BALTIMORE, Md. (Feb. 9, 2015)-
Tracey Carrington scored 19 of her season- and game-high 28 points in the second half to lead Morgan State to a 54-46 victory over South Carolina State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game on Monday at Hill Field House.
Morgan State improved to 9-13, 6-4 in the MEAC, while the Lady Bulldogs fell to 13-9 overall and 6-5 in league play. The win ended a three-game losing skid to the Lady Bulldogs and was Morgan State's first win over SCSU since a 61-54 victory at Hill Field House (1/15/11).
Carrington, who moved past Monique Liddell (1,420 points from 1996-00) for fourth-place in scoring at Morgan State with 1,425 points, went 13-for-15 at the free throw line and hauled in a team-high six rebounds in the win. Her six rebounds moved her into 12-place with 538.
Ivy Harrington came off the bench to add eight points on 3-of-4 shooting, while
Danielle Robinson finished with a game-high five assists to go with six points and tied Carrington with a team-high two steals. The two steals for Carrington gave her 118 for her career and moved her into 12th-place at Morgan State.
South Carolina State was led by Jasmine Coleman, who finished with 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Amber Howard added nine points and had a team-high three assists and a game-high four steals for the Lady Bulldogs, who had a two-game winning streak come to an end.
The Lady Bears will step out of MEAC play for the first time in over a month, as they close out their 2014-15 non-conference slate with a trip to Newark, N.J. to face New Jersey Institute of Technology. Morgan State and the Highlanders square off on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at Fleisher Athletic Center. NJIT is coming off a 92-39 home victory over College of St. Joseph's (Vermont) on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Morgan State, which is 2-0 against NJIT, with both games being played in Newark, defeated the Highlanders 59-45 in their last meeting on Feb. 14, 2008. In the series' first meeting on Nov. 13, 2006, Morgan State would become the first opponent for NJIT, who was entering its first year as a Division I program. The Lady Bears won that game, 63-55.
Check back for more updates on tonight's South Carolina State contest.
