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Women's Game

Game 27
Howard (3-23, 2-11 MEAC) vs.
North Carolina A&T (21-5, 13-0 MEAC)

Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 2 p.m. EST
Place: Burr Gymnasium, Washington, D.C.
Series: Howard leads 35-19

The Game
Howard has lost 10 of its last 11 games and will try to split the season series with NCAT after falling 93-58 in Greensboro on Feb. 2. The Lady Bison fell to Coppin State, 101-57 in its last time out and was paced by Tamaya Daniels' 22 points. Lonice Kenley added 11 points in 24 minutes off the bench. Rashida Suber led five Coppin State players in double figures with 18 points. Danielle Anders added 15 and Shalamar Oakley chipped in 14.

NCAT is 21-5 and is 13-0 in conference play. The Lady Aggies clinched a share of the MEAC regular season crown after taking down South Carolina State, 86-67 in its last time out on Feb. 23. NCAT was led by Amber Bland's 23 points. Ta'Wauna Cook added 19.

North Carolina A&T
Probable Starters

Howard
Probable Starters

Scouting North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T is averaging 74.0 points per game in its 26 contests this season. Opponents are shooting 38% against the Lady Aggies while NCAT holds a 2.3 rebound advantage over its opponents.

The Lady Aggies are coached by Patricia Cage-Biggs, who is in her third season at North Carolina A&T. She has a 26-32 record at the school and a 397-238 mark in her career as a head coach.

Pounding Pavement
Howard opened up its regular season with nine consecutive games on the road. The Lady Bison kicked off its season at perennial powerhouse Baylor in the Basketball Travelers Classic, hosted by the Bears, on November 9-11. Howard took on Baylor on November 9, Prairie View A&M on November 10 and St. Mary's (CA) on November 11 during the three-day tournament.

HU hit the road again against Navy on Nov. 14 and took on Longwood and Campbell at the Longwood Classic on November 16-17. The Bison battled non-conference foe Bucknell on November 19 before heading to Providence for the Brown Bear Basketball Classic on December 1-2. Howard made its home debut against William & Mary on Dec. 9.

Double Figures for Shannon
Howard senior guard Shannon Carlisle (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central) scored 10 points in the Bison's loss to MSU on February 23. It was the 18^th time this season that she has scored at least 10 points.

Daniels Earns MEAC Honor
Howard junior center Tamaya Daniels (Syracuse, N.Y./Nottingham H.S.) was named the MEAC Player of the Week on January 14. Daniels helped Howard to a 2-0 record that week and scored the game winning basket against Florida A&M to give the Bison its first win of the year.

Defending the Three
Howard held Morgan State to 1-12 (.083) shooting beyond the arc at Baltimore on February 23. So far this season, the Bison have held 16 of its opponents to under five made three-pointers. Opponents are shooting .342 (120-351) from three-point range versus Howard this season.

Bison Picked Eighth in the MEAC
The Howard University women's basketball team has been picked to finish eighth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's annual preseason poll, as voted on by the League's Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors. The announcement was made on October 10 in Raleigh, N.C. as part of the 2007-08 Tip-Off Media Luncheon. Howard received 214 points in the preseason poll. Coppin State was picked first as the Lady Eagles garnered 12 first-place votes with 442 points. CSU was followed by Delaware State (437, nine first-place votes) while North Carolina A&T (356 points) rounds out the top three.

Injury Report/Inactive List
Out                                           Questionable
Morgan Neal - sore left knee    Jasmine Lipford - sore back
Nicole Martin - personal            Jalisa Pullins - heart palpitations
Jauna Phillips - personal                                                                     

*subject to change one hour prior to tip-off

Men's Game

Game 29
Howard (5-23, 2-11 MEAC) vs.
North Carolina A&T (14-13, 8-5 MEAC)

Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 4 p.m. EST
Place: Burr Gymnasium, Washington, D.C.
Series: North Carolina A&T leads, 56-34

The Game
This is a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game between the Aggies of North Carolina A&T State University and the Bison of Howard University.  The Aggies (14-13 overall, 8-5 in the MEAC) are coming off a 77-75 come-from-behind win over South Carolina State University on the road on Monday while the Bison (5-23, 2-11 in the MEAC) are coming off a 68-45 loss to Coppin State University this past Monday.

Howard
Probable Starters

Reserves

North Carolina A&T
Probable Starters

Reserves

The Coaches
NC A&T is coached by Jerry Eaves (Louisville, ‘86), who is in his sixth season there.  Eaves formerly served as an assistant coach under Butch Bear at Howard from 1990-94.  Howard is coached by Gil Jackson (Elizabethtown College, '69), who is in his third season and has a 21-71 career record to date.  Prior to coming to the Hilltop, Jackson served as assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania for 16 years.

Aggie Barks
The Aggies lead the MEAC in scoring offense (71.0), in field goal percentage (46 percent) and in defensive rebounding (24.89)...NC A&T is 2^nd in three-pointers made per game (6.78) and is 3^rd in three-point shooting as a team...Rush is 2^nd in three pointers made and in free throw shooting and is 6^th in scoring (15.4)...Ewing is 5^th in free throw shooting (82 percent), 7^th in three pointers made per game (2.15) and 9^th in three-point shooting (36 percent)...Wills is 4^th in rebounding (6.8) and 9^th in assists (2.7)...Ed Jones is second in shooting (57 percent) and Thomas Coleman is 2^nd in blocked shots (1.78).

Bison Hooves
The Bison have had 13 different starting lineups due to injuries...the team lost projected starting point guard and Chicago native Julius Hearn before the season started to a knee injury that required surgery...then both freshman forward Adam Walker and freshman guard Kyle Riley went down with injuries just before the season opener...they both returned in the third game only to have starting forward Randy Hampton suffer a concussion in the game against Hampton that caused him to miss seven games...and if that was not enough, starting point guard Jeron Smith suffered a knee injury following a dunk in the game against American University and leading scorer Eugene Myatt suffered a knee contusion in that same game, forcing them to miss two games...the recent victim of the injury epidemic is freshman guard Kyle Riley, who injured his back and has missed the last seven games and Smith, who missed the WSSU game with the flu...at one point, the Bison suited up only eight players...Myatt is 10^th in the conference in scoring and 15^th in field goal percentage (46 percent)...he leads the team in scoring, in three-point shooting, in assists and in minutes played...as a team, Howard is shooting only 29 percent from three-point range...Howard is on a pace to have one of its best seasons in recent years in blocked shots...the Bison, who rank 3rd in the conference in blocked shots,  currently average 4.0 per game...Walker, who is a strong candidate for the All-Rookie team, ranks 6^th in blocked shots, tied for 4^th in defensive rebounding and 12^th in overall rebounding...Kirkpatrick is tied for 7^th in blocked shots.

Next Up
The Aggies travel to Hampton, VA on Monday for a big showdown at 7:30 pm while the Bison close out the 2007-08 home season when they host Norfolk State University at 8 pm in Burr Gymnasium.  It will be Senior Night for Jeron Smith, who will be honored before the tipoff.