| "TYSON SELECTED TO PRESEASON ALL-MEAC SECOND TEAM" UMES guard earns first MEAC honors. CHRISTOPHER DELGADO OCTOBER 10, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, Md.-Junior guard Ed Tyson (Baltimore, Md./Walbrook H.S.) is making his presence known before the start of the 2007-08 men's basketball season. Tyson was recognized by Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) head coaches and sports information directors as a preseason All-MEAC second team selection after averaging 16.4 points per game (fifth in the MEAC) and 4.3 rebounds per game last season. Tyson the only Hawk returnee to average double-figures in scoring last season also led the team in total points (509), field goals (172), and minutes (1119, second in the MEAC) in 2006-07, while shooting 32 percent from the field and 37 percent from three-point range. Also joining Tyson on the preseason All-MEAC second team are Michael Freeman (Hampton), Matt Pilgrim (Hampton), Eugene Myatt (Howard), and Jason Wills (NCAT). The preseason All-MEAC first team selections are Roy Bright (Delaware State), Steven Rush (NCAT), Tywain McKee (Coppin State), Rashad West (Hampton), and Tony Murphy (Norfolk State). The preseason order of finish was also released by the MEAC and UMES was predicted to finish 11th. UMES kicks off the 2007-08 season Friday, October 12 at Hawk Hysteria, the first official practice of the year. Their first game is November 9 at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2007-08 MEAC Men's Basketball Preseason Prediction as voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information director (First place votes in parenthesis) Name Pts 1. Hampton (13) 415 2. Delaware State (13) 390 3. N.C. A&T State (3) 365 4. Morgan State (2) 359 5. Florida A&M (1) 253 6. Bethune-Cookman 237 7. South Carolina State 212 8. Coppin State 204 9. Norfolk State 159 10. Howard 106 11. Maryland E. Shore 38 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |