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ALL IN THE FAMILY

CHIP OFF THE BLOCK: Calvin Stoudemire holding up the family tradition with outstanding play at LeMoyne-Owen.

BLACK COLLEGE HOOPSTERS WITH GREAT GENES; TWO INVITED TO INDY COMBINE

CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Kenny Sharpe, 6-3, Jr., G LINCOLN - Had 21 points, 10 boards vs. Chowan, 22 points vs. Bowie State. Averaged 19 pts., 8.3 rebounds in three games. NEWCOMER - Dameatric Scott, 6-7, Jr., F, BSU - Had 18 points in win over Lincoln. ROOKIE - Anthony Shelton, 6-1, Fr., G, FSU - Had career-high 22 pts. in win over Livingstone, added 12 vs. VSU. Averaged 12.0 points in three games. COACH - Cleo Hill, Jr., SHAW - Led Panthers to 20th win and 16th straight with wins over Livingstone and WSSU. Third straight 20-win season under Hill. Up to

Norfolk State Savannah State Bethune-Cookman Delaware State Coppin State NC Central N. Carolina A&T Florida A&M Hampton Md.-Eastern Shore Howard Morgan State South Carolina State

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MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Chris McEachin, 6-6, Sr., G/F, NSU - In 2-0 week, had 20 points in win over UMES, career-best 27 points with 5 rebounds, 3 steals vs. Hampton. ROOKIE - Tahj Tate, 6-4, Fr., G, DSU - Averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in wins over Hampton and Coppin State. Shot 57% from the eld and 83% from the line. Had 22 vs. Coppin State. DEFENSE - Kyle O'Quinn, 6-10, Sr., F/C, NSU - Averaged 12.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks in two wins. Had 18 rebounds and 5 blocks in win over Hampton. Had 7 boards, 5 blocks vs. UMES.

SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Marcus Goode, 6-10, Jr., C, BENEDICT - Averaged 24.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.3 blocks, 1.3 assists in three wins. Leads SIAC in scoring (20.3) and rebounding (11.2), second in blocks (2.5). NEWCOMER - Allen Young, 6-8, Jr., F, PAINE - Averaged 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks, 1.5 steals in two games.

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Paul Crosby, 6-8, Sr., C, MISS. VALLEY STATE - Had game-highs of 23 points and 15 rebounds in win over Southern. Also had 10 points and 12 boards in win over Alcorn State. Averaged double-double of 16.5 points and 13.5 rebounds to keep MVSU undefeated in SWAC play. NEWCOMER - NA

UNDER THE BANNER

WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

Only two black college players are among the over 300 draft eligible players invited to the February 22-28 NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Hampton cornerback Micah Pellerin and South Carolina State free safety Christian Thompson are the only ones to make the list. Pellerin, 6-1 195-pound cornerback who transferred from Southern Mississippi, was a rst team all-MEAC selection as a senior after leading the league in passes defended (19) and nishing tied for second in interceptions (4). Pellerin also had 51 total tackles, Pellerin one forced fumble and 15 pass breakups. Pellerin reportedly performed well at the East-West Shrine game and is rated in the top 30 at his position. He is projected as a late round draft choice. Thompson transferred to South Carolina State from Auburn. The 6-1 213-pound free safety was named second team all-MEAC this season after piling up 66 tackles, third best on the Bulldogs' roster, with two interceptions. Thompson also had four kickoff returns. Thompson Both Pellerin and Thompson have best times of 4.45 in the 40. HAMPTON, VA The St. Augustine's men's track squad claimed its 14th straight title, and the Virginia State Lady Trojans took the women's crown on Sunday in the 2012 CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Boo Williams Sportsplex. Led by men's eld MVP Aaron Dudley, St. Aug's scored 135 points to take home the ultimate gold. The Virginia State Trojans nished in second place (86); while Winston-Salem State nished in third place (67). The Lady Trojans of Virginia State took the top notch with a nal mark of 105 points, with Johnson C. Smith running second (93). The St. Augustines Lady Falcons nished in third place with 83.
MENS TEAM FINALS 1 St. Augustines 135 2 Virginia State 86 3 Wi-Salem State 67 4 J. C. Smith 61 5 Bowie State 60 6 Virginia Union 39 7 Livingstone 14 8 Lincoln (PA) 3 WOMENS TEAM FINALS 1 Virginia State 105 2 J. C. Smith 93 3 St. Augustines 83 4 W-Salem State 69 5 Bowie State 35 6 Virginia Union 29 7 Livingstone 15 8 Lincoln (PA) 5

