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N.C.
A&T to Host Virtual SciTech Week for Students
Jordan Howse
Photo courtesy NCA&T
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2021) – The College of Science
and Technology (CoST) at North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University will engage Guilford County
students in virtual STEM activities beginning Monday, March
15, during its 2021 SciTech Week.
In its fifth year, SciTech Week has engaged STEM students –
from middle school to graduate school – with distinct
programs to serve not only the campus community but also
students in communities across the nation. This year’s
virtual event will allow SciTech Week events to serve middle
and high school students in state and out of state, with
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“Preparing the next generation of STEM students is critical
to our global society,” said Angela White, Ph.D., CoST
assistant dean of student success. “Although we’d love to be
able to meet in person, we’ve adapted to our current
environment to motivate and equip our students and to
advance the STEM pipeline by bringing SciTech Week into the
schools and homes of students virtually.”
SciTech Week demonstrations are facilitated by CoST students
and faculty, as well as corporate partners including General
Motors. The week-long event also focuses on preparing CoST
students for the workforce. |
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(The) North Carolina
Agriculture & Technical State University - Technology
Building Smith Hall |
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The week begins with Young Scientists and Technologists Day
on March 15, aimed to encourage STEM interest for middle and
high school students by engaging in virtual interactions
with faculty and students from the eight CoST departments.
This year, SciTech Week will focus on black male STEM
education as well as women in science and technology. March
17, the
college will host its Inspiring Minds Seminar which has the
theme, “Is it Really a Man's World: Navigating Being a Black
Male in STEM.
” This seminar places an emphasis on the unique experiences
of African American men in STEM – an area that often goes
unaddressed.
On March 18, middle and high school female students can
interact with many STEM female students and professionals
during Women in Science and Technology Day including Time
Magazine’s Kid of the Year Gitanjali Roa’s interview with
White. |
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The full schedule of events can be found at ncat.edu/cost/events/index.php.
The public is invited to participate in SciTech Week. Middle
and high school students may register
here. CoST students, alumni and the public may register
here. Registration deadline in March 10.
About North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
is the nation’s largest historically Black university, as
well as its top ranked (Money magazine, Best Colleges). It
is a land-grant, doctoral university, classified as “high
research” by the Carnegie Foundation and since 1972 a
constituent member of the University of North Carolina
System. A&T is known for its leadership i |
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LORD, "All NC A&T has is a few degrees and a little land
and they want to take that - defeat their plan"-
Stealing [ A&T] Praise; "The
LORD is my shepherd", Michael J.
Pippen Sr., wingmen Archangels
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Stop The Steal: UNC Board
of Governors bogus NC A&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus
Grand Theft , was conduit to divert NC A&T, USDA sole
source agreement to located building on NC A&T farm, to
non-existent alleged A&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus
Gateway Research Park, Inc. , South Campus.
Video Report |
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UNC
Board of Governors Systemic Racism and Racketeering |
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statuary NCGS:
116-198.34. (8b) NC A&T/ UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus was designated Oct.
2003 enabling Greensboro Center for Innovative
Development, Inc.
to administer the educational, research,
and economic development mission of a Joint Millennial
Campus. No
lawful leased was executed by Board of Governors to the
Greensboro Center for Innovative Development, Inc. for
Session Law 2003-284, Section 6.20, land and facilities
and 75-acre parcel of NCA&T Farmland. |
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  HBCU
institution North
Carolina A&T, one of the state's two land grant
institutions, has programs through the doctoral level.
Its programs include engineering, arts and sciences,
agricultural and environmental sciences, business and
economics, education, nursing, technology, and graduates
studies. “
The expected roles of a land-grant institution,
is teaching agriculture and engineering, and providing
cooperative extension services”. NC
A&T's 2001 amend University Master Plan called for
developing 75 acres of land along East Lee Street
targeted to develop new opportunities for both research
and education in both the private and academic arenas
between the University's technology and agricultural
research and its students, which didn't include
across-town historical white UNC Greensboro and its
members of the Greensboro business community. |
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Negotiation began in 2002 and September 2004 NC A&T
State University celebrated the sighing of Memorandum of
Understanding with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) with the opening of the National Resources
Conservation Services Eastern Regional Technology Center
whose service area consisted of 24 states and the
Caribbean area. The Greensboro Center was also home to
the remote  sensing
lab. The Memorandum of Understanding says A&T has a
working farm with modern facilities and farm equipment.
