Sunday, February 17, 2008

North Carolina A&T wins shootout over UMES Hawks

Photo: UMES Ed Tyson scored 30 points (10 of 18, 5 of 5 3-pointers), 4 assists and 1 steal on the Aggies. The 6-2/200 sharp shooting guard is from Baltimore, MD Walbrook H.S.

GREENSBORO -- Austin Ewing scored 22 points, and N.C. A&T used a strong shooting performance to take a 95-85 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday.

The Aggies (13-11, 7-4 MEAC) took advantage of a hot hand in the first half and ran up a 48-31 lead, and that was the difference. The edge was built on 59.3 percent field goal shooting, compared to 37 percent shooting for the Hawks (4-22, 2-9).

Both teams heated up in the second half. UMES hit 61.1 percent of its shots, while A&T improved on the opening half with a 63 percent effort.

Ed Tyson hit all five of his 3-point shots and scored a game-high 30 points for the Hawks. Gary Lee scored 17, Ishmawlyl McFadden 13 and B.J. Nimocks 10 for UMES.

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