Sports with Walter Moore

Tigers Sweep NC Central Savannah State swept the weekend series with North Carolina Central at Tiger Field. SSU won a double header 5-3 and 6-4 on March 21 and took home a 12-1 victory on March 22. Georgia State defeated SSU 14-10 in Atlanta on March 17 but the Tigers bounced back to sweep Morehouse 18-2 and 8-3 on March 18. the Tigers now have a 12-11 record.

SSU Runs In 49er Classic The Savannah State track team competed in the Charlotte 49er Classic on March 21. SSU had 12 top 10 finishes with Victoria Burch and Chris Blount both finishing second in their events. Burch had a time of 1:02.79 in the women's 400m hurdles while Blount had a leap of 14.36m in the men's triple jump.

Tigers Earn Basketball

Honors Savannah State basketball players Lashara Smith, Crissa Jackson, Rashad Hassan and Jovonni Shuler all earned All-Independent honorable mention honors last week. Smith, a senior guard from Daytona Beach, Florida led the Lady Tigers in scoring (11.9 points a game), defensive rebounds (103), minutes played (31.6 per game), field goals made (123) and free throws made (101). Jackson, a freshman point guard from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania led SSU's women in free throw percentage (.813), made 3- pointers (22), assists (74) and steals (54). Hassan (6-7, 215) led SSU men in blocks with 17 and Shuler, a native of Lake Placid, Florida, led the Tigers in made 3-pointers (30) and steals (40).

SSU Begins Spring

Football Savannah State kicked off spring football practice on March 24. The Tigers will hold 15 practices and will have their annual spring game on April 18 at 1:00 p.m. Scrimmages will be Saturdays April 4th and 11th at 9:30 a.m. Weekday practices will start at 4 p.m. and Saturday practices and scrimmages at 9:30 a.m.