NRCS will benefit from the use of this farm by being
able to provide hands-on training to NRCS employees.
NRCS can sponsor field studies that can serve as  demonstrations
to both NRCS trainees and also local and regional
farmers. A&T constituents will also benefit from this
type of applied investigation. Finally, A&T faculty and
students can also benefit academically by conducting
scholarly research and publishing this information |
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Notwithstanding NC A&T's
2001 Master Plan update calling for establishing a
university Millennial  Campus
at the farm, credited in the media as the work of UNC-G
district NC Senator Kay Hagan, June 30, 2003, the
General Assembly, Session Law 2003-294, Section 6.20,
reallocated former Central School of the Deaf from the
State property Office to UNC BOG to be used for the
establishment of Millennium campuses of the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University. |
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I think for the next 50
years, A&T and the engineering programs and science
programs are going to be an integral part and a driving
force in the economic development of the community,''
said Greensboro attorney Jim Phillips Jr., a member of
the UNC Board of Governors. [A&T
CHANCELLOR PLANS TO RETIRE: FORT: GOALS COMPLETE,
Greensboro News & Record - Friday, May 29, 1998 , BETH
MCMURTRIE Staff Writer |
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 Request
for Proposals by Gateway University
Research Park for Construction The
Joint School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering- dated Sept. 1, 2004
Project Overview: The
JSNN will support established
research programs with faculty from
the two universities and will have
its own faculty lines as well. The
primary goal of the school is to be
a world leader in research, nano-related
education, and outreach. The JSNN
will promote Research goals,
Education goals, and Outreach goals.
To meet these goals, the JSNN will
require specialized,
state-of-the-art industrial quality
research space. These will
include laboratories for life
sciences, engineering, materials
science and other spaces requiring
tightly controlled environments. |
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The constituent
university where the
Project will be
constructed:
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Gateway
University
Research Park,
South Campus
2900 East Lee
Street
Greensboro, NC
27401
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Note: In
2003 Gateway University Research
Park didn't exits. The Greensboro
Center for Innovative Development
would change its name in 2006 to
Gateway University Research Park,
Inc. |
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Note: SACS-COC
Policy Statement: Separate
Accreditation for extended units of
a Member institution. For Units of a
Member Institution extended unit to
be eligible for accreditation as a separate
institution it must offer a
degree and separate from the main
campus. Procedure for an Extended
Unit Seeking Separate Accreditation
(.1) Application
for Membership, including all
documentation required to
demonstrate compliance with Core
Requirements 2.1- 2.11, [2.1 The
institution has degree-granting
authority from the appropriate
government agency or agencies.
(Degree-granting Authority). |
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May 2007 UNC Board of Governors established
alleged Joint School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering, at bogus NC A&T / UNCG
Joint Millennial Campus, UNCG affiliate,
Gateway University Research Park, Inc.; to
offer (a) joint interdisciplinary Ph.D.
degree and (a) joint professional science
master's degree. NC
A&T/UNCG submitted Joint Request for
authorization to Establish” Ph.D. in
Nanoscience” dated Oct. 10, 2008 to UNC
General Administration and Joint Request for
authorization to establish “Master of
Science (in Nanoscience)” dated Nov. 21,
2008 to UNC General Administration. |
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 Historical
Black Land Grant NC A&T was listed as
University focus on Nanotechnology May 2005.
