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North
Carolina Central University has announced its inaugural NCAA Division I
men’s and women’s basketball schedules, which include several first-time
meetings and a handful of ACC regular-season opponents. [Full
Story]
Former
North Carolina Central University guard LeVelle Moton has returned
to his alma mater as assistant men’s basketball coach, NCCU head coach
Henry Dickerson announced Tuesday. [Full
Story]
NCCU
men's basketball announces signees. [Herald-Sun
article]
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]
EDITORIAL:
"Eagles' season
goes as expected" by Mike Potter, The Herald-Sun
North Carolina Central University freshman Charles Futrell has been
voted to the CIAA All-Rookie Team, as voted on by the CIAA-Sports Information
Directors’ Association. [Full
Story]
Herald-Sun
sports reporter Mike Potter sat down with Charles Futrell and Julius
McClellan about making the transition from the gridiron to the hardwood.
[Herald-Sun
Feature Story]
North
Carolina Central University freshman
Charles Futrell claimed weekly
basketball honors from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(CIAA) for the week of Jan 1-7. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University forward Charles Futrell has been selected
as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men's Basketball
Rookie of the Week for the week of Dec. 25-31. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University forward Charles Futrell has been selected
as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men's Basketball
Rookie of the Week for the week of Dec. 4-10. [Full
Story]
Former
North Carolina Central University men’s basketball standout
David Young
is playing with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks in the Minnesota Summer League.
[Full Story]
Former
North Carolina Central University men's basketball standout and current
Los Angeles Clippers summer league forward Jonathan Moore scored
nine points during the Clippers 94-78 victory over the Denver Nuggets in
the final game of the 2005 Reebok Vegas Summer League. [Full
Story]
Former
North Carolina Central University men's basketball standout
Jonathan
Moore has earned a spot on the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers summer league
roster. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University senior guard Curtis Knight helped lead
the HBCU All-Stars to a 116-111 victory over the Ohio All-Stars in the
second annual Black College All-Star Game at Gund Arena on Saturday (April
16) in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University senior Jonathan Moore has been voted
to the inaugural North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association
(NCCSIA) College Division All-State Men’s Basketball Team. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University senior Jonathan Moore has been announced
as a member of the 2004-05 NABC Division II All-District Team, as selected
by member coaches of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
[Full Story]
North
Carolina Central University senior Jonathan Moore has been announced
as a member of the 2004-05 Daktronics, Inc. NCAA Division II Men's
Basketball South Atlantic All-Region Team, as chosen by the region's sports
information directors. [Full
Story]
Herald-Sun
Editorial by Mike Potter: "Potter:
Ups, downs mark Dickerson's first year" (March 8, 2005)
North
Carolina Central University seniors Curtis Knight and Jonathan
Moore have been named to the 2005 All-CIAA Men's Basketball Team (Feb.
23, 2005). [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University will retire 15 basketball jerseys on Saturday
(Feb. 5) during halftime of the men's basketball game against Winston-Salem
State University in Durham, NC. Twelve men and three women will be the
first to have their jerseys hung in NCCU's historic McLendon-McDougald
Gym. [Full
Story]
"Dascenzo:
A father's wisdom" - Herald-Sun column by Frank Dascenzo (Jan.
22, 2005)
North
Carolina Central University senior forward Jonathan Moore has been
selected as the CIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association announced Sunday (Jan. 16). Moore, a 6-8, 220-pound
forward out of Raleigh, NC, averaged 23.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists
and 3.3 steals in three games last week. [Full
Story]
"A
Knight's Tale" - Herald-Sun feature story by Mike Potter (Dec.
14, 2004)
North
Carolina Central University senior David Young had his dream fulfilled
Thursday night (June 24) when the Seattle Supersonics selected the All-CIAA
guard with the 41st overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University men's basketball guard David Young has
been making the rounds around the National Basketball Association (NBA)
after ending his collegiate eligibility with the Eagles. [Full
Story]
North Carolina Central University Director of Athletics Bill Hayes announced
Henry
Dickerson, former head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
with 23 years of collegiate coaching experience, as NCCU’s new Head Men’s
Basketball Coach during a press conference inside the William Jones Building
on the Durham campus Wednesday. [Full
Story]
North
Carolina Central University's David Young scored 21 points and was
named Black College All-Star Classic's MVP as the East beat the West 82-80
at Forbes Arena at Morehouse College in Atlanta. [Full
Story]
NCCU
senior guard David Young has been selected to the 2004 Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association All-Conference Basketball Team. [Full
Story]
"Young's
hoops odyssey shifts to NCCU" - Herald-Sun Feature Story by
Mike Potter (Feb. 10, 2004)
Conduct
of NCCU Men's Basketball Team Earns Praise by Fan of Opponent. [Letter
to Coach Spence]
North
Carolina Central University head men's basketball coach Phil Spence
has earned weekly honors from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(Jan. 11, 2004). [Full
Story]
"Tucker
everlasting" - Herald-Sun story by Mike Potter
"Can
We Get It Done?" - A poem written by Eagle head coach Phil Spence for
his 2003-04 men's basketball team.
