North Carolina Central 72-68 Howard (1 Mar, 2025) Play-by-Play

Howard Bison

12-17, 7-5 MEAC

	1	2	T
HOW	35	33	68
NCCU	34	38	72

North Carolina Central Eagles

12-17, 5-7 MEAC

Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
Dionte Johnson missed Jumper.
Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Dionte Johnson.
Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.
Po'Boigh King made Layup.
Perry Smith Jr. made Jumper.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
Jaqai Murray missed Layup.
Dionte Johnson made Jumper.
Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
Keishon Porter made Dunk. Assisted by Isaac Parson.
Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Isaac Parson.
Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Isaac Parson.
Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Perry Smith Jr..
Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.
Po'Boigh King made Layup.
Isaac Parson missed Jumper.
Dionte Johnson made Layup.
Dionte Johnson made Layup.
Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Dionte Johnson.
Perry Smith Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Po'Boigh King.
Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Aquan Smart.
Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.
Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Layup.
Dionte Johnson missed Layup.
Keishon Porter missed Layup.
Dionte Johnson made Jumper.
Jaqai Murray missed Layup.
Dionte Johnson missed Layup.
Jaqai Murray made Two Point Tip Shot.
Perry Smith Jr. made Layup.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
Po'Boigh King missed Layup.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Perry Smith Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Aquan Smart.
Isaac Parson missed Layup.
Keishon Porter missed Layup.
Po'Boigh King made Dunk. Assisted by Dionte Johnson.
Timmy Adedire made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Keishon Porter.
Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Timmy Adedire.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Layup.
Aquan Smart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionte Johnson.
Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
Perry Smith Jr. missed Layup.
Dionte Johnson made Layup.
Dionte Johnson made Layup.
Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.
Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke missed Three Point Jumper.
Anwar Gill made Layup.
Anwar Gill missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper made Jumper.
Miles Stewart missed Jumper.
Anwar Gill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Shockley-Okeke.
Anwar Gill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Harper.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper missed Three Point Jumper.
Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.
Calvin Robins Jr. missed Layup.
Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anwar Gill.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Harper.
Blake Harper missed Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery made Layup.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Harper.
Calvin Robins Jr. made Layup.
Calvin Robins Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Blake Harper.
Marcus Dockery made Jumper.
Anwar Gill missed Jumper.
Anwar Gill missed Layup.
Ayodele Taiwo made Two Point Tip Shot.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaren Johnson.
Anwar Gill missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaren Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper missed Jumper.
Anwar Gill missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Layup.
Blake Harper missed Jumper.
Anwar Gill missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Jumper.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke made Three Point Jumper.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper made Jumper.
Blake Harper missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaren Johnson made Layup.
Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaren Johnson made Layup.
Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke missed Three Point Jumper.
Joshua Strong made Layup. Assisted by Blake Harper.
Anwar Gill made Layup.
Blake Harper missed Layup.
Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper made Layup.
Cameron Shockley-Okeke missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaren Johnson missed Layup.
Blake Harper missed Layup.
Blake Harper missed Jumper.
Blake Harper missed Jumper.
Blake Harper missed Jumper.
Blake Harper missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper made Layup.
Marcus Dockery made Layup.
Blake Harper missed Layup.
Jaren Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Blake Harper made Three Point Jumper.

