Davis Pushes NCCU To Last Second Victory Over MSU

DURHAM, North Carolina  --  With the hoop and harm by junior Racquel Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the six second mark, the North Carolina Central University women's basketball team (8-11, 3-3 MEAC) pulled off the 50-48 victory over the Morgan State Lady Bears (2-17, 0-6 MEAC), as the Lady Eagles finished 2-2 during their four-game road stand on Monday, Jan. 27 in McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.

Down by one with 25 seconds left in the game, junior Khyra Conerly (Oakland, Calif.) dished to Davis on the block. After missing her first shot attempt as the clocked ticked, Davis collected her own offensive rebound and fired a second shot, counting the basket, and earning a foul from MSU's Britashia Burns.

The made bucket put the Lady Eagles back up by one and Davis' fourth made shot from the foul line sealed the two-point lead for NCCU with six seconds left on the game clock.



Davis earned her eighth double-double of the season with a team second-best 12 points on 4-for-8 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 shooting from the charity stripe while pulling down a game-best 11 boards and also collecting three steals.

Senior Jessica Freeman (Charlotte, N.C.) scored a game-high 20 points during the Lady Eagle victory, pulled down an additional seven boards, dished two helpers and grasped two steals while Conerly added 10 NCCU points.

Never earning a lead during the first half of action, the Lady Eagles took a five-point shortage into the locker room at the half, trailing the Lady Bears, 30-25.

MSU pulled ahead by as many as ten during the second twenty minutes of play before Freeman knocked down two free throws with 6:14 left in the game, giving NCCU its first lead of the contest.

The lead shifted back and forth four more times during the final six minutes of action before Davis' extra point gave the Lady Eagles the two-point conference victory over the Lady Bears, 50-48.

Tracey Carrington led MSU with 18 points while Dinah Jones pulled down a Lady Bears best seven rebounds.

As a team, NCCU shot 16-for-47 from the field (34.0%), 1-for-6 from behind the arc (16.7%) and 17-for-26 from the free throw line (65.4%) while pulling down 40 boards, dishing nine assists, and collecting two blocks and seven steals.

The Lady Eagles hit the road for a weekend Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference series at Howard in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Feb. 1 and at Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Md., on Feb. 3.

Box Score 

Written By Andrea Wheeler, Assistant Sports Information Director

COURTESY NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION
VISIT: NCCU.EDU
VISIT: NCCUEAGLEPRIDE.COM