Even in new role, Dickens lifts Delaware State

Photo: DSU senior forward Joe Dickens,6-7/205, Baltimore, MD, Western Oklahoma State Comm. College, Laurinburg H.S.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- On most nights during preseason practices for the Delaware State men's basketball team, Joe Dickens was hard at work but all to himself. While the team was running drills on the court at Memorial Hall, Dickens could be seen running the length of the gym or doing specialized exercises. Always out of the way, but never out of the sight of his coaches.

Dickens suffered a major foot injury after the 2005-06 season and played just two games last season before red-shirting. Still, he continued to hold the attention of his coaches, who knew that for the Hornets to have any kind of success this season, they'd need the Baltimore-born forward back in the lineup.

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The Hornets,(7-10, 4-1) play at Florida A&M (7-11, 3-3) tonight at 7:30 p.m.

DSU’s senior forward Roy Bright has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week. Bright averaged 22 points and five rebounds while shooting 57% from the floor, leading the Hornets to a 2-0 mark last week. Against Winston Salem State, he scored 24 points, connecting on four of eight from behind the arc, grabbed four rebounds and blocked two shots. He followed that performance with 20 points, six rebounds and two steals against Norfolk State.

Bright also hit for 17 points and 8 rebounds against Bethune Cookman in DSU overtime win at Daytona Beach this past Saturday. Roy Bright is the MEAC's pre-season player of the year and the MEAC leading scorer, averaging 19.1 ppg.
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