CIAA HOOPS PICKS UNVEILED; ALCORN STATE MOVES TO TOP OF BCSP TOP TEN SIAC CLASSIC: Head coach Ri ch Freeman (above) of Morehouse leads his SIAC East lead- ers into Columbus, Ga. to face West leader Tuskegee in 79th Classic. Morehouse Sports photo TANGLES AT THE TOP OCTOBER 2 Alcorn State 33, Alabama State 7 Miles 23, Benedict 13 OCTOBER 4 Albany State 17, Paine 0 Ave Maria 16, Concordia-Selma 12 Bethune-Cookman 27, Delaware St. 7 Bloomsburg 41, Cheyney 7 Bowie State 24, J. C. Smith 0 Eliz. City State 59, Livingstone 21 Fayetteville State 34, Lincoln 13 Grambling State 38, Alabama A&M 28 Kentucky State 31, Central State 24 Langston 61, Texas College 0 Morehouse 20, Clark Atlanta 7 Morgan State 24, Florida A&M 9 SCORES Norfolk State 14, Savannah State 7 N. C. Central 27, Howard 22 Prairie View 48, Jackson State 30 S. C. State 13, N. C. A&T 0 SE Missouri 28, Tennessee State 21 Southeastern 51, Edward Waters 27 Southern 51, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 36 Stillman 55, Lane 16 Texas Southern 20, Miss. Valley St. 16 Tuskegee 35, Fort Valley State 28 Virginia State 42, St. Augustines 35 Virginia Union 31, Shaw 9 W. Va. State 18, Urbana 13 William Jewell 20, Lincoln (Mo.) 13 Winston-Salem St. 77, Chowan 30 DIV ALL NORTH W L W L Virginia Union 2 0 4 1 Virginia State 2 0 3 2 Eliz. City State 1 1 2 3 Bowie State 1 1 1 4 Chowan 0 2 1 4 Lincoln 0 2 1 4 SOUTH W-Salem State 2 0 4 1 Livingstone 1 1 4 1 Shaw 1 1 2 3 Fayetteville State 1 1 1 4 Saint Augustines 1 1 1 4 J. C. Smith 0 2 1 4 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK WR - Donte Gross, VUU - 4 caches, 168 yards, TDs of 74 and 67 yards vs. Shaw. DL Zach Taylor, ECSU - 5 tackles, 3 solos, 2 sacks (-19 yds.), 2 hurries vs. LC. OL James Whitner, Jr., WSSU OB Roderick Davenport, Jr., SAU - 145 yards on 32 carries with 3 TDs vs. VSU. QB Will Boyette, Sr., ECSU - 15 of 22 for 185 yards, 4 TDs in win over LC. LB Stephen Williams, ECSU - 16 tackles, 6 solos, 1.5 for loss, 2 recoveries vs. LC. DB Brion Robinson, LINC - 13 tackles, 11 solos, 1 forced fumble vs. FSU. SPECIAL Micahel Lima, Sr., PK, SAU- Avgd. 50 yards on punts w/75-yarder. ROOKIE ClaytinLewis, WR, SAU- 4catches, 126 yards, 1 TD (64 yards) vs. VSU. COACH Waverly Tiller, ECSU - 1st win. CIAA CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENTS W L Tennessee State 4 2 W. Va. State 3 2 Edward Waters 2 3 Langston 2 3 Concordia 1 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 1 3 Cheyney 0 5 Texas College 0 5 Va.-Lynchburg 0 5 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE Ronald Butler, QB, TENN. STATE - Com- pleted 12 of 27 passes for 151 yards and 0 TDs in win over Florida A&M. DEFENSE Terrell Bonds, DB, TENN. STATE - 3 solo tackles and picked off an interception and ran it back 43 yards for a TD. SPECIAL TEAMS NA 2 0 1 4 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) SIAC SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CONF ALL EAST W L W L Morehouse 3 0 4 1 Albany State 1 0 2 2 Fort Valley State 2 1 3 2 Benedict 0 2 2 3 Clark Atlanta 0 3 1 4 Paine 0 3 0 5 WEST Tuskegee 2 0 3 2 Stillman 2 0 3 2 Miles 1 0 2 3 Kentucky State 1 1 2 3 Central State 1 2 1 4 Lane 1 2 1 4 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE Josh Staughan, Jr., QB, STILL- MAN - 17 of 27 for 292 yards and six TDs (17, 14, 72, 10, 11, 12) to six receivers. DEFENSE Evan Pegues, Jr., LB, BENE- DICT - 16 total tackles, 7 solo, 5.5 for losses (-12 yards). NEWCOMER Cameron Stover, Sr., QB, BEN - 26 of 46 for 262 yards, 1 TD, no ints. Terrence Montgomery, Fr., DB, MHC - 10 tackles, 8 solos, 2 pass break-ups. SPECIAL TEAMS Ryan Latner, Jr., P, ALB - 7 punts, 38.0 yard average.. