Jackson State University NCAA News

Christian Williams fractured his heel and is expected to miss the remainder of the season, JSU basketball coach Tevester Anderson said Thursday.

Darius Mitchell and Taurice King , two Jackson State football players who missed last season with injuries, are expected to rejoin the team for spring practice, coach Rick Comegy said Tuesday.

Terrence Joyner from Mississippi Valley State has been selected for StatSheet's SWAC Player of the Week for February 6th.

Illinois won a 42-41 slugfest against then-No. 10 Michigan State on Tuesday despite shooting 32 percent from the floor and an equally atroA cious 9 of 17 from the charity stripe.

With eight games to go in a basketball season that has been, to this point, charmed, magical and somewhat reminiscent of the good old days at Southern, first-year coach Roman Banks keeps saying the same thing.

The Braves nailed 71% of their free throws as opposed to 50% for the Tigers. Alcorn State shared the ball and registered 14 assists to eight for Jackson State.

Lamontiez Ivy , a quarterback from East St. Louis, Ill., committed to JSU over the weekend, becoming the first serious candidate the Tigers have picked up to challenge for the open starting QB position.

Tight end Jabari Payton of Carthage, defensive back Preston Hughes of Mobile and kicker Ryan Deising of Nashville gave non-binding verbal commits to JSU.

Gonzaga makes an appearance at #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

StatSheet's SWAC Player of the Week for January 30th goes to Southern University's Quinton Doggett.

For Comegy - and all other small college coaches - National Signing Day is just the beginning.

A couple facts played into this pairing. The Jackson State RPI ranking was #296 and Mississippi Valley State was a much higher #150. The Tigers normally get burned on the road, and the Delta Devils were already streaking, winning 5 out of 5. Last year, Jackson State went 2-0 against Mississippi Valley State.

Bath shook off their mid-winter blues with a 46-14 win over Northampton that puts them in pole position for a home semi-final. Northampton, missing 10 players to England and the second-string Saxons, were well in touch until the last quarter but were then blitzed by three tries in seven minutes from Olly Woodburn, Stephen Donald and Charlie Beech.

At least four quarterbacks will compete this spring to replace record-setter Casey Therriault as Jackson State's starting quarterback next fall.

They hardly are words Southwestern Athletic Conference officials want to be uttering in January, but the troubled situation with Alcorn State football already is making 2012 feel like 2011.

StatSheet's SWAC Player of the Week for January 23rd goes to Mississippi Valley State's Cor-J Cox.

Kentucky makes a return appearance as the number one team in men's basketball, according to the AP Poll, replacing Syracuse who drops to #3. Kentucky takes back the number one ranking following a week in which they first got a victory at home against Arkansas, 86-63. After that came another win at home against Alabama, 77-71. Syracuse lost their ... (more)

The single engine Cessna 172 is parked in a World War II-era hangar on the grounds of the Monroe... The Grambling women's basketball team stopped its two-game skid by clawing its way to a 59-55 overtime victory at Jackson State late Saturday.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Christian Williams scored 28 points to lead Jackson State to an 80-67 victory over Grambling State in Southwestern Athletic Conference play Saturday night.

"We're only looking at taking eight or nine guys," JSU coach Rick Comegy said Thursday, speaking for the first time in nearly two months.