NCCU Grabs Second Straight Win

DURHAM, N.C. (NCCUEaglePride.com)- North Carolina Central won its third straight home contest thanks in part to junior Nick Chasten's fourth career double-double that included a career-high 15 rebounds in leading the squad to the 62-56 victory over Washington Adventist in a hard fought contest on Wednesday night at McDougald-McLendon Gym.

Along with Chasten's double-double, C.J. Wilkerson finished with 14 points despite a 3-for-9 effort from the free-throw line, Clement ended the night with 13 points even though he was a disappointing 3-for-11 from the outside.

For the 0-7 Shock, point guard Jamie Newton opened up the eyes of all 1,891 in attendance as the senior went 10-for-14 from the field including 4-for-6 from three-point range finishing with a game-high 25 points as the only player for WAU to register double figures.

With the win, NCCU begins the home slate 3-0 for the first time since the 2004-05 season, and evens its record on the year at 3-3.

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William & Mary Bench Proves To Be Too Much In Bison Loss

 Williamsburg, Va.­‑ Anton Dickerson poured in a career-high 28 points, but it was not enough to overcome the William & Mary bench, which outscored the Bison bench 25-0 in a 76-62 win in a non-conference men's basketball game at Kaplan Arena.

Dickerson connected on 10 of 21 from the field, including 6 of 13 from three-point range, eclipsing his old career mark of 24 points, which he scored against Oregon State on Saturday.

The Bison (1-6, 0-0 MEAC) played the host close through most of the first half until the Tribe (3-4, 0-0 CAA) used its bench to pull away to a 35-22 halftime lead.

Most of the damage was done by Tim Rushoven and Brandon Brit, who combined for 18 points off the bench.

The Bison, who were playing with three walk-ons, were further hurt by the loss of their only post player Alphonso Leary, who fouled out after only playing 12 minutes and scoring two points.

The Tribe held a decided advantage with their size and depth, scoring 32 of their points in the paint and out rebounding the smaller Bison 40-31.

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Hornets Put Up Fight Before Falling To Gamecocks 

Columbia, S.C. (Dec. 1, 2010) --- For the second straight game, the Delaware State men's basketball team held a halftime lead on the road against major conference opponent only to come up short in the final 20 minutes. South Carolina outscored the Hornets 39-24 in the second half en route to a 74-61 win before more than 9,200 fans at Colonial Life Arena this evening.

The Hornets lost their second straight to fall to 2-3 on the season, while the Gamecocks have won four in a row to improve to 5-1.

Marques Oliver tied his career-high with 21 points to lead all players for the Hornets. His performance included 9-of-10 shooting from the free throw line and a team-high six rebounds.  Washington added 16 points for Delaware State. The freshman guard has scored 66 points in the last four games, and leads the Hornets in scoring at 14.2 points per game this season.

Delaware State's Jay Threatt recorded seven assists. He led the MEAC In assists at 6.5 per game entering the contest.

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Wildcats end four-game losing streak with 74-49 decision over FCC

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman was back home and Garrius Holloman was back in form Wednesday as the Wildcats defeated Florida Christian 74-49 in historic Moore Gymnasium.

After dropping four straight on its West Coast swing, B-CU (3-4) remained unbeaten at home as Holloman broke out of a mild slump and finished with a season-high 22 points to compliment CJ Reed's game-high 26.

The junior was averaging 12 points a game in the first three outings of the season, but had only scored 12 points in the last three. With Albert Abrahams still out, Holloman is the post game for now and responded Wednesday by going 9-12 from the field and grabbing nine rebounds in 24 minutes.

 CJ Reed posted his fifth 20-point game of the season and it may have been the quietest 26 points the junior has scored in his B-CU career.

B-CU scored the first 12 points of the second half to go up to go up 51-26 with 14:38 to play and led by as many as 29 down the stretch.

Javoris Bryant had ten points and six boards for B-CU, while Alexander Starling snagged eight rebounds.

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