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NCCU vs. Toccoa Falls Box Score (PDF)      

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DURHAM, N.C. – Five North Carolina Central University men’s basketball student-athletes recorded double figures as the host Eagles cruised to the 94-40 win over Toccoa Falls on Tuesday night at McDougald-McLendon Gym.
 
The big story coming out of this contest was junior point guard Emanuel Chapman (Raleigh, N.C.) amassed 10 assists giving him double-figure helpers for the sixth time in his Eagle career and is now in the top-10 in school history in career assists as he now has 252.  Chapman needs 16 helpers to tie former Eagle Michael Glasker (2007-11) who ended his career with 268 assists.
 
In the first meeting between these two programs, NCCU came out blistering from the field in the first half missing just seven shots, going 24-for-31 (77.4 percent) while holding the visiting Eagles to eight field goals on the way to a 59-22 advantage.
 
The maroon and gray were so dominate in the first frame with the score 27-16 with 10:42 to the Eagles went on a 19-0 run to see the margin expand to 30 at 46-16 and took a 59-22 lead into the locker room.  The Eagles held a huge advantage in the paint at 30-to-4, and scored 30 points off of turnovers in the first frame.  In fact, NCCU held a 22-0 advantage in fast break points in the first 20 minutes.
 
The second half was more of the same as the host Eagles clamped down on defense to hold Toccoa Falls to just five field goals and a total of 18 points, while NCCU quickly went on a 14-3 run through the first seven minutes of the second half to stretch the lead out to 47 after Jeremy Ingram’s (Charlotte, N.C.) three-pointer at 73-26 with 13:12 to go.
 
Junior transfer Alfonzo Houston’s (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) lone shot from the outside gave NCCU its largest lead of the night at 58 (92-to-34) with 2:34 to go as the Eagles cruised to the 94-40 win.
 
The host Eagles were by Ingram’s 19 points, followed on by Jay Copeland’s (Suffolk, Va.) 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting.  Stanton Kidd (Baltimore, Md.) added 15 points, while Ray Willis (Atlanta, Ga.) dropped in 13 points, as senior Ebuka Anyaorah scored 12 points to aide in the NCCU victory.
 
Toccoa Falls (2-5dropped its fourth straight contest and finished the night shooting 13-for-42 (31.0 percent) from the field hitting only 3-for-22 (13.6 percent) from the outside in the loss.  Guard Freddie Harrell was the lone Eagle to score in double figures scoring 10 points on the night.
 
NCCU (3-3) has a tough battle awaiting after the Thanksgiving holiday as the Seahawks of Wagner College make the trip to the Bull City for their second matchup in the last two seasons.  The Eagles will be looking to exact revenge after dropping an 87-83 decision last season in Staten Island, N.Y.  Tipoff from McDougald-McLendon Gym is set for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24.
 
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