Scores That Matters!

GAME DAY: January 7, 2012

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MEAC
Florida A&M 62, N.C. Central 60
Bethune Cookman 59, N.C. A&T 56
Savannah State 72, Coppin State 60
Morgan State 73, South Carolina State 68
Hampton 57, Howard 55
Norfolk State 78, Maryland Eastern Shore 72

OVC
Jacksonville State 72, Tennessee State 65

SWAC
Southern 72, Grambling State 59
Ala.A&M 65, UAPB 62
MVSU 67, Ala. State 60
Texas So. 84, PVAMU 49
Alcorn State 63, Jackson State 60

CIAA
Shaw 95, Va. State 70
WSSU 67, VUU 66
Lincoln (Pa.) 70, Livingstone 67
Fayetteville State 76, Chowan 67
ECSU 65, JCSU 56

GCAC
Xavier 76, Philander Smith 70
Tougaloo 65, Edward Waters 63
Talladega 85, Fisk 64
SUNO 75, Dillard 59

CIAA
Benedict 83, Lane 60
Kentucky State 76, Paine 71
LeMoyne-Owen 81, Clark-Atlanta 78
Miles 56, Morehouse 50
Albany State 78, Fort Valley State 71
Stillman 61, Claflin 59



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MEAC
Florida A&M 78, North Carolina Central 51
S.C. State 84, Morgan State 71
Coppin State 71, Savannah State 45
N.Carolina A&T 69, Bethune Cookman 54
Norfolk State 61, UMES 58
Hampton 63, Howard 40

OVC
Tennessee State 67, Jacksonville State 57

GSAC
Piedmont 86, Spelman Jaguars 61

SWAC
Alcorn State 53, Jackson State 51
Southern 72, Grambling 67
Ala. State 65, MVSU 62
Ala. A&M 64, UAPB 44
PVAMU 64, Texas So. 43

GCAC
Tougaloo 85, Edward Waters 43
Dillard 67, SUNO 64
Xavier 63, Philader Smith 39
Talladega 75, Fisk 41

CIAA
JCSU 68, ECSU 47
Shaw 73, Va. State 60
Livingstone 75, Lincoln (Pa.)67
Chowan 66, Fayetteville State 54
WSSU 68, Va. Union 45

SIAC
Benedict 61, Lane 54
Kentucky State 76, Paine 71
Albany State 88, Fort Valley State 83
Stillman 72, Claflin 53
LeMoyne-Owen 74, Clark Atlanta 66



PHOTO GALLERY: FAMU LADY RATTLERS vs. NCCU LADY EAGLES
Courtesy: FAMU Sports Information

UMES Hawks Volleyball Earns 1st Trip to NCAA Tourney; MEAC Champions!!

BALTIMORE, MD -- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship for the first time ever with a five-set victory over Florida A&M (15-25, 25-17, 25-21, 18-25, 15-12) at the Physical Education Complex at Coppin State University.

With the win, UMES has earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The Hawks continue their winning streak with their 19th straight victory, improving to 24-6. Florida A&M falls to 13-13.

After Kaveinga Lea'Aetoa (Salt Lake City, Utah) earned the first kill of the match, the Rattlers came strong with a 5-0 run with two aces from Maria Ceccarelli. FAMU built up an 18-6 lead in the game. UMES took five of the next six points including aces from Lea'Aetoa and Zoe Bowens (Long Beach, Calif.) and a kill and two blocks from Ndidi Ibe (North Richland, Texas), but ultimately it was not enough as the Rattlers won set one 25-15.

Game two started back and forth as the score was tied at five each. The Hawks put together a 3-0 run capped by a Lea'Aetoa ace for an 8-5 lead. UMES kept a lead when the Rattlers took three of four points late to get within three at 17-14. The Hawks surged ahead with five straight points including kills from Victoria Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Maline Vaitai (Salt Lake City, Utah), plus a Bowens ace, to take a 22-14 lead. UMES took the set 25-17 to even the match.

At 4-4 in the third game, Saitaua Iosia (Long Beach, Calif.) went to work on a personal 3-0 run with a kill and two aces for a 7-4 UMES lead. The Hawks did not allow any back-to-back points against them until the Rattlers got two to put UMES's lead at 17-14. After FAMU got to within one at 19-18, Iosia got a kill and solo block to put the advantage back to three. At 22-20 UMES, the Hawks took three of the final four points, including two kills from Vaitai, to win the set 25-22 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.

