Big Blues Basketball
09 May 2013, 22.21
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. – The Bluefield State College Athletics Department closed their 2012-13 athletic year by celebrating its student-athletes at its athletics awards banquet, Thursday night (May 9) in the Othello Harris-Jefferson Student Center.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the event along with the athletics department and handed out awards including SAAC Community Service Award and the Best Team Player Award. The athletics department named their male and female student-athlete of the year and coach of the year.
The event welcomed more than 90 guests including faculty & staff, BSC President Dr. Marsha Krotseng, alumni and student-athletes to celebrate the year. The event was emceed by SAAC member and senior baseball player Robert Haggerty.
The SAAC Community Service Award was given to the baseball, men’s and women’s basketball teams for their service in the community this year. The three programs were honored for their commitment to giving back to the
01 May 2013, 17.39
Bluefield State College’s Samuel Ouedraogo has been selected as a member of the Burkina Faso Senior Men’s National Basketball Team.
Ouedraogo, a sophomore out of Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso joined the Big Blues this season after transferring in from Daemen College (N.Y.) He quickly established himself as a defensive force for Bluefield State, leading the team in blocks. The 6’8 center finished his sophomore campaign second on the team in rebounds and second in the WVIAC in offensive rebounds a game, grabbing 3.2 offensive boards a game. Ouedraogo set an Arco Arena (West Liberty University’s home arena) record for rebounds in a game with 19 (11 offensive) against the Hilltoppers.
Ouedraogo will report with his fellow countrymen to training camp in France from May 18-26 in preparation for Afrobasket 2013, the FIBA’s African Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be held from August 20-31 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Burkina Faso qualified for their first bi-annual continental
22 March 2013, 10.44
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. – After a successful inagural camp last year, head men's basketball coach Jamaal Jackson will host his Second Annual Bluefield State College Basketball Camp, June 17-20 in Ned Shott Gymnasium.
The camp is an all-day camp, scheduled from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and it is for all children from 8-17 years old. The cost is $75 (60 for campers that pay by May 30).
For more details contact head coach Jamaal Jackson at (304)
27 February 2013, 03.24
PHILLIPI, W. Va. – An efficient first half from the field and solid rebounding throughout the game carried the Alderson-Broaddus Battlers to an 84-54 win over Bluefield State men’s basketball team Tuesday night in the first round of the WVIAC Tournament in Rex Pyles Arena.
Senior Roy Cooper led the Big Blues (4-23) with 15 points in his career finale while junior Treon Claiborne added 10 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
BSC never led in the game as AB jumped out to an early 12-2 lead and went on to build a comfortable lead and surged to a 44-18 halftime advantage.
The Big Blues offense went cold in the first half, shooting 20 percent (5-for-25) from the floor while the Battlers (19-8) shot 51.6 percent (16-of-31) in the half.
In the second half BSC’s defense limited AB to only 34.5 percent (10-of-29) shooting, but the Battlers were able to make up the offense at the line going 14-for-19 from the charity stripe in the half.
The Big Blues never got their own offense
26 February 2013, 00.56
The Bluefield State men’s basketball team earned the no. 14 seed in the WVIAC Tournament and will travel to no.3 seed Alderson-Broaddus College Tuesday night for the first round showdown.
It will be the third time the Big Blues (4-22) and the Battlers (18-8) square off this season. A-B narrowly defeated BSC in the two regular season games, defeating the Big Blues 70-67 and 73-68.
BSC’s offense is led by senior Roy Cooper with 14.3 points per game. The Houston, Texas native scored 20 points against the Battlers in their last meeting. He recently erupted for a career-high 34 points to lead the Big Blues in an upset win over West Virginia State last week.
Fellow senior Vincent Rogers averages 12.7 points per game and Treon Claiborne is pouring in 10 points a game and leads the team with 6.7 rebounds a game, eighth best in the WVIAC.
The Battlers, who are ranked ninth in the latest NCAA Atlantic Region poll, have won their last two games to close the regular season. They too feature a
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