From meacsports.com:
Howard 74, Coppin State 73
Maryland Eastern Shore 62, Delaware State 56
Norfolk State 75, Morgan State 74
North Carolina A&T 63, South Carolina State 62
North Carolina Central 78, Savannah State 69
Bethune-Cookman 67, Florida A&M 54
Maryland Eastern Shore 62, Delaware State 56
Dover, Del. — Delaware State led by eight points with seven minutes left to play, but faltered down the stretch in a 62-56 loss to Maryland-Eastern Shore in a MEAC men’s basketball contest in Memorial Hall today. DSU was outscored 15-1 in the final four minutes of the contest.
The Hornets lost their third straight game and fourth in a row to MDES to fall to 4-21 overall and 1-11 in the MEAC this season. The Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak to improve to 5-24 and 3-11.
The loss overshadowed a career performance by Delaware State senior Saleik Edwards, who led all players with 23 points, highlighted by seven three-point field goals, each a personal best.
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Norfolk State 75, Morgan State 74
BALTIMORE, Md. – Morgan State gave the Spartans all they could handle, but a last-second shot by the Bears did not fall as the Norfolk State men’s basketball team held on for a 75-74 win on Saturday afternoon at the Talmadge Hill Field House.
Morgan State’s Stanley Davis missed a driving six-foot jumper with time running out as NSU held on for the victory. The Bears also missed a layup with 21 seconds left and failed to complete a 3-point play with 8.9 to go in a game of missed chances.
The Spartans missed a pair of free throws up by one with 6.9 seconds left to give the Bears one last shot. That came after the Bears had eliminated an eight-point deficit with six and a half minutes left in the game.
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North Carolina Central 78, Savannah State 69
DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University found itself in a tough game with Savannah State as the lead changed hands 11 times, but the Eagles were able to pull ahead midway through the second half on the way to a 78-69 decision on Senior Day at McDougald-McLendon Arena on Saturday, Feb. 23.
With the win, NCCU (14-14, 9-5 MEAC) secured its third consecutive winning season in league play.
NCCU led SSU (10-17, 7-6 MEAC) by as many as six in the first half of play, but the Tigers remained in striking distance the entire time, and eventually rallied to take a 27-24 lead at the half. Neither team shot the ball well in the first 20 minutes, as the two squads combined to shoot 21-for-62 in the first half, and 7-for-32 from the perimeter.
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