For MEAC men’s basketball teams Wednesday it was a collective trip to the woodshed, as not a single team from the conference registered a win. Losses ranged from Morgan State’s 7-point fall to Mount St. Mary’s to the 62-point thrashing Illinois laid on North Carolina A&T.
Here is a recap from each contest ( and in some cases that applies very loosely) from the MEAC:
Wake Forest 111, Delaware State 51
Florida Gulf Coast 65, Florida A&M 56
Mount St. Mary’s 62, Morgan State 55
Illinois 122, North Carolina A&T State 60
Iowa 97, North Carolina Central 67
Appalachian State 81, South Carolina State 61
Wake Forest 111, Delaware State 51
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest used a 20-point first half run en route to a 111-51 victory over Delaware State in the 2020-21 men’s basketball opener for both teams at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
Florida Gulf Coast 65, Florida A&M 56
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Kamron Reaves and Johnny Brown both scored in double digits as the Florida A&M men’s basketball team suffered a season-opening 65-56 loss to Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night.
Mount St. Mary’s 62, Morgan State 55
BALTIMORE, Md. — The Morgan State Bears suffered a loss on Wednesday afternoon by dropping a 62-55 contest against Mount St. Mary’s at Hill Field House in the 2020-21 season opener.
Illinois 122, North Carolina A&T State 60
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The North Carolina A&T State men’s basketball team fell to the No. 8 Illinois Fighting Illini, 122-60, in the 2020-21 season opener inside the State Farm Center on Wednesday.
Iowa 97, North Carolina Central 67
IOWA CITY, Iowa — North Carolina Central set the pace early on the road at Iowa, but the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes pulled away for a 97-67 victory in the 2020-21 season opener at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Appalachian State 81, South Carolina State 61
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Floyd Rideau, Jr. dropped a team-high 16 points Wednesday afternoon at the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Center, but South Carolina State fell 81-61 to Appalachian State in its season opener.
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