Bethune-Cookman 98, South Carolina State 95
Norfolk State 72, Coppin State 38
Morgan State 76, Delaware State 58
North Carolina A&T 63, Florida A&M 42
Howard 81, Savannah State 76
Bethune-Cookman 98, South Carolina State 95
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.– Senior Day for Bethune-Cookman was one to remember as the Wildcats outlasted visiting South Carolina State, 98-95, in overtime Saturday at Historic Moore Gym.
Malik Maitland scored a game-high 26 points while Cletrell Pope and Shawntrez Davis double-doubled to give BCU its sixth Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference home win of the season.
BCU (14-15, 9-6) sank three free throws with a second remaining in OT after a personal foul against SCSU's (7-24, 5-10) Ian Kinnard and a technical foul on the Bulldog bench. Armani Collins converted his two and Cletrell Pope made the first and missed the second to seal the Senior Day victory. Kinnard had previously tied the game at 95 on a three with eight seconds remaining.
Down 85-81 with only 23 seconds remaining after Rayshawn Neal made one of two free throws, Maitland drove for a layup six seconds later. With only five seconds to go, Wali Parks made a short field goal in the paint to knot the game at 85 and force overtime.
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Norfolk State 72, Coppin State 38
NORFOLK, Va. – In dominating fashion, the Norfolk State men's basketball team made a little history on Saturday evening at Joseph Echols Hall. Riding its defense, the Spartans captured their second-ever MEAC regular season title with a 72-38 win over Coppin State.
At 13-1 in the MEAC, the Spartans can finish no worse than tied for first in the league after North Carolina A&T (12-3) won on Saturday as well. NSU did secure the No. 1 seed in the MEAC tournament after defeating the Aggies in their only meeting earlier this year.
Norfolk State's previous regular season title came in 2012-13 during its 16-0 campaign.
NSU held the Eagles to just 22 percent shooting for the game and 12 points in the first half while forcing 19 turnovers. The Spartans secured their second-biggest MEAC win ever at 34 points following a 35-point victory over Delaware State last year.
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Morgan State 76, Delaware State 58
DOVER, Del. (March 2, 2019) – Morgan State's leading scorer Stanley Davis did not play tonight, but the Bears found a way to snap its losing streak by rolling past Delaware State.
The Bears trailed 34-33 at halftime, before posting 43 second half points en route to a 76-58 win over the Hornets at Memorial Hall Gym.
LaPri McCray-Pace,
who led the Bears (9-18, 4-10 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) with a season-high 17 points and seven rebounds, spoke about the team's overall effort tonight.
"We just had to stick to the gameplan," said McCray-Pace a 6-foot-4 sophomore. "This was the first time all year we've been fully healthy. With Isaiah [Burke] back, but 'Bazz' [
Stanley Davis]
out , everybody stepped up.”
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North Carolina A&T 63, Florida A&M 42
EAST GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T endured its worst loss of the conference season at Florida A&M at the beginning of last month. The Aggies returned the favor Saturday evening at Corbett Sports Center.
After a 24-point loss in Tallahassee, the Aggies got the Rattlers in their gym and defeated them 63-42. The win solidified the No. 2 seed for the Aggies (17-12, 12-3 MEAC) going into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship Basketball Tournament, March 11-16 in Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk State (18-11, 13-1 MEAC) clinched the No. 1 seed with their win over Coppin State Saturday. The Aggies still have a chance to share the conference’s regular-season title if they can win their regular-season finale against N.C. Central on Thursday and Norfolk State loses their last two regular-season games.
Even if the Aggies don’t get a piece of the conference regular-season crown, they have a first-round bye at the MEAC tournament and they have their first 12-win season in the conference since the 1991-92 season when they were 12-4 in the league.
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