TWO COMBINE INVITEES:

Next generation of hoops stars in black college ranks

Current NY Knicks star forward Amar'e Stoudemire

By LUT WILLIAMS Three current black college basketball players have unique familial ties to current and former professional hoops standouts. Six-seven LeMoyne-Owen senior forward Calvin Stoudemire is the little brother of current NBA New York Knicks standout Amar'e Stoudemire. Tuskegee 6-4 sophomore forward Moriah Johnson is the son of former NBA standout forward Marques Johnson. And Shaw 6-6 junior forward Mohammed Abdur-Rahim is the younger brother of former NBA standout forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim. Each is carving out his own niche while playing in the black college ranks, unlike their more publicized relatives who toiled in the hot glare of 'so-called' big-time basketball. While six-time NBA all-star Amar'e Stoudemire (18.2 ppg., 8.1 rpg.), who jumped from high school in Lake Wells, Fla. right into the NBA, looks to t in with the hoopla surrounding new Knicks' standout point guard Jeremy Lin, younger brother Calvin Stoudemire has found his place playing for the LeMoyne-Owen Magicians and head coach William Anderson. Calvin is second in scoring (13.7 points per game) and the leading rebounder (7.3 rebounds per game) on a resurgent Magicians' squad that currently leads the SIAC with a 13-6 conference record. The Magicians are 13-8 overall. Calvin currently ranks tenth in the SIAC in scoring and rebounding. His .521 shooting percentage is seventh best in the league. He also shows up in the SIAC stats for steals (1.6, 10th) and blocks (1.8, 5th). Perhaps more importantly, he's making a name for himself instead of playing in the shadow of his more
BCSP Editor

Former NBA 1st Round Selection Marques Johnson

Former NBA 1st Round Selection Shareef Abdur-Rahim

LeMoyne-Owen's Calvin Stoudemire

Tuskegee's Moriah Johnson

Shaw's Mohammed Abdur-Rahim

HOOPS THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, FEB. 16 CIAA Fayetteville State @ Barber-Scotia Davis & Elkins @ Livingstone SIAC Kentucky State @ Stillman Paine @ Albany State Benedict @ Fort Valley State Lane @ Tuskegee FRIDAY, FEB. 17 MEAC Hampton @ Delaware Liberty @ Morgan State Delaware State @ Gardner-Webb INDEPENDENTS Tennessee State @ Miami (OH) SATURDAY, FEB. 18 CIAA Virginia St. @ Bowie St. (CIAA TV) Chowan @ Allen J. C. Smith @ W-Salem State Shaw @ Fayetteville State St. Augustine's @ Livingstone Lincoln @ Virginia Union MEAC NC Central @ NC A&T Florida A&M @ Savannah State B-Cookman @ SC State Howard @ Coppin State SIAC Clain @ Albany State Benedict @ Paine Kentucky State @ Tuskegee Lane @ Stillman Miles @ LeMoyne-Owen Fort Valley State @ Clark Atlanta SWAC Alcorn State @ Alabama State Jackson State @ Grambling State Texas Southern @ Ark.-Pine Bluff Prairie View @ Miss. Valley State Southern @ Alabama A&M MONDAY, FEB. 20 CIAA Bowie State @ Virginia Union J. C. Smith @ St. Augustine's Lincoln @ Virginia State Livingstone @ Fayetteville State W-Salem State @ Shaw MEAC UMES @ Howard Florida A&M @ SC State Longwood @ Norfolk State Delaware State @ Hampton B-Cookman @ Savannah State SIAC Benedict @ Morehouse Kentucky State @ Miles LeMoyne-Owen @ Paine SWAC Texas Southern @ Miss. Valley State Southern @ Alabama State Alcorn State @ Alabama A&M Prairie View @ Ark.-Pine Bluff TUESDAY, FEB. 21 SIAC Clark Atlanta @ Lane WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 MEAC Morgan State @ Coppin State SIAC LeMoyne-Owen @ Benedict Clain @ Miles

