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THE GAME
For the first time since the 1996-97 campaign, the Eagles of North Carolina Central University have collected eight straight wins and sit at 7-0 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play. NCCU looks to end the two-game league road swing on a high note as the battle the Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Since moving to Division I, the maroon and gray have yet to make to trip to Princess Anne, Md.
THE SERIES
NCCU and UMES are meeting for the 34th time in program history with the Eagles leading the series 17-to-16, with the maroon and gray owning a 4-1 mark since moving to the elite level of Division I athletics including the last four meetings.NCCU is 274-261 against MEAC foes all-time.
NCCU SPORTS NETWORK
Play-by-play voice of the NCCU Sports Network Chris Hooks will provide wall-to-wall coverage of Monday night's MEAC doubleheader beginning with the Champps Pregame Show at 5:15 p.m. Fans can follow @NCCUAthletics on twitter and can interact with the broadcast by using the hashtag #NCCUMBB and by sending an e-mail to nccusn@nccu.edu.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE "HAWKS"
Maryland Easterm Shore enters Monday night’s affair with a 1-16 mark overall on the season including a 1-5 record in MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) play. The Hawks lone win came at home against the Hornets of Delaware State University on Jan. 19 (58-53), when 6-4 freshman Kevin Mays led with 17 points on just 2-for-7 shooting from the field. Mays was an astonishing 13-for-14 from the foul line as the Hawks led from beginning to end. As a team, UMES shot 30-for-40 (75 percent) from the foul line. In Saturday’s 46-44 loss to North Carolina A&T, UMES shot 31.4 percent from the field (16-for-51) and was led by 6-6 forward Troy Snyder who scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds. After 17 games, the Hawks average 55.8 points per game, while allowing 70.5 points a contest. Entering the weekend, UMES was in the bottom portion of the league in many statistical categories including field goal percentage (35.5 percent), and three-point field goal percentage (26.8 percent) Mays leads the team averaging 14.7 points per game along with 7.8 rebounds. If he had participated in 75 percent of the Md. Eastern Shore’s games he would be in the top of the MEAC in scoring. Snyder is second on the team averaging 11.1 points a game while ripping down 6.5 rebounds per contest. Snyder is currently in the top-20 in the league in scoring and in the conference’s top-10 in rebounding. UMES is led by its head coach Frankie Allen who is in his fifth year at the helm. Allen has amassed a record of 35-105 at UMES and 258-399 in 23 years of coaching college basketball and was recently inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame for his impressive career.
UP NEXT
The maroon and gray return home for a quick two-game homestand against the MEAC foes from the Sunshine state. On Saturday, Feb. 9 the Rattlers of Florida A&M University return for a 4:00 p.m. tipoff in the friendly confines of McDougald Gym, while the Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman University come to town for a Monday night, Feb. 11 showdown at 7:30 p.m. NCCU beat both Florida A&M (85-62) and Bethune-Cookman (75-66) on the road trip down to Florida nearly a month ago.
