GAME 14 | MONDAY, JAN. 8 | 5:30 P.M. | DURHAM, N.C. (MCDOUGALD-MCLENDON ARENA) Norfolk State Spartans (8-5, 1-0 MEAC) North Carolina Central Eagles (3-11, 1-0 MEAC) Head Coach: Larry Vickers (NSU ‘07) Head Coach: Trisha Stafford-Odom (California ‘92) Record at NSU: 26-28 (3rd Season) VS Record at N.C. Central: 3-11 (1st Season) Career Record: 26-28 (3rd Season) Career Record: 40-56 (4th Season) Record vs. N.C. Central: 1-0 Record vs. NSU: 0-0 GAME INFORMATION NSU Schedule/Results (8-5, 1-0 MEAC) Date/Time: Monday, January 8 | 5:30 p.m. Site: Durham, N.C. | McDougald-McLendon Arena (3,500) November (2-4) Watch: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/nccu/ Sun. 12 VCU .................................. W, 66-52 Radio: Hot 91.1 FM, http://hot91.nsu.edu:8000/128 (Ross Gordon, Play-by-Play) Fri. 17 Navy .................................. L, 70-51 Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/nccu/wbball/ Tue. 21 Loyola (Md.) ..................... L, 61-58 Series Information: NSU leads 19-7 Fri. 24 Bowling Green! ................. L, 59-50 Sat. 25 St. Francis Brooklyn! ........ W, 52-51 The Opening Tip: Norfolk State started MEAC play on the right foot with a 71-57 home win over Wed. 29 High Point ......................... L, 59-56 Coppin State on Wednesday in a game that was closer than the final score indicated. The Spartans led for 36:09 of game time but struggled to gain separation until the early stages of the fourth quarter. December (5-1) Sat. 2 East Carolina .................... L, 51-46 • Coppin State led 5-3 with 6:51 left in the first quarter, but Kayla Roberts put the Spartans ahead for Tue. 12 Towson ............................ W, 86-76 good with a 3-pointer at the 6:09 mark of the period. Roberts started off hot with 10 points in the first quarter on 4-of-4 shooting and helped NSU to a 17-11 lead after the opening 10 minutes. Fri. 15 UNCG ............................... W, 64-63 Mon. 18 Campbell .......................... W, 53-27 • Genesis Lucas one-upped Roberts in the second quarter by scoring 17 of the Eagles’ 19 points. Thurs. 21 William & Mary ..........W, 80-74 (OT) Lucas made seven of her 12 attempts while shooting 2-of-4 from deep and kept CSU within striking Sat. 30 Longwood ......................... W, 64-45 distance, 35-30, at the end of the half. January (1-0) • Norfolk State scored six of the first seven points in the third quarter to build its second double-digit Wed. 3 Coppin State* .................. W, 71-57 lead of the night, 41-31, with 7:06 remaining in the period, but Coppin State countered with an 8-0 Sat. 6 North Carolina A&T* ................ PPD run to pull to within two points with 3:55 left. The Spartans built a seven-point edge with under 90 Mon. 8 North Carolina Central* ....5:30 p.m. seconds remaining in the period, but once again the Eagles chipped away to send the game into the Wed. 17 North Carolina A&T* .........5:30 p.m. fourth quarter at 52-49. Sat. 20 South Carolina State * ...........2 p.m. Mon. 22 Savannah State* ....................6 p.m. • CSU finally ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, turning the ball over six times and shooting 25 percent Sat. 27 Bethune-Cookman* ............ 4 p.m. from the field. The Spartans made eight of their nine free throws in the quarter to close out the game Mon. 29 Florida A&M* ..................5:30 p.m. and finished with season highs in free throws made (22) and shooting percentage from the line (81.5) February (0-0) • Lucas finished with a game-high 29 points on 11-of-28 shooting. Roberts paced NSU with 18 points, Sat. 3 Morgan State* .................... 4 p.m. seven rebounds, three steals and a pair of blocks. The Spartans out-rebounded the Eagles 49-30 and Mon. 5 Bethune-Cookman* .........5:30 p.m. held a 17-6 edge in second-chance points. Sat. 10 Hampton* ..............................4 p.m. Mon. 12 Delaware State* ....................4 p.m. • The Spartans’ regularly-scheduled game at North Carolina A&T on Saturday was postponed due to Sat. 17 Savannah State* ...................4 p.m. the effects of Winter Storm Grayson and will be made up on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 5:30 p.m. Mon. 19 South Carolina State* ...5:30 p.m. Sat. 24 Maryland Eastern Shore* .....2 p.m. Scouting N.C. Central: The Eagles authored a 21-point, second-half comeback against Delaware State on Wednesday to start the MEAC season 1-0. N.C. Central trailed the Hornets 48-27 with Mon. 26 Howard ............................5:30 p.m. 7:41 left in the third quarter but out-scored DSU 47-19 for the remainder of the game, including a game-ending 20-8 run. March (0-0) Thurs. 