Cross town Historical White UNC
Greensboro was not listed as a University
focused on Nanotechnology |
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For Liberal Arts UNC Greensboro with
programs in music and nursing to offer
Nanoscience degrees requires access to NCA&T
academic programs and research: “Although
the degree is in Nanoscience (does not
include Nanoengineering),
students will be given the opportunity to
take relevant courses at the School
of Engineering at North Carolina A&T
University and will be able to work on
collaborative projects with faculty in the
School of Engineering”. [Request
to Plan Joint NC A&T/UNCG Joint Nanoscience
Ph.D.] |
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The University of North Carolina Board of
Governors authorized HWI UNC
 Greensboro
Nanoscience MS on November 13, 2009 and PhD
program in Nanoscience on January 8, 2010
requiring UNCG students take relevant
courses at the School of Engineering at
North Carolina A&T University and be able to
work on collaborative projects with faculty
in the School of Engineering”.
Excluding
(The) North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State university from offering MS
and PhD Nanoscience degrees, forcing the
HBCU out of the JSNN Mission to offer (a)
joint interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree and (a)
joint professional science master's degree.
And depriving NC A&T benefit Nanoscience
funding. |
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“A Promise for
the Future By some accounts, nanotechnology
is destined to replace much of today's
technology. Gateway University Research Park
expects to be at the forefront of these new
technologies with the creation of a new
institution, The Joint School for
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN). ”
emphasis added |
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Historical black North
Carolina A&T, as one of
the state's two land
grant institutions, has
programs through the
doctoral level. Its
programs include
engineering, arts and
sciences, agricultural
and environmental
sciences, business and
economics, education,
nursing, technology, and
graduates studies. “The
expected roles of a
land-grant institution,
is teaching agriculture
and engineering, and
providing cooperative
extension services” .
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Consistent with other
engineering schools in
the UNC System offering
Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering
(Material Science)
programs are
not Substantial Changes
as defined by the SACS
and consistent
with the education,
curricular, mission and
goals of NC A&T State
University. |
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Alleged, NC A&T Dr.
Alton Thompson, Interim
Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Academic
Affairs and UNCG Dr.
David H. Perrin, Provost
and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs, in
letter dated August
5, 2009 to Dr. Belle
Wheelan ,enclosure
Principles Relevant to
All Joint curricular
Ventures (1.) says In
addition to degree
programs in Nanoscience
and Nanoengineering,
JSNN will engage in
research and outreach,
as well as the expected
roles of a land-grant
institution, such as
teaching agriculture and
engineering, and
providing cooperative
extension services. |
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| Unambiguous actions
of UNC Board of Governors,
UNC Office of the President, UNC
Greensboro, NC Chancellor Harold
Martin was to script Out NC A&T
and In UNC Greensboro and
Greensboro Center for Innovative
Development. |
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Millions of Taxpayer dollars would flow
through UNC Committee Budget and Finance,
approved by full UNC Board of Governors, and
funded by the Legislature for alleged NC
G. S.: 116-198.34. (8b) NC. A&T/UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus. |
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The Millennial Campus statue required an
expressed determination universities had the
fiscal  capacity
to established and maintain the joint
millennial Campus. Five month after the
alleged Oct. 2003 designation Phillips'
Board of Governors Committee On Budget and
Finance, March 2004, recommended
Supplemental Expansion Budget Requests
2004-05, $4 million dollars to renovated the
School of the Deaf property, and pay for
telephone and high speed networking, [SL
2004 -124.] |
And another $10 Million dollars for land
acquisition, site preparation, and
engineering,  architectural
and other consulting services for facilities
for development of the Joint Millennial
Campus of North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University and the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
non-existing Joint Millennial Campus.
[Session Law 2004-179] |
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Session Law 2004-124 ratified July 20, 2004,
appropriated $4,000,000 to an UNC-Greensboro
and NCA&T Millennium Campus. SESSION LAW
2004-179 ratified August 5th, 2004 approved
$10,000,000 Certificate of Participation for
UNC-G/NC AT land acquisition, site
preparation, Joint Millennial Campus of
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
State University and the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. |
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Millennial Campus is Real Property designated by UNC
Board of Governors pursuant NCGS116-198.34 (8b) which
says in part: Upon formal request by the constituent
institutions, the Board of Governors may authorize two
or more constituent institutions which meets the
requirements of this section to create a joint
Millennial Campus. §
116-198.34. General Powers of Board of Governors. (UNC
Policy Manual 600.1.3 ). Any proposal involving the
acquisition or disposition by the institution of any
interest in real property shall be recommended by the
Board of Trustees. |
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Public
Record Reply from
UNC-Greensboro for statutory required
request to establish a Joint Millennial
Campus produced alleged Chancellors signed
Document dated Aug. 22nd, 2003.
