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2006-07 NCCU Men's Basketball REVIEW

Final Team and Individual Statistics

Final Game-by-Game Results

Team and Individual Game-by-Game Statistics

Team and Individual Game Highs

Team Photo and Roster

2006-07 NCCU Men's Basketball Game Program

NCCU MEN'S BASKETBALL NEWS

After three close CIAA quarterfinal games, the final contest featuring top seed Virginia Union and No. 8 seed North Carolina Central appeared to be a blowout in the making. But the Panthers held off a second-half Eagles rally for a 79-68 victory on Thursday at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. [Full Story]

A matchup between the eighth and ninth seeded teams are usually close and dramatic games, and a first-round CIAA Tournament matchup between North Carolina Central University and Saint Paul's College on Wednesday followed the same pattern. The No. 8 seeded Eagles held on for a 75-74 victory on Chris Mayshack's 3-pointer with 37 seconds left, but they couldn't breath easy until Maurice Boatwright of the No. 9 seeded Tigers missed a three-pointer in closing seconds. [Full Story]

NCCU went 6-for-16 from the line while the Golden Bulls were 16-for-24 as JCSU won its historic 1,000th men's basketball game 61-54 at Brayboy Gym. [Full Story] 

Before a raucous crowd in Barco-Stevens Hall at Virginia Union University, NCCU played the two-time South Atlantic Region Champion VUU Panthers close, before succumbing, late in the second half, to the 2005 NCAA Division II Champions, 63-56. [Full Story]

After trailing by as much as 12 points in the second half the North Carolina Central University Eagles rallied, amid a hot shooting second half, to upset the visiting Bowie State University Bulldogs 80-75, on Thursday inside McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium. NCCU, now on a three-game winning streak, matches its longest win streak of the season. [Full Story]

Despite surrendering a 20-point second half lead, NCCU outlasted a game Elizabeth City State Vikings squad 77-71 in overtime, Tuesday in McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University lost its second consecutive home game 62-53 on Thursday against the visiting Virginia Union University Panthers. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University was defeated 67-60 on Tuesday by Fayetteville State University in McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University defeated Virginia State University 66-65 on senior guard Chris Mayshack three-point field goal as time expired, inside McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium on Friday. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University freshman forward Tremain Holloway has been voted as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week for the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3. [Full Story]

FEATURE STORY: Bryan Ayala isn't supposed to be playing basketball for N.C. Central. At least that's what the doctors said. And in most cases, they would have been right. [Complete Herald-Sun Story by Mike Potter]

North Carolina Central University freshman forward Joshua Worthy has been selected as the CIAA Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week for Jan. 1. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University outscored Shaw University 47-22 in the second half en route to a 66-49 blowout win in the final game of the 2006 RTP Hilton Men's Basketball Classic at McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium in Durham, N.C., on Saturday. [Full Story]

NCCU outlasted an undefeated Augusta State University team 77-76 in overtime on Day one of the 2006 RTP Hilton Men's Basketball Classic at McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium in Durham, N.C. NCCU has won three straight non-conference home games. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University stayed close with Division I East Carolina University for the first 24 minutes before the Pirates' outside shooting heated up and ECU sailed to a 68-47 men's basketball victory over the Division II Eagles Sunday afternoon in Greenville, N.C. [Full Story]

NCCU point guard Bryan Ayala was named CIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week and head coach Henry Dickerson was honored as the CIAA Men's Basketball Coach of the Week for the week ending Nov. 19. [Full Story]

  North Carolina Central University sophomore point guard Bryan Ayala connected on a running jump shot as time expired to give the Eagles a 67-65 win over Barton College in the B.C. Powder Men's Basketball Classic on Saturday. [Game Statistics][Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore point guard Bryan Ayala scored a career-high 33 points and led the Eagles to a 95-82 victory over Columbus State University during NCCU's first game in the B.C. Powder Men's Basketball Classic on Friday. [Full Story]

In NCCU's final basketball season in the CIAA, the conference head coaches predicted the NCCU women to finish second and the men to place third in the CIAA Western Division race. The conference also announced Lady Eagles senior forward Cassie King and Eagles senior center Jason Hervey to the 2006-07 Preseason All-CIAA Team. [Full Story]

With its athletics program in the midst of a transition to NCAA Division I, North Carolina Central University's basketball schedules released on Wednesday (Sept. 13) reflect a sign of the times, as both men's and women's teams will face Division I opposition during the 2006-07 regular-season. [Full Story]