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NCCU looks to move to 3-0 against Johnson & Wales on Monday night

Men's Basketball Chris Hooks, Assistant Sports Information Director/Broadcast Media Coordinator

GAME NOTES: JOHNSON & WALES AT NCCU (NOV. 12, 2012)

The Eagles look to win their fourth straight home opener under head coach LeVelle Moton


NCCU vs. Johnson & Wales Game Notes (PDF)

THE GAME
North Carolina Central University returns to the friendly confines of McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium for the home opener of the 2012-13 campaign. The Eagles are coming off a 71-57 loss at Wichita State over the weekend and look to garner momentum heading into one of the squad’s longest road trips of the year as the maroon and gray head out to Laramie, Wyo. for the 2012 Global Sports Hoops Showcase.

THE SERIES
NCCU and Johnson & Wales have met in each of the last two seasons with the Eagles winning both contests by a wide margin. The first meeting took place on Nov. 12, 2010 where the maroon and gray pounded JWU 90-30 and almost exactly a year later bested the Wildcats 115-41. Both games have been the Eagles’ home opener. NCCU has won its last three home openers under head coach LeVelle Moton.

NCCU SPORTS NETWORK
The Champps Pregame Show tips off at 6:45 p.m. (EST) as play-by-play voice of the NCCU Sports Network Chris Hooks and NCCU Hall-of-Famer Joe Simmons will call the action live from McDougald-McLendon Gym and the broadcast can only be heard on www.NCCUEaglePride.com.  Fans can interact with Hooks and Simmons by sending tweets to @NCCUAthletics and by using the hashtage #NCCUBasketball

JOHNSON AND WALES UNIVERSITY "WILDCATS"
Johnson and Wales University is a private, nonprofit NEASC-accredited institution with four campuses nationwide (Providence, R.I., Miami, Fla., Denver, Colo., and Charlotte, N.C.) with more than 17,000 students from nearly 100 countries with 40-plus undergraduate, graduate online, continuing education, and accelerated programs in arts and sciences, business, culinary arts, hospitality, technology, and education. The Charlotte campus, established in 2004, is a blend of modern and traditional in an intimate university setting. Located in the revitalized uptown business district of "the Queen City," our fastest-growing campus offers career-focused programs through the College of Business, the College of Culinary Arts and The Hospitality College to nearly 2,500 students representing 46 states and 15 foreign countries. The campus features brand new, state-of-the-art business and culinary facilities, including a technologically-advanced amphitheater and street-front baking and pastry labs where passersby can enjoy the action through floor-length windows. The athletics program competes in the Division II level of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, and enters Monday night’s affair with a 1-3 record coming off a thrilling 81-78 overtime victory over Barber-Scotia on Nov. 6. Sophomore guard/forward Kindrick Anderson led all scorers with 20 points, while his teammate junior Jay Keller added 16 points in the win. Standing a 6-7, center Robbie Sterling ended the night with 12 points, eight rebounds amd three blocks. With the win, the Wildcats ended a five-game losing streak to visiting Barber-Scotia, it’s closest rival in the USCAA.

UP NEXT
NCCU will travel 1,733 miles to Laramie, Wyo. for the 2012 Global Sports Hoops Showcase hosted by the University of Wyoming from Nov. 14-16. NCCU will battle the host Cowboys on Wed., Nov. 14 at 9:00 p.m. followed up by a 6:30 p.m. matchup on Nov. 15 against Southern University, and will look to end the tournament on a high note on Nov. 16 against South Dakota. All three games will take place at the Arena Auditiorium in Laramie, Wyo. NCCU finished 2-1 in last year’s Global Sports Hoops Showcase in Eugene, Ore. hosted by the University of Oregon.

