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ATLANTA (WEDNESDAY, December 6, 2023) HBCU All-Stars LLC has announced its fourth 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 26- December 2:

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

  Allen Bertrand
  Norfolk State University (John Chaney Shooting guard)
  Averaged 26 mpg, 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1assist, and 1 steal
  
  

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

  Norfolk State University
  Went 2-0 with a 96-62 win over William & Mary University and a 63-60 road win at Virginia
  Commonwealth University (VCU)
  
  

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

  Charles Smith IV
  Prairie View A&M University (John Chaney Shooting Guard)

  Averaged 30 mpg, 23 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals for the week
  
  

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

  Jackson State University
  Went (1-0) with a win on the road at Arkansas State University (75-71)
  
  

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

  Chris Martin
  Clark Atlanta University (Alvin Attles Jr Point Guard)
  Averaged 30.5 mpg, 22.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 4.5 assists
  
  

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

  Morehouse
  Went 3-0 with a home conference win over Miles College (65- 67) and 2 conference road wins at
  Spring Hill College (95-61) and Tuskegee University (59-55)
  
  

  Benedict College
  Went 2-0 with road conference wins at LeMoyne-Owen College (90-75) and Central State
  University (98-82) to remain undefeated on the year and achieve a 7-game winning streak
  
  

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

  Virginia State University
  Went 2-1 with a road win over Chowan University (73-71), a loss at home to Fayetteville State

  University (62-72) and a win on the road at St. Augustine’s University (77-73)
  
  

• HBCU All-Stars NCAA Division II CIAA Player of the Week

  Tyler Foster
  Fayetteville State University (Robert Earl “Bob “Love Small Forward)

  Averaged 28 mpg, 22 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal for the week
  
  

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

  Tennessee State University

  Went 1-1 with a loss at Alabama A&M University (83-85) and a home win over Austin Peay State

  University (69-65)
  
  

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

  Christian Brown
  Tennessee State University (Robert Earl “Bob “Love Small Forward)

  Averaged 31mpg, 17 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1 steal for the week
  
  

• HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Player of the Week

  Allen Bertrand
  Norfolk State University (John Chaney Shooting Guard)

  Averaged 26 mpg, 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1assist and 1steal
  
  

• HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Team of the Week

  Norfolk State University

  Went 2-0 with a 96-62 win over William & Mary University and a 63-60 road win at Virginia

  Commonwealth University (VCU)

According to Travis L. Williams, HBCU All-Stars, LLC Founder/CEO, “We are already a month into the 2023-24 basketball season and have seen numerous upsets, impressive win streaks, very high level and competitive games from our talented HBCU teams, coaches, and players. The past several weeks have been an outstanding display of sports talent and acumen and week four did not disappoint. The hard work and dedication of these teams, coaches and staff makes our job to select the winners both exciting and difficult. These students-athletes are competing with greatness on and off the court. They are the best in Black college basketball and we look forward to seeing how their season progresses. Our MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, SIAC, and Independent teams, coaching staff, and watch list players have sent a loud and clear message in non-conference play that HBCUs matter and the HBCU All-Stars Basketball Movement is here to stay. We’ve had some impressive wins in the SWAC and MEAC and there’s no hesitation in my voice and no doubt in my mind to say that our HBCU teams can play with some of the nation’s best college basketball programs across the country. The CIAA and SIAC are in full conference play and many of these teams have come out strong with undefeated records. I am very excited that every week, we will see our HBCU teams positioning themselves for the regular season and conference tournament championships.”  

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 and breathtaking 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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For more information, please go to www.hbcuallstargame.com and www.hbcuallstargameexperience.org.

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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”