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ATLANTA (WEDNESDAY, December 20, 2023) HBCU All-Stars LLC has announced its sixth 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 December 10-16:

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

  Fred Cleveland Jr.
  North Carolina Central University (Alvin Attles Jr Point Guard)

  Averaged 32.5 mpg, 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals for the week
  
  

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

  North Carolina Central University

  Went 2-0 with a win at North Carolina A&T State (62-67) and a win over St. Andrews (102-

  50). Special Note: Head coach LeVelle Moton, achieved his 252nd win, passing Floyd Brown

  as the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach at NCCU.
  
  

   

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

  Jordan O’Neal
  Jackson State University (John Chaney Shooting Guard)
  Averaged 33 mpg, 19 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 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 against Howard University (81-74) at the Chris Paul HBCU Challenge
  
  

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

  Asanti Price
  Benedict College (Robert Earl “Bob“ Love)
  Averaged 30 mpg, 15 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals for the week.
  
  

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

  Benedict College
  Went 2-0 on the week with a win over Mars Hill University (90-75) and a win over Miles College (67-70).
  Special Note: Ranked #12 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II.
  
  

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

  Winston-Salem State University

  Went 3-0 with a win over Clarion University (71-67), a win at Bowie State University

  (76-55) and Lincoln University (PA) (67-65)
  
  

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

  Jaylen Alston
  Winston-Salem State University (Robert Earl “Bob” Love Small Forward)
  Averaged 37 mpg, 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists for the week
  
  

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

  North Carolina A&T State University
  Went 1-1 on the week with a loss to North Carolina Central (67-62) and a win over Texas
  Southern (85-79) in the Chris Paul HBCU Challenge

   

   

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

  Tedrick Wilcox
  Hampton University (John Chaney Shooting Guard)
  Averaged 30 mpg, 13.5 points, 7 rebounds, and 2.5 assists for the week

   

   

• HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Player of the Week

  Fred Cleveland Jr.
  North Carolina Central University (Alvin Attles Jr. Point Guard)
  Averaged 32.5 mpg, 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals for the week
  
  

• HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Team of the Week

  North Carolina Central University
  Went 2-0 with a road win at North Carolina A&T State (67-62) and a win over St. Andrews
  (102- 50)
  
  

• HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Division II Player of the Week
  Jaylen Alston
  Winston-Salem State University (Robert Earl “Bob” Love Small Forward)
  Averaged 36.5 min, 21.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1 steal for the week
  Back-to-back honors for CIAA Offensive Player of the Week and HBCU All-Stars Player of the
  Week. This is his third straight 20+ point game
  
  

• HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Division I Team of the Week
  Winston-Salem State University
  Went 3-0 with wins over Clarion University (71-67), Bowie State University (76-55), and
  Lincoln University (PA) (67-65). The Rams improved to (3-0 CIAA) and are currently on a
  four-game win streak.

According to Travis L. Williams, HBCU All-Stars, LLC Founder/CEO, “This has been a very pivotal week #6 for player of the week and team of the week honors after coming out of final exams and heading into the Christmas and 2024 New Year Holidays seasons.  I am very proud of our 2024 HBCU All-Star Game watch list players representing the HBCU All-Stars Basketball Movement at a high level on a weekly basis. As we head into the Christmas Holiday season, it is very important to take a few moments to be thankful for each other, and impact lives while blessing and serving our communities in need.  HBCU All-Stars and our CBS Sports partners will continue celebrating the

Best in Black College Basketball throughout the 2023-24 basketball season with our HBCU teams across the country after the Christmas break.  Many of HBCU teams have finished strong going into the Christmas holidays and will take a few days off to spend quality time with their family and friends.  On top of that, our brilliant coaches and talented players will have some much-needed time to reflect on the first half of the season and recharge to make the necessary adjustments in the second half of the season. There will be a few more guaranteed games in play versus Power 5 programs after the Christmas break for some of our HBCU programs and very hopeful we will win some of those games.  The MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, SIAC, CAA, and OVC regular season and conference tournament championships are on the line and in full display to start the 2024 new year. Our HBCU teams, coaches, and players will be very excited to bring those championships back to their prestigious campuses and athletic departments. So, get ready for some amazing HBCU talent on display to start the second half of the season”

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 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 an HBCU All-Stars College Admissions Fair, Community Outreach and Engagement, Pro Day Combine, Welcome Reception, Awards Ceremony, and Social Justice and 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.

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