Alleged Chancellors signed document stated:
"we are pleased to inform you that this
proposal has been approved by both of our
Boards of Trustees and is supported by local
community leaders and organizations
including Action Greensboro. |
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Recommended by Chancellors Renick and
Sullivan, NC A&T and UNC-G Board of  Trustees
duplicate Resolutions: In Support of The
Creation of a Joint Millennial Campus
between NC A&T and UNCG, dated Aug.
22, 2003, and Aug.
28, 2003 , called for seeking
designation of Joint Millennial Campus in
terms of the Central North Carolina School
of the Deaf real estate, transferred to UNC
Board of Governors for the purpose of
establishing a Joint Millennial Campus.
Universities' resolutions seek designation
of Joint Millennial without a syllable
pertaining to a 75-acre parcel of NCA&T
farmland, statutory foreclosed Phillips
alleged NCA&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus inclusive
of NC A&T Farmland. |
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March 06, 2006 the General Services Administration
"GSA" posted notice U.S. Government Intends to Lease
Space on the NC A&T Millennial Campus in Greensboro,
North Carolina (Solicitation Number: TNCOO75). Response
date March 10, 2006. |
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Public Record Video"
It maybe the USDA is our first tenant at the south
campus the result of them leasing a long term lease will
allow us to build a structure out there" |
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Proposed Lease was smoking Gun No
statuary NCGS:
116-198.34.(8b) NC
A&T/ UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus was designated Oct.
10, 2003 by
UNC Board of Governors for
Session Law 2003-284, Section 6.20, land
and facilities, and 75-acre parcel of
NCA&T Farmland. |
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System General Administration is not a
constituent university in the UNC
System, therefore, the Millennial Campus
Statue does
not provide for the General
Administration to create an NC G. S.:
116-198.34. (8b) Joint Millennial
Campus. UNC Policy Manual
600.1.3 limits the President to
acquisition of Real Property to $25,000
or less without Board of Governors
approval and any proposal involving the
acquisition or disposition by the
institution of any interest in real
property shall be recommended by the
Board of Trustees. |
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Erskine
Bowles UNC System
Acquisition of Real Property
by lease P0-1 dated March
13, 2006 for the purpose of
establishing a Joint
Millennial Campus for North
Carolina A&T |
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State
University and The
University of North Carolina
Greensboro. Proposed Lease
unequivocal extinguished
UNC Board of Governors
alleged Joint Millennial
Campus - North Carolina A&T
State  University
and the University of North
Carolina Greensboro - false
claim Oct. 10, 2003
designation of the Central
School of the Deaf
reallocated to the Board of
Governors and 75-acre parcel
on NC A&T farmland as Joint
Millennial Campus. |
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Stop
The Steal |
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North Carolina A&T State Women Win 2021 Air Force Reserve MEAC
Basketball Tournament |
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Jeff
Cunningham Photo Courtesy MEAC
NORFOLK, Va., March 13, 2021 – Deja
Winters’ corner three with three seconds left gave North Carolina
A&T State a 59-57 win over Howard in the women’s championship game
of the 2021 Air Force Reserve MEAC Basketball Tournament on Saturday
at the Scope Arena.
The Aggies (14-2) won their first MEAC tournament title since 2018,
their third in the last six years and their fifth overall. NCAT will
learn its NCAA Tournament opponent on Monday, when the Selection
Show airs live on ESPN at 7 p.m.
Howard led the battle of top seeds 57-56 in the final minute, but
the Bison left the door cracked open after a pair of missed free
throws with 11 seconds remaining. The Aggies ran the length of the
floor and Jasmen Walton found Winters in the corner on an outlet.
Winters found the bottom of the net.
The Bison had one last look, but a three from the top bounced off
the rim as the horn sounded.