HOWARD

NC CENTRAL

TIME		HOW	NCCU
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:59	Jump Ball won by North Carolina Central	0	0
19:59	Jump Ball lost by Howard	0	0
19:49	Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:45	Dionte Johnson Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:39	Dionte Johnson missed Jumper.	0	0
19:36	Cameron Shockley-Okeke Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:25	Cameron Shockley-Okeke missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:21	Anwar Gill Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:20	Anwar Gill made Layup.	2	0
18:53	Keishon Porter Turnover.	2	0
18:53	Anwar Gill Steal.	2	0
18:35	Anwar Gill missed Three Point Jumper.	2	0
18:31	Anwar Gill Offensive Rebound.	2	0
18:24	Blake Harper made Jumper.	4	0
18:08	Foul on Ayodele Taiwo.	4	0
18:07	Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Dionte Johnson.	4	2
17:47	Blake Harper Turnover.	4	2
17:47	Perry Smith Jr. Steal.	4	2
17:40	Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
17:37	Marcus Dockery Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:27	Foul on Ayodele Taiwo.	4	2
17:27	Ayodele Taiwo Turnover.	4	2
17:27	Ayodele Taiwo subbing out for Howard	4	2
17:27	Miles Stewart subbing in for Howard	4	2
17:14	Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.	4	2
17:11	Po'Boigh King Offensive Rebound.	4	2
17:10	Po'Boigh King made Layup.	4	4
17:10	Foul on Anwar Gill.	4	4
17:10	Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.	4	5
17:03	Miles Stewart missed Jumper.	4	5
17:00	Jaqai Murray Defensive Rebound.	4	5
16:48	Perry Smith Jr. made Jumper.	4	7
16:30	Anwar Gill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Shockley-Okeke.	7	7
16:00	Perry Smith Jr. missed Jumper.	7	7
15:57	Blake Harper Defensive Rebound.	7	7
15:49	Anwar Gill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Harper.	10	7
15:22	Jaqai Murray missed Layup.	10	7
15:21	Jaqai Murray Offensive Rebound.	10	7
15:21	Foul on Miles Stewart.	10	7
15:21	Official TV Timeout	10	7
15:21	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing out for Howard	10	7
15:21	Jaren Johnson subbing in for Howard	10	7
15:21	Jaqai Murray missed Free Throw.	10	7
15:21	North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound.	10	7
15:21	Jaqai Murray missed Free Throw.	10	7
15:19	Jaren Johnson Defensive Rebound.	10	7
15:12	Foul on Keishon Porter.	10	7
15:12	Jaren Johnson subbing out for Howard	10	7
15:12	Joshua Strong subbing in for Howard	10	7
15:07	Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.	10	7
15:04	Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.	10	7
15:03	Perry Smith Jr. Turnover.	10	7
15:03	Marcus Dockery Steal.	10	7
14:59	Blake Harper missed Three Point Jumper.	10	7
14:56	Jaqai Murray Defensive Rebound.	10	7
14:41	Dionte Johnson made Jumper.	10	9
14:26	Foul on Miles Stewart.	10	9
14:26	Miles Stewart Turnover.	10	9
14:26	Miles Stewart subbing out for Howard	10	9
14:26	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing in for Howard	10	9
14:26	Marcus Dockery subbing out for Howard	10	9
14:26	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing in for Howard	10	9
14:04	Jaqai Murray Turnover.	10	9
14:04	Anwar Gill Steal.	10	9
13:57	Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.	10	9
13:52	Cameron Shockley-Okeke Offensive Rebound.	10	9
13:52	Foul on Po'Boigh King.	10	9
13:52	Cameron Shockley-Okeke missed Free Throw.	10	9
13:52	Howard Deadball Team Rebound.	10	9
13:52	Dionte Johnson subbing out for North Carolina Central	10	9
13:52	Jaqai Murray subbing out for North Carolina Central	10	9
13:52	Timmy Adedire subbing in for North Carolina Central	10	9
13:52	Isaac Parson subbing in for North Carolina Central	10	9
13:52	Cameron Shockley-Okeke made Free Throw.	11	9
13:34	Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.	11	9
13:30	Anwar Gill Defensive Rebound.	11	9
