MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 19 WEEK 19 3/10-14 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 Central 13-3 .813 70.8 63.3 17-13 .567 69.0 65.7 12-0 5-13 0-0 9-1 Won 5 North Carolina A&T State 12-4 .750 80.6 72.4 16-15 .516 71.8 71.9 11-1 4-12 1-2 7-3 Lost 1 Norfolk State 12-4 .750 73.8 64.4 16-15 .516 70.5 64.9 11-1 4-12 1-2 6-4 Won 3 Bethune-Cookman 10-6 .625 76.5 74.1 16-14 .533 74.6 72.2 10-1 4-13 2-0 7-3 Won 1 Morgan State 9-7 .563 69.2 67.1 15-16 .484 70.4 70.9 8-6 7-7 0-3 6-4 Lost 2 Coppin State 7-9 .438 68.7 71.2 11-20 .355 68.0 74.1 5-5 6-15 0-0 6-4 Won 3 South Carolina State 6-10 .375 72.3 74.2 11-17 .393 70.5 75.4 8-5 3-12 0-0 2-8 Lost 5 Delaware State 4-12 .250 74.9 81.6 5-25 .167 73.6 83.3 3-11 2-12 0-2 2-8 Won 1 Maryland Eastern Shore 4-12 .250 61.6 68.9 5-26 .161 57.3 71.3 4-6 1-20 0-0 3-7 Lost 5 Howard 1-15 .063 71.2 81.9 3-28 .097 69.6 81.7 2-13 1-14 0-1 1-9 Lost 1 *Florida A&M 10-6 .625 72.6 73.0 12-15 .444 67.6 73.5 8-0 4-13 0-2 7-3 Lost 1 * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason ! - 2019-20 MEAC Regular Season Champions GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Tuesday, March 10 Delaware State vs. MDES 6 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW SC State vs. Howard 8 p.m. • The 2019-20 MEAC men’s basketball season will see 10 of the conference’s 11 institutions vying for both the regular-season and Wedneady, March 11 tournament titles (Florida A&M is ineligible for both the conference NC Central vs. Winner GM3 6 p.m. championship and postseason play). Norfolk State is the defending NCA&T State vs. Winner GM 4 8 p.m. regular-season champion, and North Carolina Central is the defending MEAC tournament champion. Thursday, March 12 Bethune-Cookman vs. Morgan State 6 p.m. WEEK NINETEEN Norfolk State vs. Coppin State 8 p.m. • North Carolina Central claimed its fourth MEAC on Thursday, March 5 after defeating North Carolina A&T State 86-80 at Friday, March 13 home and claiming the top seed in the 2020 MEAC Basketball Winner GM 7 vs. Winner GM 11 6 p.m. Tournament. North Carolina A&T State will be the No. 2 seed. Winner GM 8 vs. Winner GM 12 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14 2020 MEAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Championship Game 1 p.m. • The 2020 MEAC Basketball Tournament will get underway on Tuesday, March 10 with the first men’s game starting at 6 p.m. when the No. 8 Delaware State face No. 9 Maryland Eastern Shore. Following that game at 8 p.m. will be No. 7 South Carolina State taking on No. 10 Howard. GAMES LAST WEEK • The games Tuesday - Friday will be streamed live on FloHoops and the men’s championship game will be broadcast live on ESPN2. Thursday, March 5 MILESTONES NC Central 86, NCAT State 80* • North Carolina A&T State’s Kameron Langley is tied for first in the Norfolk State 68, Morgan State 62* country in triple doubles. He’s also third in the country in assists , MDES 60* Coppin State 63 (7.7 assists per game). He had his 11th double digit assist game and Bethune-Cookman 72, Florida A&M 70* is now 6 assists away from becoming the MEAC’s All-Time leader. Norfolk State 68, Morgan State62* 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 19 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: HRSN/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 19 MEAC HONORS MEAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR MEAC COACHES OF THE YEAR MEAC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS Season Name School Season Name School Year School 2019-20 Jibri Blount NCCU 2019-20 Willie Jones NCAT 2019-20 North Carolina Central 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 HOW Alfred Beard MSU 2004-05 Delaware State 2001-02