PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – De’Angelo Ballard ran for three touchdowns and passed for another and Alabama A&M beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40-7 on Saturday. Ballard scored on runs of 26, 6 and 5 yards and threw 19 yards to Marceles Clash for another score. Ballard finished 17 of 27 for 214 yards passing and ran 89 yards on 15 carries….
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State women’s soccer team will hit the road one final time in the regular season with trips to Baton Rouge, La. and Jackson, Miss. for conference clashes with Southern (1-10 overall, 1-4 SWAC) on Friday at 6 p.m. and Jackson State (2-8 overall, 2-2 SWAC) on Sunday at 1 p.m. Alabama State (4-9 overall,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Senior Jamie Coleman has put together an impressive 2016 season earning her third SWAC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Wednesday. Coleman, a marketing major, led all players in digs in both of the Lady Hornets matches last weekend. She had 19 digs in three sets (6.33 digs/set) against Grambling State and 12 digs also in…
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) – Devante Kincade threw five TD passes and ran for another score and Grambling State beat Alcorn State 43-18 on Saturday night in a Southwestern Atlantic Conference matchup. Kincade was 30 of 42 for 400 yards passing, and threw TD strikes of 17 and 47 yards to Martez Carter, a 20-yarder to Verlan Hunter, a 67-yarder to…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Austin Howard threw five touchdown passes and Lenard Tillery rushed for 179 yards and scored three times to help Southern explode for a 59-31 win over Alabama A&M on Saturday night. Juaquin Davis returned the opening kickoff 93 yards to give Alabama A&M an early 7-0 lead, but Southern (2-2, 2-0 Southwestern Athletic) ripped off five…
ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) – Anthony Wiltz accounted for 151 all-purpose yards and had three touchdowns to help lead Prairie View to a 56-21 rout of Mississippi Valley state on Saturday. Prairie View (3-1, 3-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference) got on the board first with Terrance Singleton’s pick-6 just more than two minutes into the game. It was his first of…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Brent Lyles threw two touchdown passes and Jackson State benefited from a defensive touchdown to defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 32-20 on Saturday. Jackson State (1-3, 1-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) built a 25-10 halftime lead, but UAPB drew within five in the third quarter after Brandon Duncan’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Nicholas Woodfork and Jamie Gillan’s 46-yard…
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) – Brandon Duncan had a career-high 505 yards passing with four TD passes on Thursday night and Arkansas-Pine Bluff rallied from a 16-point, fourth-quarter deficit to upset two-time defending conference champion Alcorn State 45-43 in third overtime. The Golden Lions (1-2, 1-0 Southwest Athletic Conference) had the second possession in the third overtime and trailed by six…
NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL will partner with the Mid-Eastern Athletic and Southwestern Athletic conferences to increase opportunities for ethnic minorities interested in pursuing careers in football administration. The league said Friday the agreement with the two historically black college conferences is to give qualified professionals and students the skills for such jobs. MEAC and SWAC personnel will take…
The Alabama State softball team trailed briefly with each of Saturday’s twin bill games, but responded back with a vengeance to soundly defeat Mississippi Valley State 6-1 and 14-2 in five innings to secure the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Eastern Division championship at the Barbara Williams Softball Complex. The Lady Hornets (23-22 overall, 14-0 SWAC) kept their SWAC record unblemished and…