NCCU
junior guard Curtis Knight has been voted to the 2003-04 Pre-Season
All-Conference Team, as chosen by the CIAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association.
[Full Story]
[Herald-Sun
Story]
NCCU
senior guard Shawn Ray has been voted to the 2002-03 Daktronics,
Inc./CoSIDA NCAA Division II Men's Basketball South Atlantic All-Region
Second Team. [Full
Story]
NCCU
senior guard
Shawn Ray and freshman guard Charles Nickens
received honors from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association for
their play during the 2002-03 men's basketball campaign. [Full
Story]
Feature
Story: "NCCU's
floor general" by Mike Potter of The Herald-Sun
Feature
Story: "NCCU's
Ray of light" by Mike Potter of The Herald-Sun
NCCU
sophomore guard Curtis Knight hit a fade away baseline jumper with
6.7 seconds left in overtime to provide the Eagles with a 94-93 extra session
victory over Fayetteville State. [Herald-Sun
Story by Mike Potter]
NCCU
guard Charles Nickens has been selected as the CIAA Rookie of the
Week for the second consecutive week. [Full
Story]
NCCU
gives Pfeiffer University a dose of its own medicine, as the Eagles out-score
the high-powered offense of the Falcons during a 106-100 victory at McLendon-McDougald
Gym. [Full
Story] [Game
Statistics]
NCCU
senior Shawn Ray goes for 29 points and 12 rebounds in season-opening
win vs. Lewis and Clark. [Full
Story]
NCCU
senior Shawn Ray picked to 2002-03 Preseason All-CIAA Team.
Review
of 2001-02 Men's Basketball Season
Feature
story on senior Boswell King written by Mike Potter of the Herald-Sun
Newspaper. [Herald-Sun
Feature Story]
NCCU freshman guard Curtis Knight earns 2002
CIAA All-Rookie Team honors.
Feature
story on senior center Dekendric Perry written by Mike Potter
of the Herald-Sun Newspaper. [Herald-Sun
Feature Story]
NCCU men's basketball preview by Mike Potter of the Herald-Sun. [Herald-Sun
Preview]
Eagle head coach Phil Spence excited about first
collegiate recruiting class, which includes two freshmen and three
junior transfers.
NCCU's Jimmy Boston grabs game-high 10 rebounds in Black
College All-Star Basketball Classic.
Review of 2000-01
Men's Basketball Season.
NCCU's Jimmy Boston named to the 2000-01
Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA All-South Atlantic Region First Team.
Eagle senior center Jimmy Boston selected
to All-CIAA Team, while freshman guard Gary Cobb earns
CIAA All-Rookie Team honors.
NCCU's Jimmy Boston scores
1,000th career point in win over Fayetteville State (Jan. 4, 2001).
Senior Jimmy Boston selected to 2000-01
Pre-Season All-CIAA Men's Basketball Team.
Phil
Spence named new
men's basketball head coach at NCCU.
FINAL
Statistics and Results of 1999-2000 Men's Basketball Season
Eagles defeat Virginia Union to advance
to CIAA Tournament Championship Game.
NCCU ends nation's longest winning streak by knocking
off No. 1 ranked Virginia Union.
Preview
of 1999-2000 NCCU men's basketball season.
Final 1998-99 NCCU Men's Basketball Statistics
? Results.
NCCU defeats Albany State in consolation game of First Union Harvest Classic.
[Story]
Eagles fall in season-opener to Georgia College. [Story]
NCCU men's basketball opens season with First
Union Harvest Classic on Nov. 20-21.
NCCU Men's
Basketball Preview in the News ? Observer (11/8/98)
Brett Harper, NCCU men's basketball newcomer, featured
in the News ? Observer (8/14/98).
NCCU announces 1998-99
Men's Basketball Schedule.
Freshman
Jimmy Boston was selected to the 1998
Daktronics/All-South Atlantic Region Men's Basketball Team.An All-Region
Second Team honoree, Boston was also recently named the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association (CIAA) Rookie of the Year after averaging 12.1 points
and 9.8 rebounds per game during the 1997-98 season.
McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium
