Complete Game Notes

Howard University Men's Basketball Fact Sheet No. 32
North Carolina A&T University (Aggies) vs Howard University (Bison)
Lawrence Joel Coliseum
Winston-Salem, NC
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
9:00 pm

THE GAME: This is a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament first round match-up between the Aggies of North Carolina A&T, the Number 9 seed and the Bison of Howard University, the Number 8 seed.  The Aggies (10-21) finished the regular season with a 67-66 loss to Norfolk State on Thursday at home.  The Bison (7-24 overall) are coming off a 90-42 loss to Hampton University this past Thursday on the road.   

THE SERIES: Howard won both games this season, 82-77 in Greensboro, NC on January 16 and 59-49 at Howard on February 13.  This is the 98^th meeting between the two rivals and the Aggies hold a 55-42 advantage.

THE COACHES:    North Carolina A&T is coached by Jerry Eaves (Louisville '86), who is in his seventh season there and he has an overall record of 71-141.  Eaves formerly served as an assistant coach with Howard from 1990-94. The Bison are coached by Gil Jackson (Elizabethtown, '69), who is in his fifth season and has a 37-115 record to date.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY PROBABLE STARTERS

Forward       13      Mike Phillips                 Fr.           6-7           185          7.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Forward       21      Dadrian Collins            Fr.           6-6           190          8.5 ppg  2.0 rpg
Center         54      Paul Kirkpatrick            Sr.          6-9           220          5.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Guard          0        Curtis White                 Sr.          6-4           195          8.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Guard          2        Calvin Thompson          So.         6-3           170          12.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg

NORTH CAROLINA A&T UNIVERSITY PROBABLE STARTERS

Forward      31       Austin Witter                Fr.          6-8           195         2.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Forward      34       Robert Johnson            Sr.          6-6           200        10.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Center        23       Thomas Coleman          Jr.          6-9           235         9.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg
Guard         3         Tavarus Alston              Sr.         6-0           170         15.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Guard         5          Dwane Joshua             Sr.         6-2           180         13.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg

NEXT UP: The winner of this game will advance to Wednesday's quarterfinal round again Morgan State, the Number 1 seed, at 7 pm.