As the Final Four approaches, BOXTOROW releases its 11th annual Division I men’s college basketball All-America teams. Hampton guard Jermaine Marrow has been named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. Marrow, a junior from Newport News, Va., is ranked eighth in Division I in scoring, averaging 24.4 points per game. He also averaged 4.9 assists
Prairie View A&M Forward Devonte Patterson 6-7, Junior, Bridgeport, Texas Averaged 19.7 points and 7.0 rebounds in three wins last week for the Panthers who won the SWAC Tournament championship. In the Panthers opening victory over Alcorn, Patterson paced the Panthers with 25 points, seven rebounds, two steals, and was 7-of-13 from the field. Patterson
Donal talks about the big win by Prairie View A&M over Grambling, Tennessee State’s almost win over Vanderbilt as well as an update on TSU player Christion Abercrombie.
Prairie View A&M running back Dawonya Tucker 5-6, 165, Jr., Terrell, Texas Carried the ball for a career-high and MEAC/SWAC Challenge record 247 yards in helping lead Prairie View A&M to a 40-24 victory over North Carolina Central in Atlanta. Tucker also had the game-winning 50-yard touchdown run. Tucker leads FCS in rushing with 320
It’s a new era of football in Prairie View, TX as longtime SWAC assistant coach Eric Dooley gets his first opportunity as a head coach with the Panthers. The Panthers have had solid seasons the last couple of years , but have finished in third place in the Western Division. Is this the year PV
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
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
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
Donal looks at the State Fair Classic game between Grambling and Prairie View A&M in Dallas and gives his thoughts on who will win.
Clark Atlanta was a respectable 5-5 last year. They have returning one of the best quarterbacks in the country in former Vanderbilt star Johnathon McCrary. McCrary joins host Donal Ware to talk about the Panthers season.