South Carolina State

With the 130th pick (fourth round) in the 2012 NFL draft, the Ravens selected South Carolina State safety Christian Thompson. He moved to free safety in his senior year there after playing strong safety as a junior. An Auburn transfer, Thompson started all 11 games in his senior season at South Carolina State, recording a career-high 66 tackles, recovered a fumble and intercepted a pair of passes. He also averaged 20.5 yards on four kickoff returns. Thompson garnered All-Mid Eastern Athletic Conference honors after his senior season.

With the 130th pick (fourth round) in the 2012 NFL draft, the Ravens selected South Carolina State safety Christian Thompson. He moved to free safety in his senior year there after playing strong safety as a junior. An Auburn transfer, Thompson started all 11 games in his senior season at South Carolina State, recording a career-high 66 tackles, recovered a fumble and intercepted a pair of passes. He also averaged 20.5 yards on four kickoff returns. Thompson garnered All-Mid Eastern Athletic Conference honors after his senior season.

Senior wide receiver Oliver Tre' Young had six catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns as South Carolina State clinched its second straight Mid-Eastern Athletic League title and a playoff berth with a 37-13 victory over visiting Morgan State. The Bears (5-5, 3-4) lost their fourth consecutive game overall and their seventh straight to the Bulldogs (9-1, 7-0). After Morgan's Carlton Jackson scored on a 7-yard run in the first quarter to pull to 14-7, South Carolina State went on to score 23 consecutive points.

Christian Thompson at a glance Safety, South Carolina State Ht./Wt.: 6 feet,  211 pounds Born: June 4, 1990 High School: St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale) College highlights: Had 86 tackles (14 solo) in 33 games at South Carolina State. ... Started all 11 games at free safety as a senior. Returned two interceptions for a total of 79 yards, and four kickoffs for 82. ... Had seven tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and deflected a pass against Appalachian State in the FCS playoffs as a sophomore.

NORFOLK, Va. -- Wanda Wiggins scored 21 points and Sonya Wilson added 20 yesterday to lead South Carolina State (18-11) past Coppin State (20-9), 65-54, in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's tournament final at The Scope.South Carolina State won its second straight title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.Wiggins scored eight and Wilson seven in a 19-6 Bulldogs run to give South Carolina State a 59-45 lead with less than two minutes left.Coppin, which had won five straight, got 15 points and 18 rebounds from from Francis Doctor.

Christian Thompson at a glance Safety, South Carolina State Ht./Wt.: 6 feet,  211 pounds Born: June 4, 1990 High School: St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale) College highlights: Had 86 tackles (14 solo) in 33 games at South Carolina State. ... Started all 11 games at free safety as a senior. Returned two interceptions for a total of 79 yards, and four kickoffs for 82. ... Had seven tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and deflected a pass against Appalachian State in the FCS playoffs as a sophomore.

The outcome was familiar, but the product wasn't.Morgan State lost another game yesterday, 21-6, to South Carolina State before 7,231 at Hughes Stadium, but the winless Golden Bears displayed proficiency both blocking and tackling, lost arts in the program in recent years.Subtract a handful of Morgan State mistakes, and the Bulldogs might not have maintained their status as the lone unbeaten in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.South Carolina State is 5-0 overall, 2-0 in the MEAC. Morgan State is 0-6, including 0-3 in the conference, and the Golden Bears of first-year coach Ricky Diggs needed even a moral victory after being bombed by a combined 113-28 in their previous two outings, both on the road against nationally ranked opponents.

Morgan State 66, South Carolina State 56 -The Bears got 19 points from Marquise Kately and 15 points from Reggie Holmes to send the host Bulldogs to defeat last night. After South Carolina State (10-12, 5-5) took a 16-9 lead, Morgan State (14-10, 8-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) went on a 9-2 run, sparked by Kately's jumper, to tie the score at 18 with 9:20 left in the first half. Holmes hit a jumper with 4:18 left to give the Bears their first lead of the night, at 26-25. Down 31-30 at halftime, Morgan State ran out to a 58-48 lead on a three-pointer by Holmes with 4:53 left.

When a team shoots as poorly as Morgan State does, it had better play stellar defense or it's in for a long season.Morgan continued to learn that lesson last night, shooting just 35 percent and falling to South Carolina State, 72-56, in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams before 448 at Hill Field House. The Bears (1-11) lost their eighth straight, and South Carolina State (5-4) showed why it was the coaches' preseason pick to win the MEAC.The Bears are shooting well under 40 percent as a team and have no player averaging in double digits.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Emotionally sapped from its Friday night win over Hampton, Coppin State's men's basketball team was routed, 70-53, last night by South Carolina State in the final of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. Though the Bulldogs (20-13) waited until the final 10 minutes to pull away, they dominated the Eagles (15-15) from the start, handing Fang Mitchell his worst MEAC loss since a 102-70 defeat to North Carolina A&T on Feb. 17, 1988. South Carolina State held the Eagles to 32 percent shooting and had a 48-30 rebounding advantage (with 23 offensive boards)

Let's begin with the premise that no team ever comes out of the NFL draft and says: "Well, that didn't go very well. " No team ever says: "Boy, we really screwed that up. What were we thinking?" Instead, every team says it had a productive draft. And got exactly the players it wanted. And is (pick one) thrilled, ecstatic, euphoric to have them. So what are we to make of the Ravens' 2012 draft, now that the whole thing is finally over? (Tell me, can the league and the TV networks drag the draft out any further?

The status of Morgan State men's basketball coach Todd Bozeman, who was placed on paid administrative leave Sunday after an incident during his team's victory Saturday at South Carolina State, remains unresolved after he met Wednesday night with a committee charged with finding out what exactly occurred. Bozeman was accused by South Carolina State president George E. Cooper of punching one of his own players, senior point guard Larry Bastfield , in the face during a timeout late in the game.

South Carolina State made life miserable for Morgan State on both sides of the ball Thursday night. The Bears couldn't stop No. 15 South Carolina State's big-play offense and couldn't get away from the Bulldogs' attacking defense. Those were the main reasons South Carolina State handed the Bears a 32-10 loss in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Hughes Stadium. The Bulldogs sacked Morgan State freshman quarterback Delonte Williams eight times and forced him to run for his life time and again.

In the 2010 census, the population of Indian-Americans will surpass that of American Indians. Jack Knott, the South Carolina State senator who called Nikki Haley a "raghead," will want to take note. As will George Allen, who derailed his Senate re-election by calling a young Indian-American "Macaca." Messrs. Knott and Allen may not have noticed, but the next decade is set to be the Indian-American decade. Second generation Indian-Americans are building on their parents' success and achieving in diverse fields.

- Kevin Thompson lived through the culture shock of playing against Oklahoma and Blake Griffin in last year's NCAA tournament. In terms of lessons learned, that experience might have paved the way for Morgan State's return to the big stage. Thompson punched the ticket for the Bears' second straight trip to the NCAA tournament Saturday, delivering a 68-61 victory over South Carolina State in the championship game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Whitney Wiley hit two key baskets down the stretch, helping eighth-seeded South Carolina State (12-18) to a 54-49 victory over ninth-seeded Coppin State (10-19) in the opening round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C. After the Eagles trimmed a 12-point deficit to one, Wiley hit a jumper in the lane for a 50-47 lead with 46 seconds left. Jeanine Manley , who led Coppin State with 17 points, made a layup with 34 seconds to play, but Wiley connected on a 3-pointer with 21 seconds remaining to make it 53-49.

- Kevin Thompson lived through the culture shock of playing against Oklahoma and Blake Griffin in last year's NCAA tournament. In terms of lessons learned, that experience might have paved the way for Morgan State's return to the big stage. Thompson punched the ticket for the Bears' second straight trip to the NCAA tournament Saturday, delivering a 68-61 victory over South Carolina State in the championship game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

South Carolina State punctured Morgan State's aura of invincibility at Hill Field House on Monday night and dealt the Bears their first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference loss in nearly a year, 71-68. Led by Jason Flagler's 24 points, the Bulldogs hit 57.1 percent of their shots and held a 12-point lead with 6:39 to play. But Morgan had one final run and narrowly missed pulling off a dramatic comeback when a pair of 3-point shots missed in the final seconds. The Bears battled foul trouble - they lost leading scorer Reggie Holmes and DeWayne Jackson in the final minute - but still got to within 70-68 on a runner by Joe Davis with 21 seconds left.