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BCSP Notes . . .
- SWAC Loses Two Stars
Southern University wide receiver, Michael Hayes and Texas Southern
linebacker, Lernard Mack, both senior preseason SWAC players of the
year, were lost to their respective teams, likely for the remainder of the season,
after being injured in games on Sept. 1. 
Hayes suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the third quarter of the
Jaguars 30-21 loss to Northwestern State. The senior also suffered a small tear
of his medial meniscus. According to Southern medical officials, Hayes will have
surgery in two to three weeks when the swelling in the knee goes down.
Mack will miss the 2001 football season after undergoing surgery to repair
a broken radius suffered in TSU's season opening 17-0 victory over Prairie
View A&M. Mack, who had one sack in the game, suffered the injury during
the first quarter. He was immediately taken to Methodist hospital where a plate
was inserted into his forearm. Doctors estimate Mack to fully recover from the
injury in 8-10 weeks.
The 6-5, 215-pound Hayes caught a school record 80 passes (1st in the SWAC,
8th in the NCAA with 7.27 pg) for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, catching
at least one TD pass in each of the Jaguars 11 games. Mack, 6-2, 220, is the reigning
SWAC Defensive Player of the Year. Last season he averaged 8.2 tackles per game,
62 of which were solos with 57.
- Ellis Joins NBDL's Dazzle
Former Morehouse star and journeyman professional baskerball player
Harold Ellis has been named as assistant coach with the Roanoke Dazzle
of the new National Basketball Development League.
Ellis is a 1992 graduate of Morehouse who averaged 24 points per game through
his college career. He scored a school-record 2,881 points and led his team to
a 90-30 mark during his four-years. He was a three-time NCAA Div. II all-American.
He was selected as the seventh overall pick in the 1992 CBA Draft and went on
to earn All-Rookie honors with the Quad City Thunder. He played in the USBL before
sigining with the LA Clippers in 1994. He spent two seasons with the Clippers
and another with the Denver Nuggets. He went on to play in Greece for two seasons
before becoming an assistant in the IBL.
© 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc.
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