Jan. 26, 2009
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Winston-Salem State Rams 69, Norfolk State 51
Post Game Notes • WSSU Game #18
Jan. 26, 2009 • Coliseum Annex • Winston-Salem, N.C.
GAME NOTES
• Monday's meeting between the Rams and the Spartans marked the 58th meeting between the two teams.
• The Rams now trail the all-time series, 42-16.
• The last meeting between the two teams came on Feb. 25, 2008 in Winston-Salem, N.C. at the Coliseum Annex in a contest that the Rams won 68-65. Jamal Durham led the Rams in scoring in that contest with 17 points. Four WSSU players recorded double-digit scoring nights in the contests.
• WSSU head coach Bobby Collins is now 86-113 overall in seven seasons (3rd season at WSSU where he is 21-56); Anthony Evans' career mark is now 23-26 (second season and second season at Norfolk State).
• Winston-Salem State drops to 4-14 overall with the loss; Norfolk State improves to 7-11 with the victory (4-2 MEAC).
• WSSU has dropped their last six games; The Rams last win came on Jan. 5 when they defeated Columbia Union 85-61.
• WSSU drops to 1-6 since the start of the New Year. The loss to the Spartans marks the Rams' second home loss of the season and marks the Rams' second straight home loss.
• The two teams will meet again on Monday Feb. 23, 2009 at Joseph Echols Hall in Norfolk, Va.
WINSTON-SALEM STATE NOTES
• WSSU started Jamal Durham, Paul Davis, Brian Fisher, Diontae Gibson and Isiah Tucker.
• Senior forward Jamal Durham now has 1,104 points for his career. He has appeared in 103 games for the Rams and has turned in a career scoring average of 10.7 points per game. He ranks 18th all-time in scoring at WSSU.
• The Rams hit only 28.6 percent of their first-half shots marking the ninth time this season that WSSU has shot in the 20-29 percent range in a single half.
• With the loss, the Rams are now 1-12 when trailing at the half in 2008-09. WSSU is 3-1 when leading at the half this season.
• The Rams are now 1-10 when shooting less than 40 percent from the field.
• The loss marks the Rams' sixth consecutive loss. WSSU has not won since Jan. 5 in an 85-61 victory over Columbia Union.
• The Rams got as close as three points at 48-45 with 7:38 remaining in the contest before NSU scored on six consecutive possessions to put the game away.
• With the loss, Bobby Collins' drops his all-time coaching mark against Norfolk State to 7-6 overall. Three of those six losses have come while serving as head coach of the Rams.
• The Rams return to action on Saturday Jan. 31 as they face the Rattlers of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Fla. at the Gaither Gymnasium in the first of two meetings between the two teams in 2008-09.
NORFOLK STATE NOTES
• Norfolk State started Brandon Monroe, Corey Lyons, Aleek Pauline, Michael Deloach and Joseph Dosett-Jeffries.
• Michael Deloach is the MEAC's leading scorer at 21.0 points per game. The Rams held him to only six first-half points. He would score only 14 points in the contest.
• The Spartans return to action on Saturday Jan. 31, 2009 in Hampton, Va. as they travel to face the Pirates of Hampton University at the HU Convocation Center.
