College Basketball

Morgan State tops UMES 65-58 in 1st round of MEAC tourney

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:43 p.m. ET

share

facebookxredditlink

foxsports

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Phillip Carr had 16 points and ninth-seeded Morgan State had three other starters score 14 apiece in a 65-58 victory over No. 8 seed Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament.

Morgan State (9-21) will play top-seeded Hampton (18-10) in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Morgan State stole the ball under the UMES basket and Rasean Simpson made 1 of 2 free throws to extend the Bears' lead to 60-56 with 50.4 seconds left. He split a pair from the line again at the 32-second mark for a 61-58 lead. UMES missed a long 3-pointer and Donte Pretlow sank two at the stripe for a five-point lead.

Cedric Blossom, Simpson and Pretlow each scored 14 for the Bears.

Morgan State pulled to 33-29 at the break after Carr converted a 3-point play with 0.7 seconds left.

Dominique Elliott scored 20 points with nine rebounds for Maryland-Eastern Shore (10-22) and Bakari Copeland added 13 points and 10 boards.

share

Get more from College Basketball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more

in this topic

College Basketball