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McGriff Among Nation’s Top Recruiters

Ole Miss co-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks coach Wesley McGriff was named among the top 25 college football recruiters in the country by Rivals.com. The Tifton, Georgia native entering his second year with the Rebels, was the lead recruiter for several members of the Ole Miss’ highly rated 2013 recruiting class. McGriff, 45, played linebacker at South Carolina State before transferring to Savannah State in the mid 1980s and later spent several years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves.

Prior to Ole Miss, he also worked at SSU, Vanderbilt, Miami, Kansas State, Kentucky and Baylor in addition to several smaller schools.

Lady Tigers Fall To FAMU

Savannah State placed four players in double figures but would fall short in a 67-59 loss at Floroda A&M on February 23. The game was tied at 34 at the half. Midway in the second period the contest was tied at 47 but the Rattlers went on a 10-0 run to pull away. SSU trailed 63- 59 with two minutes left but could get no closer. Andrietta Thomas and Blessing Uba had 14 points each for SSU (7-18) while Jasmine Norman and Erin Hogue added 12 points each. Hogue also had nine rebounds.

SSU Downs Campbell 69-63

Savannah State held off a pesky Campbell squad in a 69-673 win over the Camels in the Ramada Worldwide BracketBuster game on February 23 for their fifth win in a row. The crowd of 1,302 at Gore Arena saw SSU (17-10) lead 61-60 with just under two minutes left but ended the game with a 8-2 run to pull away.

Campbell fought back from a nine-point deficit in the second half. Rashad Hassan led the way with 19 points while Deven Williams added 14. Preston Blackman chipped in 13 points Arnold Louis contributed 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals.

2013 SSU Football Schedule

August 31 at Georgia Southern

September 7 at Troy

September 14 FORT VALLEY STATE

September 21 at Miami, FL

September 28 DELAWARE STATE

October 5 at Norfolk State

October 12 FLORIDA A&M

October 19 at Bethune-Cookman

October 26 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (homecoming)

November 2 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE

November 9 at Howard

November 16 at North Carolina A&T


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