WASHINGTON (AP) - Pendarvis Williams paced Norfolk State with 17 points as the Spartans remained perfect in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with a 54-49 victory over Howard on Monday night.
Williams was 5-of-7 shooting, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and has scored in double figures in eight of his past nine games. Brandon Goode and Rob Johnson each added 12 points, with Johnson hitting 8 of 13 from the foul line for Norfolk State (9-10, 4-0).
The Spartans won despite 35.7-percent shooting (15 of 42), including 5 of 20 in the second half.
The Bison (4-14, 1-3) trailed 26-18 at halftime and never pulled closer than six points until Prince Okoroh's 3-pointer with 17 seconds left made it 52-47.
Okoroh led Howard with 15 points, and Tre Lee added 13. The Bison connected on 32.7 percent (17 of 52) of its shots, making only 3 of 12 from 3-point range.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Norfolk State (9-10) « | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| Howard (4-14) | 18 | 31 | 49 |
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| Norfolk State Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Johnson, F | 34 | 2-10 | 8-13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| B. Goode, F | 30 | 4-6 | 4-7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| P. Williams, G | 34 | 5-7 | 4-6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| J. Fuentes, G | 27 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Hawkins, G | 23 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Brown | 18 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Phelps | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gaston | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Rogers | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Lila-St. Rose | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Q. Pugh | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Weathers | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-42 | 20-36 | 34 | 6 | 17 | 54 | |
| 35.7% | 55.6% | ||||||
| Howard Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Phillips, F | 40 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| T. Boyomo, C | 13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| P. Okoroh, G | 37 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| S. Frazier, G | 35 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Ford, G | 11 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Lee | 35 | 5-12 | 2-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| A. Leary | 24 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| A. Dickerson | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-52 | 12-14 | 36 | 3 | 22 | 49 | |
| 32.7% | 85.7% | ||||||
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