CONFERENCE NOTES Thursday, March 5 NC A&T State at NC Central* 7 P.M
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MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 18 WEEK 17 3/3-3/9 2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE STANDINGS Team MEAC Pct. PF PA Total Pct. PF PA HM RD NEU Last 10 Streak North Carolina Central 12-3 .800 69.8 62.2 16-13 .552 68.4 65.2 11-0 5-13 0-0 9-1 Won 4 North Carolina A&T State 12-3 .800 80.6 71.5 16-14 .533 71.3 71.4 11-1 4-11 1-2 8-2 Won 4 Norfolk State 11-4 .733 74.1 64.5 15-15 .500 70.6 65.0 11-1 3-12 1-2 6-4 Won 2 Bethune-Cookman 9-6 .600 76.8 74.3 15-14 .517 74.7 72.3 9-1 4-13 2-0 6-4 Lost 1 Morgan State 9-6 .600 69.7 67.0 15-15 .500 70.7 71.0 8-5 7-7 0-3 6-4 Lost 1 Coppin State 6-9 .400 69.1 72.0 10-20 .333 68.2 74.6 5-5 5-15 0-0 5-5 Won 2 South Carolina State 6-10 .375 72.3 81.2 11-17 .393 70.5 75.4 8-5 3-12 0-0 2-8 Lost 5 Maryland Eastern Shore 4-11 .267 61.7 69.3 5-25 .167 57.2 71.6 4-5 1-20 0-0 3-7 Lost 4 Delaware State 3-12 .200 73.3 81.2 4-25 .138 72.7 83.1 3-11 1-12 0-2 2-8 Lost 1 Howard 1-14 .067 70.1 80.7 3-27 .100 69.0 81.1 2-12 1-14 0-1 1-9 Won 1 *Florida A&M 10-5 .667 72.8 73.1 12-14 .462 67.5 73.5 8-0 4-12 0-2 8-2 Won 2 * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Thursday, March 5 NC A&T State at NC Central* 7 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW Coppin State at UMES* 7:30 p.m. • The 2019-20 MEAC men’s basketball season will see 10 of the FAMU at Bethune-Cookman* 7:30 p.m. conference’s 11 institutions vying for both the regular-season and Norfolk State at Morgan State* 7:30 p.m. tournament titles (Florida A&M is ineligible for both the conference Delaware State at Howard* 7:30 p.m. championship and postseason play). Norfolk State is the defending regular-season champion, and North Carolina Central is the ESPNU defending MEAC tournament champion. NC A&T State at NC Central* 7 p.m. WEEK EIGHTEEN • Thursday (Mar. 5) will feature an ESPNU game with NCCU hosting FloHoops NC A&T. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Morgan State will host Norfolk State Norfolk State at Morgan State* 7:30 p.m. on FloHoops at 7:30 p.m. * - denotes MEAC Game WEEKLY HONORS • NCCU’s Jibri Blount was named MEAC Co-Player of the Week along with Coppin State’s Koby Thomas. • Norfolk State’s Daryl Anderson was named MEAC Rookie of the Week. • Morgan State’s Malik Miller was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Week. GAMES LAST WEEK MILESTONES • NC A&T’s Kam Langley is tied for first in the country in triple Saturday, Feb. 29 doubles. He’s just one of two players with more than one. He’s also Coppin State 72, Morgan State 65* third in the country in assists (7.6 assists per game). He had his 10th Delaware State 84, Maryland E. Shore 63* double digit assist game and is now 18 assists away from breaking , SC State 82 (2OT)* NC Central 83 the MEAC All-Time record. Howard 59, Norfolk State 89* • This was the first double-overtime game played by NCCU since Dec. 5, 1989 at Norfolk State. NCCU is now 2-1 all-time in double- Monday, March 2 overtime games. Maryland E. Shore 60, Howard 62* Norfolk State 79, Delaware State 73* • Coppin State’s Koby Thomas had a career-high 28 points. NOrth Carolina A&T 76, SC State 65* Bethune-Cookman 68, NC Central 71 (OT)* MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Maurice D. Williams Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-951-2055 1 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2019-20 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 18 MEDIA INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEAC CONTACT INFO STAFF MEAC M BASKETBALL 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas MEDIA CONTACTS Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Senior Associate Commissioner: Sonja O. Stills Main: (757) 951-2055 Assistant Commissioner for Championships: Raynoid Dedeaux Fax: (757) 951-2067 Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Maurice Williams Darian McCaskill Director of Video & Digital Production: BETHUNE-COOKMAN Marquis Bryant Director of Multimedia/Coord. of Marketing: Dan Ryan Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia Easley Sivells [email protected] Business Manager: Joshua Celestin (386) 481-2206 Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham Assistant Director of Championships & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton Media Relations/Research Consultant: Lonza Hardy, Jr. COPPIN STATE Administrative Assistant: Nikki Johnson Steven Kramer Special Assistant to the Commissioner: Karley Berry [email protected] Coordinator of Football Officials: Andre Lowe (410) 951-3729 Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials: Larry Rose Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials: Taiqua Stewart DELAWARE STATE Dennis Jones [email protected] MEAC QUICK FACTS (302) 857-6068 The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) be- TEAM MEDIA gins its 49th year of intercollegiate competition BETHUNE-COOKMAN FLORIDA A&M with the 2019-20 academic school year. Located