HAMPTON DOWNS SC STATE WOMEN, 77-59
ORANGEBURG, SC-Hampton used a 15-0 run with just under 13 minutes to play to break open a close game and went on to a 77-59 victory over host South Carolina State Saturday at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.
SC State’s Sophilia Hipps had 16 points to lead all scorers. Jenell Moore chipped in 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds, and Shontay Wiley contributed 11 points and seven boards in the loss, the fourth in a row for Coach Doug Robertson’s team.
Bernadette Fortune had 13 points and six assists to lead Hampton. Quanneisha Perry added 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds and Ashlee Finley 11 points for the Lady Pirates, who improved to 10-12 and 7-4 in the MEAC.
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RENE RECTOR’S GAME-WINNER LIFTS WSSU PAST HOWARD 59-56
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ? WSSU fans have seen it before and on Saturday afternoon at the Joel Coliseum Annex they got to see it again. Rene Rector’s last-second three-pointer lifted the Winston-Salem State University Lady Rams past the Lady Bison of Howard as Rector repeated her late-game heroics versus the Bison for the second consecutive season en route to earning WSSU a 59-56 victory on Valentine’s Day.
With the game tied at 56-56 with 23 seconds remaining following a clutch 12 foot jumper from Howard’s Natalie Day, Rector would prove to be the Lady Bison killer for the second straight year as she calmly drilled a step-back three-pointer from the left corner of the court that hit nothing but the bottom of the net with one second remaining in what would prove to be a three-point WSSU victory.
Vontisha Woods’ 18 points and nine rebounds and MaLisa Bumpus’ 13 points and three boards helped WSSU split the season series with the Lady Bison as the two teams are now deadlocked at 2-2 in the all-time series as the home teams have won all four meetings.
Howard was led by Zykia Brown’s 20 points and seven rebounds in a losing effort as the Lady Bison fall to 3-20 on the season with the loss.
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TURNOVERS COST LADY HAWKS HOMECOMING
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Despite a strong first half, Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) dropped their homecoming game to the no. one team in the MEAC Saturday night.
Junior April McBride led the Lady Hawks with 28 points, just one off of her career high. Casey Morton finished with 18 points and a game-high five assists.
North Carolina A&T was led by Brittanie Taylor-James who finished with a game and career-high 34 points. The team's leading scorer was 14-for-24 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
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ROSARIO SCORES CAREER-HIGH 16 POINTS; LADY BEARS DEFEAT FAMU, 63-53
BALTIMORE, Md. -Kristina Rosario scored a career- and team-high 16 points and Corin Adams added 15, to lead host Morgan State to a 63-53 MEAC victory over Florida A&M on Saturday afternoon at Hill Field House.
Rosario also added a career- and team-high nine rebounds for the Lady Bears, who recorded their fourth consecutive win over the Lady Rattlers. Morgan State also improved to 9-3 at home this season and tallied the program’s 350th all-time victory, 271 of which have come on the Division I level since the 1981-82 season.
Florida A&M (10-12, 5-6 MEAC) was led by Deidra Jones, who tallied a double-double with a game-high 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Stephanie Foster added 12 points and Antonia Bennett finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.
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CUNNINGHAM CAREER HIGH LEADS EAGLES PAST WILDCATS
BALTIMORE -- Senior Whitney Cunningham scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds leading Coppin State to its fourth-consecutive victory, a 69-61 win over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday in a MEAC game in the Coppin Center.
Behind Cunningham's sixth double-double of the season, the Eagles recorded their fourth consecutive win and eighth in the last nine games.
Coppin State (10-12, 8-3) also won for the 11th straight time over Bethune-Cookman and improved to 35-4 in MEAC home games over the past four and a half years.
Cunningham finished the game 8-of-12 from the floor and 7-of-8 from the free throw line in topping her previous career high of 22 points.
Bethune-Cookman (9-13, 2-9 MEAC) was led by Demetria Frank who scored 15 points.
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LADY HORNETS CRUISE PAST NORFOLK STATE, 79-47
Dover (Feb. 14, 2009) --- Junior forward Ashley Thompson scored a career-high 15 points and Sonia Johnson added 12 to lead Delaware State to a 79-47 women’s basketball win over Norfolk State in Memorial Hall on Saturday.
The Lady Hornets have won two straight and six of their last seven to improve to 13-11 overall and 9-2 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Norfolk State fell to 0-21 and 0-11.
Thompson was 5-of-8 from the field and 5-for-5 at the free throw line. Her previous high was 11 points vs. Columbia on Nov. 11, 2006. She also led all players with seven rebounds.
Marquilla Evans was the only Norfolk State player in double-figures with 10 points.
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