Lady Pirates Get First MEAC Win
HAMPTON, Va. - Hampton picked up its first MEAC win of the season on Monday afternoon, upending the Lady Bears of Morgan State 74-37 at the HU Convocation Center.
The Lady Pirates (5-9, 1-2 MEAC) snapped a two-game losing streak in convincing fashion, sprinting out to a 15-4 lead to open the game. Jericka Jenkins went 5-for-9 from 3-point range in the opening half, pouring in 17 first-half points to lead Hampton to a 46-14 halftime lead.
Jenkins hit back-to-back treys toward the end of the first half, sinking the second with 6:28 left in the frame to give the Lady Pirates a 30-12 lead. Quanneisha Perry hit a layup with 1:38 left in the first half to give Hampton a 32-point lead, and a Bernadette Fortune jumper with 17 seconds left in the half would put Hampton up by that same margin at the break.
Hampton led by as many as 40, going up 62-22 with 9:46 to play when Fortune sank a layup.
Jenkins led the Lady Pirates with a season-high 22 points on 7-for-14 shooting, going 6-for-11 from behind the arc. Perry recorded her third double-double of the season, scoring a career-high 21 points to go along with 11 rebounds. Freshman Breanna Jones led the Lady Pirates on the boards, tying her season high with 15.
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FAMU Lady Rattlers Breeze Past Norfolk, 58-47
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 11) - Florida A&M rebounded from a tough Saturday loss to breeze past Norfolk State, 58-47 in a MEAC game at the Lawson Center Monday evening.
FAMU (9-4, 2-1 in MEAC) was led by sophomore Antonia Bennett with 15 points and nine rebounds, and junior Christian Rateree with 13 points. Sophomore Qiana Donald had a team-high 12 rebounds.
Norfolk State (3-8, 0-3 in MEAC) was led by Batavia Owens who turned in a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Whitney Long added nine points and Tyisha Bridges chipped in eight points.
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Lady Rams Fall to Maryland Eastern Shore, 65-38
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams (2-13) couldn't find an answer in a 65-38 loss against Maryland Eastern Shore (4-7), Monday evening. For the second straight game, the Lady Rams found points hard to come by as the team was handcuffed by the UMES defense that held WSSU to shooting 23.1% from the field in the game.
Though the Lady Rams remained aggressive in the game, putting up 52 shots in the game, but the team struggled to get the shots to fall as the team hit just 12 of those shots while committing 15 turnovers in the contest. As a team, the Lady Rams managed just three assists in the game. The loss came in spite of some great individual efforts by the Lady Rams as junior forward Vontisha Woods led the way with 13 points in the loss. She took advantage of the UMES charity in the game, connecting on 9-of-10 shots from the free throw line. Fellow junior guard MaLisa Bumpus also had a great effort with 10 points. She was five-of-13 from the field in the loss.
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Lady Hornets Beat Lady Bulldogs, 51-50
Dover, Del. (Jan. 11, 2010) --- Brittany Washington had 18 points in just 23 minutes of action, and the Hornets would need every one of them as the Delaware State Lady Hornets defeated the South Carolina State Bulldogs 51-50 on Monday night at Memorial Hall in Dover.
Washington would be the standout for the Hornets (3-12, 1-1 MEAC), picking up 10 boards as well for her third double-double of the season. Freshman forward Kianna D'Oliveira also had a career day, tying a career high with nine points and adding a career record with seven rebounds.
In what was a back and forth first half, the Hornets stood steadfast with their defense, which entered the contest #1 in the MEAC. The 24-20 lead for DSU at the break was attributable to the 13-5 turnover differential between the sides, buoyed by six steals by the red and blue. But the Hornets were unable to convert those opportunities to a larger lead, shooting only 8-28 from the floor in the opening half.
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Coppin State Falls to Howard on the Road
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Saadia Doyle scored 17 points and collected 22 rebounds and Zykia Brown added 20 points as Howard snapped a 12-game losing streak to Coppin State with a 59-45 MEAC victory over the Eagles on Monday in Burr Gymnasium.
Led by Doyle and Brown, Howard posted its first victory over Coppin State since a 74-73 victory on Jan. 10, 2005.
Howard (6-8, 2-1 MEAC) seized control of the game with a run midway through the second half.
After a jumper by Lakeytah Irving cut the Bison lead to 38-36 with 9:11 to play Howard answered with a 15-2 run that increased the lead to 53-38 with 5:06 left in the game. Brown sparked the run by scoring six points, all of which came from the free throw line.
Coppin State (4-9, 1-2 MEAC) never got the margin under double figures for the remainder of the contest.
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