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NC Central beat UMES, advances to MEAC Tournament finals | |
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Patrick Cole had 21 points, including three 3-pointers, seven rebounds and six assists, Kyle Benton added 12 points with eight rebounds and top-seeded North Carolina Central beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 79-49 on Friday night in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament. Dajuan Graf had 14 points, Del'vin Dickerson scored 11 and Pablo Rivas 10 for NCCU (24-8), which will face No. 2 seed Norfolk State or 11th-seed Howard in Saturday's championship game. Cole had four points, three assists and two steals in the first six minutes as the Eagles took a 14-2 lead. Eastern Shore (14-20) pulled within two on a Tyler Jones' putback of his own miss with 7:11 left in the half, but NCCU scored 17 of the next 19 points to take a 38-21 lead into the break. The Hawks, who had their three-game win streak snapped, never threatened in the second half. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Points: | B. Copeland | 17.4 | |||
| Rebounds: | B. Copeland | 6.1 | |||
| Assists: | L. McIntosh | 4.4 | |||
| FG%: | B. Copeland | 46.5% | |||
| FT%: | B. Copeland | 77.0% | |||
| 3P%: | R. Andino | 38.1% | |||
| Steals: | R. Andino | 0.9 | |||
| Blocks: | D. Peck | 1.3 | |||
| AP Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | Villanova | 32-4 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 37-2 | |
| 3 | Kansas | 31-5 | |
| 4 | Arizona | 32-5 | |
| 5 | North Carolina | 33-7 | |
| 6 | Kentucky | 32-6 | |
| 7 | Duke | 28-9 | |
| 8 | UCLA | 31-5 | |
| 9 | Oregon | 33-6 | |
| 10 | Louisville | 25-9 | |
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| Coaches Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | North Carolina | 33-7 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 37-2 | |
| 3 | Oregon | 33-6 | |
| 4 | Kansas | 31-5 | |
| 5 | Kentucky | 32-6 | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 26-11 | |
| 7 | Arizona | 32-5 | |
| 8 | Villanova | 32-4 | |
| 9 | UCLA | 31-5 | |
| 10 | Florida | 27-9 | |
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| Mid-Eastern Standings | ||
| Conference | Overall | |
| W-L | W-L | |
| North Carolina Central | 13-3 | 25-9 |
| Norfolk State | 12-4 | 17-17 |
| Morgan State | 11-5 | 14-16 |
| Hampton | 11-5 | 14-17 |
| Savannah State | 10-6 | 13-16 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 9-7 | 14-20 |
| South Carolina State | 7-9 | 11-20 |
| Delaware State | 7-9 | 10-22 |
| Coppin State | 7-9 | 8-24 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 6-10 | 10-22 |
| Howard | 5-11 | 10-24 |
| Florida A&M | 5-11 | 7-23 |
| North Carolina A&T | 1-15 | 3-29 |
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| Offense (Rank) | |||||
| Points: | 71.4 (223) | ||||
| Rebounds: | 10.3 (185) | ||||
| Assists: | 13.2 (196) | ||||
| FG%: | 42.4% (273) | ||||
| FT%: | 68.3% (243) | ||||
| 3P%: | 34.2% (219) | ||||
| Defense (Rank) | |||||
| Points: | 76.0 (266) | ||||
| Rebounds: | 23.3 (310) | ||||
| Assists: | 14.7 (287) | ||||
| FG%: | 45.4% (255) | ||||
| FT%: | 70.8% (209) | ||||
| 3P%: | 35.3% (198) | ||||
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