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Howard Bison at North Carolina Central Eagles

· MEAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND
Howard Bison
12-20, 2-12 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
66 - 68
North Carolina Central Eagles
13-18, 8-5 Home

NC Central beats Howard at MEAC tournament 68-66

Courtside chairs suffer while keeping the ball inbounds

The Eagles (13-18) will play No. 2 seed Norfolk State in a quarterfinal Wednesday.

Marcel Boyd's put-back dunk tied the game at 66-all with 16 seconds left. After Cole made 1 of 2 free throws, James Daniel drove through traffic and dished to Keon Hill, who missed a jumper from the wing. Benton got the rebound, was fouled and made 1 of 2 free throws before the Bison missed a three-quarters-court heave.

Daniel, the nation's leading scorer at 27.2 points per game who ended NCCU's 38-game home win streak with a last-second basket in December, finished with 22 for the Bison (12-20). Boyd, limping through the final three minutes, had 16 points and 18 rebounds with Damon Collins adding 15 points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 66 - 68
2nd 0:01 Kyle Benton made Free Throw. 66 - 68
2nd 0:01 North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound. 66 - 67
2nd 0:01 Kyle Benton missed Free Throw. 66 - 67
2nd 0:01 Foul on James Daniel. 66 - 67

Statistics

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26-58 FG 23-59
45 Field Goal % 39
4-12 3PT 6-15
33 Three Point % 40
10-24 FT 16-28
42 Free Throw % 57
42 Rebounds 42
15 Offensive Rebounds 16
27 Defensive Rebounds 26
11 Assists 6
2 Steals 3
2 Blocks 1
9 Turnovers 6
1 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 6
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Off Turnovers 11
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
19 Fouls 21
2 Largest Lead 9

Game Information

Venue: Norfolk Scope Arena

Location: Norfolk, VA
Capacity:

2025-26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Howard 11-3 - 24-11
Morgan State 10-4 1 14-16
Norfolk State 8-6 3 15-17
North Carolina Central 8-6 3 14-18
South Carolina State 7-7 4 10-22
Maryland Eastern Shore 5-9 6 9-23
Coppin State 5-9 6 7-24
Delaware State 2-12 9 8-23
Full Standings