North Carolina Central Eagles @ South Carolina State Bulldogs

North Carolina Central EaglesNC CentralNCCU

13-18, 6-8 MEAC

Final

	1	2	T
NC Central NCCU	27	44	71
SC State SCST	43	44	87

South Carolina State BulldogsSC StateSCST

18-12, 11-3 MEAC

North Carolina Central Eagles

starters
Jaqai MurrayJ. Murray #55
Perry Smith Jr.P. Smith Jr.#12
Po'Boigh KingP. King#35
Dionte JohnsonD. Johnson#2
Keishon PorterK. Porter#1
bench
Kelechi OkworogwoK. Okworogwo#23
Timmy AdedireT. Adedire#5
Isaac ParsonI. Parson#11
Floyd Rideau Jr.F. Rideau Jr.#14
Aquan SmartA. Smart#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
11	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	3
35	11	5-9	0-0	1-2	6	1	2	1	1	2	4	1
27	10	3-13	0-5	4-4	6	0	1	0	1	2	4	2
19	9	3-5	0-2	3-3	3	3	5	1	0	0	3	0
28	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	1	5	0	2	2	0	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	5	2-7	0-3	1-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
19	12	3-7	2-3	4-4	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1
27	14	4-7	4-6	2-2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
8	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2
	71	24-55	7-22	16-18	28	15	18	3	4	9	19	14
		44%	32%	89%

South Carolina State Bulldogs

starters
Drayton JonesD. Jones#13
Jayden JohnsonJ. Johnson#5
Florian TenebayF. Tenebay#1
Omar CroskeyO. Croskey#0
Wilson DubinskyW. Dubinsky#11
bench
D'Shay Knights WrightD. Wright#23
Caleb McCartyC. McCarty#4
Davion EverettD. Everett#55
James MorrowJ. Morrow#22
Jamal MilesJ. Miles#14
John Seay-OliverJ. Seay-Oliver#10
Michael TealM. Teal#3
Mitchell TaylorM. Taylor#12
Colin McKenzieC. McKenzie#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	12	4-5	0-0	4-4	2	1	4	0	4	1	1	3
21	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	4	6	2	0	0	1	3	1
20	9	3-4	0-0	3-3	4	3	2	2	0	2	2	2
26	26	11-19	2-4	2-2	9	0	2	4	0	4	5	1
20	8	3-6	2-3	0-1	6	1	0	1	0	1	5	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	1
18	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	2
7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	15	6-11	3-5	0-2	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2
12	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
	87	35-68	7-21	10-14	36	23	12	12	6	13	23	16
		51%	33%	71%

Game Information

Orangeburg, SC

NCAA Division I

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Maryland Eastern Shore	4-0	-	8-13
North Carolina Central	3-1	1	7-12
Morgan State	4-2	1	8-13
South Carolina State	3-2	1.5	5-16
Norfolk State	3-3	2	10-13
Howard	2-3	2.5	12-9
Coppin State	1-4	3.5	3-19
Delaware State	0-5	4.5	5-15

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