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MID-EASTERN Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball 2017-18 Season • Week 16 Contact: Ryan McGinty, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [email protected] • 757.951.2855 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Team ` MEAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Hm Rd Neu Last 10 Streak Savannah State 10-1 .909 98.4 90.4 13-13 .500 86.5 94.5 9-2 3-10 1-1 9-1 W 9 North Carolina A&T 8-3 .727 76.1 72.6 15-11 .577 75.8 74.9 10-0 4-10 1-1 7-3 L 2 Bethune-Cookman 7-3 .700 83.7 77.1 14-12 .538 79.6 78.1 9-2 4-10 1-0 7-3 W 2 Hampton 8-4 .667 83.6 76.0 13-14 .481 79.2 76.0 8-3 4-10 1-1 7-3 W 4 Norfolk State 7-4 .636 76.2 71.4 9-17 .346 72.0 74.2 6-5 3-11 0-1 6-4 W 1 N.C. Central 6-4 .600 69.0 67.5 12-13 .480 72.9 70.5 9-2 3-11 0-0 5-5 L 3 Morgan State 6-6 .500 76.2 72.2 10-15 .400 71.9 74.5 7-1 3-14 0-0 4-6 W 1 South Carolina State 5-6 .455 75.1 79.7 9-17 .346 72.7 83.6 7-4 2-13 0-0 5-5 W 1 Howard 5-6 .455 82.6 84.3 8-19 .296 73.7 80.6 6-2 1-16 1-1 5-5 W 1 Coppin State 5-7 .417 69.2 72.7 5-22 .185 60.5 74.8 4-4 1-18 0-0 5-5 L 1 Florida A&M 4-8 .333 75.4 80.2 5-23 .179 67.2 79.6 4-3 1-20 0-0 3-7 L 1 Md. Eastern Shore 2-10 .167 69.2 77.2 6-21 .222 62.4 78.5 5-4 0-16 1-1 1-9 L 2 Delaware State 0-11 .000 64.9 77.1 2-24 .077 62.8 78.8 2-8 0-16 0-0 0-10 L 20 Saturday, September 29 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS THIS WEEK’S GAMES WEEKLY HONORS Thursday, February 8 Saturday, February 17 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Hampton 95, Howard 81 Bethune-Cookman at Coppin State 4 p.m. Alante Fenner, G, Savannah State Florida A&M at Delaware State 4 p.m. Fenner had an explosive weekend for the MEAC-leading Tigers as he av- Saturday, February 10 North Carolina A&T at Howard 4 p.m. eraged 31.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two steals. He opened the week- Savannah State 97, Morgan State 94 Maryland-Eastern Shore at North Carolina Central 4 p.m. Hampton 82, Norfolk State 52 South Carolina State at Hampton 6 p.m. end with a SSU Division I school single game record of 46 points while Bethune-Cookman 87, Md. Eastern Shore 67 Savannah State at Norfolk State 6:30 p.m. grabbing seven rebounds in a win over Morgan State. Against North South Carolina State 90, North Carolina A&T 85 Carolina A&T State on Monday night, Fenner scored 17 points with two Florida A&M 65, North Carolina Central 56 Monday, February 19 steals as the win over the Aggies gave the Tigers a two-game lead in the Howard at North Carolina Central 7 p.m. MEAC standings. Fenner was near-perfect from the free throw line as he Monday, February 12 Savannah State at Hampton 7 p.m. Savannah State 108, North Carolina A&T 106 Bethune-Cookman at Morgan State 7:30 p.m. nailed 24-of-27 free throws for an average of 88.9 percent. Howard 84, Maryland Eastern Shore 56 Coppin State at Delaware State 7:30 p.m. Morgan State 74, Florida A&M 48 Maryland-Eastern Shore at North Carolina A&T 7:30 p.m. ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Hampton 82, Coppin State 79 South Carolina State at Norfolk State 8 p.m. R.J. Cole, G, Howard Bethune-Cookman 99, N.C. Central 81 Cole averaged 27 points, six assists, 4.5 rebounds and two steals as the Norfolk State 93, Delaware State 58 Bison finished with a 1-1 mark. He secured his fifth 30-point performance on Monday at Morgan State while scoring 24 points to go along with eight assists and five rebounds in Saturday’s win over Florida A&M. Miryne Thomas, F, Maryland Eastern Shore Thomas nearly averaged a double-double with 19.5 points and 9.5 re- bounds in the past two contests for Maryland Eastern Shore. He scored 21 points with eight rebounds at Bethune-Cookman while scoring 18 points with 11 rebounds at Howard. