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MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 14 WEEK 14 2/4-2/10 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 A&T State 8-1 .889 85.4 73.6 12-12 .500 71.0 72.1 8-1 3-9 1-2 9-1 Won 5 North Carolina Central 6-2 .750 69.1 58.2 10-12 .455 67.7 64.7 8-0 2-12 0-0 7-3 Won 3 Norfolk State 6-2 .750 74.9 64.8 10-13 .435 69.8 65.2 7-1 2-10 1-2 6-4 Lost 2 Morgan State 6-3 .667 70.8 67.6 12-12 .500 71.3 72.2 6-3 6-6 0-3 6-4 Won 3 Bethune-Cookman 4-4 .500 80.4 80.9 10-12 .455 75.4 74.0 5-1 3-11 2-0 5-5 Lost 1 South Carolina State 4-5 .444 71.9 74.1 9-12 .429 69.7 75.7 6-2 3-10 0-0 5-5 Lost 4 Coppin State 3-6 .333 67.7 71.6 7-17 .292 67.5 75.1 3-4 4-13 0-0 3-7 Won 1 Delaware State 2-5 .286 66.9 76.4 3-18 .143 70.3 82.3 3-8 0-8 0-2 2-8 Lost 1 Maryland Eastern Shore 2-5 .286 59.7 68.3 3-19 .136 55.0 72.1 2-4 1-15 0-0 2-8 Won 1 Howard 0-9 .000 72.4 82.4 2-22 .083 69.7 81.8 1-12 1-9 0-1 0-10 Lost 12 *Florida A&M 5-4 .556 70.6 73.7 7-13 .350 64.8 73.9 4-0 3-11 0-2 6-4 Won 1 * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Saturday, Feb. 8 FloHoops Games NC Central at Coppin State* 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 MEAC OVERVIEW Howard at Florida A&M* 4 p.m. N.C. Central at Coppin State* 4 p.m. • The 2019-20 MEAC men’s basketball season will see 10 of the Maryland E. Shore at Morgan State* 4 p.m. conference’s 11 institutions vying for both the regular-season and Monday, Feb. 10 Bethune-Cookman at N.C. A&T St.* 4 p.m. tournament titles (Florida A&M is ineligible for both the conference Delaware State at Norfolk State* 6:30 p.m. N.C. Central at Morgan State* 7:30 p.m. championship and postseason play). Norfolk State is the defending regular-season champion, and North Carolina Central is the Monday, Feb. 10 defending MEAC tournament champion. MDES at Coppin State* 7:30 p.m. N.C. Central at Morgan State* 7:30 p.m. Delaware State at S.C. State* 7:30 p.m. WEEK FOURTEEN Howard at Bethune-Cookman 7:30 p.m. • This week will feature two televised games on FloHoops as North N.C. A&T at Florida A&M* 8 p.m. Carolina Central travels to Baltimore. The Eagles will face Coppin State on Saturday (Feb. 8) at 4 p.m. and Morgan State on Monday (Feb. 10) at 7:30 p.m. * - denotes MEAC Game WEEKLY HONORS • North Carolina Central’s CJ Keyser was named MEAC Player of the Week. • North Carolina A&T State’s Ronald Jackson was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Week. GAMES LAST WEEK • Norfolk State’s Tyrese Jenkins was named MEAC Rookie of the Week Saturday, Feb. 1 MILESTONES Bethune-Cookman 67, Florida A&M 73 • North Carolina Central’s 15 point comeback win against Norfolk Coppin State 68, Delaware State 77 State was the largest deficit the Eagles have overcome in the S.C. State 56, N.C. Central 73 Division I era, passing a 13-point comeback against Morgan State Morgan State 89, Howard 83 for a 53-52 win on Jan. 27, 2014. Norfolk State 68, N.C. A&T State 74 • North Carolina Central’s Jordan Perkins now has 421 assists during his time in Durham, which is the second most in school Monday, Feb. 3 history behind Emanuel Chapman (617). Norfolk State 63, N.C. Central 69 S.C State 63, N.C. A&T State 78 Coppin State 64, Howard 56 Maryland E. Shore 68, Delaware State 66 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 14 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: 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 14 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