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FAMU Wins Homecoming Game 17-0 Over Norfolk State
Bethune Takes Down
Homecoming day is a cel- ebration of the past.
The resurgent Florida A&M football team scored its’ first stout in 18 years Sat- urday at Bragg Memorial Stadium, defeating Norfolk (Va.) State, 17-0 during Homecoming festivities on the FAMU campus.
Saturday’s shutout was the first for Florida A&M (4- 2, 3-0 in MEAC), since a 43- 0 road whitewash of the Howard University Bison on September 30, 2000.
The victory was the third straight for the Rattlers, their longest win string since a four-game winning streak in 2011, while the three confer- ence wins represent FAMU’s best start (3-0) in league play since a similar opening stretch in 2009.
Saturday’s victory was also the fourth of the year for FAMU, which last posted four victories in a season in 2016 (4-7).
The visiting Spartans (3-
Chad Hunter, who sprinted into the end zone after the catch for a 10-0n FAMU lead with 9:59 left in the game.
If that score allowed the 26,045 partisan fans a chance to breathe easier after watching the Rattlers cling to a slim lead, it was the clincher by the electric half- back Bishop Bonnett, who raced in from 14 yards out with 2:34 left to put the game out of reach at 17-0.
WHAT’S NEXT: The first MEAC Showcase Showdown of 2018 will take place, as first place FAMU (3-0) will travel to Greensboro, N.C., to face defending Black College National Champion and MEAC winner North Car- olina A&T (5-1, 2-0 MEAC) in a battle of the last confer- ence unbeaten teams, next Saturday at Aggie Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and the game will air live nationally on ESPN3.
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The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Foundation has donated game day uniforms and ap- parel to the Southern Inter- collegiate Athletic Conference’s member schools, an expansion of the partnership between the his- torically black athletic confer- ence and NBA players.
The gift comes months after the NBPA hosted its sec- ond annual HBCU players combine for men’s basketball athletes from the SIAC and Southwestern Athletic Con- ference, the first exclusive training and scouting invita- tional event organized for Black college athletes among the four major American pro- fessional leagues.
“On behalf of the NBPA, we are honored to make this gift in support of the men’s and women’s basketball
membership. Making this gift acknowledges that history and strengthens our bond going forward.”
The conference has earned national headlines in recent years as a hub for at- tracting former NBA players to their first collegiate coach- ing jobs.
Morehouse College re- cently announced former NBA lottery pick Jarvis Hayes as an assistant coach for the Maroon Tigers, who followed former Clark Atlanta University head coach Dar- rell Walker and his succes- sor George Lynch.
Former NBA all-star Kenny Anderson was re- cently named the head bas- ketball coach at Fisk University, whose student- athletes also participated in the NBPA HBCU Top 50 Camp this past summer.
Xavier Alumna Jamika
Chad Hunter leaps into the endzone to score a touch- down.
2, 1-1 MEAC) outgained the Rattlers, 291 to 240 in total yards Saturday, but like an ace pitcher, the FAMU de- fense continually bailed out the team with defensive stops.
Leading 3-0 heading into the fourth period, the Rat- tlers salted away the game in the final stanza on Ryan Stanley’s 13-yard pass to
BCU WR Jimmie Robin- son scores on a pass from QB Akevious Williams.
Bethune-Cookman turned the momentum of Saturday's Homecoming game on a dime with five cents change as the Wildcats downed Mississippi Valley State 41-27 before a crowd of 10,278 at Daytona Stadium.
Redshirt junior quarter- back Akevious Williams ac- counted for three touchdowns as the Wildcats (3-3) turned a 14-0 deficit into a 28-14 lead in an eight-minute span of the second quarter.
After Williams' 55-yard strike to Keavon Mitchell put the Wildcats on the score- board, BCU used two short- field possessions and Trevor Merritt's 49-yard pick-six to
take control of the contest. Marquis Hendrix's in- terception set up the next Wildcats score, a 19-yarder from Williams to Jimmie Robinson that made it 21-14 in favor of the Maroon and Gold with 6:21 left in the first
half.
Kennedy Ndukwe and
Donald Johnson, IV inter- ceptions helped the Wildcats put the Delta Devils away down the stretch.
Isaac Washington
added an insurance touch- down -- his first career score - - on a 6-yard run.
From his quarterback posi- tion, Akevious Williams finished 11 of 24 for 123 yards in the air while rushing for 54 and a third quarter touch- down.
BCU has now won two games on the spin and 11 con- secutive Homecoming con- tests dating back to 2007.
The Wildcats travel to South Carolina State next Sat- urday in a pivotal Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) showdown at Oliver C. Daw- son Stadium in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Mississippi Valley
Homecoming Weekend
NBA Players Association Expands HBCU Support With Apparel Donation To SIAC
Former NBA star Kenny Anderson and ex of Reality star, Tammy Roman is the head basketball coach at Fisk University.
teams of the SIAC,” said Sherrie Deans, Executive Director of the NBPA Foun- dation.
“The schools that make up the SIAC along with all of the other HBCU’s have made im- portant contributions to the game of basketball and to our
Chef Jamika Pessoa is- sues the invitation "Let's eat!" to viewers of The Food Net- work's new cooking show that bears that name.
The show is available on the channel's app and through streaming services, such as TV Everywhere.
And everywhere is an apt description of where Pessoa, a former New Orleans resi- dent, can be found these days.
"Just keeping flipping be- tween The Food Network and The Cooking Channel and the app and you're going to see my face," said Pessoa, a Xavier University graduate who first dipped her toe into national food TV in 2009.
Along with the 13-episode "Let's Eat," which premiered Aug. 12, she can be found on:
• "Haunted Gingerbread Showdown,"which aired Oct. 7 on The Food Network.
• "Guy's Grocery
Jamika Pessoa is a rising star on the Food Network.
Games,"which premieres Oct. 17at8p.m.Shewillbea judge of Guy Fieri's popular shopping competition on The Food Network.
• "Food, Fact, Fiction," which explores the origins of certain foods on The Cooking Channel.
Pessoa, who earned a de- gree in marketing in 2001, was one of 10 finalists on "The Next Food Network Star." She didn't win, but the experience kick-started her national TV career.
Pessoa May Be Food
Network’s Next Rising Star
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