Virginia Union guard Todd Hughes 6-3, Senior, Smyrna, Del. Averaged 19 points, 5.5 rebounds, shot 55 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range in helping lead the Panthers to the CIAA Tournament championship. Presented by North Carolina Mutual
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com The Mid Eastern Athletics Conference has officially and finally responded to Hampton leaving the MEAC for the Big South Conference. In a press release issued by the league, the MEAC wanted to ” to set the record straight regarding the University’s pending departure from the conference. In essence the MEAC broke proper
Bethune-Cookman guard/forward Isaiah Bailey 6-6, Junior, Compton, Calif. Averaged 23.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 10.0 assists and two steals in two victories last week for the first place Wildcats. Bailey recorded a triple double of 19 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in the victory over Savannah State. Presented by North Carolina Mutual
Prairie View A&M Guard Shala Dobbins 5-6, Junior, Tulsa Ok. Averaged 34.5 points, 4.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game in leading Prairie View to wins over Jackson State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Dobbins scored a career high of 40 points, handed out six assists, grabbed four rebounds and three steals and made 22-of-23
2017 was the first year that Erik Jones raced full-time on the NASCAR Monster Energy Drink Series. He secured 14 top 10 finishes and was named Rookie of the Year. This was his third NASCAR Rookie of the Year honor as in 2016 he won the award in the Xfinity Series and in 2015 on
NASCAR Monster Energy Drink Series Cup driver Chase Elliott had a solid 2017, finishing fifth in the points standing. He won one of the Duel qualifying race on Thursday and will start on the second row of this Sunday’s Daytona 500. Elliott, one of NASCAR’s more popular drivers, talked with BOXTOROW host Donal Ware about
boxtorow.com FIU head baseball coach Mervyl Melendez had a solid first year in 2017 as the head baseball coach at FIU, as the Panthers went 31-27. Melendez, a Bethune-Cookman graduate and one of the few HBCU graduates to coach at a non-HBCU on the Division I level, got his debut off on the right foot
by Donal Ware After some re-evaluation over the last few days, this class is a bit different than what I mentioned this past weekend on FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. As has been the case for 12 years now, FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW has ranked the top 10 HBCU FCS
Savannah State guard Alanta Fenner 6-5, Senior, Lake Wales, Fla. Averaged 31.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two steals in two victories last week for the Tigers. He poured in 46 points on 50 percent shooting and 16-of-17 free throws made in the victory over Morgan State. Savannah State is in first place in the MEAC with
Gary Blackston 6-2, Jr., Baltimore, Md. Averaged 30.5 points, 6.5 assists, six rebounds and made 18-of-18 free throws in two victories for the Panthers last week. Presented by North Carolina Mutual