NCAAB Game Recap - Howard at Norfolk State
Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:50 PM EST

Mich
74
Purd
70
F(OT)
ECU
77
SMU
81
F
David
73
Dayt
67
F
CoCar
51
UTARL
74
F
UTEP
56
MTSU
82
F
UGA
60
KY
71
F
Gram
57
TXSo
62
F
Ball
70
Akr
74
F
SHSU
63
NOrl
75
F
MD-ES
49
NCC
77
F
Seton
53
Vill
55
F
Duke
93
UNC
83
F
Ida
64
UND
69
F
UtVal
80
CSBak
81
F(4OT)
Cal
65
Oreg
73
F
LongB
57
UCIrv
62
F
Fres
72
Nev
83
F
Marsh
93
LaTec
77
F
GMas
60
VCU
71
F
ULALA
76
GASt
86
F
Ind
60
Wisc
70
F
Tuls
61
Cin
80
F
Vand
72
Fla
62
F(OT)
Kent
68
Ohio
66
F
SFA
69
TXAMC
77
F
How
53
Norf
68
F
South
59
Alc
81
F
KSU
50
WVU
51
F
ND
77
FSU
73
F
Web
80
E WA
72
F
UCLA
75
Ariz
86
F
CS-Ful
64
UCDav
66
F(OT)
UMKC
60
NMSt
78
F
SDSU
63
ColSt
71
F
GrgWas
67
Rich
70
F
Troy
90
GaSo
70
F
NW
72
MD
64
F
Hou
65
UConn
74
F
Miss
72
Ark
73
F
Mem
54
UCF
84
F
StBon
63
URI
74
F
MSU
58
Minn
63
F
ULM
51
TxSt
63
F
Bama
64
SouthCar
53
F
TCU
63
IaSt
84
F
Xav
72
Crei
75
F

Mar 10, 2017, 8:50 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

(11) Howard

30

23

53

(2) Norfolk State

28

40

68

Norfolk State beats Howard, advances to MEAC title game
Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:26 PM

NORFLOK, Va. (AP) Jonathan Wade scored 17 points, Zaynah Robinson added 16 and No. 2 seed Norfolk State beat Howard 68-53 in Friday night's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal.

The Spartans (17-15) will play in Saturday's championship against top-seeded North Carolina Central (24-8), which beat No. 5 seed Maryland-Eastern Shore (14-20) 79-49 on Friday.

Norfolk State took a 34-33 lead on Jordan Butler's dunk, and pulled away 45-37 on Wade's layup with 11:14 to play. The Spartans stretched it to 56-44 on Alex Long's layup with 7:24 left, and by 18 on Dan Robinson's free throw with 1:32 to go.

Butler scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Spartans, who outrebounded the Bison 52-35 and held them to 30 percent shooting from the floor.

Howard led 30-28 at halftime and neither team shot better than 39 percent from the floor.

Charles Williams scored 14 points for 11th-seeded Howard (10-24).

Leaders

Howard PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
C. Williams 14 0 1 1 0 1
J. Miller 11 0 3 2 3 1
Norfolk State PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
J. Wade 17 0 0 7 2 0
Z. Robinson 16 0 3 4 2 0

Team Comparison

How Norf
Points For 53 68
Field Goals 19/61-31% 23/58-40%
Three Pointers 7/18-39% 5/17-29%
Free Throws 8/15-53% 17/24-71%
Offensive Rebounds 12 17
Defensive Rebounds 23 35
Rebounds 41 57
Blocks 9 9
Steals 9 6
Turnovers 13 16
Personal Fouls 19 19
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

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

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Sat Feb 25 How 65 @ Norf 73 C. Williams 28 J. Wade 16
Fri Mar 10 How 53 @ Norf 68 C. Williams 14 J. Wade 17

Game Information

Stadium: Norfolk Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance: 0
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