Category: Titletown’s Best

VALDOSTA— The Valdosta State men’s basketball team saw its 11-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday night in a double-overtime thriller with Alabama-Huntsville. The end result was an 81-77 defeat to the 9th ranked team in the country. “(UAH) played great,” VSU head coach Mike Helfer said. “They came in here and beat [...]

VALDOSTA— The Valdosta State Lady Blazers rebounded from their disappointing conference opening loss to North Alabama with a 62-56 victory over Alabama Huntsville on Saturday night. Last season, the Lady Chargers managed just one conference win. However, with seven freshman on the revamped roster, UAH proved to be a tougher opponent this season, as they [...]

VALDOSTA, Ga. – Billy McShepard (Windsor, N.C., Louisburg CC) recorded his seventh double-double of the season to lead No. 24 Valdosta State to a 102-84 Gulf south Conference victory over North Alabama at The Complex Thursday evening. McShepard scored a career-high 23 points and pulled down 14 rebounds while also blocking three shots in the [...]

Valdosta— The Valdosta State Lady Blazers entered Thursday nights contest with Gulf South Conference rival North Alabama looking to secure a second straight undefeated conference season. After Thursday night, that goal is no longer intact after VSU fell to UNA 49-44 at the P.E. Complex. Despite jumping out to a 28-16 first half lead, VSU [...]

Valdosta State topped the 100-point barrier for the third time this season as the Blazers defeated Mercy 120-64 in the final day of play at the McDonald Fleming Moorhead UWF Christmas Classic at the UWF Field House Friday evening. The Blazers (12-2) led for all but 38 seconds of the game as Mercy (0-9) hit [...]

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Valdosta State used a strong defensive effort that forced 19 turnovers and held Wilmington to just 33.3 percent shooting as the Blazers defeated the Wildcats 74-63 in the first round of play at the McDonald Fleming Moorhead UWF Christmas Classic Thursday. Both teams came out cold as Valdosta State (11-2) connected on [...]

VALDOSTA— In 2009, an extended Christmas break was exactly what the Lady Blazers needed to turn around their season. So far this season, the extended break was not as useful for the Lady Blazers, as they fell to the Saint Leo Lions 63-57 on Thursday night. “We came back on Monday from a seven day [...]

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Valdosta State set an Alumni Arena scoring record by a single team as the Blazers defeated Hiwassee 125-84 in the final day of play at the Hampton Inn and Suites Fall Finals Classic Saturday afternoon. Seven Blazers scored in double figures, led by Christian Hunter (Chagrin Falls, Ohio, VMI) who hit 7-of-10 [...]

The Valdosta State Blazers scored seven points in the final eight seconds to secure a 68-67 victory over the Delta State Statesmen.

Senior earns All-America honor; joined by Stevie Harden VALDOSTA, Ga. – Two Valdosta State football players have earned All-America honors, according to an announcement made by Daktronics and the College Sports Information Directors of America on Tuesday. The duo was led by senior linebacker Larry Dean (Tifton, Ga., Tift County), who in addition to being [...]

VALDOSTA, Ga. – Valdosta State senior guard Kevin Harris (Douglas, Ga., Northwest Mississippi CC) has been named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Week, according to an announcement made by the league office on Wednesday. Harris earned the award after leading Valdosta State to a pair of victories over the weekend. The Douglas, Ga. [...]