Hampton game at Texas Southern Cancelled
HOUSTON, Texas -- The Hampton University men's basketball team's contest at Texas Southern, set for Thursday at 1 p.m. EST, has been cancelled.
The Pirates (5-6) will return to action on Sunday, when they return to the HU Convocation Center to take on Princeton at 3 p.m.
ODU Wins Battle of Norfolk over NSU
NORFOLK, Va.—In a crosstown matchup 15 years in the making, Old Dominion defeated the Norfolk State men's basketball team by a 68-57 score on Tuesday night at the Ted Constant Center.
The two Norfolk-based schools had not met in a decade and a half, but a sellout crowd of 8,472 got its money's worth in a holiday matchup. NSU only led at the very beginning of the game but trailed by just single digits most of the first half and a good portion of the second.
The two teams traded runs later in the second half, but the Monarchs scored nine of the last 11 points of the game for the victory after the Spartans had gotten to within four with five minutes to go.
Aaron Bacote and Trey Freeman led the way for ODU (7-6), tallying 20 and 19 points, respectively. Bacote hit 6-of-11, while Freeman shot 7-of-19 to go with five rebounds and four assists.
NSU (5-9) got a pair of strong performances from sophomore Jordan Butler and senior Jeff Short. Each scored 14 points on the night, with Butler hitting 6-of-9 from the field with seven rebounds and three blocks. Short hit 5-of-11 overall and sank three 3-pointers to go with six rebounds and six assists.
ODU had just three turnovers for the entire game, and while NSU had below its average with 10, the Monarchs outscored the Spartans 15-2 in points off turnovers. Several of those points came late in the game to prevent a Spartan comeback.
NSU shot 20-of-54 (37.0 percent) for the game, compared to 24-of-57 for ODU (42.1 percent).
NSU will play its last non-conference road game at Alabama on Saturday. Game time is 2 p.m., and the contest will be shown live on the SEC Network.
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Rattlers Drop Third Straight to Florida International
Miami, Fla.—The FAMU Men’s Basketball team dropped its’ third straight game Tuesday night, falling 65-45 at Florida International, despite 18 points from junior Malcolm Bernard.
The Rattlers (4-10) trailed by just nine points, 34-25 at the half, but fell victim to cold shooting in the second half, as they hit just 24-percent (6-of-25) from the floor, while the Panthers (6-7), hit 50-percent of their floor shots (13-of-26).
On the night, the Rattlers shot 30.8-percent from the floor (16-of-52) and was 3-of-21 from three-point range, while the Panthers finished hitting 46.6 from the field (27-of-58) and 39-percent from distance (9-of-23).
After Malcolm’s 18 points, came Treavann Warren’s nine points and 14 rebounds, and Isaiah Omoregie with eight points.
Elmo Stephen led FIU with 18 points, followed by Adrian Diaz with 13 points and Donte McGill with 12 points.
The Rattlers return home to resume Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play next Tuesday against Savannah State. Tipoff will be 7:00 p.m. at The Al Lawson Center.
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NCCU Pressures Montreat into Record 30 Turnovers
DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University forced 30 turnovers in a big 107-68 win over Montreat College on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at McDougald-McLendon Arena.
NCCU (5-8, 1-1 MEAC) opened the game with a 34-9 run, forcing the Cavaliers into 10 turnovers over the ten minute span. That set the tone for the game, as Rashaun Madison bolted out of the gate making his first three three-pointers during the run as well.
Madison poured in a career high 21 points with nine steals, which ranks second all-time in single-game performances at NCCU. He also hit a total of five treys, one shy of tying his career-high of six that he set earlier this year against Mississippi Valley State.
Madison wasn’t alone in marking new career-highs, as Patrick Cole earned 23 points, five assists and four steals which are all career-highs at NCCU and C.J. Wiggins notched 17 points and six assists which are both career-highs in his young career.
Kyle Benton set new career-highs with 12 points and seven rebounds, as did Marius McAllister who created seven points.
The Eagles next travel to Mississippi State to close out 2015 on Thursday, Dec. 31.
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