FAMU Men Bounced From MEAC Tourney by rival Bethune-Cookman Wildcats

FAMU Coach Eugene Harris has not lived up to RattlerNation expectations with another first game exit from the MEAC Tournament. Harris has compiled a record of 19-43 with his recruits in the past two seasons, with attendance averaging at 1,539 in the new 10,000 seat Al Lawson Center.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Arch rival Bethune-Cookman ended the Florida A&M University Men’s Basketball 2009-10 season as they defeated the Rattlers 64-53 in the opening round of the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, here Tuesday evening at the Lawrence Joel Veteran Memorial Coliseum. “I thought when our guys took the floors, we were ready to play, but we had some untimely turnovers that dug ourselves in a hole and was never able to recover,” said third year Men’s Basketball Coach Eugene Harris.

Brandon Bryant was the high man for FAMU (9-22) as he scored a team high 11 points. Both Rasheem Jenkins and Christopher Wallace finished with 10 points each. The Rattlers were led on the boards by Larry Jackson with nine rebounds, while Jenkins dished out five assists. B-CU (17-15) was paced by Clifford Reed, Jr., as he scored a game high 23 points and dished out five assists. Stanley Elliott added 12 points, while Kevin Dukes dropped in 10. The Wildcats were led on the boards by Elliott, who finished with a team high eight rebounds.

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The Florida A&M University Rattlers have the best Division I basketball arena in the South with the 10,000 seat Al Lawson Center, opened in late 2009.

The Coach Eugene Harris File:

Florida A&M University: NCAA Division I

Salary: $155,000 annually (Completed 3rd season of 4 year contract)

Seasons: 3 (2007-2010)

FAMU Career Record: 34-60, (0.361) Winning Percentage

MEAC Conference Record: 20-29 (0.408) Winning Percentage

MEAC Conference Titles: 0

NCAA Tournament Teams: 0

NIT Tournament Teams: 0

All-Americans: 0

NBA Draft Picks: 0

Average Wins per season: 11

Average Losses per season: 20

Blowout Games (decided by >19 points: 1-25) - 0.038%

Arena: Al Lawson Center (2009) - Capacity: 10,000 seats

Men's home attendance: Low: 202; High: 5419;

Total men's team home attendance for 12 games: 18,469

Average men's game home attendance: 1,539