DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Stanton Kidd scored 20 points as North Carolina Central earned its fourth straight victory, beating South Carolina State 62-54 Monday night.
The Eagles (21-8, 14-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) have won 15 of 16 and closed out their home slate 12-2, becoming the first N.C. Central team to win 12 home games since 1989-90.
Kidd was 7-of-13 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. Jeremy Ingram had 14 points as the Eagles connected on 53.8 percent (21 of 39) from the floor and 5 of 12 from 3-point range.
The Bulldogs (5-23, 1-14) lost despite a 38-22 rebounding advantage, mostly due to lackluster shooting. S.C. State hit just 37.3 percent (22 of 59), including 6 of 20 from deep, and also made 4 of 6 foul shots to the Eagles' 15 of 20.
Devin Joint paced the Bulldogs with 14 points and nine rebounds as they lost their third straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Carolina State (5-23) | 22 | 32 | 54 |
| North Carolina Central (21-8) « | 34 | 28 | 62 |
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| South Carolina State Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Palmer, F | 37 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Hezekiah, F | 17 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| D. Joint, G | 34 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| K. Toombs, G | 32 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| S. Mitchell, G | 29 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Adams | 24 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| L. Radovic | 16 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| P. Myers | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Youmans | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Henry | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-59 | 4-6 | 38 | 11 | 17 | 54 | |
| 37.3% | 66.7% | ||||||
| North Carolina Central Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Kidd, F | 34 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| J. Copeland, F | 9 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Ingram, G | 38 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| E. Chapman, G | 31 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| R. Willis, G | 29 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Jawara | 25 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Galaya | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Houston | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Ferguson | 9 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Williams | 5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 21-39 | 15-20 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 62 | |
| 53.8% | 75% | ||||||
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