CIAA INDOOR TRACK TITLES:

famous brother. As he said in a recent feature story about him on the SIAC website (thesiac.com), "People expect me to be Amar'e, but I'm Calvin Stoudemire. I'll never be Amar'e." That's good enough for coach Anderson and the Magicians. Moriah Johnson is not getting a lot of playing time for the Tuskegee Golden Bears (13-9, 13-7 SIAC) as they battle for the SIAC title with LeMoyne-Owen. But Johnson already had some notoriety before he ever got to Tuskegee. Johnson was a 4.0 student, foursport athlete and standout hoopster at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles but became a TV star and perhaps the most recognizable face on the BET reality show "Baldwin Hills" during his sophomore year in high school. He's also the third youngest of eight siblings of Marques Johnson, who attended Crenshaw before going on to a stellar career at UCLA under John Wooden, winning the 1975 NCAA Championship and being named the College Basketball Player of the Year for the 1976-77 season. He was picked third overall in the 1977 draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and went on to become one of the most outstanding players in the league during a 12-year NBA career. The younger Johnson's present coach, Tuskegee head man Leon

Douglas, is a contemporary of his father and was an outstanding college player at Alabama and also during a ten-year NBA career. With Moriah averaging less than ve minutes per game this season, he said, in another feature on the SIAC website, that his goals are "better court awareness, especially on defense, consistent intensity, and ball handling." Of the three with outstanding pedigree, perhaps Shaw forward Mohammed Abdur Rahim is on the best team. His Bears are riding high at 21-2 overall, are tops in the CIAA Southern Division at 7-0, are undefeated in league play at 13-0 and are up to ninth nationally in the latest NABC Div. II poll. Mohammed has started two games and is averaging 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds on the talented Bears' squad. While just sophomore, head coach Cleo Hill Jr. thinks he has a bright future. "He's tough around the basket and plays hard," Hill said. "No doubt, he can play." If so, that would be much like his brother Shareef, who played one year at Cal before he was picked third overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was selected to two NBA All-Star teams and nished his career averaging 18 points per game.

GOODBYE TO "THE BARN":

MEN'S BASKETBALL TOP TEN

1. MISS. VALLEY STATE (14-11, 13-0 SWAC) - Extended win streak to 14. NEXT: Hosting Prairie View (Sat.) and Texas Southern (Mon.). 2. SHAW (21-2, 13-0 CIAA) - Win streak at 16. Nintth nationally in NABC Div. II poll. NEXT: At Fayv. St. (Sat), hosts WSSU (Mon). 3. NORFOLK STATE (18-8, 10-2) - Beat Hampton. NEXT: Longwood (Mon.) 4. BOWIE STATE (19-4, 11-3 CIAA) - Got three wins. Up to 19th in NABC Div. II poll. NEXT: Hosts Va. State (Sat.), at Va. Union (Mon.). 5. SAVANNAH STATE (16-10, 9-2 MEAC) - Kept pace with Norfolk State atop MEAC. NEXT: Host FAMU (Sat.), B-Cookman (Mon.) 6. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (12-14, 8-3 MEAC) - Beat Howard . NEXT: At SC State (Sat.), at Savannah St. (Mon.) 7. DELAWARE STATE (11-11, 8-3) - Wins at CSU and MSU moves streak to seven. NEXT: At Gardner-Webb (Fri.), at Hampton (Mon.) 9. COPPIN STATE (13-12, 8-4 MEAC) - Lost to DelState. NEXT: Hosts Howard (Sat). 9. SOUTHERN (13-13, 9-4 SWAC) -Fell to UAPB and Miss. Valley State..NEXT: At. Alabama A&M (Sat), at Alab. State (Mon.). 10. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (17-6, 9-4 CIAA) - Lost to Shaw and Livingstone. NEXT: Hosts JCSU (Sat.), at Shaw (Mon.)

