North Carolina A&T 79, North Carolina Central 63
Norfolk State 86, Delaware State 55
North Carolina A&T 79, North Carolina Central 63
DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina A&T men's basketball toppled N.C. Central, 79-63, on ESPNU Wednesday night inside the McDougald-McLendon Arena to extend their first-place lead in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Southern Division. The Eagles had previously won 18-straight home conference games.
“Another great program win,” said A&T coach
Will Jones. “The guys laid it all on the line. What's great about it is we get to do it again this Saturday at the Club!”
The Aggies had many double-figure scorers in the game, led by senior guard
Kwe Parker and junior wing
Tyrone Lyons, who each notched 15 points apiece. Junior big
Webster Filmore added 12 points and a career-high 14 boards in the best game of his career at A&T. His previous career-high was eight rebounds, and tonight was his first career double-double.
Senior facilitator
Kameron Langley recorded 11 points to round out double-figure scoring for the Aggies. Langley also dished out nine assists, grabbed three rebounds, and swiped three steals. He is now three steals shy of tying the all-time school record (Phillip Allen, 225).
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Norfolk State 86, Delaware State 55
NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State had one of its biggest wins ever in MEAC play, and the result on Senior Night gave the Spartan men's basketball team no worse than a share of the Northern Division title.
Junior
Jalen Hawkins led four Spartans in double figures with a career-high tying 17 points as NSU cruised to an 86-55 win over the Hornets on Wednesday evening at Joseph Echols Hall. The Spartans closed out their conference schedule at 8-4 after posting their fourth-biggest win ever in a MEAC game.
The Spartans now sit two games ahead of both Morgan State and Coppin State (6-4 each) in the division. CSU has two games left this weekend at Delaware State, while MSU must still make up two games against the Hornets that were postponed last weekend.
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