NCCU Earns Season Sweep Over A&T, Wins 13th Straight Game
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Another 30-point performance by senior Jeremy Ingram and the patented solid North Carolina Central defense was all the maroon and gray needed to earn the season sweep over North Carolina A&T in the 73-55 victory inside a sold-out Corbett Sports Center on Saturday night in Greensboro, N.C.
The win is No. 13 in-a-row for the Eagles as they now have 21 victories on the year.
NCCU jumped out front of NC A&T early and often taking a 16-3 advantage with 13:24 left in the first frame as Ingram showed the Aggie faithful he was playing at another level, scoring 8 points in the first six minutes.
A&T did make a move, going on an 11-3 run over the next six minutes to cut the margin to 19-14 on an alley-oop dunk to Waylan Siverand that gave the raucous crowd something to cheer about.
The Eagles did not budge stretching the lead back out to double figures at 27-17 with 4:54 left on another Ingram shot from deep as the maroon and gray took a 35-23 advantage into the locker room
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Walker leads Hornets Past UMES
DOVER, Del. - Casey Walker scored a game-high 26 points to lead Delaware State to an 84-71 win over UMES in a MEAC men’s basketball contest in Memorial Hall today.
The Hornets have won four of their last five games to improve to 8-18 overall and 4-9 in the MEAC. The Hawks fell to 4-21 and 2-10.
Walker tied his career-high with six three-point field goals (6-for-9) and was eigth-for-13 overall from the field. It marked the fourth time that he's hit six three-pointers in a game.
Walker is second on the Hornets’ all-time list with 256 three-pointers. He leads the team with 49 threes this season.
Tyshawn Bell added 16 points (5-9 FGs; 2-3 3pt.; 4-4 FTs),); while Kendall Gray tallied 15 (6-8 FGs) points and 10 rebounds to post his ninth double-double of the season.
The Hornets were 30-for-52 from the field (57.7%), including 10-of-17 from three-point territory (58.8%). DSU was also successful on 14-of-18 from the free throw line (77.8%).
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Bethune-Cookman falls to Florida A&M
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Mikel Trapp scored 26 and Clemmye Owens a career-high 24, but Bethune-Cookman fell 80-75 to Florida A&M in the Ocean Center Saturday.
Trapp's 3-pointer with 2:17 gave the Wildcats (6-23, 4-10 MEAC) a 71-70 lead, but consecutive three-pointers from Reggie Lewis (20 points) and Jamie Adams (26) put the Rattlers (11-16,7-7) ahead 76-71.
Trapp connected on two free-throws with 28 seconds to make it 76-73, but the Wildcats could come no closer.
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NSU Outduels Coppin State, 73-68
BALTIMORE, Md. – A late 17-point advantage dwindled down to single digits, but the Norfolk State men's basketball team was still too much for Coppin State in a 73-68 victory over the Eagles on Saturday afternoon at the Physical Education Complex.
The Spartans pulled away from CSU in the latter stages of the second half, pushing their lead to a game-high 17 with less than five minutes to go. The Eagles had a late response, hitting several 3-pointers and free throws to cut NSU's lead to as few as three points with less than 10 seconds left.
CSU, though, ran out of time in its comeback attempt, and the Spartans improved their record to 15-11 overall, 9-3 in the MEAC.
Three different players scored 15 points on the afternoon for NSU, which also connected on exactly 50 percent from the field. Senior scoring leaders Pendarvis Williams, Malcolm Hawkins and Brandon Goode each tallied 15 points for the Spartans, while Goode also completed the double-double with 11 boards.
Taariq Cephas led CSU (9-18, 6-8) with 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting, but the Eagles connected on just 20-of-55 overall (36.4 percent), including 10-of-30 from 3-point range.
NSU held a 41-23 edge on the boards and outscored the Eagles 26-10 in points in the paint. The Spartans hit 27-of-54 for the afternoon.
A 3-pointer from junior Kievyn Lila-St. Rose opened up the second half scoring and gave NSU its first double-digit lead of the day. CSU got to within four thanks to a 9-2 run, but the Eagles had just one field goal in more than 10 minutes of action as NSU began to pull away.
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