BCU vs. NCCU
NCCU and B-CU battle for the second time this season on Monday night

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

NCCU MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (FEB. 11, 2013)

NCCU and B-CU renew rivalry on Monday night



NCCU Sports Network Broadcast Link (GameCentral)

NCCU vs. B-CU Game Notes (PDF)


THE GAME
North Carolina Central University looks to keep pace with Norfolk State in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and stay unbeaten in the league as the Eagles invite the Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman into the Bull City. The maroon and gray have won 10 straight ballgames for the first time since the 1995-96 campaign and are looking to wrap-up a second consecutive regular season sweep over the Wildcats.

THE SERIES
NCCU and B-CU have met on seven previous occasions with the Wildcats ahead in the series 4-3, but the Eagles have won three of the last four meetings, including a 75-66 victory on Jan. 14, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Fla. This series dates all the way back to Dec. 31, 1954. NCCU is 277-261 against MEAC foes all-time.

NCCU SPORTS NETWORK
The NCCU Sports Network will have wall-to-wall coverage of Monday night's MEAC Doubleheader between the Eagles and the Wildcats.  Play-by-play voice Chris Hooks will call all the action of both contests beginning at 5:15 on the Champps Pregame Show.  Fans can interact with the broadcast by following @NCCUAthletics or by sending an e-mail to whooks@nccu.edu.

BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY "WILDCATS"
Bethune-Cookman University enters Monday night’s affair on the heels of a 10-point loss to the Aggies of North Carolina A&T over the weekend dropping their record to 9-15 overall, 5-4 in MEAC play. In the 65-55 road loss, B-CU was held to 19-of-52 shooting (36.5 percent) from the floor and was just 3-of-16 from beyond-the-arc. On the other hand, A&T missed only six field goals in the second half (11-for-17) and shot 64.7% from the field along with a solid 13-for-16 effort (81.3%) from the foul line to earn their fifth MEAC victory of the year. In the loss, the conference’s leading scorer Adrien Coleman shot just 3-for-7 from the field and 6-for-12 from the foul line scoring 12 points with seven boards, four assists, two steals, and a block. The dangerous two-guard tandem of Kevin Dukes and Ricky Johnson went a combined 3-for-12 from the field 2-for-8 from three-point range scoring nine points. B-CU is led by second year head coach Gravelle Craig who is currently 27-32 during his tenure. The Wildcats are 2-11 away from Daytona Beach on the year, but Bethune-Cookman’s Coleman still leads the league in scoring at 17.3 points a game. He’s also tied for ninth in the MEAC in rebounding at 6.7 boards a game and is sixth in the conference in field goal percentage shooting at a 54.2 percent clip. He has teamed up with Dukes who is ninth in the MEAC in three-point percentage at 34.1 percent from the outside. Dukes tops the league in three-pointers made with 59 on the year hitting 2.5 treys per contest. Despite the record, this is a team that could get real hot come March and make another run to the championship game in the MEAC. As a team, B-CU is second in the MEAC in assists averaging 12.9 per contest, while scoring 65.4 points a game (5th) and allowing 67.5 (8th) points per affair.

UP NEXT
The maroon and gray hit the road for two straight games beginning with the long-awaited matchup against the defending regular season champion Savannah State University on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 6:00 p.m. from Tiger Arena. This will mark the matchup No. 13 between the two with the Tigers leading the series 7-to-5. SSU has a 6-1 record against the Eagles since the 2008-09 season. After a quick turnaround, the maroon and gray will battle South Carolina State on Monday night, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. from the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center in Orangeburg, S.C.
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