MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 10 WEEK 10 1/7-1/13 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 Morgan State 2-0 1.000 79.0 65.5 8-9 .471 72.5 73.8 5-2 3-4 0-3 5-5 Won 2 Norfolk State 2-0 1.000 83.5 65.5 6-11 .353 69.0 65.5 4-1 1-8 1-2 3-7 Won 2 North Carolina Central 1-0 1.000 61.0 45.0 5-10 .333 66.5 66.8 5-0 0-10 0-0 4-6 Won 2 North Carolina A&T State 1-0 1.000 97.0 90.0 5-11 .313 64.6 72.4 4-1 0-8 1-2 3-7 Won 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 1-0 1.000 78.0 66.0 2-14 .125 54.4 73.4 2-1 0-13 0-0 2-8 Won 1 Bethune-Cookman 1-1 .500 87.0 79.0 7-9 .438 74.3 71.2 3-0 2-9 2-0 3-7 Won 1 South Carolina State 1-1 .500 71.0 76.0 6-8 .429 68.5 76.8 4-1 2-7 0-0 4-6 Lost 1 Delaware State 0-1 .000 68.0 81.0 1-14 .067 71.7 84.9 1-6 0-6 0-2 1-9 Lost 7 Coppin State 0-2 .000 67.0 80.5 4-13 .235 67.3 77.6 1-3 3-10 0-0 2-8 Lost 7 Howard 0-2 .000 69.5 90.0 2-14 .125 67.8 82.1 1-6 1-7 0-1 2-8 Lost 4 *Florida A&M 0-2 .000 67.5 79.0 2-11 .154 61.3 74.9 0-0 2-9 0-2 2-8 Lost 2 * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Saturday, Jan. 11 Coppin State at Bethune-Cookman 2 p.m. N.C. Central at Delaware State 2 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW Morgan State at Florida A&M 4 p.m. • The 2019-20 MEAC men’s basketball season will see 10 of the N.C. A&T State at UMES 4 p.m. conference’s 11 institutions vying for both the regular-season and Norfolk St. at Howard 4 p.m. tournament titles (Florida A&M is ineligible for both the conference championship and postseason play). Norfolk State is the defending Monday, Jan. 13 regular-season champion, and North Carolina Central is the Coppin State at Florida A&M 7:30 p.m. defending MEAC tournament champion. N.C. Central at UMES 7:30 p.m. Morgan State at BCU 7:30 p.m. Delaware State at N.C. A&T 7:30 p.m. WEEK TEN Howard at South Carolina State 7:30 p.m. • Conference continues this weekend with five games on Saturday, January 11. Howard will host Norfolk State for the first FloHoops broadcast. WEEKLY HONORS • North Carolina Central’s Jibri Blount and Florida A&M’s Rod Melton Jr. were named MEAC Co-Players of the Week • North Carolina A&T’s Ronald Jackson was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Week. • For the third time this season, Bethune-Cookman’s Joe French GAMES LAST WEEK was named MEAC Rookie of the Week MILESTONES Tuesday, Dec. 31 • Bethune-Cookman’s Cletrell Pope scored a career high 28 points Morgan State 82, CSUN 93 against Howard as the Wildcats broke the century mark for the first Florida A&M 70, Iowa State 68 time in league play. Thursday, Jan. 2 • Howard’s CJ Williams finished with 21 points against UMES and 15 Mid-Atlantic Christian 61, N.C. A&T 123 against Bethune-Cookman. Williams has now scored 2,087 points at Howard, passing Thomas Trotter for third place in MEAC history. Saturday, Jan. 4 • UMES coach Jason Crafton earned his first career win against a Morgan State 81, Delaware State 68 D-1 school as the Hawks snapped a seven game losing streak to SC State 79, Coppin State 75 the Bison, dating back to 2016. Florida A&M 45, N.C. Central 61 Howard 66, Maryland E. Shore 78 Bethune-Cookman 72, Norfolk State 85 MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Monday, Jan. 6 SC State 63, Morgan State 77 Bethune-Cookman 102, Howard 73 Maurice D. Williams Norfolk State 82, Coppin State 59 Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Florida A&M 90, N.C. A&T State 97 (OT)* Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-951-2055 1 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2019-20 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 10 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 10 MEAC HONORS MEAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR MEAC COACHES OF THE YEAR MEAC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS Season Name School Season Name School Year 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 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