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Shawntrez Davis, F, Bethune-Cookman Davis averaged nine rebounds and 2.5 blocks as the Wildcats finished with a 2-0 mark. Versus Maryland Eastern Shore, Davis grabbed 11 re- bounds with a blocked shot and returned to the court on Monday with a nine-rebound, four-block performance versus North Carolina Central. Jahir Cabeza, F, Savannah State Cabeza led the MEAC with eight total blocks in two games while averag- ing 5.5 rebounds. In Saturday’s win over Morgan State, Cabeza swatted six shots along with six rebounds and three steals while blocking a pair of shots and five rebounds in Monday’s win over North Carolina A&T State. MEAC basketBALL • MEACSPORTS.COM 2017-18 MEAC BASKETBALL WEEKLY NOTES: FEB. 13 • PAGE 1 MEAC BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Main: (757) 951-2055 | Fax: (757) 951-2067 Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas Sr. Associate Commissioner: Sonja Stills Assistant Commissioner for Championships: Raynoid Dedeaux Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Ryan McGinty Director of Multimedia/Coord. of Marketing: Elise Hillman Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham Assistant Director of Championship & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia Easley Business Manager: Deon Hallback Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials: Larry Rose Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials: Taiqua Stewart Men’s Basketball Contacts Bethune-Cookman MEAC Overview Annual Awards Nolan Alexander The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and www. The MEAC will name first, second and third all-conference [email protected] MEACsports.com offers authorized media immediate teams, league player of the year, defensive player, rookie (386) 481-2206 access to original, up-to-date information from the MEAC and coach of the year. and its member institutions. The awards will be announced in early March prior to the Coppin State 2018 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Steven Kramer [email protected] About The MEAC MEAC Press Row Numbers (410) 951-3729 The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its BETHUNE-COOKMAN (386) 481-2299 Delaware State 48th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the COPPIN STATE (410) 951-4269 Dennis Jones 2017-18 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., DELAWARE STATE (302) 730-5236 [email protected] the MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black FLORIDA A&M (850) 412-5963 (302) 857-6068 institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman HAMPTON (757) 728-6842 University, Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- Florida A&M HOWARD (202) 806-7159 Alvin Hollins sity, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (410) 651-8903 [email protected] University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan MORGAN STATE (443) 885-4018 (850) 599-3736 State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina NORFOLK STATE (757) 823-8195 A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Sa- NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE (336) 334-7405 Hampton vannah State University and South Carolina State University. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (919) 536-7241 Jim Heath [email protected] The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports with auto- SAVANNAH STATE (912) 358-3469 (757) 727-5757 matic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason competition in SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (803) 536-8653 baseball, bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s Howard and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, Derek Bryant men’s and women’s track and field, softball, volleyball and [email protected] men’s golf. (202) 806-7184 Maryland Eastern Shore Social Media Shawn Yonker Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest [email protected] Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s basketball news (410) 651-6289 through social media. The MEAC Twitter feed may be ac- Morgan State cessed @MEACSports and the conference’s official Leonard Haynes IV Facebook page is available @MEACSports. The MEAC’s [email protected] Instagram handle is @MEACSports. (443) 885-3831 Norfolk State Mike Bello [email protected] @MEACSports @MEACSports @MEACSports (757) 823-2628 North Carolina A&T State Brian Holloway Weekly Release & Statistics [email protected] Media members may access PDF versions of the complete (336) 334-7141 weekly release, including conference and team-by-team sta- tistics, on www.MEACsports.com. Regular updates North Carolina Central of the weekly release will be distributed via e-mail from Jonathan Duren the conference office. To be included on the distribution [email protected] (919) 530-6017 list, send an e-mail request to Ryan McGinty at mc- [email protected]. Savannah State Opio Mashariki [email protected] (912) 356-2446 South Carolina State Kendrick Lewis [email protected] (803) 536-7060 MEAC basketBALL • MEACSPORTS.COM 2017-18 MEAC BASKETBALL WEEKLY NOTES: FEB.