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN E. J. Perry, Sr., RT, STILLMAN - SWAC SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DIV ALL EAST W L W L Alcorn State 3 0 5 1 Alabama State 3 1 4 2 Jackson State 1 2 3 3 Alabama A&M 1 2 2 4 Miss. Valley St. 0 4 1 5 WEST Grambling State 3 0 3 3 Texas Southern 3 1 5 1 Southern 2 1 3 3 Prairie View A&M 1 3 1 4 Ark. Pine Bluff 0 3 1 4 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE Isaac Sampson, OL, AL- CORN - 8 pancakes as Braves put up 608 yards of total offense. DEFENSE Kourtney Berry, LB, ALAB. ST. - 15 tackles in loss to Alcorn State. SPECIAL TEAMS Danny Johnson, KR, SU - 98-yard KO return for a TD and interception and 60-yard return. NEWCOMER Darryan Ragsdale, RB, ALC - 22 carries for 173 yards (7.8 ypc.) and 2 TD in win over Alab. St. Reggie Travis, WR, SU - 5 rec., 156 yards, 3 TDs in win over UAPB MID EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEAC CONF ALL W L W L SC State 2 0 4 2 Norfolk State 2 0 2 4 N. Carolina Central 1 0 2 3 Bethune-Cookman 1 0 4 1 Morgan State 2 1 3 3 NC A&T State 1 1 4 2 Delaware State 1 1 1 5 Hampton 0 1 1 4 # Florida A&M 0 1 0 5 # Savannah State 0 2 0 5 Howard 0 3 1 5 # Not eligible for title PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE Malcolm Bell, r-So., QB, NCCU - 20-30-0, 245 yards, 3 TDs, 66 rushing yards on 12 carries in win over Howard. DEFENSE C. J. Moore, Sr., SS, NCCU - 9 tackles, 7solos, 2TFL, oneforcedfumble, one interception vs. Howard. ROOKIE Darius Leonard, r-Fr., LB, SCSU - 13 tackles, 8 solos, 1 forced fumble vs. A&T. SPECIAL TEAMS Chase Vanadore, Sr., PK, FAMU - 3 of 3 FGs (47, 25, 53) vs. MSU. 53-yarder was school record. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Clevonne Davis, Jr., RG, NCCU - 98% grade, 5 pancakes vs. Howard. STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor This week represents the midway point of the 2014 black college football season and fea- tures two games between conference division leaders that could be previews of championship games slated for later in the season. Down in Columbus, Ga. Saturday (2 p.m.), SIAC East Division leader Morehouse (4-1, 3-0) battles West co-leader Tuskegee (3-2, 2-0) in the 79th edition of the Morehouse-Skeege Classic. The teams could meet again on Nov. 15 when the East champ and West champ meet in the SIAC Championship Game in Montgomery, Alabama. And in Grambling, La. Saturday (2 p.m.), new BCSP No. 1 Alcorn State (5-1, 3-0), the leader of the SWAC East, takes on upstart West Division leader Grambling State (3-3, 3-0), up to 7th in the latest BCSP ranking, in what could be a preview of the Dec. 13 SWAC title game in Houston. These are the two games to watch as teams enter the fnal half of the 2014 season. Morehouse has three wins against SIAC teams that are a combined 2-13 (0-5 Paine, 1-4 Central State and 1-4 Clark Atlanta) and will be facing its frst big test against Tuskegee. Morehouse head coach Rich Freeman is 1-6 vs. the Golden Tigers in his seven years at the helm. Freeman's team is at the top of several SIAC stats categories through its fve games. The Ma- roon Tigers are third in scoring offense (26.2 points per game), tops in scoring defense (15.4 ppg.) and in total offense (392.0 yards per game) and second in total defense (291.2 ypg.). The Tigers are led on offense by sopho- more quarterback Monqavious Johnson, who leads the SIAC in passing yards (218.8 yards per game) and total offense (239.0 ypg.) The defense is led by senior defensive back Demario Dixon. Tuskegee's