Bison basketball on a roll
Both Howard University basketball teams head into this weekend’s games on a roll.
The Bison women knocked off North Carolina Central 81-64 at home then defeated Maryland Eastern Shore 66-56 on the road to extend its win streak to three straight and improve to 6-1 MEAC, 13-9 overall.
Their male counterpart improved to 5-2 MEAC, 10-14 overall thanks to two wins – 82-78 over North Carolina Central and 77-57 over Maryland Eastern Shore, which snapped a five-game losing streak going into the two contests.
Minneapolis native Joshua Strong’s two free throws after the graduate guard hustled and secured the ball off a missed close-range shot with 2.2 seconds remaining helped clinched the win over NCCU – he, Jaren Johnson and Calvin Robins, Jr. combined for 18 points of Howard’s points during a second half rally that pushed the Bison to a 20 point lead but the Eagles slowly erased that deficit and got back into the contest.
HU frosh guard Saniyah King continues her drive to earn MEAC Rookie of the Year with her consistent play – she leads the conference in assists, had seven assists in the Bison’s win over NCCU and six assists against UMES.
Both Howard teams are back in action this Saturday on the road at Delaware State.
MEAC weekly hoops honors
South Carolina State’s Omar Croskey (Player of the Week), and Howard teammates Blake Harper and Ayodele Taiwo both earned Rookie of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week honors respectively, the conference announced on Monday.
Howard’s Zennia Thomas was named Player of the Week, Ericka Huggins (Delaware State) was named Rookie of the Week, and North Carolina Central’s Jada Tiggett got Defensive Player of the Week in women’s basketball this week.
Finally …
Among the activities this weekend during NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco include the NBA HBCU Classic with Morehouse College and Tuskegee University men’s teams playing each other and will each will receive $100,000 from the NBA and AT&T. The game is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2 pm Pacific Time and will be broadcast on ESPN+, NBA TV and TruTV.