Merging HBCU sports and urban streetball culture, the inaugural HBCU All-Star Dream Classic brings together 40 of the top men’s and women’s basketball players from across the HBCU landscape to Rucker Park in Harlem

Personnel from the NBA, ABA, G-Leaague, WNBA, BIG3, European, and other professional leagues will be in attendance to evaluate the players, who represent HBCUs from the Division I and Division II levels.

The women’s teams will feature “SO JO’s Truth” matching up against “Althea’s Aces.”

SO JO’S TRUTH

• JuToreyia Willis                Tuskegee University
• Mia Goolsby                     Savannah State University
• Daja Woodard                  Jackson State University
• Jasmine Coleman             Rust College
• Charlene Shepherd          Morgan State University
• Raven Fields                      Winston Salem State University
• Shaniyah Jones                Johnson C. Smith University
• Nia Bishop                         Xavier Louisiana
• Deja Francis                      Norfolk State University
• Jaia Alexander                  Coppin State University

ALTHEA’S ACES

• Camille Downs                  Norfolk State University
• Jariyah Covington            Jackson State University
• Emari Bell                          Edward Waters College
• Ta’kyla Austin                    Savannah State University
• Brittney Seymour             Shaw University
• Alexus Lake                       Livingstone College
• Phylicia Allen                     Grambling State University
• Kania Pollock                     Lincoln University
• Ashiala Jackson                Tuskegee University
• Bria Gibbs                          Savannah State University

New York native, former NBA Star, and current Fisk University head coach Kenny Anderson will coach one of the men’s squads, the “MLKings.”

MLKINGS

• Sam Sessions                   Coppin State University
• Keleaf Tate                       Virginia Union University
• Cress Worthy                    Fayetteville State University
• Justin Longstreet              Clark Atlanta University
• Cameron Campbell          Winston-Salem State University
• O’Koye Parker                 Delaware State University
• Marquis Godwin              Hampton University
• Alex Nunnally                 Harris-Stowe University
• Yasim Hooker                  Miles College
• Kobe Dickson                  Howard University

The other men’s team, the “Booker Tees” will be headed by Clark Atlanta’s head coach, who is also from New York, Alfred Jordan.

• Korey Williams                                 Lincoln University
• Glen Abram                                      West Virginia State University
• Shawndarius Cowart                      Grambling State University
• Devin Booker                                   Tuskegee University
• Jeremiah Pope                                 Shaw University
• Quinton Drayton                             Bowie State University
• Terrance Hunter-Whitfield             Virginia State University
• Nathaniel Pollard                            University Maryland Eastern Shore
• Raemaad Wright                             Virginia Union University
• Najee Garvin                                    Hampton University

Taking place on Saturday, Aug. 5, the women’s game tips off at 4:30 p.m. EST followed by the men’s game at 7 p.m.