losses have been to Winston- Salem State, the 17th-ranked team nationally in the AFCA Div. II Coaches Poll, and to Alabama A&M of the SWAC. The Golden Tigers escaped with a 35-28 win over Fort Valley State a week ago. They are led by the quarterbacking duo of Justin Nared and Kevin Lacey as well as break- away threat, running back Hoderick Lowe. Elsewhere in the SIAC, West co-leader Still- man (3-2, 2-0) plays at Benedict (2-3, 0-2), Fort Valley State (3-2, 2-1) hosts Kentucky State (2- 3, 1-1), Paine (0-5, 0-3) plays at Limestone in a non-conference game that counts in the SIAC standings, and Albany State (2-2, 1-0) hosts Lane (1-4, 1-2) Alcorn State is coming off a big 33-7 win last Thursday night over SWAC East rival Ala- bama State, a win that has cast the Braves as the favorite for this year's SWAC title. And with for- mer BCSP No. 1 North Carolina A&T's 13-0 loss to South Carolina State Saturday at the At- lanta Classic, head coach Jay Hopson's team is now at the top of the BCSP Top Ten. They will be facing a Grambling team that Leaders tangle in SIAC and SWAC 1. ALCORN STATE (5-1) - Humbled Alabama State, 33-7. THIS WEEK: At West Division leader and BCSP No. 7 Grambling State. 2. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (4-1) - Downed Delaware State, 27-7. THIS WEEK: Homecoming vs. Howard. 3. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (4-1) - Throttled Chowan 77-30. THIS WEEK: At Johnson C. Smith. 4. S. CAROLINA STATE (4-2) - Shut out BCSP No. 1 NC A&T, 13-0. THIS WEEK: Hosting NC Central. 5. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (4-2) - Shut out by SC State, 13-0. THIS WEEK: Hosting Hampton Thursday night. . 6. ALABAMA STATE (4-2) - Fell to Alcorn State, 33-7. THIS WEEK: At Prairie View A&M. 7. GRAMBLING STATE (3-3) - Beat Alabama A&M, 38-28. THIS WEEK: Hosting BCSP No. 1 Alcorn State. 8. TENNESSEE STATE (4-2) - Lost at Southeast Missouri, 28-21. THIS WEEK: Hosts Jacksonville State. 9. TEXAS SOUTHERN (5-1) - Defeated Miss. Valley State, 20-16. THIS WEEK: Idle. 10. SOUTHERN (3-3) - Outscored Ark.-Pine Bluff, 51-36. THIS WEEK: At Alabama A&M. B C S P F O O T B A L L T O P T E N BCSP Notes CIAA makes 2014-15 hoops picks HAMPTON, Virginia - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Asso- ciation (CIAA) hosted its annual Mens and Womens Basketball Me- dia Day last Wednesday at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The head coaches from the CIAAs 12 member institu- tions were interviewed and the event was streamed live via CIAA-TV. Stan Lewter, the days emcee, announced the 2014-2015 Basketball season Predicted Order of Finish and the All-CIAA team, which include: 2014-2015 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH MEN SOUTHERN DIVISION NORTHERN DIVISION 1. Livingstone 1. Bowie State 2. Winston-Salem State 2. Lincoln 3. Fayetteville State 3. Virginia State 4. Johnson C. Smith 4. Virginia Union 5. Shaw 5. Elizabeth City State 6. Saint Augustines 6. Chowan WOMEN SOUTHERN DIVISION NORTHERN DIVISION 1. Fayetteville State 1. Virginia State 2. Shaw 2. Virginia Union 3. Winston-Salem State 3. Lincoln 4. Johnson C. Smith 4. Bowie State 5. Saint Augustine's 5. Chowan 6. Livingstone 6. Elizabeth City State 2014 PRESEASON ALL-CIAA TEAM WOMEN MEN 21 Donia Naylor, BSU 10 Andre Jackson, BSU 11 Alisha Mabley, CU 30 Miykael Faulcon, ECSU PASSING Michael German, TNS 34-59 362 yards 2 TDs 1 int. Tyler Mahla, EWC 23-47 331 yards 1 TD 1 int. Josh Straughan, STIL 17-27 292 yards 6 TDs 0 ints. Kenneth Graham, VUU 16-28 292 yards 2 TDs 1 int. Greg McGhee, HOW 32-49 291 yards 2 TDs 2 ints. Johnathan