N.C. Central’s win over Bethune-Cookman on Monday night was good therapy that helped alleviate a bad memory since the 2012 MEAC tournament quarterfinals.
Stanton Kidd made 11 of 14 shots from the field en route to 23 points and Ray Willis hit all 13 of his free-throw attempts to help N.C. Central pull away from Bethune-Cookman 75-66 Monday in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.
The Eagles (9-7, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) are the MEAC's only program with an overall winning record. NCCU is second in the league, one-half game back of MEAC leader Norfolk State which improved to 3-0 Saturday. Norfolk State is 8-10 overall, the next best record in the MEAC.
N.C. Central guard Ray Willis’ final run through the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference begins in earnest today.
Among its new players, N.C. Central's Stanton Kidd (6-7, 215) is the only one who regularly starts, although guards Alfonzo Houston and Drimir Ferguson get quality playing time. NCCU plays Florida A&M on the road Saturday.
N.C. Central shot 60 percent from the field and only allowed Virginia University of Lynchburg to make 23.1 percent of its shots in a 97-28 win at McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium on Tuesday.
Four people with connections to UNC Chapel Hill will be enshrined in the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame this year.
N.C. Central took advantage of a slow start by Winthrop on the way to a 64-57 victory Wednesday night at the Winthrop Coliseum.
So far, not so good for Vanessa Taylor, N.C. Central’s first-year women’s basketball coach.
Marquette players Vander Blue and Juan Anderson believe the Golden Eagles play to the level of their competition.
Gardner-Webb defenders registered 12 blocks, 14 steals and held winless N.C. Central to only nine made field goals on 17 percent shooting for the game in a 54-32 route of the Lady Eagles on Saturday in Paul Porter Arena.
Jeremy Ingram scored 27 points and Stanton Kidd added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead N.C. Central to a 73-67 victory against Utah Valley on Saturday night.
Seth VanDeest scored 19 points, including two straight baskets in the closing minutes, to lead Drake to a 72-69 victory over North Carolina Central on Wednesday night.
It just isn’t getting any easier for the winless N.C. Central Lady Eagles. Winthrop came up from Rock Hill, S.C., Saturday and beat NCCU 63-44, shooting 46.2 percent from behind the 3-point line at McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.
North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell believes N.C. Central athletic director Ingrid Wicker-McCree hired a quality coach in Vanessa Taylor, whose Lady Eagles fell to 0-11 after a 49-29 loss to the No. 19 Tar Heels Wednesday. Taylor just needs time to bring in more solid players, Hatchell added.