MOVIN' UP AT SC STATE: South Carolina State University announced Tonya Mackey as it's new women's basketball head coach Monday afternoon. S.C. State interim Athletics Director Charlene Johnson proudly presented Mackey as the new head coach at a press conference in the Garnet and Blue Room on the campus of the University. "We are pleased to present Coach Tonya Mackey as the new women's basketball coach here at South Carolina State University," Johnson said. "We believe that she possesses the knowledge and ability to move the women's basketball program forward." Mackey, the associate head coach for the past two seasons, was introduced as the successor to the departing Keshia Campbell, who resigned at the end of the 2003- 04 season. "I'm elated about being the women's basketball coach at S.C. State," Mackey said at an afternoon press conference. "To me, South Carolina State University is the number one school in the country." The head coaching position will be the first for Mackey who has been a Lady Bulldog assistant for the past seven seasons, including associate head coach the last two seasons. "Coach Mackey has been a part of the basketball tradition here for several years, both as a player and as an assistant coach," Johnson added. "She's familiar with the university's expectations for our women's program - which has enjoyed many successes and achievements over the years - and has accepted the challenge to return the program to those lofty heights." Mackey was a member of the staff that led the team to consecutive 18-win seasons in 2000-01 and 2001-02. She also spent three seasons as a Lady Bulldog player from 1987-1990, earning three letters and several team and conference honors. Prior to returning to S.C. State in 1997, Mackey served as an assistant women's basketball coach at Kentucky State University where she helped to guide the Thoroughbreds to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Western Division title as well as the SIAC championship in 1996.

PIN FALLS: The three black college teams involved in the inaugural NCAA Women's Bowling National Championship were ousted in day two of double elimination play Friday in Houston but not before making a little noise. Maryland-Eastern Shore made history in day one Thursday by bowling the first 300 Baker ever in NCAA play. The feat is so rare that there may have been only one other such game in ten years of professional team bowling. UMES, which entered day two seeded seventh, was eliminated Friday by losing 4-1 to Nebraska and 4-0 to New Jersey City. Winston-Salem State entered Friday's play seeded eighth and dropped consecutive matches to Central Missouri State, 4-1, and to Southern, 4-0. Southern, seeded sixth, was eliminated by dropping two matches with Fairleigh-Dickinson, 4-3 and 4-1.

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