Author Archives: Perry Green

Nicole Hamilton scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Hampton Lady Pirates to a 50-47 win over Coppin State for their fifth straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s basketball championship on March 15 in Norfolk, Va. Hampton’s championship victory didn’t come easy, though. The score was tied eight times and the lead was exchanged […]

Travis Williams is being replaced as Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach, school officials said in a statement March 16. According to Tennessee State Athletics, Williams was relieved of his coaching duties after two seasons as head coach. A “nationwide search” to replace Williams will begin immediately, according to Tennessee Athletics. Tennessee State finished […]

The Morgan State Bears men’s basketball team advanced to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament championship after easily beating cross-town rival Coppin State in the semifinals, March 14 in Norfolk, Va. The Bears dominated the game from the start and went into the locker room at halftime with a lead of nearly 20 points, 47-28. […]

The No. 3 seed Morgan State Bears men’s basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament after beating the Florida A&M (FAMU) Rattlers, 81-68 in the quarterfinals on March 13 in Norfolk, Va. Morgan State moved on to face cross-town rival No. 7 seed Coppin State in the semis on […]

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Lady Firebirds captured their first East Coast Conference (ECC) championship, defeating the Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus Lady Pioneers, 67-57, in the title game on March 8 in Brookville, N.Y. With the conference title, UDC will receive an automatic slot in the NCAA Division II Women’s […]

The University of District of Columbia (UDC) Lady Firebirds will make their first East Coast Conference (ECC) Tournament Finals appearance after advancing with a 77-68 win over Queens College of New York, in the semifinals on March 6 in Washington, D.C. No. 2 UDC (2007 overall, 15-5 ECC) will next take top-seeded Long Island University […]

Senior guard Justin Black showed off his “clutch gene” by nailing a game-wining three-point shot with only one second left in overtime, powering the Morgan State University (MSU) Bears to a 68-66 victory over the Howard University Bison in the regular season finale on March 6 at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. Black’s game-winner came […]

It came down to the final seconds once again, but the Morgan State University Lady Bears escaped with a 59-58 win over the Howard University Lady Bison on March 6. According to Morgan State Assistant Sports Information Director Kevin Paige, the last 20 seconds of the game were similar to the matchup between the two […]

Morgan State men’s basketball team moved up to third place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings after edging out the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, 65-61, on March 1 at the Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md. But the win March 1 didn’t come easy for Morgan State, despite Bethune-Cookman’s dismal 4-11 record against MEAC competition. The […]

The Howard Bison men’s basketball team ended a five-game losing slump after pulling off a tight 55-53 win over the Delaware State Hornets on March 1 in Dover, Del. Howard fought tooth and nail with the Hornets and barely came out on top, thanks in large part to its stellar backcourt made up of freshmen […]

The Coppin State Lady Eagles women’s basketball team officially clinched third place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings after crushing University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES), 80-48, on March 1 at the Physical Education Complex in Baltimore, Md. The Lady Eagles simply did what they wanted to do against UMES, scoring at will throughout the […]

The University of the District of Columbia Firebirds women’s basketball team came up just short of winning their season finale with a 80-78 loss to the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights on March 1 in Bridgeport, Conn. Yet, despite the loss, UDC will still take the No. 2 seed in the East Coast Conference (ECC) […]