MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 6 WEEK 6 12/10-12/17 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 Bethune-Cookman 0-0 .000 0 0 5-5 .500 73.0 69.2 2-0 1-5 2-0 5-5 Lost 3 Coppin State 0-0 .000 0 0 4-6 .400 71.0 75.2 1-1 3-5 0-0 4-6 Won 1 South Carolina State 0-0 .000 0 0 3-5 .375 67.2 80.0 3-0 0-5 0-0 3-5 Won 1 Morgan State 0-0 .000 0 0 4-7 .364 68.6 73.0 3-2 1-2 0-3 3-7 Won 1 North Carolina A&T State 0-0 .000 0 0 3-7 .300 56.0 68.0 2-1 0-5 1-1 3-7 Lost 1 Norfolk State 0-0 .000 0 0 3-8 .273 70.5 65.2 3-1 0-6 0-1 3-7 Lost 6 North Carolina Central 0-0 .000 0 0 2-8 .200 58.9 70.6 2-0 0-8 0-0 2-8 Lost 4 Delaware State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-9 .100 71.2 85.6 1-4 0-4 0-1 1-9 Lost 2 Howard 0-0 .000 0 0 1-9 .100 66.4 86.4 0-2 1-6 0-1 1-9 Won 1 Maryland Eastern Shore 0-0 .000 0 0 1-10 .091 54.7 73.0 1-1 0-9 0-0 1-9 Won 1 *Florida A&M 0-0 .000 0 0 0-7 .000 55.4 76.9 0-0 0-5 0-2 0-7 Lost 7 * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Tuesday, Dec. 10 Chestnut Hill at Morgan State 4 p.m. Coppin State at Davidson 7 p.m. Delaware State at Delaware 7 p.m. NC A&T State at UTEP 9 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW Wednesday, Dec. 11 Florida A&M at Portland 11 p.m. • The 2019-20 MEAC men’s basketball season will see 10 of the Christendom at NC Central 7 p.m. conference’s 11 institutions vying for both the regular-season and tournament titles (Florida A&M is ineligible for both the conference Thursday, Dec. 12 championship and postseason play). Norfolk State is the UNC Asheville at SC State 7 p.m. defending regular-season champion, and North Carolina Central is the defending MEAC tournament champion. Saturday, Dec. 14 Bethune-Cookman at Cal. Baptist TBA WEEK FOUR Appalachian State at Howard 12 p.m. • MEAC schools have games against a number of mid major Morgan State at LaSalle 2 p.m. programs this week. NC Central at Costal Carolina 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 WEEKLY HONORS Coppin State at UMBC 1:30 p.m. • Delaware State’s John Crosby was named MEAC Player of the Norfolk State at Loyola Chicago 2 p.m. Week. • Coppin State’s Koby Thomas and Howard’s Zion Cousins were Monday, Dec. 16 named MEAC Co-Defensive Players of the Week. • Howard’s Wayne Bristol was named MEAC Rookie of the Week. MILESTONES GAMES LAST WEEK • BCU’s Cletrell Pope is fourth in the country in rebounding. He has six double doubles this season, which is tied for sixth in the country. • For the first time since the 1993-94 season, Coppin State has won Tuesday, Dec. 3 Bethune-Cookman 60, Jacksonville 82 four games against D-1 non conference games Coppin State 85, East Carolina 75 NC Central 53, Charleston Southern 58 • Delaware State’s John Crosby had his second 30 point game Bethune-Cookman 67, Stetson 72 of the season against Loyola (Md.). He has scored 20+ points in Maryland Eastern Shore 46, Baylor 78 Sunday, Dec. 8 Clark Summit 39, Maryland E. Shore 85 five games this season and leads the conference in scoring at 20.1 Wednesday, Dec. 4 points per game. Florida A&M 43, Tennessee 72 • Howard snapped a 16 game losing streak to Hampton, with their Towson 76, Morgan State 59 first over the Pirates since 2009. Longwood 41, NC A&T State 52 • North Carolina A&T’s Tyrone Lyons scored a career-high 17 points Loyola (Md.) 84, Delaware State 76 against Bradley. NC Central 59, Georgia 95 Norfolk State 59, Southern Illinois 76 Thursday, Dec. 5 MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Howard 94, Hampton 91 (OT) Saturday, Dec. 7 Maurice D. Williams Longwood 65, Morgan State 73 Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations NC A&T State 52, Bradley 83 Email: [email protected] Presbyterian 68, South Carolina State 80 Phone: 757-951-2055 1 Norfolk State 53, Hampton 64 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2019-20 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 6 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. 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 6 MEAC HONORS MEAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR MEAC COACHES OF THE YEAR MEAC REGULAR-EASON CHAMPIONS Season Name School Season Name 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