Dorsett, Archer Shine at Sun Belt Indoor Champs

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UNITED STATES – A pair of Bahamian sprinters made their mark at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.

Shatalya Dorsett won the Sun Belt title in the 200m in 23.51 secs, matching her career best and moving to No. 3 all-time in program history at Georgia Southern University.

She just missed the podium in the 60m and finished fourth in 7.38 secs, .001 behind third place.

Texas State’s Paige Archer finished second to Dorsett in the 200m in 23.55 secs and was sixth in the 60m in 7.44 secs.

Her Bobcats swept the men’s and women’s team titles for the first time in program history.

College Basketball Roundup

Romad Dean and his team are primed for a run in March and continued their conference dominance Tuesday night.

Dean finished with 10 points and five rebounds in just 17 minutes of Tulsa’s 90-56 win over Tulane last night.

They improved to 23-6, 11-5 to lead the American Athletic Conference as the top seed.

Brent Moss scored 10, but his UTSA Roadrunners suffered another in a series of heartbreaking defeats this season, 82-81 to East Carolina.

AJ Storr scored 19 points and Ole Miss lost 106-99 to LSU in double overtime.

Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Pre-Qualifiers

Action continued at the 2026 Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Junior Davis Cup pre-qualifiers in Guatemala City.

On the boys’ side, the Junior Davis Cup team of Patrick Mactaggart, Synaj Watkins and Noah Russell were shut out 3-0 by host nation Guatemala and moved into the 5-8 place playoff bracket to face Barbados.

They defeated El Salvador before losses to Panama, Trinidad and Tobago.

The Junior BJKC squad of Caitlyn Pratt, Danielle Saunders and Victoria Sandi-Aguilar went winless in the group stage before they fell 2-1 to Aruba in the 9-13 playoff.

University of The Bahamas Men’s Basketball Returns With Win

The University of The Bahamas men’s basketball team returned from a two-week break and returned with a win.

UB pulled away in the second half to defeat the Royal Bahamas Police Force Crimestoppers 104-86 in showcase action.

Kevaro Russell led the way with 30 points, Terrance Higgs added 25, John McKenzie finished with 22 and Shemeco Albury chipped in 16.

They will be back in action February 26 against the Bahamas Department of Correction Challengers.