BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 16, 2017)-Charnise Tyler came off the bench to score a team-high 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting and three of her North Carolina A&T teammates also scored in double figures, as the visiting Lady Aggies held off a late charge by Morgan State for a 67-62 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) victory on Monday evening at Hill Field House.
 
The win marked the first MEAC road victory of the season for NC A&T (6-11, 2-2 MEAC), which also earned its sixth straight win over Morgan State to improve to 38-21 all-time in the series.
 
Aliyah Kilpatrick scored 11 points and had a game-high eight assists, while Michelle Fitzgerald and Alexus Lessears each scored 10 points in the win.
 
The Lady Bears (2-15, 0-4 MEAC) were led by Braennan Farrar, who finished with a game-high 19 points, while Tykyrah Williams added 12 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. Ivy Harrington came off the bench and provided a spark for the Lady Bears, finishing with six points on 3-for-3 shooting, while Zuri White and Chelsea Mitchell each added six points on 3-of-7 shooting. White also had six rebounds and finished with a team-high three assists.
 
For Morgan State the loss marked yet another close and heartbreaking one for the Lady Bears, who have now suffered a season-long nine consecutive defeats.
 
Trailing 32-25 at the half, the Lady Bears watched the visiting Lady Aggies use a 13-2 spurt to take a 45-27 lead with 3:50 left in the third quarter. Morgan State got a three-pointer by Williams to end the drought and Farrar added another three-pointer to cut the NC A&T lead to 14 points at 47-33 with 1:54 remaining in the quarter. But the guests would use a 6-1 spurt capped off by a layup from Kala Green to give the Lady Aggies their largest lead of the game (19 points) at 53-34 with 46 seconds remaining. The lead would be 18 points (55-37) at the end of the third.
 
The Lady Bears, who all season-long have had trouble getting consistent scoring, began to wake up in the fourth quarter and make the game interesting. Down 61-45 (16 points), the Lady Bears played perhaps their best basketball of the season in the final 6:39.
 
Farrar knocked down a three-pointer with 6:14 left in the game to trigger 10 straight points by the Lady Bears in part of a 17-2 run which took up just under six minutes. Jayde Duncan hit two free throws to bring the hosts within 61-55 with 2:57 to play.
 
After a free throw by Fitzgerald gave the Lady Aggies a 63-57 advantage with 2:03 left, the Lady Bear then scored the next five points, capped off by a layup by Williams with 24.6 left in the game to make it a 63-62 NC A&T lead.
 
The Lady Aggies however would seal the deal at the charity line, as Kilpatrick converted on four straight free throws to secure the 67-62 victory.
 
NC A&T would take 33 free throws in the game, making 21 of them for 63 percent. Morgan State went to the line 19 times and made 11 for 57.9 percent.
 
The Lady Bears will be back on the road this upcoming weekend when they travel to Savannah, Ga. to face Savannah State on Saturday, Jan. 21. Tip-off is at 4 p.m. at Tiger Arena. Morgan State will then visit South Carolina State on Monday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in Orangeburg, S.C.