Category: Meac

Dr. Cavil’s Inside the HBCU SPorts Lab Week 10 Women’s Major Division Top 5 rankings

Brandon King

Week 10 of Dr.Cavil’s Inside the HBCuU Sports Lab Women’s Major Division Top 5 saw a new team enter the mix , while two other teams changed positions in the rankings. 5.Alabama State Hornets ( 15-14, 12-6) The Hornets of Alabama State enters the pols at No.5 , after being unranked the previous week. Alabama State ended the regular season winning seven of their last ten games and finished tied for third, along with Southern, in the SWAC. 4. Norfolk State Spartans ( 16-13, 11-3) Norfolk State dropped a spot…

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Norfolk State Lady Spartans get WNIT bid

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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference For just the second time in program history, the Norfolk State women’s basketball team will participate in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), the organization announced on Friday evening. The full bracket and game times will be revealed Monday, March 16. The appearance marks the Spartans’ first trip to the tournament since the 2021-22 season, when Norfolk State faced Drexel. It also extends NSU’s postseason streak to five consecutive seasons. The Spartans finished the season 18-14 and advanced to the MEAC Championship game for the fifth…

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MEAC Champion Howard to face UMBC in NCAA Play-In

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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The 2026 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men’s basketball tournament champion Howard University has earned the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament and will face University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in a First Four matchup on Tuesday, March 17at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The game will be broadcast on truTV as part of the NCAA Tournament’s opening round. The First Four games begin on Tuesday, at 6:40 p.m. ET, with final game times to be announced. Howard enters the NCAA…

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Howard punches Big Dance ticket with MEAC Tournament Championship

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Image via MEAC Strategic Communications Courtesy of Ed Hill, Jr., retired Howard University Sports Information Director 63 N.C. Central 14-18,8-6 MEAC 70 Winner Howard 23-10,11-3 MEAC Team 1 2 F N.C. Central 23  40  63 Howard 26  44  70 Howard University men’s basketball team placed four Bison in double figures to defeat North Carolina Central (NCCU), 70-63, in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament title game at the Norfolk Scope. The Bison, the No. 1 seed and regular season champion, will await Sunday’s (March 15) announcement of who and where they will play…

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Howard beats Norfolk’s State 53-46 to win MEAC Tournament

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Image via Jalisa Fulwood Courtesy of MEAC Strategic Communications 46 Norfolk St. 18-14,11-3 MEAC 53 Winner Howard 26-7,13-1 MEAC Team 1 2 3 4 F Norfolk St. 9  18  6  13  46 Howard 16  11  15  11  53 Howard University women’s basketball team used a balanced scoring attack and a big advantage in second-chance points to defeat Norfolk State, 53-46, Saturday to capture the 2026 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship at The Scope. The Bison, who last won the MEAC title and an NCAA automatic berth to Big Dance in 2022, were led by…

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MEAC Tournament News: North Carolina Central downs Maryland Eastern Shore to advance to semis

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Image via Doug Burt Courtesy of Kyon Lewis, Director of Strategic Communications Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Third-seeded North Carolina Central outscored sixth-seeded Maryland Eastern Shore 9-2 in overtime to earn an 83-76 win over the Hawks in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament at The Scope.  Dionte Johnson, who led all scorers with 26 points, had four free throws and Jae Slack a 3-pointer in the extra period to help the Eagles grab the victory.   Coach LeVelle Moton’s team, which improved to 14-17, will meet Delaware State, seeded seventh, Friday…

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South Carolina State withstands late-game surge, defeats Norfolk State 88-82

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Courtesy of Kyon Lewis, Director of Strategic Communications Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference No. 5 South Carolina State built a 15-point lead with just under six minutes to play and made just enough free throws down the stretch to hold off fourth-seeded Norfolk State, 88–82, in quarterfinal action of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament at The Scope. Coach Erik Martin’s team, which improved to 10–21, moved into Friday’s semifinals against top-seeded Howard, which earned a first-round bye and will be seeing tournament action for the first time. Tipoff for the contest…

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MEAC Tournament Notebook: Norfolk State Rolls Past Morgan State to Reach Semifinals

Brandon King

The top seeds continued to assert themselves Thursday at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament as Norfolk State Spartans women’s basketball delivered a dominant defensive performance in a 69–43 victory over Morgan State Bears women’s basketball to punch their ticket to the semifinals. The Lady Spartans smothered the Bears defensively, holding them to just 21 percent shooting (11-for-53) from the field and 1-for-13 from three-point range. Norfolk State also controlled the paint, outscoring Morgan State 42–10 inside, while forcing 22 turnovers that were converted into 28 points. Four Spartans…

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MEAC Women’s Tournament News: UMES beats Delaware State 55-48 to advance

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image via of the MEAC 48 DSU 55 Winner UMES Team 1 2 3 4 F DSU 8  14  15  11  48 UMES 13  15  10  17  55 In the opening quarterfinal round of the 2026 MEAC Homecoming Tournament, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore earned a 55-48 win against Delaware State to move on to the semifinals for the second straight year under head coach Malikah Willis.    The Hawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead 16 seconds into the game on a Dayshawn Carter free throw and boxed out the Hornets for the first 5:22…

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MEAC Men’s Tournament News: Delaware State shocks Morgan State, 75-70

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image via Delaware State Athletics Courtesy of Kylon Lewis, Director of Strategic Communications Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 75 Winner DSU 70 Morgan Team 1 2 OT 1 F DSU 27  33  15  75 Morgan 15  45  10  70 Seventh-seeded Delaware State Hornets men’s basketball made 11 of 12 free throws in the final 3:15 of overtime to hold off second-seeded Morgan State Bears men’s basketball, 75–70, in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday at Norfolk Scope Arena. The teams were tied 60–60 at the end of regulation.  Morgan State took…

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