Monday, March 4, 2013

NSU Spartans' latest win not one they'll want to remember

NORFOLK, Virginia  --  Point guard Jamel Fuentes said it was probably a game Norfolk State didn't deserve to win.

Yet, thanks to a rebound and layup by Fuentes with 47 seconds left, the Spartans claimed their 13th victory in a row.

Norfolk State overcame perhaps its worst performance of 2013 to hold off Bethune-Cookman 62-61 Saturday night at Echols Hall to remain unbeaten in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
The Spartans (19-10, 14-0), are two victories from becoming the first MEAC team to go unbeaten during the regular season since Coppin State in 1993-94.



Norfolk State's 13-game winning streak is the fifth longest in Division I.

The game was a rematch of last season's MEAC championship game, won by the Spartans 73-70.
Norfolk State led by nine early in the second half, only to watch Bethune-Cookman take a three-point lead on an Adrien Coleman layup with 4:30 left.

"At times, we played with a sense of complacency," Norfolk State coach Anthony Evans said. "We didn't have the energy we should be playing with."




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