SC State Women Hand Morgan State an 84-71 Setback
ORANGEBURG, SC -- Tracey Flowers tossed in a career-high 22 points and Paris Alston added 15 to lead South Carolina State to an 84-71 win over Morgan State Saturday in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contest at S-H-M Memorial Center.
Tiara Knotts added 13 points, Kourtney Williams came off the bench for 12 and Tiana Hemphill, the backup center, chipped in 11 and a game-high 13 rebounds in the victory, which lifted the Lady Bulldogs to 7-7 overall and 2-1 in the MEAC.
Morgan State was paced by Amarah Williams with 16 points,Omara Parker 15 and Dekeisha Mathis 12. Moneshia Davis had a team-high seven rebounds to go with four points in the loss, which dropped the Lady Bears to 2-11 overall and 0-1 in the league.
The 7-7 start is the best ever after 14 games at SC State for Robertson who is in his fourth season as Lady Bulldog head coach. The 2-1 MEAC start is the second-best for Robertson, whose 2010-11 won its first two MEAC contests before dropping nine straight to league competition.
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Turnovers Force 78-51 NCCU Loss To Florida A&M
DURHAM, N.C.- Despite a last minute 15-2 run, 31 costly turnovers led North Carolina Central University to a 27-point, 78-51 loss to Florida A&M.
In the Saturday afternoon competition, NCCU freshman Kabrina Truesdale and senior Blaire Houston finished in double-figures. Truesdale finished with 13 points, while Houston dropped 10 points in the loss. Truesdale also led the Lady Eagles in rebounding with nine rebounds, as sophomore Alesha Jenkins circulated three assists. Junior Chasidy Williams, who finished with seven points, stole three FAMU possessions.
In the first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference competition of the year, the maroon and gray was 36 percent from the field on 16-of-44 shooting, 1-of-5 from behind the arc, and 58 percent from the charity stripe, 18-of-31.
Four Lady Rattlers scored in double-figures to seal the victory. Qiana Donald led the squad with a team-high outing and a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Tameka McKelton scored 15 points, Antonia Bennett dropped 11 points and Jasmine Grice netted 10 points. Keturah Martin and Bennett lobbed four assists each, as Bennett also blocked three shots and stole five possessions.
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Lady Pirates Stifle Howard In Dominating Conference Win
HAMPTON, Va. -Hampton established control early Saturday evening at the HU Convocation Center, stifling Howard offensively en route to a 63-40 win.
In the win, Hampton snapped the Lady Bison's nine-game winning streak and handed Howard its first conference loss. The Lady Pirates (11-3, 3-0 MEAC) also established season lows in opponent's field goal percentage and points allowed in a half.
Sophomore forward Alyssa Bennett led the Lady Pirates with a career-high 23 points on 11-for-16 shooting, while also tying her career high with 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Senior guard Jericka Jenkins poured in 14 points and dished out a season-high-tying 11 assists for her second straight double-double.
Senior forward Melanie Warner added 11 points and eight rebounds.
Howard (10-6, 2-1 MEAC) shot just 25.0 percent (13-for-52) from the floor and made just one of its 13 3-pointers - the fifth opponent Hampton has held to just one 3-pointer this season. The Lady Bison also went just 13-for-21 from the free throw line.
Saadia Doyle, the Preseason MEAC Player of the Year, led Howard with 20 points, while Tamoria Holmes added 12 points.
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Corbo's Last Second Trey Gives NSU 61-58 Win over NSU
NORFOLK, Va. - Sophomore Rae Corbo drained a 30-foot jumper at the buzzer off of a last-second inbounds pass to give the Norfolk State women's basketball team a 61-58 victory over UMES Saturday afternoon at Joseph Echols Hall.
The Hawks erased a six-point deficit with less than two minutes to go, including the last two points on a basket by Adobi Agbasi with 24 seconds left. NSU called two timeouts in the last possession of the game, the latter with just 1.6 seconds left after Chelsea Sanders fouled NSU junior Recca Trice.
Following the timeout, senior Tyisha Bridges found Corbo way outside the 3-point arc on the right-hand side after her first inbounds option was not open. Corbo's desperation heave with a defender right in her face found the bottom of the net, sending the Spartans to their second conference victory of the season.
NSU improved to 7-7 overall on the season, and 2-1 in the MEAC, matching last year's win total in conference play. UMES fell to 3-10 overall, 1-1 in the conference.
Corbo and Owens led the way with game highs of 16 points, including 10 each in the second half. Owens hit several key baskets in the second half to keep NSU on top after the Hawks had erased a 15-point halftime deficit in the first 10 minutes of the second stanza. Owens hit 8-of-11 from the floor for the game.
Agbasi led UMES with 12 points and four blocks, while Kwinnyata Mercer was the only other player for either team in double figures with 10.
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Coppin State Defeats Savannah State, 71-45
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Leola Spotwood and Shawntae Payne each scored 17 points and Coppin State shot 70.0 percent from the floor in the second half on its way to extending its winning streak to four straight with a convincing 71-45 MEAC victory over Savannah State on Saturday in Tiger Arena.
Coppin State (6-9, 1-1 MEAC) shot just 36.4 percent from the floor in the first half, but then made 14-of-20 attempts in the second half to secure its first conference win of the season.
Spotwood was 4-of-7 from the floor, including 3-of-3 from the three-point line, and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. She also added seven rebounds and three steals.
Payne finished 5-of-10 from the field and added four rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot.
Crystal Whittington finished with nine points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals for Coppin State.
Ezinne Kalu led Savannah State with 10 points.
Savannah State (5-9, 1-1 MEAC) shot just 28.3 percent from the floor for the game and committed 26 turnovers.
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Lady Aggies End Losing Streak With Win Over Bethune-Cookman
GREENSBORO-Head Coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs kept her promise. Following the North Carolina A&T women's basketball team's loss to UNC-Wilmington on Monday, Bibbs said that the team would fix its problems, and start a new winning streak on Saturday. The Aggies did just that, defeating the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at Corbett Sports Center on Saturday, 69-54.
N.C. A&T (7-8, 2-0) remains perfect in MEAC competition this season after using strong rebounding, excellent 3-point shooting by redshirt sophomore Amber Calvin and a double-double by junior guard JaQuayla Berry to overcome the Wildcats (3-11, 0-2) and to snap a six-game losing streak.
Berry had 20 points and 10 boards and junior Nikia Gorham added 14 points and nine boards from the bench to help the Aggies secure the win with 41 second-half points.
The Aggies out-rebounded the Wildcats, 53-42, and had 12 steals with a pair of blocks in the game.
B-CU's Demetria Frank had 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals for B-CU, while Cleniece Roberts had six points and seven boards.
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