13:21	Calvin Robins Jr. missed Layup.	11	9
13:18	Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.	11	9
13:16	Keishon Porter made Dunk. Assisted by Isaac Parson.	11	11
13:01	Foul on Keishon Porter.	11	11
13:01	Keishon Porter subbing out for North Carolina Central	11	11
13:01	Aquan Smart subbing in for North Carolina Central	11	11
13:01	Anwar Gill subbing out for Howard	11	11
13:01	Marcus Dockery subbing in for Howard	11	11
12:41	Joshua Strong missed Three Point Jumper.	11	11
12:36	Howard Offensive Rebound.	11	11
12:34	Foul on Perry Smith Jr..	11	11
12:34	Blake Harper made Free Throw.	12	11
12:34	Blake Harper made Free Throw.	13	11
12:34	Blake Harper subbing out for Howard	13	11
12:34	Jaren Johnson subbing in for Howard	13	11
12:21	Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.	13	11
12:16	Jaren Johnson Defensive Rebound.	13	11
12:09	Jaren Johnson subbing out for Howard	13	11
12:09	Anwar Gill subbing in for Howard	13	11
12:09	Official TV Timeout	13	11
12:09	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing out for Howard	13	11
12:09	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing out for Howard	13	11
12:09	Blake Harper subbing in for Howard	13	11
12:09	Ayodele Taiwo subbing in for Howard	13	11
11:45	Howard Turnover.	13	11
11:21	Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Isaac Parson.	13	13
11:08	Marcus Dockery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anwar Gill.	16	13
10:43	Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Isaac Parson.	16	15
10:43	Foul on Anwar Gill.	16	15
10:43	Anwar Gill subbing out for Howard	16	15
10:43	Jaren Johnson subbing in for Howard	16	15
10:43	Perry Smith Jr. missed Free Throw.	16	15
10:41	Blake Harper Defensive Rebound.	16	15
10:10	Howard Turnover.	16	15
9:52	Perry Smith Jr. Turnover.	16	15
9:52	Joshua Strong subbing out for Howard	16	15
9:52	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing in for Howard	16	15
9:36	Cameron Shockley-Okeke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Harper.	19	15
9:12	Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Perry Smith Jr..	19	17
8:55	Blake Harper missed Jumper.	19	17
8:53	Isaac Parson Defensive Rebound.	19	17
8:51	Isaac Parson Turnover.	19	17
8:51	Jaren Johnson Steal.	19	17
8:37	Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.	19	17
8:34	Timmy Adedire Defensive Rebound.	19	17
8:26	Isaac Parson Turnover.	19	17
8:26	Marcus Dockery Steal.	19	17
8:22	Marcus Dockery made Layup.	21	17
7:57	Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.	21	17
7:54	Howard Deadball Team Rebound.	21	17
7:54	Official TV Timeout	21	17
7:54	Perry Smith Jr. subbing out for North Carolina Central	21	17
7:54	Kelechi Okworogwo subbing in for North Carolina Central	21	17
7:54	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing out for Howard	21	17
7:54	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing in for Howard	21	17
7:36	Ayodele Taiwo subbing out for Howard	21	17
7:36	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing in for Howard	21	17
7:36	Cameron Shockley-Okeke Turnover.	21	17
7:23	Po'Boigh King made Layup.	21	19
7:05	Cameron Shockley-Okeke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Harper.	24	19
6:46	Isaac Parson missed Jumper.	24	19
6:43	Jaren Johnson Defensive Rebound.	24	19
6:19	Calvin Robins Jr. made Layup.	26	19
5:59	Foul on Blake Harper.	26	19
5:59	Timmy Adedire made Free Throw.	26	20
5:59	Isaac Parson subbing out for North Carolina Central	26	20
5:59	Kelechi Okworogwo subbing out for North Carolina Central	26	20
5:59	Po'Boigh King subbing out for North Carolina Central	26	20
5:59	Dionte Johnson subbing in for North Carolina Central	26	20
5:59	Perry Smith Jr. subbing in for North Carolina Central	26	20
5:59	Jaqai Murray subbing in for North Carolina Central	26	20
5:59	Timmy Adedire made Free Throw.	26	21