Williams, GSU 23-37 291 yards 2 TDs 1 int. Ben Anderson, UAPB 18-40 289 yards 2 TDs 1 int. Cyril Davis, SAU 15-29 277 yards 1 TD 0 ints. Cameron Stover, BEN 28-46 262 yards 1 TD 0 ints. Terrance Ayers, LANE 22-39 254 yards 1 TD 0 ints. Malcolm Bell, NCCU 20-30 250 yards 3 TDs 0 ints. Leon Prunty, SSU 14-31 239 yards 1 TD 0 ints. Trey Folston, SHAW 17-37 232 yards 1 TD 1 ints. Austin Howard, SOU 14-22 230 yards 3 TDs 1 int. John Gibbs, Jr., ALC 20-33 217 yards 0 TDs 1 int. Drew Powell, LIV 20-40 217 yards 3 TDs 1 int. Demetric Price, MILES 15-30 214 yards 1 TD 0 ints. Michael Wilson, CSU 17-36 210 yards 1 TD 1 int. Daniel Duhart, ALS 15-30 205 yards 0 TDs 0 ints.
RECEIVING Donte Gross, VUU 4 rec. 168 yards 2 TDs Reggie Travis, SOU 5 rec. 156 yards 3 TDs Jalen Hendricks, LIV 9 rec. 143 yards 2 TDs Eric Williams, WSSU 2 rec. 135 yards 1 TD Khalif Dandy, CHEY 8 rec. 133 yards 0 TDs Montaurius Smith, AAM 7 rec. 131 yards 1 TD Claytin Lewis, SAU 4 rec. 126 yards 1 TD Kendariss Brown, BEN 9 rec. 124 yards 1 TD Suwayne Hilton, EWC 5 rec. 114 yards 0 TDs Demario Bell, ALS 4 rec. 112 yards 0 TDs Chris S.-McCollum, TNS 9 rec. 104 yards 1 TD Jamion Dunning, LANE 7 rec. 103 yards 0 TDs BCSP WEEKLY LEADERS (For week of October 4, 2014) G A M E S T H I S W E E K was picked to fnish at the bottom of the SWAC West but has won its frst three conference games under new head coach Broderick Fobbs. Not only have the G-Men beaten Prai- rie View A&M, Jackson State and Alabama A&M during their current three-game winning streak, but they played then BCSP No. 1 Bet- hune-Cookman tough before succumbing 36- 23 on Sept. 13, before the win sreak began. The Grambling/Alcorn State game hearkens back to an era when legendary coaches Eddie Robinson of Grambling and Marino Casem manned the sidlines in a classic rivalry. And both programs are on the upswing after struggling in recent years. Alcorn is getting great play on both offense and defense, leading the SWAC in total, scoring and rushing offense and defense. Quarterback John Gibbs Jr. put up 323 yards of total offense Thursday while the Braves offense generated 608 total yards, 391 on the ground. Fobbs is working minor miracles at Gram- bling, a team that had won one game over the past two seasons and was particularly in turmoil last season. Fobbs, who played for Robinson, as did his dad, veteran coach Lee Fobbs, says he's trading on the tradition and pride Robinson built. Back-up quarterback Johnathan Williams totalled 353 total yards, 291 thru the air, in the win over Alabama A&M Saturday. In other SWAC games, Jackson State (3-3, 1-2) has its homecoming Saturday vs. Missis- sippi Valley State (1-5, 0-4) and Prairie View A&M (1-4, 1-3) has homecoming vs. Alabama State (4-2, 3-1). Alabama A&M (2-4, 1-2) is at home to Southern (3-3, 2-1). BCSP No. 4 South Carolina State and Norfolk State are tied atop the MEAC with 2-0 conference records and have home dates Satur- day. S. C. State (4-2) is hosting N. C. Central (2-3, 1-0) while Norfolk State (2-4) has its homecoming vs. Delaware State (1-5, 1-1). BCSP No. 2 Bethune-Cookman (4-1, 1-0) also has homecoming in Daytona Beach vs. Howard (1-5, 0-3). On Thursday, BCSP No. 5 North Carolina A&T (4-2, 1-1) hosts Hampton (1-4, 0-1) in a game to be carried live on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. In the CIAA, Virginia Union and Virginia State are tied for the North Division lead with 2-0 marks while BCSP No. 3 Winston-Salem State leads the South at 2-0. VUU (4-1) hosts Lincoln (1-4, 0-2) in Richmond, Va. for homecoming while Virginia State (3-2) hosts division rival Elizabeth City State (2-3, 1-1). WSSU (4-1) plays on the road at Johnson C. Smith (1-4, 0-2). Chowan (1-4, 0-2) hosts Bowie State (1-4, 1-1). BCSP No. 8 Tennessee State (4-2), 25th in the latest Sports Network FCS Top 25, is hosting FCS No. 8 Jacksonville State (4-1). