Eagles Fly High Over the Rattlers

Box Score BALTIMORE- The Coppin State men's basketball team won its second consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game with a 70-66 victory over Florida A&M on Saturday night in the Al Lawson Center in Tallahassee, FL.
 
Coppin State (4-15, 2-3) has now won back-to-back MEAC road games. The Eagles last won back-to-back MEAC road game in 2011-12.
 
Junior Trevon Seymore led the Eagles with 15 points, eight assists, four rebounds and 2 steals in 31 minutes. His eight assists ties a career high.
 
Seymore knocked down two 3-point baskets midway through the second half to keep the Rattlers comeback effort at bay.
 
Terry Harris Jr., finished with 14 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor.
 
Christian Kessee also tallied 14 points, with four rebounds, two steals and one assists. Kessee went perfect 6-of-6 from the foul line.
 
He converted four free throws in the final 13 seconds to help secure the win for Coppin State.
 
Keith Shivers added 12 points, four rebounds and two steals in a game high 39 minutes. Shivers shot 6-of-11 from the field.
 
Shivers rocked the rim on a perfect alley-oop pass from Seymore at the beginning of the second half the silenced a ruckus Al Lawson Center.
 
Blake Simpson snatched a career best 13 rebounds for the Eagles. He added three points, two assists, three blocks and two steals.
 
Coppin State forced FAMU into 14 turnovers. The Eagles also won the battle of the boards, 48-38.
 
Florida A&M (6-14, 2-4) had four players score in double figures.
 
Malcolm Bernard led the Rattlers with 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Craig Bowman added 14 points and two rebounds.
 
Coppin State will return home for action Saturday January 23 to square off against the North Carolina A&T Aggies. Tipoff is at 4:00 p.m. in the Physical Education Complex in Baltimore.