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North Carolina Central Eagles at Howard Bison

· NCAA Men's Basketball
North Carolina Central Eagles
10-9, 2-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
78 - 84
Howard Bison
4-17, 3-2 Home

Williams leads in OT as Howard upsets NC Central 84-78

Williams' jumper gave Howard (4-17, 1-4 Mid-Eastern) the lead for good, 77-76, early in overtime and he followed that with a 3-pointer and another jumper in the final minute. It was the first conference win for Howard and first MEAC loss for NC Central.

RJ Cole led the Bison with 29 points, Williams added 25 and Zion Cousins had 12.

Howard led 35-31 at halftime but NC Central surged early in the second half to take a 54-49 advantage with 12:24 to play. Cole scored 14 of Howard's next 18 points and the Bison led 67-66 with 3:21 remaining. They were up by two with :13 left when NC Central's Reginald Gardner Jr. sank a jumper as time expired to force overtime.

Raasean Davis led the Eagles with 19 points and nine boards. Gardner added 17 points and Jordan Perkins 11.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 78 - 84
3rd 0:00 C.J. Wiggins made Layup. 78 - 84
3rd 0:14 Charles Williams made Layup. 76 - 84
3rd 0:27 Alston Jones Turnover. 76 - 82
3rd 0:31 Dalique Mingo made Free Throw. 76 - 82

Statistics

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31-62 FG 29-67
50 Field Goal % 43
5-9 3PT 7-20
56 Three Point % 35
11-20 FT 19-27
55 Free Throw % 70
47 Rebounds 40
17 Offensive Rebounds 15
30 Defensive Rebounds 25
13 Assists 10
2 Steals 6
6 Blocks 5
20 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
20 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 18
2 Fast Break Points 8
44 Points in Paint 36
31 Fouls 18
7 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Venue: Burr Gymnasium

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 852 | 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