5:42	Calvin Robins Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Blake Harper.	28	21
5:14	Dionte Johnson made Layup.	28	23
4:46	Marcus Dockery made Jumper.	30	23
4:30	Foul on Jaren Johnson.	30	23
4:30	Dionte Johnson made Free Throw.	30	24
4:30	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing out for Howard	30	24
4:30	Ayodele Taiwo subbing in for Howard	30	24
4:30	Dionte Johnson made Free Throw.	30	25
4:20	Jaren Johnson Turnover.	30	25
4:20	Blake Harper subbing out for Howard	30	25
4:20	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing in for Howard	30	25
4:10	Foul on Cameron Shockley-Okeke.	30	25
4:10	Dionte Johnson missed Free Throw.	30	25
4:10	North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound.	30	25
4:10	Dionte Johnson missed Free Throw.	30	25
4:08	Ayodele Taiwo Defensive Rebound.	30	25
3:48	Official TV Timeout	30	25
3:48	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing out for Howard	30	25
3:48	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing out for Howard	30	25
3:48	Anwar Gill subbing in for Howard	30	25
3:48	Blake Harper subbing in for Howard	30	25
3:43	Blake Harper Turnover.	30	25
3:43	Dionte Johnson Steal.	30	25
3:38	Dionte Johnson made Layup.	30	27
3:35	Timmy Adedire subbing out for North Carolina Central	30	27
3:35	Po'Boigh King subbing in for North Carolina Central	30	27
3:20	Anwar Gill missed Jumper.	30	27
3:18	Anwar Gill Offensive Rebound.	30	27
3:16	Anwar Gill missed Layup.	30	27
3:11	Ayodele Taiwo Offensive Rebound.	30	27
3:11	Ayodele Taiwo made Two Point Tip Shot.	32	27
2:53	Dionte Johnson Turnover.	32	27
2:42	Marcus Dockery missed Three Point Jumper.	32	27
2:39	Jaqai Murray Defensive Rebound.	32	27
2:32	Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Dionte Johnson.	32	29
2:02	Blake Harper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaren Johnson.	35	29
1:37	Perry Smith Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Po'Boigh King.	35	31
1:10	Anwar Gill missed Three Point Jumper.	35	31
1:06	Aquan Smart Defensive Rebound.	35	31
1:03	Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Aquan Smart.	35	33
0:37	Jaren Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	35	33
0:35	Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.	35	33
0:35	Foul on Ayodele Taiwo.	35	33
0:35	North Carolina Central Timeout	35	33
0:35	Perry Smith Jr. made Free Throw.	35	34
0:35	Jaqai Murray subbing out for North Carolina Central	35	34
0:35	Timmy Adedire subbing in for North Carolina Central	35	34
0:35	Perry Smith Jr. missed Free Throw.	35	34
0:34	North Carolina Central Offensive Rebound.	35	34
0:34	Ayodele Taiwo subbing out for Howard	35	34
0:34	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing in for Howard	35	34
0:19	Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.	35	34
0:17	Anwar Gill Defensive Rebound.	35	34
0:11	Foul on Dionte Johnson.	35	34
0:11	Po'Boigh King subbing out for North Carolina Central	35	34
0:11	Chris Daniels subbing in for North Carolina Central	35	34
0:11	Calvin Robins Jr. subbing out for Howard	35	34
0:11	Cameron Shockley-Okeke subbing in for Howard	35	34
0:08	Foul on Chris Daniels.	35	34
0:08	Perry Smith Jr. subbing out for North Carolina Central	35	34
0:08	Kelechi Okworogwo subbing in for North Carolina Central	35	34
0:05	Blake Harper missed Jumper.	35	34
0:00	North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound.	35	34
0:00	End of 1st half	35	34

McDougald-McLendon Arena

10:00 PM, 1 March 2025

Durham, NC

Attendance: 945

Referees:
Haywood Bostic
Devorn Kinsey
CJ Middlebrooks

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Norfolk State	11-3	-	24-11
South Carolina State	11-3	-	20-13
Delaware State	8-6	3	16-14
Morgan State	7-7	4	14-18
Howard	7-7	4	12-20
North Carolina Central	6-8	5	14-19
Coppin State	4-10	7	6-24
Maryland Eastern Shore	2-12	9	6-25

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