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University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Freshman guard Ashukamayah Phillips earned the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Week title. This award is only available to freshmen and transfer students who are new to the conference. Phillips was selected out of a pool of nominees as the winner of this award by the conference voting committee on Monday afternoon.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) men’s basketball team extended its win streak in a 66-63 upset of top-ranked Tougaloo College at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center Saturday night.

A new career-high 31 points by freshman guard Ashukamayah Phillips propelled the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) women’s basketball team to a dominant 77-57 win over the Lady Bulldogs of Tougaloo College to close out the regular season at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center Saturday afternoon.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) women’s basketball team fell 73-48 to Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) foe Rust College on Alumni Night on Thursday at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center. The Lady Buccaneers drop to 2-17 on the season and 2-13 in GCAC play.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Buccaneers men’s basketball team has now won three games in a row after defeating the Bearcats of Rust College in a 63-61 nail bitter at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center on Alumni night Thursday evening.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) women’s basketball team fell 73-58 to the Lady Ambassadors of Oakwood University in the final road game of the regular season on Saturday night at the Ashby Auditorium in Huntsville, Alabama. The loss brings the team to 1-17 on the season and 1-13 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) men’s basketball team escaped with a 64-60 road victory in their second matchup of the season with Oakwood University at the Ashby Auditorium in Huntsville Alabama on Saturday night. The Buccaneers have now won two of their last three games.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Board of Trustees voted to appoint Dr. Safiya George to serve as the University’s sixth president at a meeting held Wednesday afternoon following an extensive presidential selection process. Dr. George will succeed current president, Dr. David Hall, whose contract will expire on July 31, after serving the University with distinction since 2009. Dr. George will assume her role as UVI’s new president in August 2024.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Lady Buccaneer basketball team opened its three-game road trip with a loss to conference foe, Fisk University, on Thursday night, 80-40, at the Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium in Nashville.

Despite a hot start, The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) men’s basketball team fell to the Bulldogs of Fisk University 68-56 after running out of steam in the second half of Thursday night’s Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) matchup at the Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium in Nashville.