NSU men lose to Morgan State; MEAC win streak ends

NORFOLK, Virginia  -- It's wasn't Norfolk State's mere failure to extend its impressive MEAC winning streak that really got under the skin of first-year coach Robert Jones.

It's that the Spartans, right from the get-go, didn't even look like they wanted to.

Justin Black scored 24 points and Anthony Hubbard scored 22 to lead Morgan State to an easy 87-70 MEAC win over slow-starting NSU Saturday night, snapping the Spartans' nation-leading regular-season league winning streak at 23 games.

The loss bumped NSU (10-8, 4-1 MEAC) from atop the league standings for the first time since it finished second in 2011-12.

And it indicated to Jones that his team, which went 16-0 in the MEAC last season and was a heavy preseason favorite to repeat as regular-season champion, might be better off trying to start another streak.

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