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MEAC Basketball Tournament: Day One

Florida A&M Comes Up With Key Plays in Win Over SC State

Winston-Salem, NC?March 10?Deidra Jones scored a team-high 15 points and Antonia Bennett added 13 points and 13 rebounds, but it Stephanie Foster who made the key plays down the stretch that allowed Florida A&M University to hold off South Carolina State, 54-50 in the first round of the MEAC women’s tournament at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

The Lady Rattlers (13-16), the Number 7 seed advances to the next round against Coppin State, the Number 2 seed at 10 am on Wednesday morning.  The Lady Bulldogs, the Number 10 seed, finish their season at 6-23.

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Brown, Day Lead Howard To Win Over Bethune-Cookman

Zykia Brown scored 13 of her game-high 20 points in the second half and Nathalie Day recorded a double double to help Howard University pull away to a 63-43 win over Bethune-Cookman University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women’s tournament at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.  The Lady Bison (9-21), the Number 8 seed, advance to the second round of the tournament against the Number 1 seed, North Carolina A&T on Wednesday at 12:30 pm.

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Chinyere, Leslie Lead Hampton To Win Over Norfolk State

Chinyere Ukoh scored 11 points and Sharella Leslie added 10 to lead Hampton University to a 68-49 win over Norfolk State University in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women’s tournament at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.  The Lady Pirates (14-15), the Number  6  seed, will take on the Lady Hornets of Delaware State, the Number 3 seed, on Thursday at 12 noon

 

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Rattlers Shoot Past Howard, 71-58

 

Lamar Twitty scored a team-high 20 points to lead No. 8 Florida A&M through an efficient offensive performance to a 71-58 win over No. 9 Howard in the first-round of the MEAC Tournament Tuesday night at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

 

The Rattlers (10-20) advance to the quarterfinals to face top seed and regular season champion Morgan State on Wednesday night beginning at 7 p.m. game. FAMU handed the Bears one of their three regular-season conference losses this season.

 

Howard ends its season at 8-22.

 

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Hampton Defeats Delaware State 51-32 in MEAC Low-scoring Affair

 

In the lowest-scoring contest in MEAC tournament history, seventh-seeded Hampton defeated tenth-seeded Delaware State 51-32 Tuesday in the opening round of action at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

 

The Pirates, 16-15, moved into Wednesday’s 9:03 p.m. quarterfinal contest against second-seeded South Carolina State, while the Hornets ended their campaign at 8-24.

 

The 32 points scored by Delaware State were an all-time tournament low and also a school-record low for the Hornets and Coach Greg Jackson. And the combined 83 points by the two teams were the lowest ever for the 38-year old tournament.

 

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