NCAAB Game Recap - North Carolina Central at Howard
Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:30 PM EST

Tex
62
WVU
77
F
Mia-FL
54
UVA
48
F(OT)
BC
72
FSU
104
F
NCC
66
How
59
F
TxSt
51
GASt
67
F
TexAr
81
GaSo
71
F
NCAT
95
MD-ES
106
F(3OT)
Morg
65
DelSt
54
F
Norf
65
BethC
75
F
(N/A)
58
Portl
96
F
AlaAM
59
Alc
74
F
Hamp
76
FlaAM
69
F
Copp
84
Savan
83
F
App
66
Troy
76
F
CoCar
81
USA
77
F(OT)
MsVl
61
TXSo
92
F
ArkPB
55
PVAM
73
F
IaSt
82
TxTch
80
F(OT)
ASU
73
South
79
F

Feb 20, 2017, 4:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

North Carolina Central

39

27

66

Howard

29

30

59

North Carolina Central beats Howard for 12th straight win
Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:59 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) Dajuan Graf and Patrick Cole each scored 17 points, and North Carolina Central won its 12th straight with a 66-59 victory over Howard on Monday night.

NCCU led throughout the first half and built a 13-point lead by the 15-minute mark of the second half. Howard rallied to take its first lead at 58-56 with 7:14 to go, but NCCU scored the next nine points during a game-closing 10-1 run.

Rashaun Madison added 11 points and Del'Vin Dickerson had 10 points and seven rebounds for NC Central (21-6, 12-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Cole grabbed 11 rebounds and Graf had seven boards and eight assists. Kyle Benton, who was named the MEAC defensive player of the week earlier Monday, grabbed six of his nine rebounds on the offensive end.

Solomon Mangham led Howard (7-21. 4-9) with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Howard was just 4 of 23 from distance and shot 32.8 percent overall.

Leaders

North Carolina Central PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
P. Cole 17 0 1 11 1 0
D. Graf 17 0 8 7 0 0
Howard PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
S. Mangham 16 0 0 10 1 1
C. Williams 12 0 0 6 0 2

Team Comparison

NCC How
Points For 66 59
Field Goals 25/64-39% 22/67-33%
Three Pointers 8/24-33% 4/23-17%
Free Throws 8/17-47% 11/12-92%
Offensive Rebounds 18 17
Defensive Rebounds 28 25
Rebounds 51 47
Blocks 1 5
Steals 4 5
Turnovers 9 10
Personal Fouls 14 16
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2016-17 Reg Season - NCC Leads Series 2-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Mon Jan 23 How 39 @ NCC 74 J. Jones 12 P. Cole 24
Mon Feb 20 NCC 66 @ How 59 P. Cole 17 S. Mangham 16

Game Information

Stadium: Burr Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 876
Game Time: