Sam Coleman News

The Michigan men's basketball team kicks off the Holiday break with a nightcap against the Coppin State Eagles .

In what figures to be a mismatch, the sixth- ranked West Virginia Mountaineers host the Coppin State Eagles in a non-league affair tonight in Morgantown.

Lenny Young scored 21 points and Sam Coleman came off the bench to score 16 points and grab 10 rebounds as Coppin State defeated Loyola 63-58 in overtime on Wednesday night.

Fang Mitchell opened his second arena in 24 years at Coppin State on Saturday. When he emerged from his locker room in the early evening, he had to ask directions to the interview area in the spanking new Physical Education Complex.

Vince Goldsberry scored 18 points to lead Coppin State to a 77-66 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County on Tuesday night.

Alec Burks is almost famous at Colorado. The talented true freshman has already been compared to Richard Roby by the head coach and is often confused for the program's current best player when walking around campus.

Outlook: The biggest challenge will likely be filling the void left by the graduation of Tywain McKee, the school's all-time leading scorer and the MEAC Player of the Year.

SELMA -- Joseph Watters caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Austin Smitherman with seven seconds remaining to give Morgan Academy a 19-13 win over Macon-East on Friday in an AISA Class AAA first-round playoff game.

The honorable mention Associated Press All-American led last season's squad in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, minutes played and free-throw percentage.

C Sam Coleman averaged 8.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season, numbers made all the more impressive by the fact Coleman had to sit out the first semester.

HOLTVILLE -- Junior defen sive back Goodwin Scott re turned a fumble for a touch down, lifting Alabama Christian's 14-6 win over Holt ville, which suffered its first set back of the season.