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Howard Lady Bison Basketball Extends Home Win-Streak to Seven

WASHINGTON, DC – The Howard University women’s basketball team extended its home winning streak to seven with a 67-58 win over Florida A&M (13-11, 8-5 MEAC) on Saturday, February 19. With the win, the Lady Bison split the season series with the Rattlers and improve to 7-5 in MEAC play.

Saadia Doyle led the all scorers with 18 points and 13 rebounds. The redshirt-sophomore is now 29 points away from 1,000. Tamoria Holmes recorded a flawless game with 14 points, five assists, and no turnovers in 35 minutes of action. Adelle Walton proved to be a spark off the bench with 11 points off 4-of-6 shooting from the floor. Cheyenne Curley-Payne chipped in with eight points and eight boards.

“This win was very important,” said Curley-Payne. “Our goal is to finish with a good seed in the [conference] tournament.”

The HU defense converted 19 FAMU turnovers into 14 points. Howard also won the battle of the boards, 40-37 – including 15 offensive – and scored 13 points of second chance opportunities. The Lady Bison dominated in the paint, outscoring Florida A&M 36-12.

HU began the game with a 7-0 run, capped by a Doyle layup. FAMU was held scoreless until an Antonia Bennett basket at the 15:53 mark. The spread was 14-7 midway through the period and Howard used an 11-3 run over a three-plus span to take its largest lead of the game, 25-10 with 6:30 left in the half. The Lady Bison took a slim 29-21 advantage at intermission.

In the second stint, HU pushed the margin back to double-digits behind a Curley-Payne jumper to start the period. FAMU chipped into the Lady Bison lead and outscored Howard 12-7 over a three-plus span to make it 38-33 at the 12:47 mark. The Rattlers used a Tameka McKelton shot from behind the arc to for a 40-36 score with 11:49 remaining in regulation.

Florida A&M would not get any closer as Howard went on an 11-1 run to push the spread back to double-digits (52-37). Walton hit two three-pointers during that run. The San Diego, Calif. native went 3-for-5 from behind the arc.

For the Rattlers, Bennett tallied a game-high 19 points. McKelton and Jasmine Grice finished with 15 and 11 points, respectively.

Prior to the game, HU was tied for fourth place in the MEAC with North Carolina A&T, while Florida A&M held the third spot. Howard will look to continue its home win streak as it hosts Bethune-Cookman on Mon. Feb. 21 beginning at 6 p.m.

By Jamilah Corbitt
Assistant Director of Sports Information
Howard University

FAMU women roll past South Carolina State

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The last time that the Florida A&M women's basketball team lost a game, coach LeDawn Gibson pointed to too much one-on-one play as the reason. She has been warning her team about how detrimental individualism could be as the Rattlers head into the second-half stretch in conference play.

On Monday night, the Rattlers showed more than one sign that they are taking heed. While rolling past South Carolina State 79-65, the Rattlers were unselfish to the tune of 21 assists. Then, when the Bulldogs tried to make a second-half run, more than one player answered with a clutch shot that SCSU didn't get any closer than six points.

FAMU Lady Rattlers Win 2nd Straight Road Game

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – The Florida A&M Women’s Basketball team picked up back-to-back road wins as they defeated South Carolina State, 79-65 here Monday evening at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.

FAMU (10-10, 5-3) was paced by Tameka McKelton as she scored a game high 22 points to lead all scorers. Jasmine Grice added 13 points, followed by Antonia Bennett with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Myeshia Simms rounded out the cast of Lady Rattlers in double-figures with 10 points.

Florida A&M 79, South Carolina State 65

Poor shooting and another shaky defensive performance resulted in the Lady Bulldogs' sixth consecutive loss. S.C. State (6-11, 2-6) trailed 40-28 at halftime after shooting 11-33 from the field and committing 12 turnovers. The Lady Bulldogs fell behind as many as 17 points, but managed to cut the deficit to six on two occasions.

However, numerous missed layups at close range and 20 turnovers kept S.C. State from further closing the game. Senior Whitney Wiley led the Lady Bulldogs with 19 points, but was 5-19 from the field and committed a team-high five turnovers.

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