From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference:
St. Bonaventure 93, Coppin State 81
Norfolk State 74, UNC Wilmington 69N.C. Central 67, USC Upstate 65
St. Bonaventure 93, Coppin State 81
OLEAN, N.Y. – After a strong first half, the Coppin State University men’s basketball team fell 93-81 to St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night at the Reilly Center.
Coppin State (1-10) trailed by just four points going into halftime, 44-40, but was outscored 53-37 in the second half.
Jesse Zarzuela led all Coppin players with 27 points. Tyree Corbett recorded a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Nendah Tarke finished with 16 points, six boards and a game-high five steals.
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Norfolk State 74, UNC Wilmington 69
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Dana Tate Jr. scored a career-high 17 points and Jalen Hawkins added 16 to highlight a huge performance from the Norfolk State bench as the Spartans won their fourth game in a row Wednesday night, 74-69, at UNC Wilmington.
The Spartans (9-1) shook off foul trouble to a number of their starters and withstood every Seahawk push to extend the program’s best start since 1995-96 and come up with their third win in four days. They did it in part thanks to 40 points from their bench, 33 from the duo of Tate and Hawkins.
Tate added nine rebounds and Nyzaiah Chambers also had a career-best nine for the Spartans. Ings chipped in with 14 points, six assists and two steals. Bryant had nine points and Bankston eight.
NSU held UNCW to 39 percent shooting and hit 85 percent (22-of-26) of its free throws.
N.C. Central 67, USC Upstate 65
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – North Carolina Central scored the first and final buckets of the first and second half, but none was more dramatic than Eric Boone’s floater in the paint with 3.3 seconds remaining to give the Eagles a dramatic 67-65 win over USC Upstate at the G.B. Hodge Center on Wednesday, December 1.
NCCU (3-5) opened the scoring with a trey by Randy Miller, Jr. and that set the tone for the Eagles as their first three field goals all came from beyond the arc. USCU (2-5) was able to open a nine-point lead, however, and held that advantage for the majority of the contest.
Boone led all scorers with a season-high 20 points, three assists, and three steals. He was followed by Miller with 16 points, and Cameron Butler who pulled down a game-most eight caroms with six points. Asanti Price chipped in 10 points with four boards for the maroon and gray.
