Per Jackson State University JACKSON, Miss. – Based on updates in Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ Executive Order, the Jackson State Division of Athletics will adjust capacity at events in the near future while maintaining appropriate health and safety standards. JSU will be operating at 50 percent capacity for indoor and outdoor events. The Lee E. Williams Athletics & Assembly Center
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Jackson State picked up an unexpected bye week due to the game against MS VALLEY STATE being rescheduled due to COVID test results. Student athletes will have to quarantine, thus delaying the game this Saturday.
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53 to 0! Jackson State kicked off the season February 21st with a blowout win over Edward Waters in their season opener. It was also the home opener for the Tigers. Amassing 435 yards of total offense while allowing only 104 yards, JSU handled the NAIA team with no problem. The defense engineered the first shutout since 2014. Looking fast,
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Jackson State finally stopped the 6 game losing streak to Tennessee State in historic fashion. 49 points is the most Jackson State has ever scored in the Southern Heritage Classic. With JSU up by 3 touchdowns at one point, TSU rallied to make the game too close for comfort for JSU. The game got off to a great for Jackson
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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Skylar Thompson only threw one touchdown pass in Kansas State’s 31-24 road win at Mississippi State, but boy was it a big one. With 5:37 left in the fourth quarter and the game tied 24-24, Thompson rolled out and found Dalton Schoen wide open in the right side of the end zone and hit him with a
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CHRIS BURROWS (Associated Press) OXFORD, Miss. — Matt Corral threw for two touchdowns and the Mississippi defense made a pair of game-saving stops on downs in the final six minutes as the Rebels defeated Southeastern Louisiana 40-29. Corral finished 21 of 30 for 239 yards and directed a pair of fourth quarter field goal drives that preserved the Ole Miss (2-1) win
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New offensive coaches, New quarterbacks, and renewed energy for the JSU Tigers were not enough for the Tigers to open the 2019 football season with a win. Jackson State amassed 506 yards of offense to Bethune Cookman’s 277. Three quarterbacks, Quincy Casey, Derrick Ponder, and Jalon Jones combined to throw for 273 yards. Ponder, who played the most, threw for
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Continuing their historic season, the Tougaloo Bulldogs blew out their 2019 Homecoming opponent, Dillard, 100 to 59. Winning clinched a share of the regular season championship for the bulldogs who currently stand with a 24-4, 11-2 record. Tonzell Handy paced the dogs with 18 points and 18 rebounds. His teammate Kourey Davis also poured in 18 points.
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Last week, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament had upset upon upset upon upset. After 136 games in tournament history, a 16th seeded team FINALLY defeated a number 1 seeded team. Never in history had this happened. The record going into last week was #1 seed (135-0) against #16 seed teams. University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) embarrassed the Virginia defeating
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Number 1 seeded Kansas joined the Final Four with their 85 to 81 overtime victory over Duke. One of the best games of the year featured former Callaway high school standout Malik Newman looking like the Malik many Jackson basketball fans were accustomed to seeing. Malik’s confidence has risen since the Big 12 tournament where he captured MVP. He scored
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