Wednesday, October 24, 2018

MEAC Announces 2018-19 Women's Basketball Preseason Honors

NORFOLK, Virginia -- Bethune-Cookman senior guard Angel Golden was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Women’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year, the conference announced today. North Carolina A&T State was selected as the preseason favorite to win the MEAC this coming season.

All awards are voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors.

MEAC Announces 2018-19 Women's Basketball Preseason HonorsGolden is the reigning MEAC Player of the Year, having led the Lady Wildcats to a share of the regular-season title in 2017-18, a program Div. I-record 24 wins, and a third straight WNIT berth. She ranked fourth in the MEAC in scoring last season, averaging 15.7 points per game, and she was second in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage, hitting from deep 39.6 percent of the time. Her 2.7 made threes per game were also second-best in the MEAC, and in conference play, Golden averaged more than 17 points a contest.

North Carolina A&T State, the reigning MEAC Tournament champion, picked up 15 first-place votes in being named the preseason favorite. The Aggies won 23 games and their second MEAC Tournament title in three seasons last year. Defending regular-season co-champion Bethune-Cookman was picked to finish second, receiving eight first-place votes, while Norfolk State was picked to finish third.

Rounding out the rest of the preseason poll are Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore (one first-place vote), Morgan State, North Carolina Central, Florida A&M, Coppin State, Delaware State, South Carolina State and Savannah State.

Joining Golden on the Preseason All-MEAC First Team are Bethune-Cookman’s Ashanti Hunt (the reigning MEAC Defensive Player of the Year), Coppin State’s Chance Graham, Delaware State’s NaJai Pollard and North Carolina A&T State’s C’coriea Foy. Hunt and Pollard were First Team honorees last season.

The 2018-19 season begins on Tuesday, Nov. 6, with five teams in action.

The 2019 MEAC Basketball Tournament will be held March 11-16 at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virgina.

2018-19 MEAC Women's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
As voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors; first-place votes are in parentheses
 
1. North Carolina A&T (15)279
2. Bethune-Cookman (8)271
3. Norfolk State217
4. Howard200
5. Maryland Eastern Shore (1)177
6. Morgan State162
7. North Carolina Central134
8. Florida A&M108
9. Coppin State98
10. Delaware State81
11. South Carolina State80
12. Savannah State65
  
2018-19 Preseason All-MEAC Teams
As voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors
 
Player of the Year: Angel Golden, Bethune-Cookman
 
First Team

NamePos.Ht.ClassSchoolHometown
Angel GoldenG5-8Sr.Bethune-CookmanTampa, Fla.
Ashanti HuntG5-11Sr.Bethune-CookmanWashington, D.C.
Chance GrahamF/C6-0Jr.Coppin StateUpper Marlboro, Md.
NaJai PollardF5-11Sr.Delaware StateRichmond, Va.
C'Coriea FoyG6-0Jr.North Carolina A&TFayetteville, N.C.
 
Second Team

NamePos.Ht.ClassSchoolHometown
Chasimmie BrownF6-0Sr.Bethune-CookmanDeltona, Fla.
Sarah EdmondG5-9Jr.HowardFreeport, N.Y.
Ciani ByromG5-5Sr.Md. Eastern ShoreWinston-Salem, N.C.
Raven RussellG5-10Sr.Norfolk StateMillbrook, Ala.
Alexus LessearsC6-3Jr.North Carolina A&TCleveland, Ohio
 
Third Team

NamePos.Ht.ClassSchoolHometown
Ayonna WilliamsG5-4Jr.HowardWashington, D.C.
Bairesha Gill-MilesF6-0So.Md. Eastern ShoreLexington, Ky.
Khadedra CrokerF/C6-3R-Sr.Norfolk StateSuffolk, Va.
Alexys LongG/F5-11Sr.Norfolk StateClinton, Md.
Rodneysha MartinG5-5Sr.N.C. CentralOlive Branch, Miss.
 
 
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