Morgan State 42, North Carolina A&T State 38
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Morgan State orchestrated a fourth-quarter comeback in the Hill Field House on Monday, handing North Carolina A&T State its first MEAC loss of the season with a 42-38 victory.
The Lady Bears improved to 8-11 overall, 4-2 in MEAC play.
Chelsea Mitchell led Morgan State with 10 points on a day where points were at a premium. She also had nine rebounds and seven steals, while Dahnye Redd added nine points.
After 30 minutes, North Carolina A&T State (12-5, 4-1 MEAC) led 30-27, and a Deja Winters layup with 8:58 remaining put the Aggies up 32-29. But Morgan State went on a 9-2 run, taking a 38-34 lead with 34 seconds remaining after a 3-pointer from Lana Skripkins.
Alexus Lessears cut the lead to 39-38 with 16 seconds left, but that was as close as the Aggies would get.
Lessears had nine points to lead the Aggies.
North Carolina A&T State saw its six-game winning streak snapped, as well as its run of 28 straight MEAC regular-season wins, dating back to the 2017-18 season.
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North Carolina Central 71, Florida A&M 70 (OT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Junior guard Zaria Atkins scored a team-high 16 points – including a go-ahead, 3-point play with 3.3 seconds left in overtime – to propel North Carolina Central to a 71-70 victory over Florida A&M Monday afternoon.
Trailing by two points in the final moments of OT, Atkins drove the right lane and made a tying layup while being fouled. She converted the and-1 free throw with just 3.3 ticks showing on the clock to put NCCU ahead by one. The Rattlers took a highly-contested shot at the buzzer, but the errant shot bounced high off the backboard.
N.C. Central (5-13, 2-3 MEAC) completed the season series sweep of Florida A&M (4-13, 2-4).
Atkins matched her career-high point total of 16 points by making half of her field goal attempts (5-10) and converting on 6 of 7 free throw attempts (85.7%). She completed her big performance with four assists, three steals and three rebounds.
Four Eagles reached double digits in the scoring column. Sophomore Ashlyn Lockard and freshman Anissa Rivera each swished a dozen points, while senior Paulina Afriyie has scored in double figures for a sixth straight contest with 11 points. Rivera, the reigning MEAC Rookie of the Week, just missed a double-double with nine rebounds while also contributing four blocks and four steals.
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South Carolina State 60, Maryland Eastern Shore 55
ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Heniaya Moton tossed in 30 points, including a 12-for-17 effort from the charity stripe, to lift South Carolina State to a 60-55 win over visiting Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday.
Moton, the only Lady Bulldog in double figures, had 19 of her total in the second half in the victory, which snapped a three-game losing streak for head coach Audra Smith's team. S.C. State improved to 3-15 overall and 2-3 in the league.
Jayah Hicks added seven points and a team-high seven rebounds, and Jacquece Alston and Jael Jackson six points each for S.C. State.
UMES was led by Dayona Godwin, who came off the bench for 13 points. Adrienne Jones, also a reserve, added nine points and Brooklyn Bailey had eight for the Lady Hawks, who dropped to 4-14 and 1-4 in the MEAC.
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