MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 2 WEEK 2 11/12-18 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 Norfolk State 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 96.5 56.0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 Won 2 South Carolina State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 71.5 80.5 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 Won 1 North Carolina Central 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 68.5 79.0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 Won 1 Morgan State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 64.0 59.5 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 Lost 1 North Carolina A&T State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 56.5 66.0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 Won 1 Bethune-Cookman 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 71.7 79.0 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 Lost 2 Delaware State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 54.0 81.0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Lost 1 Howard 0-0 .000 0 0 0-2 .000 65.0 73.5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 Lost 2 Coppin State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-2 .000 63.0 82.5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 Lost 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 0-0 .000 0 0 0-2 .000 50.5 75.0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 Lost 2 *Florida A&M 0-0 .000 0 0 0-4 .000 59.0 75.8 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-4 Lost 4 * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Tuesday, Nov. 12 NC Central at Akron 7 p.m. Coppin State at Loyola-Chicago 7 p.m. NC A&T State at Utah State 9 p.m. UMES at Longwood 7 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW NC A&T State at Western Carolina 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 • The 2019-20 MEAC men’s basketball season will see 10 of the South Carolina State at Liberty 7 p.m. Morgan State at George Washington 1 p.m. conference’s 11 institutions vying for both the regular-season and Delaware State at Manhattan 7 p.m. UMES at Morehead State 6 p.m. tournament titles (Florida A&M is ineligible for both the conference Howard at Notre Dame 7 p.m. championship and postseason play). Norfolk State is the Norfolk State at Ole Miss 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 defending regular-season champion, and North Carolina Central is Coppin State at Northern Kentucky 2 p.m. the defending MEAC tournament champion. Wednesday, Nov 13 Howard at Toledo 2 p.m. St. Francis at Morgan State 7 p.m. NC Central at Louisville 5 p.m. WEEK TWO Thursday, Nov. 14 Monday, Nov. 18 • MEAC schools have two games against nationally ranked schools Apprentice School at Norfolk State 8 p.m. Wilberforce (Ohio) at SC State 7 p.m. this week. NC A&T will travel to face No. 17 Utah State on Friday LIU at Delaware State 7 p.m. (Nov. 15). NC Central takes on No. 4 Louisville on Sunday (Nov. 17) Friday, Nov. 15 • Coppin State defeated Loyola-Chicago on Tuesday (Nov. 12). Howard vs. Robert Morris 2 p.m. Coppin State at Northern Illinois 7 p.m. The win marks the Eagles’ first win against a non-MEAC Division I Trinity Baptist at Bethune-Cookman 7 p.m. school since December 11, 2013, when they defeated UMBC Delaware State at Georgia 7 p.m. WEEKLY HONORS • NC Central’s Randy Miller, Jr. was named MEAC Offensive Player of the Week. • Bethune-Cookman’s Cletrell Pope was named MEAC Defensive GAMES LAST WEEK Player of the Week. • Norfolk State’s Yoro Sidibe was named MEAC Rookie of the Week. Tuesday, Nov. 5 Bob Jones 64, SC State 79 Washington Adventist 71, Howard 68 Rider 91, Delaware State 54 MILESTONES Rider 91, Coppin State 84 • Coppin State’s Dejuan Clayton made a career high 12-of-14 free throws UMES 46, Penn State 84 Saturday, Nov. 9 NC A&T State 50, UNC Greensboro 83 NC Central 64, Stephen F. Austin 94 • North Carolina Central’s Randy Miller Jr. had a career high 29 SC State 64, Memphis 97 Morgan State 57, Temple 75 points in the Eagles’ win over USC Upstate. Jibri Blount had career Greensboro 59, Norfolk State 100 Howard 62, George Washington 76 highs in points (16) and rebounds (19). Florida A&M 48, Southern California 77 Bethune-Cookman 44, Texas Tech 79 • North Carolina Central won their tenth straight home opener Wednesday, Nov. 6 Sunday, Nov. 10 Central Penn 44, Morgan State 71 Maryland Eastern Shore 55, Liberty 66 Johnson-Fla. 68, B-CU 110 Florida A&M 54, Pacific 76 MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Friday, Nov. 8 Monday, Nov. 11 Florida A&M 52, Hawai’i 65 NC Central 73, USC-Upstate 64 Maurice D. Williams Coppin State 42, Virginia Tech 74 BCU 61, Nebraska-Omaha 90 Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Penn State W-B 53, Norfolk State 93 Florida A&M 82, South Dakota 85 Email: [email protected] Charleston Southern 49, NC A&T 63 Phone: 757-951-2055 1 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2019-20 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 2 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 [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: WEAL 1510 AM (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.