North Carolina Central Rolls Past Morgan State
BALTIMORE, Md.—North Carolina Central University took advantage of a cold-shooting Morgan State University squad, and shot over 50-percent on its way to a 73-59 victory at Hill Field House on Saturday, Feb. 20.
With the win, NCCU (11-16, 6-7 MEAC) finishes its eight-day stretch with a 3-1 record.
Jeremiah Ingram recorded six points and six rebounds in the first act on his way to his fourth career double-double with 11 points and 13 boards.
Cedric Blossom was big in helping the Bears back into the contest with 12 points after the break on his way to a game-high 20.
Dante Holmes had his four-game streak of scoring more than 20 points snapped, as he finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Two other Eagles went into double-digits as well, Patrick Cole recorded 14 points, and Kyle Benton notched 10 points and seven caroms.
NCCU will have a week to rest before visiting Bethune-Cookman on Saturday, Feb. 27.
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Norfolk State Drops Wild Decision At Delaware State
DOVER, Del. – Up by as much as 17 in the first half, the Norfolk State men’s basketball team was in good position on Saturday afternoon to come away with the victory over Delaware State. Unfortunately for the Spartans, there was still another half to play.
The Spartans made just 5-of-21 in the second half, and the Hornets outscored them by 15 after the intermission to hand Norfolk State a 67-64 loss in front of a nearly capacity crowd at Memorial Hall.
The Hornets were down by 12 to start the second half before their offense finally came alive and NSU’s disappeared. Delaware State eventually led by nine before a wild finish to the contest.
With the loss, Norfolk State fell to 13-14 overall and 9-3 in conference play. The Spartans dropped back down to third place after South Carolina State won on Saturday to move to 10-3 behind league leader Hampton.
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www.desuhornets.comSavannah State Tops Howard For Fourth Straight Win
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Savannah State University men’s basketball team (11-13, 7-6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) won its fourth straight game with a 66-56 win against Howard University (11-16, 5-7 MEAC) in Burr Gymnasium Saturday.
Freshman Kamil Williams led SSU with 17 points off the bench on 6-for-10 shooting, including 5-for-9 from the 3-point line, while graduate student Christopher Martin and junior Troyce Manassa each added 16 points. Martin shot 5-for-10 from the floor and added four rebounds, while Manassa added three rebounds, two assists and three steals. Graduate student Lenjo Kilo led SSU with eight rebounds and added seven points.
Howard was led by James Daniel III recorded a game-high 24 points, while Marcel Boyd and Tyler Stone each added eight points, while Stone and Damon Collins led the team with eight rebounds each.
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Hawks’ Homecoming comeback comes up short against Bulldogs
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — After a second-half comeback that saw it hold the lead as late as the 3:16 mark, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore ended up dropping Saturday’s Homecoming battle against South Carolina State 62-58.
The Hawks (8-20, 5-8 MEAC) trailed 32-25 at the break, but in the second half senior co-captains Devin Martin and Dominique Elliott tried to put the team on their backs.
The duo combined to score 30 of the team’s 33 points and the Hawks outscored South Carolina State 33-30 after the break, but it wasn’t enough.
The Bulldogs (15-12 overall, 10-3 MEAC) were led by Tashombe Riley’s 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while Eric Eaves scored 15 off the bench. Ed Stephens added 10 as guard play for SCSU was key.
DouDou Gueye started at center for the Bulldogs, but gave way to Darryl Palmer who was a better matchup against the Hawks. Palmer finished with five points, five rebounds and a pair of blocks in 22 minutes, but made things difficult in the lane for Eastern Shore.
The Hawks were without junior point guard Thomas Rivera who was sitting one game after a flagrant foul against Howard, and freshman point guard Ahmad Frost is still out with an injury. Mark Seylan started at the point for the Hawks who had 12 assists as a team with several faces taking a turn at running the point.
Elliott finished with a game-high 23 points and eight rebounds and Martin scored 15 points and grabbed four boards.
The Hawks will host Florida A&M on Monday and Delaware state on Feb. 27, before finishing out the regular season on the road at Morgan State on March 3.
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