The South Carolina State women’s basketball team’s MEAC opener , which was scheduled for January 7 against Coppin State, has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. Once it is confirmed, a makeup date will be announced. The SCSU women’s hoops team ( 1-14, 0-10 MEAC) next scheduled action is a January 14 road matchup against North Carolina Central i Durham, NC. Tip-off is scheduled foe 2:00 om EST.
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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC Men’s Basketball Recap, Jan. 4 NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 4, 2023 – Wednesday’s action featured wins by Morgan State and Norfolk State. Morgan State 89, Goucher College 52 Norfolk State 85, Penn State-Wilkes Barre 60 Morgan State 89, Goucher College 52 BALTIMORE, Md. – Senior guard Malik Miller scored a game-high 26 points with 17 rebounds and five assists as Morgan State defeated Goucher, 89-52, in non-conference action Saturday night at Hill Field House. With the win, the Bears improve to a 6-8 overall record and remain unbeaten at home with a 4-0 mark. Malik Miller collected his sixth double-double of the…
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Title image via Niya Grant Courtesy of Alex Lehmbeck, Asst. SID, Norfolk State Athletics 60 PSUWB 85 Norf Team 1 2 F PSUWB 21 39 60 Norf 40 45 85 NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State men’s basketball opened the new year in commanding fashion, dominating both ends of the floor in an 85-60 win over Penn State Wilkes-Barre at Echols Hall on Wednesday. The Spartans improved to 10-5 on the season heading into conference play. Kris Bankston led the Spartans with an extremely efficient 20-point performance, making eight of his nine shot attempts. Joe…
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Courtesy of the Mid-Easter Athletic Conference: The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) unveiled its women’s basketball weekly honors where Howard University made a clean sweep. The team’s leading scorer Destiny Howell (Queens, NY) earned her second weekly honors this season while first year Nile Miller (Haddonfield, NJ) and junior Kaniyah Harris (Clifton, MD) earned their first recognitions. The announcement came Tuesday afternoon. Howell won her second Player of the Week honor after posting a career-high 35 points in the Bison’s win over VCU. Going 13-for-20 from the floor and hitting nine of her 13 3-point attempts, Howell is the…
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Courtesy of North Carolina Central Athletics: 52 TF 98 NCCU Team 1 2 F TF 20 32 52 NCCU 43 55 98 DURHAM, N.C. – Devin Butts scored a season-high 16 points to top five Eagles in double figures and Dan Oladapo registered his first double-double of the season as North Carolina Central University remains undefeated at home with a 98-52 victory over Toccoa Falls College on Tuesday night inside McDougald-McLendon Arena. Butts connected on 5-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range, and converted both free throws for his season’s best scoring…
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Courtesy of the MEAC NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 3, 2023 – Senior guard Malik Miller of Morgan State has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola, the league announced today.Howard University freshman forward Shy Odom was named Rookie of the Week, and graduate forward Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. of Maryland Eastern Shore was announced as the Defensive Player of the Week. Malik Miller (6-4, Sr., G, Washington, D.C.) Miller was one rebound shy of a double-double against Hartford, dropping a game-high 28 points to go along with nine boards,…
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79 HOWW 67 VCU Team 1 2 3 4 F HOWW 19 15 22 23 79 VCU 15 17 10 25 67 Destiny Howell had herself quite the ball game. The junior point guard poured in a career-high 35 points in helping to lead Howard past Virginia Commonwealth University, 79-67. When Destiny is locked in and focused, she is very tough to guard,” said Coach Ty Grace in her assessment of Howell’s performance. “She was efficient and took every shot with tremendous confidence. When she gets in rhythm, it’s a challenge to…
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Title image courtesy of NSU Sports Information Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 27, 2022 – Sophomore forward Kierra Wheeler of Norfolk State has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola, the league announced today. Sophomore guard Niya Fields of Norfolk State was announced as the Defensive Player of the Week. Kierra Wheeler (6-1, So., F, Minneapolis, Minn.) Kiera Wheeler averaged 11.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per contest in wins over William & Mary and UNCW last week. She scored 15…
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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Association: Howard 66, Harvard 54Norfolk State 70, North Carolina A&T State 66 Howard 66, Harvard 54 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Howard University freshman Shy Odom made his home debut a memorable one, scoring a career-high 18 points to lead the Bison to a 66-54 win over Harvard at the Laviete Pavilion before 1,473. It marked the first time that the Bison (6-8) have defeated the Crimson in seven games. Odom, a 6-6 forward from nearby Chestnut Hills, Mass., got Howard going, tallying 15 points in the first 20…
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Courtesy of Notfolk State Athletics 30 Norf 92 Bama Team 1 2 3 4 F Norf 7 14 3 6 30 Bama 19 25 32 16 92 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. | The Norfolk State University women’s basketball team returned to the court after being off for a week as the Spartans started slow and could not recover in a 92-30 loss to Alabama on Sunday afternoon at Coleman Coliseum. Norfolk State (9-3), which hadn’t played since a 65-44 road loss last Sunday to Old Dominion, trailed 19-7 at the end of one…
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