Solid Start Leads Wildcats to 77-61 win over the Spartans
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - C.J. Reed's 16 points led the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, and a slow start put Norfolk State in a big early hole it could not escape in a 77-61 loss on Saturday afternoon at Moore Gymnasium.
The loss was the school-record 11th in a row for the Spartans (1-12, 0-2 MEAC), who were led by 17 points from guard Michael Deloach.
Jarrell Thomas had 13 points, Alexander Starling 12 and Kevin Dukes 11 for the Wildcats (9-6, 2-0), who shot 55.6 percent from the floor while holding NSU to 43.1 percent.
The Spartans never led and were tied just once, at 2-2. BCU pulled ahead for good with six straight points and maintained a 12-6 lead after a layup by NSU guard Aleek Pauline with 13:33 remaining in the half. But the Wildcats went on a 17-0 run and held the Spartans without a field goal for the next six and a half minutes. A Joseph Dorsett-Jeffreys layup ended the run and got NSU within 29-8 with 7:03 left in the period, but the damage had been done.
The Wildcats led by as many as 24 points in the first half, on three different occasions. NSU faced a 39-20 halftime deficit after shooting just 9-of-23 (39 percent) in the opening stanza.
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Rattlers Earn First Conference Victory over Aggies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The North Carolina A&T men's basketball team had plenty of chances to steal a road win from Florida A&M Saturday night. But those opportunities were usually met with missed free throws, missed layups or turnovers.
Allowing too many opportunities to slip by eventually cost the Aggies in a 70-66 loss to the Rattlers at the Al Lawson Center.
Junior center Thomas Coleman led the Aggies with 19 points and 11 rebounds as he recorded his fifth double-double of the season. Senior guard Tavarus Alston added 14 points and three steals for N.C. A&T.
The Rattlers were able to take their biggest lead of the ball game on a Brandon Bryant 3-pointer that gave Florida A&M a 42-31 lead with a little more than 13 minutes remaining. Behind six points from Coleman, the Aggies went 14-4 run over the next four minutes to cut the Rattlers lead to one at 46-45.
Florida A&M guard David Buchannon quickly answered with a short jump shot and a 3-point play by Yannick Crowder pushed the lead out to six with eight minutes to play. Over the next five minutes the Aggies repeatedly cut Florida A&M's lead from five to three or from four to two.
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SC State Men Pull Away for 80-67 Triumph over UMES
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The South Carolina State men opened their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference season Saturday with an 80-67 triumph over host Maryland-Eastern Shore at the Hytche Center. The Bulldogs scored 13 of the game's final 17 points to pull away for the win.
JUCO transfer Darnell Porter had 17 points and seven rebounds to lead SC State. Seniors Jason Flagler and Arsenio Williams contributed 15 points each in the victory for Coach Tim Carter's squad, which climbed to 7-5 on the season and 1-0 in the MEAC. The Bulldogs claimed their third road victory of the season with the win.
In a game that had a number of ebbs and flows, SC State - ahead 32-25 at the half -- built a 10-point 51-41 advantage on a three-point play by Williams off a feed from Porter with 11:53 remaining.
The host Hawks charged back, scoring three of their five 3-pointers during a 22-14 run that pulled them to within 65-63 when Tim
Burns, who led all scorers with 20 points, got a follow shot with 4:30 on the second-half clock.
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Pirates Pick Up First MEAC Win
HAMPTON, Va. - The Hampton University men's basketball team had to withstand a late run, but held on Saturday night to defeat Coppin State 69-67 at the HU Convocation Center to pick up its first MEAC win of the season.
After Hampton (4-10, 1-1 MEAC) went on a 12-4 run to take a 66-57 lead on a Christopher Tolson free throw with 3:27 to play, Coppin State responded with a 10-3 run of its own. The run culminated in a stick-back dunk by Branden Doughty with 27 seconds left that tied the game at 67-67, but Tolson responded mere seconds later with a layup that proved to be the difference.
Coppin State (5-8, 0-2 MEAC) took a 42-39 lead coming out of the half with a 7-2 run, but the Pirates responded with a pair of baskets, taking a 43-42 lead with 15:42 to play when Vincent Simpson hit a jumper. The lead would then changes hands a couple times before Hampton took control midway through the second half.
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Bears Hold off Bison, 90-58, Remain Unbeaten in Conference
WASHINGTON, DC - Reggie Holmes scored a game-high 22 points and Morgan State snapped a two-game losing skid with a 90-58 victory over Howard on Saturday.
The Bears improved to 9-7 overall, 2-0 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and extended its winning streak against the Bison to seven straight games since 2007.
Holmes, one of the nation's leading scorers, made seven of his 16 shots from the field and 6-of-6 on free throws as the Bears 32-point win was its largest margin of victory since pounding Bethune-Cookman by 35-points (78-44) on Jan. 19, 2009. DeWayne Jackson scored 19 points with four rebounds. Ameer Ali added 12 points with five boards and Joe Davis had 11 points.
Calvin Thompson scored 16 points and nine rebounds to lead Howard (3-14, 1-1). Curtis White chipped in 14 points and Mike Phillips finished with 11 points.
Morgan State held a commanding 42-31 advantage on the glass and scored 54 of their 90 total points inside the paint. The Bear' bench also outscored Howard by a 38-2 margin.
Dadrian Collins hit a 3-pointer to help Howard trim the Bear's lead to 11-10 in the first four minutes. Morgan State responded when Jackson scored a layup that ignited a 10-2 run. Gene Johnson hit a jumper to give the Bears a 22-12 lead with 11:44 left in the first half.
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Hornets Come Back To Win Thriller
DOVER, Del. - A dramatic layup from freshman guard Alibaba Odd layup with 0.9 seconds to go for his only basket of the night was the game winner as the Delaware State Hornets beat the Winston-Salem State Rams 49-48 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Hall on the campus of Delaware State.
With starting forward leading rebounder, and second leading scorer Frisco Sandidge sidelined by injury, the Hornets (5-7, 0-1 MEAC) needed other players to step up, and got standout performances and career highs at multiple positions. Senior guard Marcus Neal had a career high 20 points, including 6-13 from 3 point range, and freshman Terron Stowe picked up career highs with 12 points, 10 rebounds for the first double-double by a Hornet that wasn't Sandidge this season.
The first half saw the Rams (3-9) jump out early behind the play of guard Brian Fisher, who had nine points on 3-5 shooting in the opening stanza. The Rams were more efficient on the glass and from the floor, outrebounding DSU 18-12 and shooting 11 of 22 from the floor to just 7 of 23 for the Hornets. The 27-18 advantage for the Rams made it seem like the absence of Sandidge might be too much for the Hornets to overcome.
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