MEAC ANNOUNCES WEEKLY BASKETBALL HONORS
 Norfolk State’s Brown and Hampton’s Freeman Earn Weekly Honors
 Patricia Porte
January 22, 2007                                                                      

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Norfolk State University center Calvin Brown was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, the league announced Monday, while Hampton University forward Mike Freeman was name Rookie of the Week.

Brown (Center, 6-9, 255, Sr.-Mitchellville, Md.) averaged 20 points and 15.5 rebounds during the Spartans two games last week.  Including shooting impressively from the field, 72 percent, he also recorded double-double performances in both games.  In his top performance against non-conference opponent Winston-Salem State University, Brown scored 20 points and grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds in the disappointing loss. His 20 rebounds top’s the conference rebounding performances of the season and ties for the third most in Division I this season. 

Freeman (Forward, 6-8, 220, Fr.-Alexandria, Va.) averaged 16 points and six rebounds in addition to shooting 87 percent (13-of-15) from the field for the Pirates last week.  Against Coppin State, Freeman was perfect from the floor (8-of-8) and scored five of his 17 points in overtime to lead the Pirates to victory.  Freeman, who garnered Rookie of the Week accolades last week, has won the honor four times.

Other Top Performances:

Jahsha Bluntt (DSU) averaged 19 points to keep the Hornets undefeated among conference opponents last week.  He scored 24 points, six rebounds and dished out three assists against the Pirates.

Jimmy Hudson (BCC) scored 18 points and connected on four three-pointers against Howard.

Brian Mason (SCSU) averaged 14 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs last week.  He connected on 12-of-14 baskets from the free-throw line against Bethune-Cookman to help South Carolina State win their first road game of the season.

Rome Sanders (FAMU) scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds to help the Rattlers defeat Maryland Eastern Shore.

Rashad West (Ham) averaged 18.5 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game to lead the Pirates to a 1-1 record for the week.

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Standings 
Through games of Jan 21, 2007 (All games)
Sahar Rashid
1/21/07
                       |------CONFERENCE-------| |--------OVERALL--------|
  STANDINGS              W-L     Pct    PF    PA   W-L     Pct    PF    PA
  ---------              ---     ---    --    --   ---     ---    --    --
  Delaware State......   6-0   1.000  63.8  55.2   9-9    .500  58.0  61.0
  Norfolk State.......   5-1    .833  69.5  65.8   5-11   .313  63.5  77.4
  Florida A&M.........   5-2    .714  73.7  67.7  10-9    .526  68.7  72.3
  North Carolina A&T..   4-2    .667  70.0  67.3   8-10   .444  73.5  73.4
  South Carolina State   4-3    .571  61.4  59.1   6-11   .353  65.4  71.5
  Howard..............   3-3    .500  65.2  65.7   7-11   .389  68.8  75.4
  Morgan State........   3-3    .500  66.7  68.7   5-11   .313  67.8  76.8
  Hampton.............   3-4    .429  71.7  73.9   6-11   .353  67.1  72.9
  Coppin State........   1-5    .167  64.5  67.7   3-15   .167  61.3  77.2
  Bethune-Cookman.....   1-6    .143  60.6  65.6   3-13   .188  58.1  71.9
  Md-Eastern Shore....   0-6    .000  57.0  67.7   3-15   .167  60.2  73.9

This Week’s Schedule

Monday, January 22

Hampton at Longwood ...................... 7 p.m.

S. C. State at Coppin St ................... 7:30 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at UMES ............ 7:30 p.m.

N. C. A&T at Morgan St. ................... 7:30 p.m.

Florida A&M at Howard ..................... 8 p.m.

Norfolk St. at Delaware St. (ESPNU) 9 p.m.

Saturday, January 27

Coppin St. at Howard ........................ 4 p.m.

Delaware St. at Florida A&M ............ 4 p.m.

UMES at Morgan St. ........................ 4 p.m.

Norfolk St. at N. C. A&T .................... 4 p.m.

Winston-Salem at Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m.

Hampton at S. C. State .................... 6 p.m.

Monday, January 29

Coppin St. at UMES ......................... 7:30 p.m.

Winston-Salem at Florida A&M........ 7:30 p.m.

Hampton at N. C. A&T (ESPNU) ...... 7 p.m.

Norfolk St. at S. C. State .................. 7:30 p.m.

Delaware St. at Bethune-Cookman .. 7:30 p.m.

Morgan St. at Howard ....................... 8 p.m.

Players of the Week
 

Rashad West (Guard, 6-1, 175, Jr.-Raleigh, NC) of Hampton Univ. averaged 29 points and 4.5 rebound while

shooting 50 percent from the field as the Pirates finished the week 1-1 among MEAC conference opponents. His best

efforts came against the Rattlers as West scored a career-high 33 points including five three-point baskets to end

the Rattlers undefeated conference record. Against Morgan, West registered his fourth 20-point game of the season

and added five rebounds and three steals in the Pirates overtime loss.

  Hampton’s Michael Freeman (Forward, 6-8, 220, Fr.-Alexandria, Va.) averaged 17 points and 11.5 rebounds after

posting back-to-back double-double performances last week against Florida A&M and Morgan State. Against the

Rattlers he scored 14 points and grabbed 12 boards (eight offensive) for his first career-double double. He

returned the next game to register 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting and pulled down 11 rebounds in the Pirates home

loss to Morgan State. This is Freeman’s third Rookie of the Week honor.

 

Latest Results

Wednesday, January 17

UMES 88 d. Shenandoah 64

Friday, January 18

Winston-Salem 81 d. Norfolk St. 71

Saturday, January 20

N. C. A&T 69 d. Coppin St. 69

Florida A&M 65 d. at UMES 55

Howard 63 d. Bethune-Cookman 60

Delaware St 75 d. Hampton 64

Morgan St. 65 d. S.C. State 62

January 15

Delaware St. 61 d. UMES 47

Norfolk St. 68 d. Morgan St. 54

Hampton 77 d. Coppin St. 69

NC A&T 82 d. Florida A&M 78

S.C. State 68 d. B-CC 56