Mike Potter ·
8 Nov 2009, 8:55 PM ·
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Freshman Joanna Miller (pictured) had 23 points and N.C. Central won the second half, cruising to a 63-51 win over former CIAA rival Johnson C. Smith in a women’s basketball exhibition at McLendon-McDougald Gym.
Danielle DeBerry added 12 points for the Eagles as they won their only exhibition game of the year. Sophomore Brittany Myatt had 11 rebounds to go with her five points.
Demetria Bell had 10 points to lead JCSU.
The teams were tied 29-29 at halftime after JCSU had led by as many as six points in the first half. But the first basket of the second half, Latoya Bennett’s field goal with 18:06 left, put the Eagles ahead to stay.
NCCU shot 40.3 percent from the floor to 38.2 for the visitors, also winning the rebound battle 44-34.
Joli Robinson’s club, which went 10-17 last season, will travel to Maryland on Saturday at 7 p.m. for their first meeting with the Terps.
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Mike Potter ·
8 Nov 2009, 12:23 AM ·
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Both Durham universities will host exhibition games in women’s basketball this afternoon.
It’s the last of the season for both, and for N.C. Central it’s also the first.
Duke, ranked No. 6 in both major preseason polls and led by preseason All-ACC guard Jasmine Thomas (pictured), will host Division II power Alaska Anchorage at 2 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium, while NCCU will entertain former CIAA rival Johnson C. Smith at 4 at McLendon-McDougald Gym.
UAA’s Seawolves are ranked No. 8 in the USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll and went 31-4 last season.
Johnson C. Smith was ranked No. 1 in the Western Division in the CIAA’s preseason poll.
Duke will open regular-season play on the road Friday night at Houston Baptist.
NCCU, which will be without last season’s top scorer and rebounder Jori Nwachukwu as she recovers from foot surgery, will begin regular-season action on Saturday at Maryland, which was ranked No. 21 in the preseason coaches’ poll. Continue reading »
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