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HBCU ALL-STARS ANNOUNCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK & TEAM OF THE WEEK HONORS, CELEBRATING THE BEST IN BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL

(THIRD ANNUAL HBCU ALL-STAR GAME TO BE HELD AT GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY ARENA IN PHOENIX ON SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024, on CBS)

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ATLANTA (WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2023) HBCU All-Stars LLC has announced its second 2023-24 HBCU All-Stars “Player of the Week and Team of the Week” honors featuring the nation’s top HBCU student-athletes from the MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, SIAC, Tennessee State, North Carolina A&T, and Hampton Universities. 

 

This week’s winners from November 12-18:

  •  HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division I MEAC Player of the Week

    No Player of the week

     

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division I MEAC Team of the Week

    Delaware State University
    Went 1-1 for the week with a loss to Delaware (78-67). In addition, the team had a big win versus
    Grambling State (71- 63).

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division I SWAC Player of the Week

    Andre Nunley
    Prairie View A&M University (Alvin Attles Jr Point Guard) in win over
    Abilene Christian University (79- 74) Averaged 36 mpg, 22 points, and 6 rebounds for the week

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division I SWAC Team of the Week

    Prairie View A&M
    Went 1-0 on the road with a win at Abilene Christian University (79-74)

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division II SIAC Co-Players of the Week

    Asanti Price
    Benedict College (Robert Earl “Bob” Love Small Forward) in Benedict College’s
    2 wins over University of Tampa (100-78) and Pain College (92-64)
    Averaged 27.5 mpg, 19.5 points, and 6 rebounds for the week

    Keshawn Pegues
    Morehouse College (John Chaney shooting Guard) in wins over Fayetteville
    State University (75-55) Atlanta, GA and Livingstone College (69-53)
    Averaged 33.5 mpg, 18.5 points, and 6.5 rebounds

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division II SIAC Team of the Week

    Morehouse College
    Went 2-0 wins with wins over Fayetteville State University (75-55) and Livingstone College (69-
    53).

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division II CIAA Co-Team of the Week
    Winston-Salem State
    Went 2-0 with wins over the University of Mount Olive (88-68) and Tuskegee University (65-59)

    St. Augustine’s University
    Now 2-0 with wins over Chowan University (87-82) and Belmont Abbey College (59-55)

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division II CIAA Player of the Week
    Jaylen Alston
    Winston-Salem State University (Robert Earl “Bob” Love Small Forward) in wins
    over the University of Mount Olive (88-68) and Tuskegee University (65-59)
    Averaged 25 mpg, 23.5 points, and 7 rebounds

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division I Independent Team of the Week
    Tennessee State University
    Went 1-1 with a win at the University of Portland W (75-65) at the Emerald Coast Classic and a loss
    at the University of Oregon (67-92).

  • HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division I Independent Player of the Week
    Tedrick Wilcox
    Hampton University (Robert Earl “Bob” Love Small Forward) in 3 games this
    week at Norfolk State University, Kent State University, and Florida Gulf Coast University.
    Averaged 32 mpg, 15 points, and 2 rebounds

  • HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Player of the Week

    Andre Nunley
    Prairie View A&M University (Alvin Attles Jr Point Guard) in win over Abilene
    Christian University 79- 74.  Averaged 36 mpg, 22 points, and 6 rebounds

  • HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Team of the Week

    Prairie View A&M University
    Went 1-0 on the road and got a win at Abilene Christian University (79- 74)

According to Travis L. Williams, HBCU All-Stars, LLC Founder/CEO “It has been an amazing few weeks “Celebrating the Best in Black College Basketball” to tip-off the 2023-24 basketball season. In only the second week, all of our outstanding teams, coaches, support staff, and the nation’s top 60 HBCU players on the HBCU All-Star Game Watch List are working hard, competing at a very high level, and representing the HBCU All-Stars Basketball Movement. Our watch list players have proved their selection and level of talent, skills, and abilities while playing numerous Power 5 programs across the country in the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Pac-12, and SEC. They also did not disappoint and proved their value in celebrating Black excellence in the second annual ATL Has Something to Say HBCU All-Stars Challenge at Morehouse College Forbes Arena on Friday, November 17 & Saturday, November 18. As the Thanksgiving Holidays season approaches with family and friends, we are truly grateful, humbled,
blessed to recognize, and honor the accomplishments of these outstanding players and teams.

Our HBCU All-Stars National Scouts with over 100 combined years of coaching, scouting, and recruiting will continue attending games and evaluating, scouting, and recruiting the nation’s top 60 players across the country from the 2024 Watch List.

HBCU All-Stars Player of the Week selections will highlight and showcase the nation’s best HBCU student-athletes and brilliant coaches on a national stage.

HBCU All-Stars LLC will honor the illustrious playing careers of Alvin Attles Jr, North Carolina A&T State University (CIAA), John Chaney, Bethune-Cookman University (SIAC), Leonard Eugene “Truck” Robinson, Tennessee State University (Independent), Robert Earl “Bob “Love, Southern University (SWAC), Zelmo “Big Z” Beaty, Prairie View A&M University (SWAC).  All of these amazing HBCU legends made their mark in this great game of basketball and reached the highest level of success in the NBA. We will recognize their impact on our HBCU basketball culture during the 2023-24 basketball season and host the third annual HBCU All-Star Game on the beautiful campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ.

This event is far more than a basketball game.  HBCU All-Stars LLC will stage the HBCU All-Star Game Experience, a week-long festival that will kick off the week on Tuesday, April 2 and conclude the following Tuesday after the Championship game (April 9).  It will celebrate the HBCU Experience and will be highlighted by a HBCU All-Stars College Admissions Fair, Community Outreach and Engagement, Pro Day Combine, Welcome Reception, Awards Ceremony, and Social Justice & Civil Rights panel discussion.

The HBCU All-Star Game will air live on the CBS Television Network and be available to stream on
Paramount+.

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ABOUT HBCU ALL-STARS, LLC

HBCU All-Stars, LLC is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and was founded in 2019 with the mission to advocate, educate, expose, mentor and invest in hardworking, talented, ambitious, and very deserving students, student-athletes and brilliant coaches at our distinguished Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Along with its mission, in April 2022 and 2023 the company also launched the first-ever and second HBCU All-Star Game and ancillary experiences and events surrounding the historical endeavor in New Orleans and Houston. Also, in November 2022, HBCU All-Stars LLC founded ATL Has Something to Say HBCU All-Stars Challenge at Morehouse College Forbes Arena featuring some of the best teams from the four premier black college conferences MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, and SIAC.

Celebrating the Best in Black College Basketball”