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MID-EASTERN Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball 2017-18 Season • Week 2 Contact: Ryan McGinty, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [email protected] • 757.951.2055 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Team ` MEAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Hm Rd Neu Last 10 Streak Bethune-Cookman 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 91.0 79.0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 L 1 North Carolina A&T 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 83.5 83.5 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 L 1 Hampton 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 80.0 79.0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 W 1 Md. Eastern Shore 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 69.0 82.5 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 L 1 Delaware State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 64.0 65.5 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 L 1 Morgan State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 61.0 64.5 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 W 1 Norfolk State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 77.0 92.5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 L 2 Howard 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 76.0 85.0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 Savannah State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 69.0 91.5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 L 2 Florida A&M 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 58.5 87.5 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 N.C. Central 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 55.0 66.5 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 Coppin State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 52.0 73.0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 South Carolina State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 51.0 88.0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 Saturday, September 29 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS THIS WEEK’S GAMES WEEKLY HONORS Friday, November 10 Tuesday, November 14 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Wisconsin 85, South Carolina State 50 South Carolina State at Yale 7 p.m. Howard at Gonzaga 9 p.m. Femi Olujobi, F, North Carolina A&T State Binghamton 76, Morgan State 59 Olujobi was the MEAC’s top scorer after the first week of George Washington 84, Howard 75 Delaware State 71, Cairn 50 Wednesday, November 15 action as he averaged 27 points in two games played. He Auburn 102, Norfolk State 74 The Citadel at North Carolina A&T 7 p.m. also averaged seven rebounds and shot 57.6 percent from Rider 90, Hampton 75 Delaware State at Fort Wayne 7 p.m. the field. The 6-8 redshirt junior from Long Island, N.Y. UIC 65, North Carolina Central 55 Md.-Eastern Shore at St. Bonaventure 7 p.m. opened the season with a 34-point, 10-rebound perfor- Hampton at William & Mary 7 p.m. mance versus Greensboro College on Friday and followed Bethune-Cookman 108, Johnson 66 Middle Georgia St at Savannah State 7 p.m. North Carolina A&T 104, Greensboro 80 North Carolina Central at Tenn-Martin 8 p.m. it up with 20 points and seven rebounds at Clemson as the Maryland-Eastern Shore 95, Valley Forge 69 Aggies finished 1-1 on the week. Grand Canyon 67, Florida A&M 51 Friday, November 17 Oregon 70, Coppin State 54 Savannah State at Louisiana 5 p.m. ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Coppin State at Cleveland State 7 p.m. R. J. Cole, G, Howard Saturday, November 11 Warren Wilson at North Carolina Central 7 p.m. Cole had an impressive collegiate debut as he averaged 25 UNLV 108, Florida A&M 66 South Carolina State at UCLA 9 p.m. points, 2.5 rebounds, seven (7) assists and 1.5 rebounds in two games played. A 6-1 freshman from Jersey City, Sunday, November 12 Saturday, November 18 N.J., Cole scored 23 points with six assists at George Boston College 91, South Carolina State 52 Morgan State at West Virginia Washington on Friday. On Sunday, Cole scored 27 points Md. Eastern Shore at Georgetown 12 p.m. Clemson 87, North Carolina A&T 63 Florida A&M at Mississippi State 2 p.m. and dished out eight assists at Indiana. He also has been Indiana 86, Howard 77 Hampton at George Washington 2 p.m. impressive from the free throw line with an 85 percent Hampton 85, Bluefield College 68 Howard at Eastern Michigan 2 p.m. (17-of-20) clip. East Carolina 76, Coppin State 50 North Carolina A&T at Jacksonville 6 p.m. Maryland 96, Maryland Eastern Shore 43 Norfolk State at San Diego 10 p.m. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Preston Bungei, G/F, Norfolk State Monday, November 13 Sunday, November 19 Bungei led the MEAC with eight blocks in two games while Evansville 68, North Carolina Central 55 Coppin State at Rutgers 12:30 p.m. also averaging two steals and 4.5 defensive rebounds for Morgan State 63, South Florida 53 Bethune-Cookman at Georgia Tech 2 p.m. the Spartans. The 6-6 guard/forward from Albuquerque, East Tennessee State 76, Savannah State 61 Southern at North Carolina Central 4 p.m. N.M. blocked three shots at Auburn on Friday in his season Lynchburg 83, Norfolk State 80 debut while recording career highs in blocks (5) and steals Monday, November 20 DePaul 81, Delaware State 57 (4) on Monday night versus Lynchburg. UTRGV 92, Bethune-Cookman 74 Jacksonville St vs Savannah State 4 p.m. Delaware State at East Tennessee State 7 p.m. Albany State GA at Florida A&M 7 p.m. Howard at Arkansas State 8 p.m. Hampton at Xavier 8:30 p.m. Norfolk State at Grand Canyon 9 p.m. MEAC basketBALL • MEACSPORTS.COM 2017-18 MEAC BASKETBALL WEEKLY NOTES: NOV. 14 • 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 (410) 951-3729 The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its MEAC Press Row Numbers Delaware State 48th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the BETHUNE-COOKMAN (386) 481-2299 Dennis Jones 2017-18 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., COPPIN STATE (410) 951-4269 [email protected] the MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black DELAWARE STATE (302) 730-5236 (302) 857-6068 institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman FLORIDA A&M (850) 412-5963 University, Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- Florida A&M HAMPTON (757) 728-6842 Alvin Hollins sity, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard HOWARD (202) 806-7159 [email protected] University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (410) 651-8903 (850) 599-3736 State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina MORGAN STATE (443) 885-4018 A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Sa- NORFOLK STATE (757) 823-8195 Hampton vannah State University and South Carolina State University. NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE (336) 334-7405 Jim Heath [email protected] The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports with auto- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (919) 536-7241 (757) 727-5757 matic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason competition in SAVANNAH STATE (912) 358-3469 baseball, bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (803) 536-8653 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.