Eagles Sting Hornets to Earn Second Straight League Win

DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University used a 13-to-4 late spurt to fight off a hard-charging Delaware State squad after seeing a double-digit halftime lead fall to earn its second straight MEAC victory 62-52 in front of 2,989 fans inside McDougald-McLendon Gym on Saturday.

The first 20 minutes of play saw NCCU put on a clinic jolting out to a 13-5 lead on the Hornets in the first eight minutes and cruised out to a 32-21 advantage on the heels of shooting 14-for-25 (56.0 percent) from-the-field.

NCCU grabbed its largest lead at 14 points with 3:42 to go on an alley-oop dunk by junior Jordan Parks as the first half saw a number of highlight reel plays that included superb passing by senior point guard Emanuel Chapman, who finished with five assists in the half.  Eight different Eagles scored in the first frame led by senior Jeremy Ingram’s nine points, while Delaware State managed to shoot 7-for-21 (33.3 percent) from-the-field including 1-for-6 (16.7%) from behind-the-arc.

Delaware State answered with a big 16-6 run through the first 10 minutes of the second frame as the offense came alive to take their first lead of the game at 39-38 following Casey Walker’s layup with 10:11 left.

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Howard’s Daniel Records 33 in win over UMES

Washington, DC--James “J-Bird” Daniel poured in a career-high 33 points and Prince Okoroh added 19 points to lead Howard University to an easy 88-55 victory over  the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s game at Burr Gymnasium.

The 5-11 freshman connected on 9 of 18 from the floor, including 6 of 12 from 3-point range.  Daniel scored 21 of his points in the first half as the Bison led, 52-24 at intermission.

Howard (4-15, 2-2 in the MEAC) shot 54 percent from the floor, converted 9 turnovers into 16 points and limited the Hawks (2-14, 0-4) to 28 percent shooting (7 of 25) from the field in the first stanza.  Okoroh chipped in with 11 points.

With the comfortable lead, the Bison, despite their youth, never let up in the second half.  Daniel continued to score as did Okoroh, but others chipped in as well.  Tyler Stone, a freshman forward in his first start, came up with a career-high 10 points and seven rebounds.  James “JT” Miller, yet another freshman, came off the bench to add 12 points.

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Brickhouse Leads Eagles to Win over Hampton

HAMPTON, Va. --- Junior guard Daquan Brickhouse scored a career-high 18 points to lead Coppin State past Hampton, 71-68, in a wonderfully-played Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men’s basketball game at the Convocation Center Saturday night.

With its second straight conference win, the Eagles improved their overall record to 6-11 and conference mark to 3-1. Two of Coppin State’s three MEAC wins have been on the road, which is tough to do in this rugged conference. Coppin handed Hampton (8-9, 3-1) its first loss in conference play and second of the season at home.

The Eagles demonstrated why they lead the MEAC in free-throw shooting percentage and are one of the top teams in the nation in that category. Coppin State went 24-for-32 from the charity stripe, including 5-of-6 in the final 45 seconds to seal the victory. The Eagles entered the game with three players shooting at least 80 percent (Brickhouse, Andre Armstrong and Taariq Cephas) from the foul line.

Cephas had 13 points. He scored six straight points for Coppin State to keep them within one point late in the second half. His last point of the game with 42 seconds remaining gave the Eagles the lead for good, 67-66.

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Aggies Defeat NJIT

GREENSBORO -North Carolina A&T guard Richaud Pack scored 30 points, dished out eight assists and grabbed five rebounds as the Aggies held off a late New Jersey Institute of Technolgy late rally to win 88-82 Saturday night at Corbett Sports Center. Pack's 30-point night matched his season-high from the Aggies season opener when he scored 30 points against Greensboro College. 

It was a Pack 3-pointer that gave the Aggies their biggest lead of the game at 83-57 with 4:48 to play. But then NJIT's Damon Lynn took over the game. Lynn hit four of his game-high nine 3-pointers in the final 4 1/2 minutes of the game. His 3-pointer with 29 seconds pulled the Highlanders to within six at 86-80. A&T's Bruce Beckford would miss two free throws, giving Lynn a chance to bring the Highlanders closer. But Lynn missed his three with 14 seconds remaining and Lamont Middleton hit two free throws to clinch the game. 

Lynn led NJIT (8-12) with 34 points. Jeremy Underwood added 19 points on 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range for A&T (5-12). Beckford had 12 points and nine rebounds.  

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