Ivy Harrington (21) finished with a career-high eight rebounds and 10 points, while Danielle Robinson (23) scored 11 points, including 3-for-4 from three-point range against NC A&T.
Box Score
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 25, 2014)-North Carolina A&T's Debbie Smith came off the bench to score a game-high 14 points to lead four Lady Aggies in double figures scoring, as N.C. A&T defeated Morgan State, 78-48 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game on Saturday afternoon at the Corbett Sports Center.
The host Lady Aggies improved to 14-3 overall and 4-1 in the MEAC on the season, while Morgan State (2-16, 0-5 MEAC) dropped its ninth straight contest.
Tracy King finished with 13 points and Aprill McRae tallied 11 points and had a game-high eight rebounds. Temitope Oladele scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Aggies, who improved to 7-0 at home.
Junior
Tracey Carrington, who entered the contest as the MEAC's leading scorer, led the Lady Bears with 13 points. It was just the third time in the last 11 games this season that Carrington had been held to under 20 points. Freshman
Danielle Robinson scored a season-best 11 points, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, while fellow freshman
Ivy Harrington added 10 points and set a career-high eight rebounds.
North Carolina A&T, which began the game with an 11-3 spurt, extended its cushion to 22-11 after a jumper from Smith with 9:40 remaining in the opening half. The Lady Aggies would take a 33-17 lead at the break.
The Lady Aggies used a 19-6 run in the second half to increase their lead to 52-23 with 14:23 to play on a layup by Smith to all but seal the win.
Morgan State will now travel to Durham, N.C. to take on North Carolina Central on Monday, Jan. 27 at 5:30 p.m. North Carolina Central (7-11, 2-3 MEAC) dropped a 67-58 decision at home to Coppin State on Saturday. The Lady Bears will look to avoid their first 10-game losing skid of the season and the first since the 2011-12 squad dropped 10 straight twice that season.