Radio: WELE 1380, WSOS 103.9, 1170 AM, WSIR Brian Howard in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 out- 1490 AM [email protected] standing historically black institutions across the Video: Cat Eye Network (850) 599-3736 Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- COPPIN STATE HOWARD sity, Florida A&M University, Howard University, Radio: WNST 1570 Herman Shelton University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan Video: coppinstatesports.com [email protected] State University, Norfolk State University, North DELAWARE STATE (202) 806-7184 Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Radio: HRSN/WDSU-TV Central University and South Carolina State Uni- Video: DSUHornets.com MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE versity. Ralan Wardlaw FLORIDA A&M [email protected] Radio: WHBX-FM 96.1 JAMZ (410) 621-2353 The MEAC sponsors 15 Division I (FCS) sports Video: Rattlervision with automatic qualifying bids for NCAA post- season competition in baseball, bowling, men’s MORGAN STATE MORGAN STATE and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s Radio: WEAA 88.9 FM Leonard Haynes IV cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s Video: morganstatebears.com [email protected] and women’s track & field, softball, volleyball and NORFOLK STATE (443) 885-3831 men’s golf. Radio: WGH Star 1310 AM Video: Spartan Showcase NORFOLK STATE Mike Bello SOCIAL MEDIA NORTH CAROLINA A&T [email protected] Fans and media members are invited to follow the Radio: WCOG 9.7 FM (757) 823-2628 latest Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football Video: NCATAggies.com news through social media. The MEAC Twitter NC CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE feed may be accessed @MEACSports and the Radio: NCCUEaglePride.com Brian Holloway conference’s official Facebook page is available Video: NCCUEaglePride.com [email protected] @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Instagram handle is SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (336) 334-7141 @MEACSports. Radio: ESPN 1230 AM NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL WEEKLY RELEASE & STATISTICS MEAC PRESS ROW NUMBERS Jonathan Duren Media members may access PDF versions of the [email protected] Bethune-Cookman (386) 481-2299 complete weekly release, including conference (919) 530-6017 Coppin State (410) 951-4269 and team-by-team statistics, on www.MEAC- Delaware State (302) 730-5236 sports.com. Regular updates of the weekly re- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Florida A&M (850) 412-5963 lease will be distributed via e-mail from the con- Kendrick Lewis Howard (202) 806-7159 ference office. To be included on the distribution [email protected] Maryland Eastern Shore (410) 651-8903 list, send an e-mail request to Maurice Williams at (803) 536-7060 Morgan State (443) 885-4018 [email protected]. Norfolk State (757) 823-8195 North Carolina A&T State (336) 334-7405 ANNUAL AWARDS North Carolina Central (919) 536-7241 The MEAC will name first, second and third South Carolina State (803) 536-8653 MEAC MEDIA CONTACT all-conference teams, league player of the year, defensive player, rookie and coach of the year. Maurice D. Williams The awards will be announced in early March pri- Email: [email protected] 2 or to the 2020 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Phone: 757-951-2055 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2019-20 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 18 MEAC HONORS MEAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR MEAC COACHES OF THE YEAR MEAC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS Season Name School Season Name School Year School 2018-19 RJ Cole HOW 2018-19 Robert Jones NSU 2018-19 Norfolk State 2017-18 Brandon Tabb B-CU 2017-18 Jay Joyner NCAT 2017-18 Hampton 2016-17 Patrick Cole NCCU 2016-17 LeVelle Moton NCCU Bethune-Cookman 2015-16 James Daniel III HOW 2015-16 Murray Garvin SCSU Savannah State 2014-15 Kendall Gray DSU 2014-15 Bobby Collins MDES 2016-17 North Carolina Central 2013-14 Jeremy Ingram NCCU 2013-14 LeVelle Moton NCCU 2015-16 Hampton 2012-13 Pendarvis Williams NSU 2012-13 Anthony Evans NSU 2014-15 North Carolina Central 2011-12 Kyle O’Quinn NSU 2011-12 Horace Broadnax SSU 2013-14 North Carolina Central 2010-11 CJ Reed B-CU 2010-11 Clifford Reed B-CU 2012-13 Norfolk State 2009-10 Reggie Holmes MSU 2009-10 Todd Bozeman MSU 2011-12 Savannah State 2008-09 Tywain McKee CSU 2008-09 Todd Bozeman MSU 2010-11 Bethune-Cookman 2007-08 Jamar Smith MSU 2007-08 Todd Bozeman MSU 2009-10 Morgan State 2006-07 Jahsha Bluntt DSU 2006-07 Greg Jackson DSU 2008-09 Morgan State 2005-06 Jahsha Bluntt DSU 2005-06 Greg Jackson DSU 2007-08 Morgan State 2004-05 Chakowby Hicks NSU 2004-05 Bobby Collins HAM 2006-07 Delaware State 2003-04 Thurman Zimmerman SCSU 2003-04 Ron “Fang” Mitchell CSU 2005-06 Delaware State 2002-03 Ron Williamson HOW Alfred Beard MSU 2004-05 Delaware State 2001-02 Tommy Adams HAM 2002-03 Cy Alexander SCSU 2003-04 Coppin State 2000-01 Tarvis Williams HAM 2001-02 Steve