalking back-to-back SIAC Marques Oliver, 6-7, Fr., F, DSU - Averaged 17 UDC 12 13 points and 21 rebounds in two games. Talled points, 6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks while shooting Lincoln (Mo.) 12 14 ATLANTA Tournament titles. 18 points, 12 rebounds vs. B-CU, 16 points, 10 75% from the field in 1-1 week. Had 23 points, 5 Central State 9 15 rebounds vs. UMES. boards vs. Copppin State. Cheyney 10 16 DEFENSE DEFENSE Tennessee State 10 17 Kristina Rosario, Sr., F/C, MSU - Grabbed 18 ST. AUG'S, FAYETTEVILLE STATE TAKE Kyle O'Quinn, Sr., F, NSU - Got 18 rebounds, N. C. Central 10 16 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 blocks in 101 week. Had 18 Savannah State 9 21 8 blocks in 1-1 week. Against MSU, had 11 points while shooting 50% from the floor. CIAA TITLES; SIAC NEXT UP IN ATLANTA rebounds, 7 blocks. Lincoln (Pa.) 5 21 W-Salem State 2 27 THE STAT CORNER SIAC Tourney invades Atlanta WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS LUT WILLIAMS seed Stillman, local rival and No. 11 BCSP Editor seed Morehouse, No. 2 seed Benedict, FINAL SIAC REGULAR SEASON The Clark Atlanta men and No. 7 seed Albany State and Saturday BASKETBALL STANDINGS AND Fort Valley State women estab- to No. 9 seed Kentucky State. The TOURNAMENT SEEDINGS lished their dominance in the SIAC Panthers were undefeated at home en basketball regular season and are route to a 19-5 conference mark. SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE favorites to add a tournament title CAU is led by 6-4 junior swing- SIAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE to their resume this week as the men Najee Lane (13.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) MEN CONF ALL WOMEN CONF ALL TUESDAY, MARCH 2 league stages its 77th annual men's and David Brown (12.4 ppg.) and FINAL W L W L FINAL W L W L W - #8 Stillman vs. #9 Paine - 9a tournament and the 32nd women's feature a balanced attack. CAU is also 1 Clark Atlanta 19 5 22 5 1 Fort Valley State 21 1 26 1 W - #7 Albany State vs. #10 Claflin - 11a NAJEE LANE 2 Benedict 16 8 17 10 2 Kentucky State 16 6 16 10 W - #6 Lane vs. #11 Clark Atlanta - 1p tournament in a new venue, Forbes tops in the league holding opponents 3 Tuskegee 16 8 17 10 3 Benedict 16 6 19 8 4 Claflin 16 8 16 9 4 Tuskegee 13 9 13 14 M - #8 LeMoyne-Owen vs. #9 Kentucky State - 3p Arena on the campus of Morehouse College in to 55.9 points per game and winning games by 5 Stillman 14 10 17 10 5 LeMoyne-Owen 12 10 14 13 M - #5 Stillman vs. #12 Morehouse - 5p Atlanta. a 9.1-point margin. 6 Lane 13 11 15 11 6 Lane 10 12 10 16 M - #6 Lane vs. #11 Fort Valley State - 7p Benedict (17-8), Tuskegee (17-10) and 7 Albany State 13 11 13 14 7 Albany State 9 13 9 18 M - #7 Albany State vs. #11 Paine - 9p After a four-year stay in Birmingham, Al. 8 LeMoyne-Owen 13 11 15 12 8 Stillman 9 13 12 14 that drew sparse crowds and bleak prospects for Claflin (16-9) tied for second in the regular sea- 9 Kentucky State 11 13 11 16 9 Paine 5 17 6 19 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 off-court excitement, SIAC officials made the son with 16-8 conference marks and are seeded 10 Paine 8 16 8 19 10 Claflin 5 17 5 18 W - #4 Tuskegee vs. #5 LeMoyne-Owen - 2p 11 Fort Valley State 7 17 9 18 11 Clark Atlanta 3 19 3 24 move to the bright lights of Atlanta hoping the 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. 12 Morehouse 7 17 7 19 W - #1 Fort Valley State vs.#8/9 - 4p M - #4 Claflin vs. #5/12 - 6p new site will bring bigger crowds and a greater Perennial leader and defending champion M - #1 Clark Atlanta vs. #8/9 - 8p buzz. Fort Valley State (26-1, 21-1) again sits atop the The theme for this year's tournament is ladies' bracket. The only blemish on the Lady THURSDAY, MARCH 4 "All the Way Turnt Up," a reference to a popu- Wildcats ledger this season is a 63-52 loss at W - #3 Benedict vs. #6/11 - 2p W - #2 Kentucky State vs. #7/10 - 4p lar song by Atlanta rap group Travis Porter, who Kentucky State back on Jan. 19. The Lady UNDER THE BANNER M - #3 Tuskegee vs. #6/11 - 6p will perform live at Forbes Arena after Friday Cats won 16 straight before and 10 straight after WHAT'S GOING IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS M - #2 Benedict vs. #7/11 - 8p night's semifinals. Other activities include a that loss. FVSU is led by two double-figure scor- FRIDAY, MARCH 5 college fair, cheerleading/dance competition, W - #2/7/10 vs #3/6/11 - 2p a sports/business symposium featuring sports ers, senior guard Takesha Riggs (15.5 ppg., LUCIAS MITCHELL PASSES: W - #1/8/9 vs. #4/5 - 4p columnist William C. Rhoden and a local 3.2 steals per game), the MVP of last year's Lucias T. Mitchell, a 1956 Jackson State grad and M - #2/7/10 vs. #3/6/11 - 6p simulcast on finals night with popular Atlanta tournament championship, and 5-10 sophomore M - #1/8/9 vs #4/5/12 - 8p the winningest coach in Kentucky radio station V-103.