2015 POST-SEASON REVIEW SAVANNAH STATE CAPTURES FIRST MEAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP Powered by a strong second half and four players in double figures, No. 2 seed Savannah State ended Maryland Eastern Shore’s historic run with a 65-47 win in the championship game, winning its first MEAC title. The Lady Tigers (21-10) earn the MEAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament Jasmine Norman led the way for Savannah State with 20 points on 9-for-13 shooting, while Ezinne Kalu added 16 points and Bria Dorsey chipped in 12. Tiyonda Davis added 10 points and a team-high 16 rebounds. All told, Savannah State opened the second half on a 23-8 run, taking a 53-33 lead with 10:29 left to play after Kenyata Hendrix nailed a trey. TeAmber Burke later cut the lead to 55-38 with a layup with 6:46 to play, but the Lady Tigers quelled any potential rally with an 8-0 run. Dorsey’s jumper with 4:32 left capped that run and gave Savannah State a 63-38 lead. Mariah McCoy led the Lady Hawks with 12 points. TeAmber Burke and Shawnee Sweeney each had 10 points. OUTSTANDING PERFORMER Jasmine Norman, Savannah State OUTSTANDING COACH Cedric Baker, Savannah State ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Rae Corbo, Norfolk State Jordan Swails, Coppin State Moengaroa Subritzky, Maryland Eastern Shore Ezinne Kalu, Savannah State Jasmine Norman, Savannah State 2015 MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Results Monday, March 9 - Opening Round 11:00 AM Game 1 - No. 4 Norfolk State 70, No. 13 Delaware State 45 1:30 PM Game 2 - No. 12 Howard 70, No. 5 South Carolina State 57 4:00 PM Game 3 - No. 6 Bethune-Cookman 53, No. 11 Florida A&M 41 Tuesday, March 10 - Opening Round Noon Game 6 - No. 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 67, No. 9 North Carolina Central 47 2:30 PM Game 7 - No. 10 Coppin State 71, No. 7 Morgan State 56 Wednesday, March 11 - Quarterfinals NOON Game 10 - No. 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 52, Hampton 50 2:30 PM Game 11 - No. 2 Savannah State 66, No. 10 Coppin State 52 Savannah State won the 2015 MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament championship for the first time. Thursday, March 12 - Quarterfinals NOON Game 14 - No. 3 North Carolina A&T State 75, No. 6 Bethune-Cookman 54 2:30 PM Game 15 - No. 4 Norfolk State 67, No. 12 Howard 55 Friday, March 13 - Semifinals NOON Game 18 - No. 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 69, No. 4 Norfolk State 64 OT 2:30 PM Game 19 - No. 2 Savannah State 62, No. 3 North Carolina A&T State 59 Saturday, March 14 - Championship Final (Live on ESPN3 and tape delayed on ESPNU) 4:00 PM Game 23 - No. 2 Savannah State 65, No. 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 47 LADY TIGERS’ SEASON ENDS IN NCAA TOURNEY WITH LOSS TO SOUTH CAROLINA The best women’s basketball team in Savannah State’s Division I history concluded their season with a 81-48 loss to South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Division I Championship Tournament. The Lady Tigers concluded the season with a Division I program best record of 21-11 overall. They are the first SSU women’s basketball team to earn a MEAC title and an NCAA Division I Championship Tournament berth. LADY PIRATES’ RUN IN WNIT ENDS AT WEST VIRGINIA The Hampton University women’s basketball team saw its run in the WNIT end at the WVU Coliseum, as West Virginia came away with a 57-39 win in the second round. Hampton reached the second round of the WNIT following a 45-42 victory in the opening round against Drexel. The Lady Pirates ended the season at 19-13. Sophomore guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas, the MEAC Player of the Year, led the Lady Pirates with 21 points and was the only Hampton player in double figures. Redshirt junior forward Brielle Ward grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Junior forward Tyler Hobgood came off the bench to record seven rebounds. 2015-16 MEAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL YEARBOOK 13
2015-16 MEAC Women's Basketball Yearbook
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