Fayetteville State passes gut check in CIAA opener

Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks announces his retirement after 16 years

After a hard-fought battle against CIAA South division champion Fayetteville State in the quarterfinals of the CIAA Basketball tournament, Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks announced he is calling it a career after 16 years in the position. During the postgame press conference, Brooks said that he made the decision during the summer and chose not to announce it to the team before the game to allow them to play freely. “I’ve been doing this f…

REPORT: Bowie State's Brooks set to retire

It appears that Bowie State head basketball coach Darrell Brooks is retiring. According to the post below from Steven Gaither, the long-time Bulldog head coach informed his team of his intentions following their season ending defeat in the CIAA Tournament last night: Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks told his team after its 86-83 loss to Fayetteville State in the CIAA Tournament that it was his last game. He’s retiring. pic.twitter.com/Emzf…

Fayetteville State passes gut check in CIAA opener

BALTIMORE, MD — Fayetteville State’s face-paced offense took a while to get off the ground in the CIAA Tournament opener — and it nearly cost it.Fayetteville State survived Wednesday night, erasing a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Bowie State 86-83 in a quarterfinal thriller at CFG Bank Arena. Head coach Devin Hoehn, who arrived at Fayetteville State after leading Bluefield State to last season’s CIAA title game, admitted it wasn’t his te…

Fayetteville State Rallies Past Bowie State, 86–83, to Reach CIAA Semifinals

Top-seeded Fayetteville State, the No. 1 seed from the CIAA South Division, stormed back from a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Bowie State, the North Division's No. 4 seed, 86–83, in the quarterfinal round of the Food Lion CIAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Thursday night at CFG Bank Arena. The win sends the Broncos (21–6, 14–2 CIAA) into the semifinal round after outscoring the Bulldogs 54–42 in a high-intensity second half.