“I’m not gonna take credit for any of those shots,” Aggies head
coach Tarrell Robinson, the tournament’s Outstanding Coach, said.
“In fact, we turned the ball over on a play I drew up not long
before that.
“We were trying to get a two (on the game-winning basket), but
Deja’s a big-time player.”
Howard (15-4) held a nine -point lead after one quarter, before the
Aggies outscored the Bison 21-8 in the second frame to take a 31-27
lead into the half. That momentum continued into the third quarter,
as NCAT used a 13-8 spurt to open the period to take a 44-35 lead
following a layup from Jayla Jones-Pack.
But Howard scored the last nine points of the third quarter to tie
the game at 44-all heading into the final 10 minutes.
Iyanna Warren sank a layup with 8:27 to play that gave Howard a
47-46 lead, and that lead grew to two possessions on multiple
occasions. In fact, with 1:18 left, Warren hit two free throws to
put the Bison up 57-53.
Then Winters hit a three with 50 seconds left to make it a one-point
game.
Jones-Pack, the tournament’s Outstanding Performer, led the Aggies
with 16 points and four blocked shots. Winters added 15 points of
her own, hitting four 3-pointers, and Chanin Scott had a 12-point,
11-rebound double-double.
Warren led the Bison with 21 points. Anzhane’ Hutton, the MEAC
Rookie of the Year, pulled down a team-high 14 rebounds and was one
point shy of a double-double, and MEAC Player of the Year Jayla
Thornton had 12 points.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Jayla Jones-Pack, North Carolina A&T State (Outstanding Performer)
Deja Winters, North Carolina A&T State
Anzhane’ Hutton, Howard
Iyanna Warren, Howard
Adia Brisker, Morgan State |
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Norfolk State Men Win 2021 Air Force Reserve MEAC Basketball
Tournament
Jeff Cunningham
NORFOLK, Va., March 13, 2021 – Norfolk
State defeated Morgan State 71-63 on Saturday at the Air Force
Reserve Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball
Tournament, claiming the Spartans’ second MEAC tournament title
overall0 and their first since 2012.
With the win, the Spartans earned the conference’s automatic berth
to next week’s NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind. The Spartans
will learn their opponent during the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday
at 6 p.m. on CBS.
“We knew Morgan wouldn’t go away,” Spartans head coach Robert Jones,
the tournament’s Outstanding Coach, said. “Coach (Kevin) Broadus is
a good friend of mine’s and we said all year that we were the two
best teams in this league, and we showed it tonight. We both had
good non-conference showings and we both had good conference
showings.
“We showed up at the championship game and it was a dogfight the
whole time. We watched their first two games and they were down by
nine at the half, so we just said this wasn’t going to be the third
game in a row.”
Norfolk State (17-7) tied Coppin State for the MEAC’s Northern
Division crown and then defeated three-time tournament champion
North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals, 87-58, to earn its
berth in the title game. The Spartans went straight from the
quarterfinals to the championship game after North Carolina A&T
State, the No. 1 seed from the Southern Division, bowed out of the
field following a positive COVID-19 test within its program.
In the first half, Morgan State got the action started by hitting a
3-pointer in the first nine seconds of the game. The Bears would go
on to get their largest lead of the game when De’Torrion Ware scored
on a layup at the 14:14 mark, giving MSU an 11-7 lead.
After several lead changes, the Spartans’ Nyzaiah Chambers scored on
a slam dunk with 10:44 left before intermission, giving his team a
one-point lead at 16-15. The Spartans never trailed thereafter and
took a 37-30 lead into the locker room at the half.
Norfolk State opened the second half by outgunning the Bears
19-to-10 to get its biggest lead of the contest at 56-40 with 13:27
to play. The Bears managed to cut the Spartans’ lead down to nine at
the 3:02 mark on a pair of free throws by Sherwyn Devonish, but NSU
went back up by double-digits at 67-57 with 2:10 left in the
ballgame.
In the closing minute of the contest, Morgan State got within six,
but time expired before they could make another of their vaunted
comebacks.
Morgan State’s Coach Broadus complimented the Spartans on their
victory and praised the Bears for their season as well.