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOP TEN

1. HAMPTON (18-4, 10-1 MEAC) - Beat Norfolk State. NEXT: Hosts DelState (Mon.). (TIE) FLORIDA A&M (17-6, 10-1 MEAC) - Lost at Howard. NEXT: At Savannah State (Sat.) and SC State (Mon.). 3. HOWARD (19-7, 11-2 MEAC) - Knocked off FAMU and B-CU. NEXT: At Coppin State (Sat), hosts UMES (Mon.) (TIE) COPPIN STATE (15-10, 10-2 MEAC) - Wins over DSU and UMES. NEXT: Howard. 5. SHAW (17-6, 12-1 CIAA) - Beat WSSU and JCSU. NEXT: At Fayv. State (Sat.) and hosts WSSU (Mon.). (TIE) JOHNSON C. SMITH (17-5, 11-2 CIAA) - Beat St. Aug's and lost to Shaw. NEXT: At WSSU (Sat.) and at St. Aug's (Mon.). 7. SOUTHERN (11-9, 10-3 SWAC) - Wins over UAPB and MVSU to move back into rst. NEXT: At. Alabama A&M (Sat), at Alab. State (Mon.). 8. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (16-7, 11-2 CIAA) - Fell to Shaw, beat Livingstone. NEXT: Hosts JCSU (Sat.), at Shaw (Mon.) 9. FORT VALLEY STATE (16-6, 14-4) - Beat Albany State. NEXT: Hosts Benedict (Thurs), at Clark Atlanta (Sat.). 10. MISS. VALLEY STATE (12-12, 9-4 SWAC) - Lost to Alab. A&M and Alab. State. NEXT: Hosting Prairie View (Sat.) and Texas Southern (Mon.).

From Xavier Athletic Communications Monday at The Barn was lled with people and emotion. It was senior night for ve honorees from the Gold Nuggets and four from the Gold Rush but Xavier University of Louisiana also said goodbye to its 75-year-old gymnasium. The curtain fell after Monday's game on The Barn, which was dedicated on Nov. 2, 1937, by Archbishop Joseph Rummel of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and played host to its rst basketball game on Dec. 29 of that year a 32-19 Xavier men's victory against Alabama State. The Barn will be razed after the completion of the 4,500-seat Convocation Academic Center later this year. The Barn is expected to play host to most, if not all, XU home women's volleyball matches this fall, but the CAC is expected to be ready in November for the start of the 2012-13 basketball season. The Barn acquired its name in the 1960s because of a then-wood exterior and cavernous interior. But the facility no longer resembles a barn. The interior was enlarged and air-conditioned, and 1987 renovations replaced the wooden exterior with brick. The Barn underwent additional renovations during 2005-06 because of the effects of Hurricane Katrina. By July '06 the facility had been renovated including Jackson State University's generous loan of a wooden basketball court. "It'll denitely be nice, a major upgrade something we've needed for a long time," said Bo Browder, in his 13th season as head coach of the Nuggets and the proud owner of a 169-16 record at The Barn. The Convocation Academic Center will be across Washington Avenue and near the main campus on a site bounded by Short, Palm and Stroelitz streets one block from South Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans.
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2 0 1 1 - 1 2 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S K E T B A L L (Women's Standings and Weekly Honors thru (2 / 13 / 12 )

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CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Stephanie Harper, 5-11, Jr., F, ECSU - Posted three double-doubles in three games, averaging 17.0 ppg., 14.0 rpg. Had 20 points, 18 rebounds vs. Bowie State. NEWCOMER - Brooks Miles, 5-6, So., G, BSU - Averaged 17.3 points in three games. Tallied 22 points, 3 rebounds vs. Lincoln. ROOKIE - NA COACH - Renard Smith, BSU - Coach Smith has led his BSU Lady Bullddogs to rst place in the North, winning four

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MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Adobi Agbasi, 6-2, Sr., F/C, UMES - Averaged 18.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 8.0 blocks in wins over NSU and MSU. Had 22 pts., 11 reb., 9 blocks vs. NSU, 18 pts., 17 reb., 7 blocks vs. MSU. ROOKIE - Tiffanie Adair, 5-11, So., F, NC A&T - Had 33 points, 24 rebounds in two games, getting 27 points, 15 boards vs. SCSU. DEFENSE - Qiana Donald, 6-0, Sr., F/C, FAMU - Grabbed 21 rebounds with 1 block and steal in two games. Added 19 points and 1 assist.

SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER LaQwesha Lewis, 6-2, Jr., C, CLARK ATLANTA - In loss to Albany State, had 17 points, 17 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals. NEWCOMER April Thomas, 5-1, Fr., G, ALBANY STATE - Averaged 21 points in two games. Also averaged 1.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1 steal. Leads SIAC in scoring at 18.2 ppg.

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