1 Hampton* ..........................5:30 p.m. • NCCU shot 66.7 percent from the floor and made nine of 11 free throws in the final period to snap an Mon. 5- MEAC Tournament+ .................TBA eight-game losing streak. For the game, Delaware State out-shot the Eagles 45.2 to 39.7 percent but Sat. 10 made 12 fewer free throws on 15 fewer attempts. All home games in bold • Paulina Afriyie registered her fourth double-double in fifth game for the Eagles with 22 points and * Denotes MEAC Contest ! FAU Thanksgiving Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) PROBABLE NSU STARTERS + Norfolk, Va., Scope Arena No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG Notes For More Information, Contact: 1 Raven Russell G 11.2 3.8 1.4 Set season highs in pts (22) and asts (7) vs. Towson 11 Armani Franklin G 6.4 2.8 2.3 Scored a season-high 14 points vs. UNCG Matt Wurzburger, 13 Alexys Long G/F 9.5 5.5 0.8 Made a 3-pointer in six-straight games NSU Sports Information Intern 21 Kayla Roberts G/F 14.0 6.8 1.7 Has scored in dbl figures in 6-straight games 44 Khadedra Croker F/C 7.5 5.8 0.8 7th nationally in blocks per game (3.3) Mailing Address: NSU Sports Information Office Off the Bench 0 Zairya West G 1.5 1.1 1.0 Has an assist in four-straight games 700 Park Ave. • Norfolk, VA 23504 2 Yazmen Hannah G 3.2 1.6 0.9 Shooting 60% (3-5) from deep in last 3 games Office Phone: 757.823.2628 3 Gabrielle Swinson G 8.3 5.5 5.5 Set season highs in rebs (8) and stls (4) vs. Coppin St. 4 Kendrea Dawkins F 3.3 3.4 0.3 Shooting 54.5% (6-11) in last 3 games Cell Phone: 540.392.2711 20 Alexis Sparkman G/F 1.0 0.8 0.5 Made a 3-pt. FG in 4 games this year Email: [email protected] 30 De’Janaire Deas F/C 1.7 2.3 0.3 Scored season-high 6 points vs. ECU Website: www.nsuspartans.com 32 Shayla Tanner C 0.7 0.9 0.1 Scored 11 points vs. FAMU in MEAC Tourney NSU Women’s Basketball Game Notes 1 15 rebounds. Afriyie shot 7-for-10 from the field while going 8-for-13 from the charity stripe. The 5-11 NSU Quick Facts sophomore forward leads the Eagles in rebounding at seven per game and trails only Rodneysha Martin (12.9) in scoring with 8.3 points per game. General Information Location ...............................................Norfolk, Va. • Kieche White also chipped in 20 points for NCCU and made five of her 10 attempts from 3-point range. Founded ........................................................ 1935 The Eagles shot 38.1 percent from deep in the game, and rank third in the conference in 3-point field Enrollment ............................. 5,400 (Spring 2017) goals per game (5.5) and fifth in 3-point percentage (28.5). Nickname.................................................Spartans School Colors .................................. Green & Gold • NCCU ranks in the bottom half of the MEAC in key statistics such as assist-to-turnover ratio (0.45), Affiliation ..................................................Division I field goal percentage (34.8), field goal percentage defense (43.8), scoring defense (75.1) and scoring Conference ..................................................MEAC margin (negative-14.7) and were picked to finish last in the conference in head coach Trisha Staf- Home Arena................ Joseph Echols Hall (4,500) ford-Odom’s first season at the helm. Interim President .................................Melvin Stith Athletics Director .............................Marty L. Miller All-Time Series vs. N.C. Central: NSU is 19-7 in a series that began in the 1980-81 season when Athletics Phone..............................(757) 823-8152 both teams were members of the Division-II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Spartans Ticket Office ...................................(757) 823-9009 were 16-2 against the Eagles during the CIAA years and owned an eight-game winning streak before departing for the MEAC in 1997-98. Sports Information Women’s Basketball Contact ...... Matt Wurzburger • The rivalry was renewed during the 2007-08 season, and since then NCCU is 5-3. Both teams are 2-2 [email protected] in the past four meetings with Norfolk State taking last season’s game 71-40 on Jan. 14 in Echols Hall. Phone ............................................(757) 823-2628 Khalilah Ali flirted with a triple-double in that game with 19 points, nine blocks and eight rebounds. As Fax.............................................…(757) 823-8218 a team, NSU registered 12 blocks and held the Eagles to 21.7 percent shooting, including a 17.6 clip Press Row .....................................(757) 823-8195 from 3-point range. Web site ............................. www.nsuspartans.com Facebook ............................Norfolk State Athletics • Norfolk State’s offense clicked, as the Spartans made half of their shot attempts while shooting 42.9 Twitter ...........................................@NSUSpartans percent from deep.