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 ESPNU - ESPN3 NC A&T vs. Hampton in Greensboro, NC 7:30p SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 SWAC Alabama A&M vs. Southern in Huntsville, AL 1p Grambling State vs. Alcorn State in Grambling, LA 2p CIAA Shaw vs. Fayetteville State in Durham, NC 1p J. C. Smith vs. Winston-Salem State in Charlotte, NC 2p Virginia State vs. Elizabeth City State in Ettrick, VA 2p Chowan vs. Bowie State in Murfreesboro, NC 3p SIAC Benedict vs. Stillman in Columbia, SC 2p Fort Valley State vs. Kentucky State in Fort Valley, GA 2p Limestone vs. Paine in Gaffney, SC 2p Clark Atlanta vs. College of Faith in Atlanta, GA 2p Albany State vs. Lane in Albany, GA 7p MEAC S. C. State vs. N. C. Central in Orangeburg, SC 2p Florida A&M vs. Savannah State in Tallahassee, FL 5p Norfolk State vs. Delaware State in Norfolk, VA 2p INDEPENDENTS Va.-Lynchburg vs. Atl. Sports Academy in L'burg, VA 1p Bacone vs. Texas College in Muskogee, OK 2p Lincoln (MO) vs. St. Josephs in Jeff. City, MO 2p Oklahoma Baptist vs. Langston in Shawnee, OK 2p Tennessee State vs. Jacksonville State in Nashville, TN 2p Edward Waters vs. W. Int'l in Jacksonville, FL 2p East Stroudsburg vs. Cheyney in East Str'burg, PA 6:05p HOMECOMINGS Virginia Union vs. Lincoln (PA) in Richmond, VA 1p Livingstone vs. St. Augustine's in Salisbury, NC 1:30p West Va. State vs. W. Va. Wesleyan in Institute, WV 1:30p Concordia-Selma vs. Wesley College in Selma, AL 12n Jackson State vs. Miss Valley State in Jackson, MS 2p Prairie View vs. Alabama State in Pr. View, TX 2p Miles vs. Central State in Fairfeld, AL 4p Bethune-Cookman vs. Howard in Daytona Beach, FL 4p CLASSICS 79th Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic - HSRN Morehouse vs. Tuskegee in Columbus, GA 2p WOMEN (continued) MEN (continued) 4 Jadda Jefferies, ECSU 20 Darrell Ward, ECSU 21 Deja Middleton, FSU 2 Joshua Dawson, FSU 14 Ashley Porter, JCSU 31 Emilio Parks, JCSU 23 Cierra York, LC 4 Eric DuBose, LC 32 Zephrah Pam, LU 34 Eric Mayo, LC 4 Regime McCombs, SAU 4 Larry Richardson, SU 23 Tiffanie Adair, VSU 32 Alphonso Leary, VSU 12 Jessica Lyons, VSU 3 Ray Anderson, VUU 4 Ashle Freeman, VUU 22 Wykevin Bazemore, WSSU 14 Dionna Scott, WSSU 00 Marquez Jones, WSSU SWAC CLASSIC: Jay Hopson (l.) leads his new BCSP No. 1 and East Division leading Alcorn State Braves into Grambling Saturday to face new head coach Broderick Fobbs (r.) and the re- gurgent BCSP No. 7 G-Men who surprisingly sit on top of the SWAC West standings. Alcorn State Sports photo Grambling State Sports photo BCSP NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK For games of October 2-6, 2014 OFFENSE - JACOBY JONES, WR/KR, Baltimore (6th year, LANE) - One reception for 30 yards, two kickoff returns for a 25-yard average with a long return of 28 yards and one punt return for 0 yards in loss to Indianapolis. Also lost a fumble. DEFENSE - JUNIOR GALLETTE, OLB, New Orleans (5th year, STILLMAN) - Two solo tackles with one sack of Tampa Bay QB Mike Glennon for a safety in Saints win over the Buccaneers. Galette now has three sacks on the season. - RASHEAN MATHIS, DB, Detroit (12th year, BETHUNE-COOKMAN) - Three solo tackles and an interception he returned 41 yards for a TD in loss to Buffalo. It was the frst pick of the year for Mathis, 31st of his career and fourth return TD.