Jacksonville 61, North Carolina A&T State 45
Mount St. Mary’s 73, Howard 56
Coastal Carolina 92, Delaware State 77
Jacksonville 61, North Carolina A&T State 45
EAST GREENSBORO – A slow start proved fatal for the North Carolina A&T Aggies, who fell to Jacksonville, 61-45, inside the Corbett Sports Center on Saturday night. The slow start was due in part to the Aggies shooting 17.2 percent in the first half.
They shot better in the second half but could never dig their way out of a double-digit deficit that accumulated in the first half.
N.C. A&T (2-6) was led by big man Ronald Jackson who finished with eight points and 10 rebounds. It was his third double-figure rebounding game out of the last four contests. Fellow big man Devin Haygood turned in nine points and six rebounds as well.
“We didn’t compete for 40 minutes,” said N.C. A&T coach Jay Joyner. “We just didn’t get the job done tonight. You can’t shoot 30 percent from the field and 15 percent from three and expect to win the game.”
N.C. A&T quickly fell behind 11-1 just before the under-16 timeout. The Aggies first field goal did not come until the 12:56 mark of the first half, which was a layup by sophomore Webster Filmore. N.C. A&T’s struggles from the field continue throughout the first half. Even their good looks went in and came back out.
The Aggies had five field goal droughts of three minutes or more in the first half with the longest being 6:07 from the 7:10 mark to the 1:03. It was senior Devin Haygood’s dunk cut the Dolphins (4-6) led to 28-14 with 1:03 remaining in the first half. Two Dolphin free throws sent the Dolphins into the locker room ahead 30-14.
N.C. A&T shot much better in the second half improving to 40.6 percent from the field. Despite shooting the ball much better in the second half, the Aggies were never able to make a significant dent in Jacksonville’s lead. The closest the Aggies got in the second half was 14 points at 57-43 on an Andre Jackson layup with 3:34 to play.
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Mount St. Mary’s 73, Howard 56
WASHINGTON --
Jalen Gibbs had 23 points as Mount St. Mary's topped Howard 73-56 on Saturday.
Malik Jefferson had 16 points and seven rebounds for Mount St. Mary's (3-5), which broke a five-game road losing streak.
Damian Chong Qui added 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Charles Williams had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bison (0-9), whose season-opening losing streak stretched to nine games. Wayne Bristol Jr. added 12 points.
Ian Lee had seven assists.
Mount St. Mary's takes on Grand Canyon on the road on Tuesday. Howard looks for its first win against Hampton on the road on Thursday.
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Coastal Carolina 92, Delaware State 77
Dover, Del. (Nov. 30, 2019) --- Tyrell Gumbs-Frater led five Coastal Carolina double-figure scorers with a game-high 26 points in the Chanticleers’ 92-77 victory over Delaware State in Memorial Hall this evening. Coastal snapped a two-game losing streak to even its season record at 4-4, while the Hornets fell to 1-8.
Gumbs-Frater was nine-for-15 from the field, including eight-of-10 on three-point shots. Keishawn Brewton added 19 points, while Tommy Burton contributed 15 points (9-12 FT) and 10 rebounds for the Chanticleers.
The Coastal victory overshadowed two 20-point performances for Delaware State.
Lance Singh (Jr.) came off the bench to lead the Hornets with a season-best 26 points, highlighted by six-of-nine three-point shooting, while
John Crosby added 22 points (11-12 FT) for DSU. Crosby has surpassed the 20-point mark in four of the Hornets’ nine games this season.
Singh has 10 three-point field goals in the last two games and leads the team with 21 for the season.
Coastal Carolina started quickly, opening up a 17-4 lead on an inside basket by Burton with 13:49 left in the first half.
Delaware State responded with a 22-8 run, and took its first lead, 26-25, when
Ronald Lucas hit two free throws at the 8:04 mark of the first half. Singh came off the bench to key the rally by scoring 10 points on four-of-five shooting from the field, including two three-pointers. He gave the Hornets a 28-25 lead on a fast break basket with 7:06 to go before halftime.
DSU led 30-27 before Coastal Carolina responded with another rally.
The Chanticleers scored 16 straight points, and pulled ahead 43-30 on two free throws by DeVante Jones with 3:28 left in the half. Gumbs-Frater scored six points on two three-pointers and Brewton added five points to key the Chanticleers’ spurt.
Coastal Carolina led 47-35 at the half.
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