“They (Norfolk State) were the better team today,” Broadus said.
“They played a helluva game and they were just the better team
today. We
had our chances to make a run and we just couldn’t get over the
hump. We had a good year and we defeated some good opponents. We
started the season with 21 guys and we ended with our best 10. I’m
proud of those guys.”
For the game, three players scored in double-figures for Norfolk
State, including tournament Outstanding Performer Joe Bryant, who
led all scorers with 17 points along with four rebounds after
netting 30 points in his team’s 87-58 quarterfinals victory over
North Carolina Central.
Kashaun Hicks added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Spartans
while Devante Carter had 12 points, seven rebounds and five
assists.
The last time Norfolk State played in the NCAA tourney, the Spartans
competed as a No. 15 seed and registered an 86-84 upset victory over
No. 2 seed Missouri. Jones was an assistant coach on that
history-making team and he said memories of the win still linger.
“We talk about it (the 2012 win over Missouri) all the time,” Jones
said. “We talk about trying to make our own history.”
Morgan State, which ended its season at 14-7, was led by De’Torrion
Ware’s 16 points and five rebounds along with Lagio Grantsaan’s 13
points and eight boards. In three games during the tournament, Ware
scored a total of 80 points, just nine points shy of the all-time
MEAC tournament record.
THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Joe Bryant Jr., Norfolk State (Most Outstanding Performer)
Devante Carter, Norfolk State
De’Torrion Ware, Morgan State
Lagio Grantsaan, Morgan State
Yuat Alok, Coppin State |
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Howard Women’s Basketball Falls Short in MEAC Title Game
Aggies eliminate Bison with last-second shot
DEREK
W. BRYANT
(Photo Credit – Herman Shelton/Howard Athletics Media Relations)
NORFOLK, Va. (March 13, 2021) – Howard
University women’s basketball team saw its amazing run come up
short, falling to North Carolina A&T State (NCAT), 57-59, in the
2021 Air Force Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament
title game after the Aggies’ Deja Winter delivered a three-point
game-winner with three ticks remaining.
With less than 90 second left, sophomore point guard Iyanna
Warren (Accokeek, Md.) connected on two clutch free throws and
gave HU a four-point advantage, 57-56.
Moments later, Winter drilled a trey ball with 50 seconds remaining
and cut the margin down to one, 57-56.
NCAT capitalized on a pair of missed freebies down the stretch by
Howard, where the Aggies’ Jasmen Walton found Winter for the win.
Howard had one-last chance to dethrone NCAT, but newcomer Cashay
Dixon’s (Chicago) shot bounced off the rim as time expired.
Warren and MEAC Rookie of the Year Anzhane’
Hutton (Cedar Hill, Texas) led the way, each receiving
All-Tournament honors after the game. Warren ended with a
career-best 21 points, six dimes, three boards and a pair of steals.
The Texas native fell just short of a double-double (14 rebounds and
nine points).
Howard jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead after back-to-back fastbreak
long balls from senior Jayla
Thornton (Newark, N.J.) and took a nine-point advantage into the
second frame, 19-10.
In the second quarter, NCAT reversed the trend with a 12-1 run and
took the lead at the 5:17 mark, 20-23. HU responded with five
unanswered, but a pair of free throws by the Aggies’ Chanin Scott
tied the contest at 25. North Carolina A&T State outscored Howard in
the final three minutes before intermission and held a four-point
lead at the break, 27-31.
Thornton drilled another trey ball and tied the contest at 33, but
the Aggies went on an 11-2 run and grabbed their largest lead of the
game, 35-44. The young Bison clawed their way back into game,
finishing the third period with nine straight points and tied the
contest at 44 after three.
Both squads went back-and-forth in the final frame, going down to
the wire.
Thornton recorded 12 points and six boards in the loss. Earlier this
season, she became the league’s all-time three-point scoring leader
while being named MEAC Player of the Year. As of today, the New
Jersey native has connected on 275 long balls in her productive
career and currently on track to graduate this spring in Sports
Management with a minor in Journalism after cumulating a 3.8 GPA.
