Hornets Use Balanced Attack to Defeat Eagles
BALTIMORE, Md. - Frisco Sandidge led five players in double-figures with a game-high 17 points in Delaware State's 63-59 MEAC win over Coppin State at the new CSU Physical Education Center Monday evening.
The Hornets won for the fifth time in six games to improve to 9-8 overall and 4-2 in the MEAC. Coppin State fell to 5-13 and 0-3.
Chad Wilson tallied 12 points for the Hornets, the fourth time he has reached double-figures in scoring in the last five games. He nailed three three-point shots in the contest, giving him 14 in the last five games.
Marcus Neal added 11 points, while Marques Oliver and Jay Threatt had 10 each for DSU.
Oliver also led all players with 11 rebounds to record his first career double-double. Threatt also contributed seven rebounds, five steals and two assists to the win.
Quinston Reggins was high scorer for Coppin State with 14 points, while Kareem Brown had 13 and Michael Harper 12 for the Eagles.
Delaware State led by as many as 13 in the first half, but Coppin State rallied to pull to within 33-31 at the break.
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Pirates Hold off Rattlers
HAMPTON, Va. - The Hampton Pirates got back into the win column Monday night, using a strong second half to pull away from Florida A&M and escape the HU Convocation Center with a 66-53 victory.
The Pirates (6-13, 3-4 MEAC) have won two of their last three games.
A pair of free throws from Brandon Bryant with 10:07 to play pulled the Rattlers within 44-40, but Hampton responded by going on a 19-6 run over the next eight minutes, culminating with a layup from Vincent Simpson with 2:07 to play to put the Pirates up 63-46. During the Pirates' spurt, Florida A&M went almost four minutes without a field goal; after Rasheem Jenkins hit a jumper with 6:19 to play, Florida A&M didn't hit another basket until Larry Jackson hit a stick-back with 2:28 remaining.
Michael Freeman led the Pirates with 17 points on 8-for-10 shooting, while also pulling down a team-high 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season. Darrion Pellum added 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting, as the Pirates shot a season-best 53.1 percent (26-for-49) from the floor.
Hampton also out-rebounded Florida A&M (4-15, 2-5 MEAC) 34-30.
The Rattlers shot 32.7 percent (18-for-55) from the floor, committing 15 turnovers. Jackson lead Florida A&M with 16 points on 6-for-13 shooting, while also pulling down a team-high 11 rebounds.
The Pirates opened the game on a 10-2 run that culminated in a Charles Funches jumper at the 17:10 mark, before the Rattlers responded with a 7-1 march of their own. The rest of the half was tight, with the scored tied at 19 after a Dale Hughes layup with 6:34 left in the half.
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Collins Leads Howard to Win Over Bethune-Cookman
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dadrian Collins scored a team-high 18 points and Calvin Thompson and Curtis White added 13 and 10, respectively to lead Howard University to a 67-64 win over Bethune-Cookman University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's game at Burr Gymnasium.
Collins, the MEAC Rookie of the Week, got the Bison rolling by scoring 11 points in the first 20 minutes. The 6-5 freshman forward did most of his damage from beyond the arc, connecting on 3 of 4.
Collins got help from his teammates as the Bison (6-15 overall, 5-2 in the MEAC) rolled to a 37-16 lead at the half. White and Thompson each added six to the cause as Howard shot 50 percent from the field. Forward Adam Walker, who was in his second game after missing most of the season with illness, came up with a solid contribution of 7 points and 5 rebounds.
The Wildcats (12-8 overall, 5-2 in the MEAC) had problems scoring and experienced some cold shooting, hitting on only 28 percent (6 of 21) of their shots in the first half.
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Bears Ease Past Hawks
BALTIMORE, Md. - Reggie Holmes scored 25 points to help the first-place ranked Bears rout Maryland-Eastern Shore 91-54 on Monday night, a victory that extended the Bears winning streak to six straight.
The Bears also improved to 5-0 at home and have strung together eight consecutive victories at Hill Field House since last season when they captured the 2009 MEAC Title and earned a No. 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Holmes, the sixth-leading scorer in the nation at 22.8 points per game, scored 25 points in 27 minutes and led the Bears on the glass with eight rebounds to go along with three steals.
Troy Smith scored 15 first half points for Morgan State (14-7, 6-0 MEAC), which dominated from the opening tip. The Bears led 16-2 following a 3-pointer by Sean Thomas less than eight minutes into the ballgame. Morgan State led 45-22 at halftime.
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Rams Recover from 14 Points Down To Defeat Aggies 59-57
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - In college basketball effort can win you games. That fact was on display on Monday evening at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. as the Rams of Winston-Salem State University used a complete team effort to recover from an early 14-point deficit en route to defeating arch-rival North Carolina A&T, 59-57.
The Rams would strike first as a Corey Morris layup only 15 seconds into the game gave WSSU an early 2-0 lead. The lead however would be fleeting as the Aggies mounted an 18-2 run that silenced the crowd of nearly 6,000 fans in attendance at the Joel Coliseum as North Carolina A&T jumped ahead by 14 points with 15:45 remaining in the first half.
Tavarus Alston would key the Aggies' run as he scored 13 of N.C. A&T's first 18 points as the Rams were faced with the daunting task of trying to recover from a double-digit deficit, something that they had not done all season.
Recover is exactly what the Rams did as they forced 17 first-half North Carolina A&T turnovers and used a well-executed zone defense to put the Aggies on their heels as WSSU held the Aggies to only six more points for the final 16 minutes of the half as Winston-Salem State turned a 14-point deficit into a 10-point halftime advantage.
Head Coach Bobby Collins' bench would prove to be the difference in the first period of play as the WSSU reserves recorded 17 points, led by Andrew Jackson's six first-half points as the Rams closed the half on a 30-6 run to lead 34-24 at the halftime intermission.
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Toombs Lead Bulldogs over Spartans 97-82
ORANGEBURG, SC-Freshman point guard Khalif Toombs shot 18-20 from the free-throw line and finished with a team-high 21 points, while JUCO transfer Darnell Porter chipped in 19 as South Carolina State cruised to a 97-82 win over Norfolk State Monday at S-H-M.
Both teams combined shooting an amazing 91 free-throws along with 64 fouls between both South Carolina State (27) and Norfolk State (37).
Senior guard/forward Jason Flagler recorded his third double-double of the season tossing in 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, while Norfolk State's Kyle O'Quinn scored a game-high 32 points and 11 rebounds in the loss.
SC State jumped out the gate early in the first-half building a 10 point advantage 24-14 off an Arsenio Williams jumper at the 9:26 mark. A jumper by Flagler followed by a Porter layup put the Bulldogs ahead 19, 43-24 with 0:52 seconds left in the first-half.
Senior Brandon Smalls nailed a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Bulldogs 47-26 lead at half-time.
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