Box Score

DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central guard Landon Clement scored a game-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead the Eagles to an 82-72 win over Norfolk State on Saturday afternoon at McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.

Clement went 5-of-9 from 3-point range for the Eagles (13-12), who shot 54 percent from the floor. C.J. Wilkerson added 20 points and Nick Chasten had 19 to send the Spartans (8-17) to their fourth loss in their last five games.

With the game tied at 30-all, the Eagles outscored NSU 17-5 over the last five-plus minutes of the first half. Clement started the spurt with a 3-pointer and capped it with another trey. NCCU shot 56 percent from the floor in the first half (18-of-32), including 50 percent (6-of-12) from beyond the 3-point arc.

The Eagles maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half, but NSU closed to within six, 64-58, after a jumper by Rob Hampton and a 3-pointer by Chris McEachin on back-to-back possessions. The teams traded buckets as NSU remaining within 66-60, but Clement hit 3-pointers on consecutive Eagle possessions to stretch the lead back to double digits with 5:16 left.

NCCU led by at least nine the rest of the way.

Kyle O'Quinn led the Spartans with 16 points and 12 rebounds – his sixth straight double-double and 14th of the season. He also had three of the Spartans' seven blocks. McEachin added 15 points, Hampton had 14 and Rodney McCauley 11.

Other than Clement, Wilkerson and Chasten, no other Eagle scored more than five points.

The Spartans play their final regular-season road game of the year on Monday night at South Carolina State. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.