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Bethune Cookman’s
Alabama A&M Upsets Tulane At The Buzzer
Alabama A&M upset Tulane Friday night with a 68-67 win thanks to a layup by Jacob Perry with one second remain- ing in overtime. Perry’s last- second shot was his only made field goal of the game.
N.C. A&T And N.C. Central Head Into Battle Of Unfinished Business
Volleyball Coach And Team
Receive Top MEAC Honors
NORFOLK, Va. - Head vol- leyball coach Brittany Williams earned 2015 Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors while five Wildcats were named to the All-MEAC teams as voted on by the conference head coaches and sports informa- tion directors, the league an- nounced Friday, Nov. 13.
Under the helm of Williams, the Lady Wildcats posted a 10-0 MEAC record and a 13-15 overall mark. In her first season, she guided Bethune-Cookman to its first southern divisional title and regular-season sweep of inter-
state rival Florida A&M. Bethune-Cookman enjoyed a memorable season by post- ing a 10-0 flawless record in winning the Southern Divi- sion. It was the first time in school history that BCU went undefeated in conference play during the regular season. In
As They Share MEAC Title Now
FAMU Loses To Delaware State
3 HBCUs Make NCAA Division II Playoff Field
Brittany Williams ...BCU Volleyball Coach named ‘Coach of the Year.
addition, the Wildcats' 13 reg- ular victories are the most for the program since 2004.
Joining Williams, on the First Team All-MEAC squad; Hazel Ortiz Rosado, Deli- cia Pierre and Rakaya Neely.
Grambling State clinched its first Western Division Championship since 2011 with a 49-31 win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Saturday afternoon. Wih a win over Southern in the Bayou Classic, GSU can be the first team with a perfect con- ference record since they ac- complished that feat in 2008.
Johnathan Williams
passed for 339 yards and four touchdowns, and Grambling State jumped out to a 35-3
lead that they would not relin- quish. With the victory, GSU punched its ticket to the 2015
SWAC Football Championship in Houston, Texas at NRG Sta- dium on Dec. 5.
The Florida A&M Rattler football team (1-9, 1-6 MEAC) fell to the Bears of Morgan State University (4-5, 4-3 MEAC), 21-7 at Earl C. Banks Field in Hughes Stadium.
After a scoreless first quar- ter, it took the Rattlers 2:17, seven plays, and 80-yards to score the first and only touch- down of the game.
The Rattlers would finish the game with 196 total yards, only adding 63 yards post- halftime compared the Bears’ 540 yards.
Junior defensive back Jules Dornevil and senior line-
backer Kashawn Butler led the Rattler defense with seven tackles apiece.
Norwood led the offense with 66 receiving yards and the FAMU’s lone touchdown. Coleman would finish the game with 136 yards going 15- of-34 on pass attempts..
The Rattlers will con- clude their season next Saturday, Nov. 21, at the annual Florida Blue Florida Classic against the Wildcats of Bethune- Cookman University at the Orlando Citrus Bowl. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m.
The 2015 Division II play- off bracket is set and three HBCU schools made the 28- team field, the NCAA an- nounced Sunday.
Virginia Union and Bowie State will represent the CIAA and Tuskegee the SIAC, re- spectively.
Virginia Union (8-2), the only HBCU team to win a postseason game last season, is a No. 7 seed. They will face No. 2 seed Slippery Rock in the first round.
Bowie State (9-2), runner- up in the CIAA after losing the conference championship
game Saturday to Winston- Salem State, is slotted as a No. 6 seed against No. 3 seed As- sumption.
Tuskegee (8-2), who lost in the SIAC championship game,
will be a No.6 seed against No. 3 seed Catawba.
The Division II playoffs begin Nov. 21. The national championship game is De- cember 19.
Grambling Clinches SWAC West Division With Win
Grambling State clinched its first Western Division Championship since 2011 with a 49-31 win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Saturday afternoon. Wih a win over Southern in the Bayou Classic, GSU can be the first team with a perfect con- ference record since they ac- complished that feat in 2008.
Johnathan Williams
passed for 339 yards and four touchdowns, and Grambling State jumped out to a 35-3 lead that they would not relin- quish. With the victory, GSU
punched its ticket to the 2015 SWAC Football Champi-
onship in Houston, Texas at NRG Stadium on Dec. 5.
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