Final Second Surge Moves Spartans Past Hawks
NORFOLK, Va. - A tip-in at the buzzer was ruled basket interference for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's basketball team as they fell, 64-62, to Norfolk State at Joe Echols Hall Saturday afternoon.
Spartan senior guard Michael Deloach made a jumper with three seconds left in the game to pull NSU ahead, 64-62. After an in-bounds play and two timeouts for the Hawks, UMES had the ball underneath their own basket with 1.8 seconds left on the clock.
Senior Neal Pitt received the in-bounds pass in the paint and put up the lay-in as time expired. The basket was ruled as interference on the Hawks and therefore no good.
Junior Tim Burns led the Hawks in scoring with 15 points and five assists. Sophomore Tyler Hines chipped in with 12 points and seven rebounds while redshirt sophomore Hillary Haley had 10 and a career-high nine rebounds.
Deloach, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's leading scorer, scored the first points of the game at 19:48, but UMES held him to just those two points in the first half.
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Aggies Shoot Their Way to Victory
GREENSBORO, N.J. - The Aggies put together their best shooting performance of the season to knock off the No. 2 team in the MEAC - Delaware State - 65-54, Saturday evening.
Senior Robert Johnson was the hottest of the Aggies as he knocked down all six of his shot attempts. He finished with 17 points, while Thomas Coleman added 10 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for his seventh double-double of the season.
The Aggies shot 56 percent from the floor. Only once in the last seven games, have the Aggies shot better than 40 percent from 3-point range. They were 8-for-14 on Monday.
Senior guard Dwane Joshua connected on just four of his last 27 shots but finished with 16 points against the Hornets and was 4-for-5 from 3-point range. The Aggies hit their first three 3-pointers against the Hornets, and took a 30-26 lead at the half.
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Flagler's 22 Points Lead Bulldogs to Victory
ORANGEBURG, S.C. - All-MEAC senior guard/forward Jason Flagler tossed in a game-high 22 point and grabbed five rebounds, while senior forward Arsenio Williams poured in 16 as South Carolina State posted their fourth-straight league win 72-60 over Hampton Saturday at S-H-M.
South Carolina State improved to 12-8 overall, 6-3 in the MEAC and Hampton falls to 6-15 overall, 4-6 in the league.
SC State jumped to a quick nine advantage, 16-7 on a steal and layup by Arsenio Williams at the 13:10 mark. Senior guard Brandon Smalls nailed a 3-pointer with 8:51 left in the first half to put the Bulldogs ahead 12, 23-11.
Hampton rallied back to take the lead 27-26 when senior Vincent Simpson poured in 13 unanswered points along with nailing four 3-pointers at the 4:34 mark. Arsenio Williams's layup with 0:18 seconds gave SC State 34-29 lead at halftime.
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Rams Roll Past Howard 62-58, WSSU Surpasses Win Total from Last Season
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The capacity crowd at the C.E. Gaines Center was treated to a Rams' victory on Saturday afternoon as Winston-Salem State earned their ninth victory of the year, surpassing last season's win total, as they downed the Bison of Howard 62-58 in front of over 3,000 spectators.
Howard led for only 12 seconds in the contest as the Rams opened the contest with a 10-6 run over the first four minutes of play en route to the victory.
The dynamic duo of Shelton Carter and Paul Davis combined to score 13 points during the first 20 minutes of play as Winston-Salem State never relinquished their lead as the Rams held the scoring advantage for nearly the entire contest.
Davis and Carter would spark the Rams to a 52 percent shooting display in the first half as WSSU led 30-24 at the halftime intermission.
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