Howard Bison vs Wagner Seahawks

Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - First Four

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Final

	1	2	T
Wagner WAG	38	33	71
Howard HOW	27	41	68

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Melvin Council Jr. scores 21, Wagner begins March Madness with 71-68 win over Howard in First Four

— Wagner kicked off March Madness with the first NCAA Tournament win in program history, getting 21 points from Melvin Council Jr. and holding off a late rally by Howard to win 71-68 in the First Four...

Mar 20, 2025, 04:22 am - AP

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--WAG

--HOW

According to ESPN Analytics

Seth Towns made Three Point Jumper.
Julian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Bryce Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Tahron Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Seth Towns made Free Throw.
Seth Towns made Free Throw.
Seth Towns made Free Throw.
Melvin Council Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Isiah Warfield missed Layup.
Julian Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
Bryce Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Tahron Allen made Layup. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Melvin Council Jr. made Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Bryce Harris missed Layup.
Bryce Harris missed Layup.
Bryce Harris made Layup.
Julian Brown missed Layup.
Tahron Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Bryce Harris missed Layup.
Keyontae Lewis made Jumper. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Bryce Harris made Layup.
Keyontae Lewis missed Jumper.
Jordan Hairston missed Jumper.
Seth Towns missed Layup.
Seck Zongo made Jumper.
Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.
Julian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Melvin Council Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Jordan Hairston missed Free Throw.
Jordan Hairston missed Free Throw.
Tyje Kelton missed Layup.
Ose Okojie made Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Dockery.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyje Kelton missed Three Point Jumper.
Ose Okojie missed Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. made Layup.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyje Kelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Seth Towns missed Jumper.
Bryce Harris missed Layup.
Javier Ezquerra made Three Point Jumper.
Shy Odom made Layup.
Bryce Harris made Layup.
Bryce Harris made Free Throw.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.
Bryce Harris missed Layup.
Keyontae Lewis made Layup. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Seth Towns made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Hairston.
Julian Brown missed Layup.
Seth Towns missed Three Point Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Layup.
Jordan Hairston missed Three Point Jumper.
Dom Campbell made Free Throw.
Dom Campbell made Free Throw.
Javier Ezquerra made Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isiah Warfield.
Seck Zongo missed Jumper.
Seth Towns made Free Throw.
Seth Towns made Free Throw.
Julian Brown made Jumper.
Tyje Kelton missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Hairston missed Jumper.
Jordan Hairston missed Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. made Layup.
Bryce Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Isiah Warfield missed Layup.
Seth Towns made Jumper.
Keyontae Lewis made Jumper. Assisted by Tahron Allen.
Bryce Harris made Layup. Assisted by Seth Towns.
Melvin Council Jr. made Jumper.
Seth Towns missed Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.
Tahron Allen made Layup. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Layup.
Keyontae Lewis made Two Point Tip Shot.
Bryce Harris made Free Throw.
Bryce Harris missed Free Throw.
Tahron Allen missed Jumper.
Dom Campbell made Layup. Assisted by Seth Towns.
Javier Ezquerra missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Tahron Allen made Layup. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Jordan Hairston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Dockery.
Javier Ezquerra missed Jumper.
Dom Campbell made Free Throw.
Dom Campbell made Free Throw.
Tahron Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Layup.
Marcus Dockery made Jumper.
Marcus Dockery made Free Throw.
Julian Brown made Free Throw.
Julian Brown made Free Throw.
Isiah Warfield made Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Dockery.
Tyje Kelton missed Jumper.
Tahron Allen missed Layup.
Tahron Allen made Layup.
Jordan Hairston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isiah Warfield.
Tyje Kelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Melvin Council Jr..
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Tahron Allen made Layup. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Isiah Warfield made Layup. Assisted by Seth Towns.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Layup.
Jordan Hairston missed Layup.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Free Throw.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Free Throw.
Seth Towns missed Layup.
Julian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Isiah Warfield missed Free Throw.
Isiah Warfield made Free Throw.
Tyje Kelton made Free Throw.
Tyje Kelton missed Free Throw.
Keyontae Lewis missed Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Jumper.
Jordan Hairston made Layup. Assisted by Bryce Harris.
Melvin Council Jr. made Layup.
Bryce Harris made Free Throw.
Bryce Harris made Free Throw.
Keyontae Lewis made Layup. Assisted by Javier Ezquerra.
Seth Towns missed Three Point Jumper.
Seth Towns missed Jumper.
Marcus Dockery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isiah Warfield.
Javier Ezquerra missed Three Point Jumper.
Seth Towns made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isiah Warfield.
Bryce Harris made Free Throw.
Bryce Harris made Free Throw.
Melvin Council Jr. made Jumper.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Free Throw.
Isiah Warfield made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Hairston.
Isiah Warfield made Layup.
Melvin Council Jr. missed Jumper.
Bryce Harris made Layup.
Julian Brown made Free Throw.
Julian Brown made Free Throw.
Jordan Hairston missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Hairston missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.

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NCAA Division I

Northeast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Long Island University	12-2	-	18-9
Central Connecticut	9-5	3	15-10
Le Moyne	9-5	3	14-13
Mercyhurst	8-6	4	13-14
Fairleigh Dickinson	7-7	5	10-17
New Haven	6-7	5.5	11-15
Stonehill	6-8	6	9-18
Saint Francis	4-9	7.5	6-20
Wagner	4-10	8	9-16
Chicago State	4-10	8	6-21

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Howard	7-3	-	17-10
Morgan State	6-3	0.5	10-14
Norfolk State	6-4	1	13-14
North Carolina Central	6-4	1	10-15
South Carolina State	5-4	1.5	7-18
Maryland Eastern Shore	4-6	3	8-19
Coppin State	4-6	3	6-21
Delaware State	1-9	6	6-19

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Melvin Council Jr. scores 21, Wagner begins March Madness with 71-68 win over Howard in First Four

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