Tag: MEAC

January 30,2021 MEAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: North Carolina A&T 70, Florida A&M 58Morgan State 79, Coppin State 76Norfolk State 94, Delaware State 66 North Carolina A&T 70, Florida A&M 58 EAST GREENSBORO – The North Carolina A&T took the court for the first time in two weeks and made the best of the experience. The Aggies men’s basketball team won their 26th straight home conference game Saturday afternoon by defeating Florida A&M, 70-58, inside the Corbett Sports Center in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) action.  N.C. A&T’s last game took place on Jan.…

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January 24, 2021 MEAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Morgan State 99, Delaware State 83Coppin State 81, Norfolk State 77North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central, PPD Morgan State 99, Delaware State 83 BALTIMORE, Md. (January 24, 2021) — Junior guard De’Torrion Ware scored a career-high 36 points off the bench to help the Bears beat Delaware State 99-83 on Sunday at Hill Field House. Ware, who recorded a 30-point outing at Norfolk State (Jan. 10), made 11 of his 20 shots, including 6 of 11 from 3-point range. He also grabbed four rebounds, two steals and had a blocked…

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January 24, 2021 MEAC Women’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: North Carolina A&T State 86, Delaware State 59North Carolina Central 57, Norfolk State 44 North Carolina A&T State 86, Delaware State 59 DOVER, Del. — Four North Carolina A&T State women’s basketball players scored in double figures as the Aggies used a big fourth quarter to secure their seventh consecutive win, 86-59 over Delaware State at Memorial Hall on Sunday.  N.C. A&T (7-1) put the Hornets (2-7) away with an impressive 32-2 run that started midway through the third quarter and lasted until midway through the…

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MEAC Men’s Basketball teams preparing for conference play

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From the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: By Noah Goodin In a week that will see 2020 transition into 2021, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will turn its focus from non-conference action to league play for the first weekend in January. Conference play will look quite different this season due to the pandemic. Schools will only play games against divisional opponents as a way of limiting travel time, missed class time, travel expenses and eliminate air travel. Teams will play back-to-back on Saturdays and Sundays against the same opponent that weekend (the…

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November 25 2020 MEAC Men’s Basketball Recap

Brandon King

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 51Florida Gulf Coast 65, Florida A&M 56Mount St. Mary’s 62, Morgan State 55Illinois 122, North Carolina A&T State 60Iowa 97,…

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MEAC calls off 2020-21 Cross Country Championships

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From the MEAC: NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will not hold its Cross Country Championships for the 2020-21 academic year, as the conference’s other fall sports will be competed in the spring of 2021. The conference consulted its head cross country coaches and student-athletes, and they were in favor of cancellation. The league’s athletic directors and the Championship Administrative Committee also approved of the move. The championships were originally scheduled for Oct. 30 before the MEAC suspended fall sports in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With fall…

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MEAC and Blaze Fire Games announce inaugural MEAC Esports winners

Brandon King

From MEAC Sports: NORFOLK, Va.,Oct. 8, 2020 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Blaze Fire Games have announced Myles Poston and Garnet Person as the first MEAC Esports League winners. Poston (gamer tag: mylesposton) won the NBA2K 20 tournament, while Person (gamer tag: prophet_nf) won the Madden NFL 20 tournament. Poston is a 2015 graduate of Howard University, where he earned a degree in Business Management. He currently co-owns a sports agency called DEAL with his father, Kevin. The father-and-son duo represents NBA, NFL and professional esports athletes. Person, representing Coppin State University, is…

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FAMU partners with HBCU Change to launch a new donation platform

Brandon King

from Florida A&M Sports Information: Atlanta, Ga., July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — HBCU Change, is currently on track to serve as the nation’s fastest-growing micro-donation app totally committed to the sustainability of Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation. Committed to developing an innovative way to raise $1 billion over the next 5 years, the HBCU Change app is answering the call of solution oriented methods to tackle the grossly growing financial shortage that HBCUs are facing as a result of the pandemic. Many HBCUs rely on money generated from…

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announces partnership with Blaze Fire Games

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From meacports : NORFOLK, Va., July 9, 2020–The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has announced a partnership with Blaze Fire Games to create academic and career pathway opportunities in the fields of technology and gaming. As part of the agreement, Blaze Fire Games will be launching a MEAC esports league. “As esports becomes increasingly viable from a financial and cultural standpoint, we are ecstatic that the MEAC can partner with Blaze Fire Games to expand digital access and educational opportunities,” MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas said. “The future is here, and it is…

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Florida A&M introduces Michael Johnson as Associate AD of Administration and Operations

Brandon King

From Florida A&M Sports Information: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | Florida A&M University’s Director of Athletics, Kortne Gosha, announced the appointment of McNeese State University’s Associate AD for Operations & Facilities, Michael Johnson, as the new Associate AD for Administration and Operations of FAMU Athletics. “We are excited to welcome Michael Johnson to our administrative staff,” Gosha said. “As we implement our strategic plan and vision for Athletics, it was imperative that we identified a high-energy creative thinker and dynamic professional with a lense of experience as a former student-athlete, student-leader, and athletic…

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