MEAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS (Men's and Women's Results and Honors)
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WOMEN
OPENING ROUND SC State 68, Bethune-Cookman 45 Florida A&M 69, Howard 59 Morgan State 86, Norfolk State 65 QUARTERFINALS NC A&T 76, Florida A&M 65 Coppin State 64, SC State 51 Delaware St. 67, Morgan St. 49 Hampton 56, UMES 49 SEMIFINALS NC A&T 74, Hampton 71 Coppin St. 63, Delaware St. 56 CHAMPIONSHIP Coppin State 72, NC A&T 70 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM Rashida Suber, Coppin State Shalamar Oakley, Coppin State Lamona Smalley, NC A&T Rachel Butler, Hampton Phyicia Jones, Morgan State MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Shalamar Oakley, Coppin State |
MEN
OPENING ROUND Coppin State 55, Howard 54 SC State 78, Bethune-Cookman 69 Florida A&M 70, UMES 61 QUARTERFINALS Coppin State 75, Hampton 74, OT Morgan State 77, SC State 68 Norfolk State 69, Florida A&M 61 Delaware State 64, NC A&T624 SEMIFINALS Coppin State 67, Norfolk State 65 Morgan State 61, Delaware State 55 CHAMPIONSHIP Coppin State 62, Morgan State 60 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM Tywain McKee, Coppin State Boubacar Coly, Morgan State Marquise Kately, Morgan State Roy Bright, Delaware State Tony Murphy, Norfolk State MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Tywain McKee, Coppin State |
FINALS RECAPS | |
| MEAC WOMEN
Coppin State 72, North Carolina A&T 70 Rashida Suber's drive from half-court and swooping basket with 3.8 seconds to go broke a late-game tie and gave second-seed Coppin State a tough win over top-seed North Carolina A&T in the MEAC women's championship in Raleigh (N.C.) Saturday afternoon. The final tie came when A&T's Amber Bland drained a three from the left side to tie the score at 70 with 25 ticks on the clock. Suber penetrated down the middle of the court before veering to the right for the underhanded scoop shot. Suber had a game-high 19 points, Danielle Anders had 18 and Oakley, named the tournament's MVP, chipped in 14 points. Six-three center Whitney Cunningham had 15 points and 16 rebounds. A&T (25-7) was led by center Lamona Smalley who had 18 points before fouling out with 1:02 to play. Bland and Ta'Wuana Cook each had 10. |
MEAC MEN
Coppin State 62, Morgan State 60 Seven-seeded Coppin State (16-20) completed a run thru the tournament
in Raleigh knocking off top-seed Morgan
State (22-10) in the title game on a shot by senior guard
Tywain McKee with 2.4 seconds left.
Coppin State won four games over five days by a combined six points beating the Nos. 1 (MSU), 2 (Hampton, 75-74 in OT) and 3 (Norfolk State, 67-65) seeds after beating Howard (55-54). |
The Eagles (22-11) trailed 32-25 at the break before mounting a
second-half comeback to tie the game at 47 on
Suber's 3-pointer with 11:32 left. From there, the teams exchanged the lead seven times
and had five ties.
McKee shot 12 of 20 from the field, was 6 of 8 from 3-point range and
canned all three of his free throws in a brilliant performance that garnered him
the tourney's MVP award. He was the leader and catalyst, averaging 23.2 points in
the tourney including a season-high 33 in the championship game. No other
Eagle scored in double figures in the final game
MSU tied the game at 60 on two Jermaine Bolden
free throws with 29.3 seconds left. McKee dribbled the clock
down before launching his floating game-winner with 1.7 seconds
left. Reggie Holmes' attempt as the clock expired clanked off
the backboard and began the Eagles' celebration.
Marquise Kately's 21 and Holmes' 14 points led MSU who played without
scoring leader and MEAC Player of the Year, Jamar Smith
(foot).
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