Howard would have to wait after the NCAA selection show to see if
they earned a bid into the WNIT. The WNIT is scheduled to be played
March 19-20.
About Howard Athletics
The Howard University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
sponsors 21 NCAA Division I men and women varsity sports. The
programs represent five conferences: The Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC), Northeast Conference (NEC), Sun Belt Conference
(SBC), Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
Conference.
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Eagles Fly Past Aggies in League Opener
PICTURED: NCCU
senior Maru Berghaus in Saturday’s match at N.C. A&T. Berghaus won
in both singles and doubles play against the Aggies (by Michael
Simmons)
NOTES: NCAA
box score attached.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Senior
Maru Berghaus and junior Ivana Dragovic both won in singles and
doubles action to lead the North Carolina Central University women’s
tennis team to a 5-2 road victory over rival North Carolina A&T
State University in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)
opener for both squads Saturday afternoon at the Aggie Tennis
Center.
 The
Eagles won all five singles matches contested in straight sets to
improve to 2-6 on the season and start league play at 1-0. The
Aggies remained winless at 0-8 overall and 0-1 in conference
competition.
Berghaus and Dragovic partnered for a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles,
knocking off junior Mikaya Hamilton and sophomore Marlene Estenssoro
Pineda. Berghaus and Dragovic leveled their record together at 4-4
on the season.
However, a 6-4 win by the Aggies top tandem sealed the doubles point
for the hosts. N.C. A&T then led 2-0 at the start of singles
competition as NCCU defaulted the sixth singles position with just
five active players.
The Eagles flew ahead by dominating the five bouts that took place.
NCCU won 60 of the 76 games played to rally for the team triumph.
Freshman Josefa Fernandez played atop the maroon and gray lineup for
a second straight match, and she got her first win from that
position by coasting 6-1, 6-2 over Hamilton.
Berghaus got in the singles win column for the first time this
season, winning by a 6-4, 6-2 margin on court two over junior Ameer
Robertson.
Freshman Jade Houston continues her hot string of play with her
fourth consecutive victory. She rolled to a 6-2, 6-0 conquest of
freshman Florielvis Hurtado Pernaleta at the third slot in the
lineup.
Fernandez and Houston lead the Eagles with matching 4-4 singles
records.
Dragovic secured her second win of the season at No. 4 singles. She
matched Houston by losing just two games in her convincing 6-1, 6-1
victory over Estenssoro Pineda.
Freshman Maria Picazo was nearly as good in her third singles win of
her first collegiate season. Picazo pulled away for her 6-3, 6-0
victory over fellow rookie Manuela Sofia Jimenez.
NC Central will next host Shaw University in a rescheduled match on
Friday, March 19 at 1 p.m.
N.C. Central 5, North Carolina A&T 2
Singles competition
1. FERNANDEZ,Josefa (NCCU) def. HAMILTON,Mikaya (NCAT) 6-1, 6-2
2. BERGHAUS,Maru (NCCU) def. ROBERTSON,Ameer (NCAT) 6-4, 6-2
3. HOUSTON,Jade (NCCU) def. HURTADO PERNALETA,Fl (NCAT) 6-2, 6-0
4. DRAGOVIC,Ivana (NCCU) def. ESTENSSORO PINEDA, M (NCAT) 6-1, 6-1
5. PICAZO,Maria (NCCU) def. JIMENEZ,Manuela Sofi (NCAT) 6-3, 6-0
6. OLIVER,Trinity (NCAT) def. No player (NCCU), by default
Doubles competition
1. HURTADO PERNALETA,Fl/ROBERTSON,Ameer (NCAT) def. FERNANDEZ,Josefa/HOUSTON,Jade
(NCCU) 6-4
2. BERGHAUS,Maru/DRAGOVIC,Ivana (NCCU) def. ESTENSSORO PINEDA, M/HAMILTON,Mikaya
(NCAT) 6-4
3. JIMENEZ,Manuela Sofi/OLIVER,Trinity (NCAT) def. No player/No
player (NCCU), by default
Match Notes:
N.C. Central 2-6, 1-0 MEAC
North Carolina AT 0-8, 0-1 MEAC
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