LAST TIME OUT: WICHITA STATE-71 NCCU-57 (NOV. 10, 2012)
WICHITA, Kan. - North Carolina Central University junior transfer Stanton Kidd’s (Baltimore, Md.) 22 point debut was not enough to overcome a 20-to-4 run midway through the first half as the Eagles dropped a 71-57 decision to the Shockers of Wichita State University on Saturday night in front of 10,491 fans inside of sold out Charles Koch Arena to open the 2012-13 season. The Shockers used the raucous atmosphere to jump out to a 9-2 lead in the first three minutes forcing head coach LeVelle Moton to call a timeout to settle his team down, which turned the tide in the maroon and gray’s favor as the Eagles went on a 9-3 run themselves over the next six-and-a-half minutes to cut the margin to one at 12-11 following a Kidd jumper 10:44 remaining in the first half. Following Alfonzo Houston’s (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) three-point play with 8:11 remaining, NCCU trailed WSU 16-14. From that point on the tide turned in the Shockers favor as they went on a 20-4 spurt to spread the margin out to 36-18 heading into the halftime break.During the time span, the Eagles missed nine shots that included three shots from the outside, while WSU drilled four three-pointers to extend the Shocker lead to 18 at the break. Through the first 20 minutes of play, NCCU shot just 7-of-26 from the field including 0-for-8 from the outside, while Wichita State was a scorching 5-for-9 (55.6 percent) from three-point land and shot 14-of-27 (51.9 percent) from the field. The second half saw the Eagles pick up the intensity, but the maroon and gray simply could not get over the hump. NCCU held WSU to 1-of-10 shooting from the field and Moton’s squad outscored the Shockers 39-35. WSU extended its margin to 22 at 46-24 after a Malcom Armstead layup, but the Eagles simply would not go away cutting the margin to 16 after senior Ray Willis’s (Atlanta, Ga.) three-pointer with 6:19 left. Junior guard Jeremy Ingram’s (Charlotte, N.C.) layup and the foul with 1:06 to go cut the Shocker lead to 12 and that was as close as the maroon and gray would get as the contest ended with WSU hanging on for the 71-57 victory. Kidd led all scorers with a game-high 22 points and nine rebounds, while WSU’s Carl Hall finished with a double-double 17 points and 13 rebounds despite going 4-for-10 from the floor but 9-of-11 from the foul line. Also contributing for the Eagles, Ingram ended the night with 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting, while Willis finished the game with 10 points struggling from the field going 4-for-12 on the night. Wichita State saw an excellent debut from Ron Baker who was 4-for-7 from three-point range and scored 18 points to lead the Shockers, while Cleanthony Early contributed 10 points in the victory. NCCU (0-1) returns for its home opener on Monday night, Nov. 12 at 7:00 p.m. from McDougald-McLendon Gym against the Wildcats of Johnson and Wales University before heading out to Laramie, Wyo. for the 2012 Global Sports Hoops Showcase from Nov. 14 through the 16.

EAGLES VS, JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY
NCCU has taken on the Wildcats in their home opener over the last two seasons with the average margin of victory is 67 points for the Eagles.

11/12/10 vs. Johnson & Wales 90-30 W
11/13/11 vs. Johnson & Wales 115-41 W

LAST TIME VS. JWU NEW MARKS SET AGAINST WILDCATS
In the 115-41 win on Nov. 13, 2011 against Johnson and Wales, the Eagles of North Carolina Central University scored 100-plus points for the first time since Nov. 25, 2003, while scoring the third-most points in any basketball contest in school history; the most points (115) since March 12, 1949 when NCCU beat Winston-Salem State University 119-65. The 74-point margin of victory was the largest margin of an Eagle win since Feb. 18, 1944 when NCCU beat St. Augustine’s College 119-34 a margin of 85 points.

CHAPMAN....MOVING ON UP TO THE TOP 15
In his third season at NCCU, Emanuel "Poobie" Chapman has made a name for himself as a talented distributor and the record books have taken notice. With his four helpers in the 71-57 loss against Wichita State, the Raleigh, N.C. native passed former Eagle Taro Knight (1990-93) for 14th all-time in career assists. Chapman needs only 9 assists to pass Mike White (1995-98) for 13th all-time and just 24 more assists to move into the top ten tied with Edward Roper for 248 career helpers. The school record for assists is currently held by Michael Wright (80-81, 82-85) who collected 409 assists in his maroon and gray career. Wright finished 43 assists ahead of Bryan Ayala (2005-09) who ended up with 366 in his time at NCCU.
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