boxtorow.com Jackson State received one less first place vote than defending Celebration Bowl champion South Carolina State but outpaced the Bulldogs by two points and top the BOXTOROW Preseason HBCU Media Poll. Defending champion Bowie State received three first place votes and begin the 2022 season in the No. 4 spot. Florida A&M begins the
boxtorow.com Click here to listen to the podcasts The HBCU Football Daily Podcast will debut on Monday, July 25, beginning its sixth season in 2022. Hosted by nationally syndicated host Donal Ware, now in its sixth season, the podcast will air Monday through Friday through the HBCU football regular season. On each episode, Ware will
by Donal Ware Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there seems to be a tenor of “satisfaction” with just four HBCU players being taken. While that is four more than the embarrassingly low of zero taken in last year’s draft, should we now throw a party? There had been years where the number
No, I haven’t [run] into J. Cole yet, I am a big J. Cole fan. My dad, he’s an older gentleman, he ran into J. Cole and he didn’t even know who the guy was. How does he run into him? He doesn’t even know who he is. -Fayetteville State cornerback Joshua Williams on being
boxtorow.com As the 2021-22 college basketball season begins to wind down, BOXTOROW releases its 13th annual Division II HBCU All-America teams. West Virginia State guard Glen Abrams has been named BOXTOROW Division II Player of the Year. The graduate student from Chicago, Ill. finished seventh in the Mountain East Conference in scoring (19.6), led the
Lincoln (Pa.) Guard Bryanna Brown 5-9, Fifth-Year, New York, N.Y. Averaged 20.0 points, and 4.0 rebounds per game, and shot 46 percent from three-point range in three victories for the Lions and helping the Lions secure the No. 1 seed going into the CIAA Tournament. She scored 27 points on 8-of-12 field goals and 5-3
Fayetteville State Guard Rasheka Simmons 5-9, Junior, Reynolds, Ga. Averaged 24.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and shot 58 percent from the field in two victories for the Broncos. She recorded a double double with 21 points and 11 rebounds, and shot 60 percent from the field in the win over Johnson C. Smith (2/5).
Winston-Salem State Guard Javonte Cooke 6-6, Graduate Student/Columbia, S.C. Averaged 26.5 points, 3.0 assists, and shot 40 percent from three-point range in two wins for the Rams last week. He scored 29 points on 9-of-18 shooting and 6-of-12 from three-point range, handed out five assists, had two steals, and made what turned out to be
Virginia State Forward Terrence Hunter-Whitfield 6-5, Junior, Chesterfield, Va. Averaged 29.5 points and 10 rebounds per game in two games last week for the Trojans. He scored 31 points on 9-of-15 shooting (5-of-9 from three-point range) and grabbed 11 rebounds against Winston-Salem State (1/6/22). Hunter-Whitfield is averaging 13.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while
boxtorow.com The last time South Carolina State won an HBCU national championship was 2009. Bowie State has never won one. This time, it was the Bulldogs’ winning the crown. Actually, two different Bulldogs. The 2021 HBCU college football season is complete and two teams have been named HBCU national champions. The South Carolina State Bulldogs,