College Basketball

Senior Manny Atkins recorded his fourth double-double of the season and scored a career-high 30 points to lead Georgia State to a 79-76 overtime win at Arkansas State on Tuesday night. Due to snow and ice in Arkansas, the Panthers overcame a three and half hour bus ride that delayed the game 50 minutes to win their sixth-game in a row. [...]

Georgia State clinched the outright Sun Belt Conference regular season title on Saturday evening with a 66-55 win over Texas State at Strahan Coliseum. It is the Panthers first outright title since the 2000-01 season and clinches GSU the No. 1 seed in the Sun Belt Conference tournament which begins March 13. [...]

The Livingstone College Blue Bears made history on Saturday evening after clinching their first-ever CIAA Championship with an 83-68 win over Winston-Salem State University in Time Warner Cable Arena. [...]

The Shaw University Lady Bears held on late in the game to clinch their fourth straight CIAA Tournament Championship on Saturday evening with a 73-70 win over Fayetteville State University. The Lady Bears have not only won four straight tournament titles, but have also won nine of the last 12 tournament championships. [...]

The Winston-Salem State University Rams clawed their way back from a 16-point deficit to secure a spot in Saturday's CIAA Championship game with a 78-71 win over Johnson C. Smith University. The Rams are slated to take on the Livingstone College Blue Bears in an 8:30 p.m. contest in Time Warner Cable Arena. [...]

CIAA Player of the Year Mark Thomas scored 28 points and Jody Hill added 14 points as Livingstone College survived a late Fayetteville State run for a 79-73 men’s basketball semi-final win at Time Warner Cable Arena on Friday, February 28 to reach the CIAA Tournament finals for the second consecutive year. [...]

The Rams of Winston-Salem State secured a spot in the CIAA Tournament semi-finals with a 74-70 win over Elizabeth City State on Thursday evening. [...]

The Shaw University Lady Bears clinched a spot in the CIAA Championship game with a 60-59 win over #10 Virginia State University Friday afternoon in Time Warner Cable Arena. With Virginia State trailing by three, Cana Marriott launched a long jumper as time expired, but it was ruled a two-point basket, sending the Lady Bears to their ninth conference final in 12 years. [...]

Amber Calvin scored 19 points to lead Fayetteville State University to its second straight CIAA Tournament championship game. The Lady Broncos came out with a 64-57 women's basketball semi-final victory over Virginia Union University at Time Warner Cable Arena on Friday. [...]

Georgia State used a strong second-half surge to earn a 77-49 win over UT Arlington and secure no worse than a share of the Sun Belt Conference regular season title on Thursday night at the College Park Center. The title is the Panthers first since winning the Atlantic Sun Conference title during the 2001-02 season. [...]